Solo Practice
virtual individual therapy
| for adults living in Ontario |
Support for death and non-death grief, complex and chronic trauma, Existential Trauma, Work/Professional stress, and Spiritual Evolution.
“In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for their own personal growth?”
Person Centered Approach
An empathetic, compassionate, and authentic connection
Person-centered therapy connects therapists and clients through a common humanity. In therapy a space of empathy, genuine regard, and unconditional understanding are expressed for the client, building a non-judgemental space so that the client can pave their own path to self-awareness and self-growth.
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A lens that understands each human through their subjective experience
A person-centered therapy model views the client has the expert of their own life. As part of a humanistic approach, there is a foundational belief that people carry an innate potential and drive for growth. The therapist holds a supportive space through empathy, acceptance, and authenticity.
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An approach rooted in empathy
Client knows best about their life, needs, and hopes
Everyone is naturally driven to move towards personal growth (self-actualization)
Therapist provides empathy, genuine expression, and acceptance
A session follows the client's lead, where the therapist brings in techiniques and interventions based on the clients needs and consent
The goal of person centered therapy is to provide a supportive space where the client feels cared for and has autonomy, creating opportunity for self-understanding and growth.
“Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.”
Existential Therapy
A philosophical approach to self-understanding
Existential therapy explores topics around existence within the world. In therapy, emotions around death, freedom, isolation, meaninglessness, and responsibility are explored. Client's are provided a space of reflection to deepen their understanding of themselves in relation to the world that surrounds them and the within the human condition.
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Meaning Centered
Existential therapy has a philosophically aware approach to therapy where client's deepen their understanding of meaning, purpose, and responsibility to live a life that feels most authentic to them.
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An approach rooted in meaning
Discovering ways of balancing freedom and responsibility
Exploring meaning and purpose in life
Observing existential givens of isolation, meaninglessness, freedom, and death
Working towards an increased understanding of self
Managing existential anxiety and/or death anxiety
Therapist holds space from a person centered lens supporting clients in understanding subjective experiences and dilemmas.
“So much of what we experience doesn’t reach conscious awareness, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t there. That doesn’t mean it isn’t affecting.”
Brainspotting is a mind-body therapeutic technique that uses particular eye positions, known as brainspots, to access the part of the brain that holds emotions (distressing, creative, intuitive, or trauma-related emotions) to move them through the body using somatic awareness leading to release of difficult emotions or enhanced expression of positive emotions (depending on what Brainspotting is used for).
Brainspotting
A holistic approach to trauma healing
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Processing through mind and body connection
Brainspotting applies therapeutic attunement between client and practitioner, where the practitioner holds witness to the client’s processing by locating and paying mindful attention to brainspots (eye positions where an emotion and related body sensation feels either stronger or easier).
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An approach rooted in holistic processing
"Where you look, affects how you feel."
Processing emotions through the mind and body connection with focused mindfulness and somatic (body) awareness
Taps into the innate healing capacities of the client
Therapist is highly attuned to the client, as the client processes their experiences, while minimally verbally intervening in the process
Applying a resourcing approach for clients with trauma experinces
“The world will ask you who you are, and if you do not know, the world will tell you.”
Depth Psychology
Where the unconscious meets the conscious
Depth psychology focuses on brining unconscious material into conscious so that it can be integrated to move towards wholeness. Therapy can include shadow work, dream work, connecting with parts of self that one is unconscious of, and increasing self-awareness through self-realization.
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Making the unconscious, conscious
Depth psychology is a psychotherapeutic approach that understands the human psyche through unconscious feelings, motivations, and experiences that impact patters, behaviours, and inner turmoil.
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An approach rooted in working with the unconscious
Understanding the importance of the unconscious and its impact on conscious life
Working with different parts of the self - shadow, persona, ego, and archetypes
Exploring dreams and their relevance
Working toward an individuation process (developing a sense of self)
Therapist provides a supportive therapeutic relationship and holistic integration of unconscious material in to daily life that shapes a path to healing and enhances meaning for the client.
“The potential for a mystical experience is the natural birthright of all human beings.”
Transpersonal Psychology
Connection with higher self
A transpersonal approach involves exploring spirtual aspects for holistic healing by discovering a deeper meaning in existence and how one relates to existence. Therapy can include mindfulness work, meaning and purpose observation, belief and values analysis, dream analysis, and observing paths to self-growth.
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Deeper Meaning to Existence
Transpersonal psychology covers spiritual, transcendent, and experiences of greater awareness. It involves integrating experiences of non-ordinary states, mystical experiences, and spiritual awakenings into the psyche for personal growth and self-actualization.
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An approach rooted in self-transcendence
Exploring experiences of transcendence and/or spirituality
Understanding of consciousness as multidimensional
Therapy work involves supporting the client in enhancing connection to their inner wisdom and self-healing capabilities
Therapist takes a holistic approach to healing that involves the higher-self experiences like spiritual experiences
Transpersonal
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Transpersonal | Person-Centered | Brainspotting | Depth | Integrative |
Integrative and Eclectic
A creative approach to therapy
Therapy applies an integrative and holistic belief that values an emphasis on the whole-person, mind, body, and soul healing. Therapy occurs in a space of co-creation, where client and therapist work together to support the client in developing integration between all parts. The approach is creative in essence because it uniquely tailored for each client.
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