Counselling & Psychotherapy

Kids - Teens - Families - Women - Online or Face to Face

A person-centred approach aimed at supporting mental health, improving communication skills, developing a positive body image and self confidence through a deeper sense of self , undoing unhelpful patterns and conditioning, learning strategies to deal with stress and life challenges, and healing the wounds or trauma and grief

Counselling Services

  • Also known as Psychotherapy, is a traditional approach where the client talks about feelings or issues and the therapist helps them identify issues causing emotional distress.

    My approach to this is Person-Centred, that is empathetic, genuine and showing unconditional positive regard for the client, and can be either face to face in the studio or

  • Expressive Arts Therapy is the practice of using imagery, art, storytelling, music, poetry, movement, and dreamwork, in an integrated way, to foster human growth, development, and healing.

  • A child-centred therapeutic approach in which play is the primary medium and speech is the secondary medium. This is a way for children to move through, share and process traumatic events and issues that may be hard to talk about. We may use the sand-tray, Lego or other figurines for these sessions.

  • Family therapy is based on the principle of the family being a unit, where the thoughts, feeling, actions of an individual influence and effect all members of the unit. Some of the goals of family therapy are to;

    • Improve Communication

    • Resolve Conflicts

    • Strengthen Relationships

    • Support Mental Health

  • Art Therapy Workshops on a range of topics. Click here to view current and upcoming workshops.

Consultation Fees

Individual Consultation (Face to face or online) 60 min $150

Family Session Initial Consultation 90 min $250

Family Session Consultation 60 min $200

Expressive Art Therapy 60 min $150

Play Therapy 60 min $150

APPOINTMENTS

Our initial counselling session is 70 minutes, with consecutive sessions being 60 minutes. If you need to cancel or reschedule a session, I ask that you provide me with 24 hours’ notice. If you miss a session without cancelling, or cancel with less than 24 hour notice, my policy is to collect the amount of your co-payment that you will be responsible for (unless we both agree that you were unable to attend due to circumstances beyond your control). If it is possible, I will try to find another time to reschedule the appointment. In addition, you are responsible for coming to your session on time; if you are late, your appointment will still need to end on time.

INFORMED CONSENT & CONFIDENTIALITY

Please note, I am not qualified to prescribe medications. If you have a need for a referral, I would be able to refer you.

Everything that you tell me is confidential unless I think that you are at risk of harming yourself or another person. In this case, as a mandatory reporter I will need to contact the proper authorities for help.

Additionally, if I am required by court to share your file I will have to do so.

PARENTS/GUARDIANS & MINORS

While privacy in therapy is crucial to successful progress, the involvement of parents/guardians can also be essential. It is my policy not to provide treatment to a child under age 13 unless s/he agrees that I can share whatever information I consider necessary with a parent. For children 14 and older, I request an agreement between the client and the parents/guardians allowing me to share general information about treatment progress and attendance, as well as a treatment summary upon completion of therapy. It is also my policy to require that a parent/guardian be present with the child or adolescent under 18 years of age for the first session so that I can make an accurate assessment about whether individual or family counselling is most indicated. All other communication will require the child’s agreement, unless I feel there is a safety concern (see also above section on Confidentiality for exceptions), in which case I will make every effort to notify the child of my intention to disclose information ahead of time and make every effort to handle any objections that are raised.

For child and adolescent clients, I will not tell your parent or guardian specific things you share with me in our private therapy sessions except for situations such as those mentioned above. This includes activities and behaviour that your parent/guardian would not approve of — or would be upset by — but that do not put you at risk of serious and immediate harm. However, if your risk- taking behaviour becomes more serious, then I will need to use my professional judgment to decide whether you are in serious and immediate danger of being harmed. If I feel that you are in such danger, I will communicate this information to your parent or guardian.

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