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Jay Rao
Registered Psychotherapist, BSc, MSc, RP
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Ottawa, ON K1Z
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Charles Dickens once remarked that “a wonderful fact to reflect upon is that every human is a profound secret and mystery to every other." Despite how unique we all are, we often tend to spend much of our lives suffering, searching for happiness in places we struggle to ever find. Our wounds are the gateways to the most sacred parts of us and when we are open to new possibilities, we find what we had hoped for. It would be my honour to help make those possibilities your present realities.
My client portfolio is extensive and I have been selected to work as a therapist and consultant to top ranking officials and business leaders but welcome anyone who needs help as inclusion and diversity are central to who I am.
As someone who has started from the lowest valley and climbed to the very highest peak my profession entails, my hand is always ready to pull you up to join me. Please stay safe during these trying times.
Call or Email Jay Rao now for a free 15 minute consultation - (587) 604-0868
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $180
- Couple Sessions $180
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by American Express, Cash, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa
Insurance
- Alberta Blue Cross
- Alliance
- Blue Shield
- Canada Life | Great-West Life
- Great-West Life
- Green Shield Canada
- LifeWise
- Manulife
- Medavie Blue Cross
- Medicare
- Pacific Blue Cross
- SunLife
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Jay Rao
Registered Psychotherapist, BSc, MSc, RP
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by Province of Ontario / 009282 Jay Rao
- In Practice for 7 Years
- Certificate from EMDR Certification 13012 / 2020
- Degree/Diploma from York University Health Sciences / 2002
- Attended Capella University, MSc Psy, Graduated 2018
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Trauma and PTSD
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Behavioural Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Career Guidance
- Chronic Pain
- Coping Skills
- Couples Counselling in Toronto
- Divorce
- Drug Abuse
- Eating Disorders
- EMDR therapy treatment
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Gambling
- Hoarding
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infidelity
- Internet Addiction
- Lesbian
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Racial Identity
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sex Therapy
- Sexual Addiction
- Sports Performance
- Stress
- Thinking Disorders
- Video Game Addiction
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
Age
Teen ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Age
Teen ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Adlerian
- Attachment-based
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
- Compassion Focused
- Couples Counselling Calgary
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Eclectic
- EMDR
- Emotionally Focused
- Existential
- Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Gestalt
- Grief Counselling Toronto
- Humanistic
- Interpersonal
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Narrative
- Person-Centered
- Positive Psychology
- Psychodynamic
- Rational Emotive Behaviour (REBT)
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Location
Additional Location
Calgary, AB T3H
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Jay Rao
Registered Psychotherapist, BSc, MSc, RP