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We offer compassionate, trauma-informed therapy for individuals navigating the lasting effects of overwhelming experiences. Whether you're dealing with PTSD, recovering from sexual abuse, coping with grief and loss, or rebuilding after a crisis or human trafficking, our therapists provide a safe, non-judgmental space to support your healing. Services include immediate crisis intervention as well as long-term trauma recovery tailored to your pace and needs.
We support individuals experiencing a range of emotional and psychological challenges, including depression, generalized anxiety, panic disorder, social anxiety, phobias, and burnout. Whether you’re struggling with work-related stress or managing the toll of chronic stress, our therapists use evidence-based approaches to help you better understand your symptoms, build resilience, and regain a sense of control and calm.
We provide affirming support for individuals who are neurodivergent, including those with ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and learning difficulties. Our therapists understand the unique strengths and challenges that can come with neurodivergence and offer strategies to improve executive functioning, emotional regulation, and everyday coping. Whether you're seeking a deeper understanding of how your brain works or support navigating school, work, or relationships, we’re here to help.
Healthy relationships require connection, communication, and mutual respect. We offer therapy for individuals and couples navigating relationship conflict, attachment wounds, divorce or separation, and co-parenting challenges. Our therapists support clients in building strong communication skills, establishing healthy boundaries, and improving emotional intimacy. We integrate evidence-based approaches like the Gottman Method and Polyvagal Theory, and also offer pre-marital counselling, sex and intimacy therapy, and support for diverse relationship structures.
Life changes—both planned and unexpected—can leave us feeling overwhelmed, ungrounded, or unsure of who we are. We support individuals through a wide range of transitions, including immigration and newcomer experiences, career changes, parenthood, starting university, divorce, grief and loss, retirement, or becoming an empty nester. Our therapists also provide space to explore spiritual or faith-based questions and evolving aspects of personal identity. Whatever your journey, we’re here to walk alongside you with compassion and clarity.
Struggling with low self-worth, perfectionism, or negative self-talk can impact every area of life. We offer a supportive space to build self-compassion, strengthen assertiveness, and develop healthy boundaries. Whether you're working through body image concerns, recovering from an eating disorder, or seeking a deeper sense of purpose, our therapists are here to help you grow with confidence and authenticity.
Living with chronic pain, illness, or disability can affect both body and mind. Our therapists provide specialized support for managing the emotional impact of long-term health conditions, including sleep disturbances, fatigue, and the ongoing stress of medical care. We also offer psychoeducation to help clients better understand their mental health diagnoses, develop coping strategies, and improve overall quality of life.
For many, faith and spirituality are central to how they navigate life’s challenges. Our Christian and faith-based counselling integrates spiritual beliefs with therapeutic approaches to support emotional healing, foster meaning and purpose, and strengthen personal resilience. Rooted in empathy, respect, and connection, this approach honours your values and offers a compassionate space to explore life’s struggles through the lens of faith.
Whether you're choosing a career path, facing a job loss, feeling burnt out, or considering a major shift, career counselling can provide clarity and direction. We help clients explore their values, strengths, and goals while addressing work-related stress, identity concerns, or life transitions tied to employment. Our therapists offer support for decision-making, confidence-building, and navigating the emotional side of career change.
Grief is a natural, deeply personal response to loss. Whether you're mourning the death of a loved one, coping with a major life change, or experiencing ambiguous loss, grief counselling provides a compassionate space to process your emotions. Our therapists support you in navigating sorrow, anger, guilt, and healing—at your own pace and in your own way.
We offer culturally sensitive counselling that honours Indigenous identities, experiences, and traditions. Our approach respects the importance of community, culture, spirituality, and intergenerational healing. Whether you're seeking support for trauma, grief, mental health, or identity-related concerns, our therapists are committed to creating a space rooted in respect, safety, and connection.
We provide compassionate support for individuals impacted by crime, violence, or other traumatic events. In partnership with victim services organizations, our therapists help clients process trauma, restore safety, and begin the healing journey. Whether you're coping with emotional distress, loss, or legal system involvement, we offer a safe space grounded in trauma-informed care and respect.
CBT helps you identify and reframe unhelpful thought patterns and behaviours. It’s goal-oriented and effective for anxiety, depression, and stress-related challenges. .
DBT combines acceptance and change strategies to support emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and healthier relationships—especially for those with intense emotions.
ACT encourages mindfulness, self-compassion, and alignment with your values. It helps you accept what you can’t control and take meaningful action in your life.
Narrative Therapy helps you explore the stories you tell about yourself, separating you from the problem and empowering you to reshape your identity and future.
IFS explores your “inner parts” to help you heal wounded aspects of yourself. It’s a compassionate approach that promotes self-leadership and emotional integration.
These approaches integrate mindfulness practices to reduce stress, improve emotional awareness, and support present-moment living.
Grounded in nervous system science, this approach helps clients understand and regulate their body’s response to stress and trauma to feel safer and more connected. .
Designed for children, play therapy uses creative expression to help young clients process emotions, develop coping skills, and improve communication.
EFT helps individuals and couples build secure emotional bonds by identifying and transforming negative patterns in relationships. It’s especially effective for deepening connection and healing attachment wounds.
Rooted in empathy, acceptance, and authenticity, PCT empowers clients to lead their own healing process in a supportive, non-judgmental environment.
A focused, guided approach that uses deep relaxation and imagery to access the subconscious mind—useful for trauma, anxiety, pain, and behaviour change.
An evidence-based approach for couples that strengthens communication, increases intimacy, and helps partners manage conflict effectively—based on decades of relationship research.
This therapy supports individuals and couples in addressing sexual concerns, improving intimacy, and building healthier, more satisfying relationships
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