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Therapy Services

Therapy or psychotherapy comes in different sizes and forms. It really depends on your needs and what you want to achieve as to what is best for you. I work in a client centred manner which means that in assisting my clients, I do not impose any frame on the client and aim for a high level of safety and comfort in the therapeutic space. Withing this space the purpose is to grow, develop and to feel different and better. I work from what my client needs are and assist them in achieving their goals.

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I am experienced in working with children, adolescents, and adults. The duration of therapy differs for each client and is subject to the intensity, severity, frequency, and prevalence of the type of challenge that each client presents with.

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Psychotherapy is rendered for challenges that may include (but are not limited to) anxiety, depression, trauma, low self- esteem, adjustment difficulties, preparation for change, self improvement/growth, eating difficulties, weight loss/gain, obsessions & compulsions, forgiveness, anger, guilt, abuse, addiction, loss and relationship difficulties.

I am also proficient in conducting a range of psychological assessments including psycho-legal, neuro, cognitive and emotional evaluations.

Individual Psychotherapy

Individual therapy (sometimes called “psychotherapy” or “counseling”) is a process through which clients work one-on-one with a trained therapist—in a safe, caring, and confidential environment—to explore their feelings, beliefs, or behaviors, work through challenging or influential memories, identify aspects of their lives that they would like to change, better understand themselves and others, set personal goals, and work toward desired change.

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People seek therapy for a wide variety of reasons, from coping with major life challenges or childhood trauma, to dealing with depression or anxiety, to simply desiring personal growth and greater self-knowledge.

Couples Therapy

Couples therapy is a form of psychological therapy used to treat relationship distress for both individuals and couples.

The purpose of couples therapy is to restore a better level of functioning in couples who experience relationship distress. The reasons for distress can include poor communication skills, incompatibility, or a broad spectrum of psychological disorders.

The focus of couples therapy is to identify the presence of dissatisfaction and distress in the relationship, and to devise and implement a treatment plan with objectives designed to improve or alleviate the presenting symptoms and restore the relationship to a better and healthier level of functioning. Couples therapy can assist persons who are having complaints of intimacy, sexual, and communication difficulties.

Family Therapy

Family therapy works to assist the family in rebuilding relationships between and among family members. Family therapy helps to regain the care for family members, understand each other’s needs and assist each other in working through issues and increasing psychological health and thus well-being. 

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A family sometimes needs a psychologist:

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• Enhancing communication within the family

• Recovering from a trauma

• Assisting with grief and the grieving process

• Assisting the family with changes, for instance:

  • The addition of new family members, a new baby being born, foster or adopted children

  • Enhancing the relationship between parents and their child or children, from infancy onward

  • Working through changes after separation or divorce

• Blending or blended families

• Sibling rivalry or conflict as well as conflict between parents and their children

• Developing healthy boundaries for each family member’s personal needs to be met

• Adjusting or guidance for the family when a member of the family is diagnosed with a medical, psychiatric or psychological condition

Family therapy provides the family an  save space and opportunity to communicate effectively and to help resolve problems.

Brain Working Recursive Therapy (BWRT)

Brain Working Recursive Therapy (BWRT®) is gaining momentum as a powerful psychotherapeutic tool. The principle is that we learn something new by practising it over and over again until it becomes second nature to us. BWRT uses the same idea of learning a new way of reacting and behaving via repetition, rehearsal and reflection of successes. In doing so the brain provides a new neural pathway network. It is about changing an undesired behaviour in favour of a better behaviour. BWRT also uses your own powerful imagination and thought processes.

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In my practice I use BWRT as part of a therapeutic process and find it extremely useful as a way to assist clients with a range of struggles. BWRT is a valuable tool that I incorporate in individual therapy when indicated. Some of the areas I have used BWRT with include: Trauma, Acute Stress and PTSD, Anxiety, Phobias, Grief and Bereavement, Loss (including with relationships), Mood Disorders: Depression and Bipolar,  Addictions, and OCD.