Services Offered: Couples Therapy, Individual Therapy

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Affiliations/Credentials:

Member, College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario

Certificate in Externship in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy 

Certificate in Core Skills in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy

Intensive Sex Therapy Training Program 

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Additional Workshops: 

• Healing Relationship Injuries/ AIRM, Leanne Campbell and James Hawkins, April  2022,

• Sensate Focus in Sexual Health: Touch, Mindfulness & Somatic Healing, Linda Weiner, March 2022

• Externship Assistant to Robin Williams Blake May 6th, 2022 and June 2021

• EFIT and Trauma Level 1 - Leanne Campbell, VICEFT, May 2021

• EFT and Sex Addiction- Herman Chow Feb 15th, 2022

• EFT and Healing from Affairs- Herman Chow, Nov 2021

• EFT and Stage 3, Herman Chow, Sept 2021

• EFT and Stage 2, Herman Chow, June 2021

• Couples and Addiction Recovery, May 2021

• Sex as a Safe Adventure, Zoya Simakhodskaya and Michael Moran, April 2021

• Gottman Level 1, Feb 2021

• EFT and After the First 5 Sessions, Herman Chow, Jan 2021

• EFT and Getting Started with Couples, The first 5 Session, Herman Chow, Nov 2020

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Therapies Practiced: Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT), Sex Therapy, Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Trauma informed

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Specialization: Relationship Distress, Affairs, Blended Families, Sex Therapy, Anxiety, Depression, Anger Management, Stress, Grief, Self-Esteem, Trauma.

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Languages Spoken: English

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Insurance Information: Please check with your insurance provider to see if your benefit plan covers a Registered Psychotherapist.

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Session Fee: $180 plus HST for individuals and couples

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I have studied in the Emotionally Focused Therapy model, the GOLD STANDARD for couples therapy. The majority of my practice and training is focused solely on helping relationships improve. I see couples who need help as well as individuals who either need support in their relationships or who have other concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief or anger.   

The disconnect in a relationship can be profound, yet some couples I’ve had the privilege of working with repair even the deepest wounds and are able to reconnect fully.

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I AM NOT THE THERAPIST THAT SIMPLY SMILES AND NODS. I know what it takes to keep a relationship strong and work best with clients who are tired of being unhappy.  My clients are most successful when they are willing to do what it takes to make some changes. I can't change your relationship. You have to change your relationship and I am 100% ready to help support you in that.

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Personally Speaking

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In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my 4 children, my husband, my friends, and my extended family. Mine is a blended family, which has been interesting to say the least! I think managing the schedules and needs of a family of 6 while getting dinner on the table each night merits bragging rights!  If I can remember who needs to picked up where, who has swimming lessons when, and which kid needs help studying for their math test the next day, I'd say that's a good day! 

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For this to work, my husband has been my greatest inspiration. It is through this 2nd marriage that I've learned some of the most challenging and foundational lessons of my life. It is from him that I learned how to face conflict.

It is with him that I learned how to parent four very different children and step-children, with different needs, at different stages of their lives. And it is with him that I learned that having a life partner who is emotionally present and connected can be a strong force that keeps us happy and able to overcome our conflict together.

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A few more random tidbits to help you get a sense of who I am, beyond my work: I enjoy yoga and am actually a certified yoga instructor.  I love exploring and travel, baking with my children, reading a good book, and watching my Netflix shows while sipping on a cup of green tea.