MSW, RSW COUNSELLING SERVICES
Individual Therapy
Couple Counselling
Family Counselling
SISU is a Finnish word describing a special strength and persistent resolve to continue and overcome in the moment of adversity: an almost magical quality... a combination of stamina, perseverance, courage, and determination held in reserve for hard times.
Issues
Are you facing a new diagnosis or a recurrence of cancer or another chronic illness?
Are you experiencing caregiver burnout?
Are you struggling with how to speak to your children about a recent diagnosis?
As a senior are you wanting to build upon your self confidence and sense of empowerment?
​
Are you a stressed out healthcare/education worker, veteran or emergency service personnel struggling with mental health, work/home balance or disability issues?
Are you and your partner
facing intimacy concerns?
Are you feeling untethered since your retirement?
Are you worried about your teenager, your grown children or an aging parent?
Are your creative energies on hold?
Are you alarmed by climate change and global strife?
Do you struggle with emotional regulation, depressed or anxious thoughts?
Do you want to slow down and unplug?
​
Is your body image worrisome for you?
Therapeutic
Influences
01
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, MBCT, is a modified form of cognitive therapy that incorporates mindfulness practices that include present moment awareness, meditation, and breathing exercises. This therapy was formulated to address depression.
02
Relational Therapy
Relational therapy, sometimes referred to as relational-cultural therapy, is a therapeutic approach based on the idea that mutually satisfying relationships with others are necessary for one’s emotional well-being.This type of therapy takes into account the ways in which social and familial factors relate to the relationships in a person’s life. MORE
03
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)
is a structured program of psychotherapy with a strong educational component designed to provide skills for managing intense emotions and negotiating social relationships. MORE
04
Solution Focused Brief Therapy
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
(SFBT) is one of the world's most widely used therapeutic treatments. Unlike traditional forms of therapy that take time to analyze problems, pathology, and past life events, SFBT concentrates on finding solutions in the present and exploring one’s hope for the future. MORE
05
Narrative Therapy
Narrative therapy is a form of counseling that views people as separate from their problems and destructive behaviors. This allows clients to get some distance from the difficulty they face; this helps them to see how it might actually be helping or protecting them, more than it is hurting them. MORE
06
Trauma-Informed Therapy
In health care and education, being “trauma-informed” has become a popular aspiration. It means becoming aware of trauma's many personal and societal consequences, anticipating how trauma survivors may respond to our words and actions, and doing our part to create a world that does not cause further harm. MORE
07
Emotionally Focused Therapy
Emotionally Focused Therapy is a form of short-term therapy that aims to improve couple relationships by rekindling the physical and emotional bond that can get sacrificed to disappointment in a partner and alienation from them. MORE
08
Expressive Arts Therapy
Expressive arts therapy combines psychology and the creative process to promote emotional growth and healing. This multi-arts approach uses our inborn desire to create; such a therapeutic tool can help initiate change. For people who have a hard time articulating what they are feeling, self-expression through art can be useful. MORE
Education & Credentials
The District Municipality of Muskoka sits on land that has been inhabited by Indigenous Peoples from the beginning. In particular, we acknowledge the traditional territories of the Ojibway, the Chippewa, the Algonquin and the Odawa.
Inclusive of all cultures, faiths, gender identities, and sexual orientations.