Trauma Focused Therapists in Oakville, ON

Are you seeking support and guidance to navigate life's challenges and find a path towards healing and growth? At my practice, I extend a warm and understanding hand to individuals who are grappling with a wide spectrum of concerns, including anxiety, ADHD, chronic illness, depression, adolescent emotional and behavioral difficulties, pregnancy and postpartum mental wellness, self-injurious behavior, sleep issues, stress management, coping strategies, motor vehicle accidents, and trauma. My approach to psychotherapy is deeply rooted in compassion, acceptance, loving kindness, and mindfulness.

I offer counselling to adults, families and children at the C'est La Vie Wellness clinic in Bronte, Oakville. As a key member of the C'est La Vie Wellness team, I am committed to offering my clients a non-judgemental, warm and welcoming environment while working collaboratively with Naturopathic Doctors, Holistic Nutritionists, Life Coaches and more. I support my clients with concrete tools and coping strategies to achieve their goals and support them through personal challenges.

Accepting New Clients. I provide therapy for individuals, couples, teens and families. My practice is focused on those with anxiety, depression, trauma, chronic health diagnosis, emotional eating, burnout, infertility, adoption. I help relationship issues including: communication, lost connection, intimacy, affair recovery, partner withdrawal, separation. Support for child free and childless couples and for LGBTQ+ individuals, couples and families. Therapy will help work through difficult emotions and experiences while building healthy relationships.

I’m accepting new clients. If you want to ask some big questions, I can help. My areas of focus are addiction, trauma, burnout, and major life changes. I bring a philosophical, psychological, and existential approach to your issues. What does that mean? Together we examine, values, priorities, adherence to self, and making change happen. Identifying the issues is important but, as a wise 12-stepper once put it, "nothing changes if nothing changes." You CAN change, I can help you get there.

Sometimes life can be overwhelming and stressful, thus making it difficult to cope. Therefore, my hope is to help you work through some of your issues (i.e., anxiety, grief, loss) that you are struggling with by providing the skills, insight, and knowledge you need to lead a life you want. I know talking to someone about painful emotions and memories can be difficult so thank you for taking the first step to seeking help.

I work from the perspective that we’re all managing something, no matter what age. Whether it’s worries, relationship challenges, or problems with learning. Sometimes we need help understanding what it is that’s happening for us, while other times we understand the challenge, but not how to make changes. I meet you wherever it is you’re at, whether you’re seeking help for yourself or for your child.

At times, many of us contend with emotions and suffering that are overwhelmingly painful, disheartening and difficult to bear, often as a result of unique stressors and events. I work with adults, adolescents, families and step-families using Emotionally Focused Therapy, EMDR, interpersonal psychotherapy, and DBT/CBT within neuroscience and attachment frameworks. I encouraged clients to access inner strengths and free their capacity for growth. Whether you or a family member experience depression, anxiety, marital distress or difficulties with peers, you deserve support in a confidential, accepting, safe and caring environment.

Perhaps you identify as being "highly sensitive". Maybe you're feeling anxious, or depressed, or have a sense of unworthiness. You may be having difficulty managing stress. Therapy is an opportunity to work with an understanding guide, who creates a safe, supportive and collaborative environment in the face of these challenges. Being that guide is my passion. I will help you expand your "toolkit", while developing self-understanding, self-compassion, and connection to your own values, strengths, and wisdom. “Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.” - Tara Brach

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Asking for support is a courageous first step in managing your mental health & wellness. It is easy to get stuck in unhelpful thought patterns that do not serve us. The good news is, we have more control over our thoughts and feelings than it may seem. You can learn to take charge of your behaviour with the right tools & techniques, to live a more fulfilled & happy life. I will work collaboratively with you to help set achievable goals that support empowerment, capacity building & resiliency. I believe in the importance of a strong therapeutic alliance where you feel safe to share so we can have relaxed & authentic conversations.

I am a Registered Psychotherapist, Canadian Certified Counsellor, and a Certified Clinical Traumatologist. I welcome clients who experience psychosocial challenges, trauma, sexual abuse, PTSD, addictions, chronic pain and disability. I also work with clients experiencing complex issues including social exclusion and involvement in the criminal justice system. I believe that key to happiness begins with embracing challenges, accepting what is and building resources that help us move towards the valued driven direction. Together we can explore the problems and barriers that may stand in the way of your emotional wellbeing.

If you or someone in your life is facing emotional or relationship difficulties, I will be able to help. For the past 25 years I have worked in a variety of community and mental health settings, helping clients with a wide range of issues including stress, depression, anxiety, trauma, addictions, relationship-family conflicts, infidelity, anger management, and in coping with difficult life transitions.

I have a strong foundation in psychology and use various techniques to assist those struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, anger management, low self-esteem, phobias, chronic pain, and PTSD. My expertise has been honed through work with clients of diverse backgrounds and ages, and I am fluent in both English and Russian. My goal is to provide a supportive and safe environment for individuals to find the strength and resilience to grow and change.

I strongly believe that the more self-awareness we have, the stronger the relationship with ourselves and in turn, relationship with others. My hope is to support you in gaining deeper insights to yourself, break unhealthy thought and behaviour patterns as well as create healthy coping mechanisms. As these changes begin to occur it is my experience that you often feel like you are living a more fulfilling and purposeful life.

It takes courage to reach out for support when not knowing what to do. That can be quite a lonely and painful experience, together with feeling disconnected, stuck and overwhelmed. You can get a better understanding of your feelings and behaviors, see how you are entrenched in your own patterns or how you get in your own way, process past experiences and just talk about heavy stuff without feeling like a burden. This work can bring you closer to your authentic self.

Intuitive, empathic, and understanding, I am a Registered Psychotherapist. I truly believe a good therapist is curious, loves to hear stories, compassionate and a problem solver. My aim is to help individuals, couples and families find comfort from emotional distress, and help them with the building blocks to construct the lives they want. Since I co-founded FeelBetterNow Psychotherapy & Counselling, my team and I have provided support to people from different religions, cultures and lifestyles struggling with a variety of mental health issues.

Dr. Natalie Engelbrecht, ND, is a highly accomplished and widely respected clinician with a special interest in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). She has nearly 30 years of experience in private practice and is the founder of Embrace Autism, an internationally renowned website that provides research and experience-based information on autism. She holds a degree in Psychology from McMaster University, a Master’s with distinction in applied clinical psychology from the University of Liverpool, and a Doctor of Naturopathy degree. Her work has significantly contributed to the global understanding of autism.

Hello and Congratulations on taking the first step to finding your wellness! If you are looking for a Social Worker/Therapist that specializes in children/youth/young adults and families you have come to the right profile. How can I help? The pandemic has created much hardship on families, and mental health struggles are real. Whether you are a caregiver or an individual, it is ok to ask for help. If you need help please reach out for support.

Do you feel overwhelmed by your emotions? Are you having issues with self-esteem? Is your anxiety, depression, or stress, getting in the way of living your best life? If any of this sounds familiar, I am so glad you’re here. I am a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) and I strive to work with clients in a deeply supportive, emphatic, and non-judgmental way. If you need a space to process your emotions, I offer an individualized approach to therapy where we will work with your challenges together in a culturally sensitive, collaborative, and safe environment.

Experience the transformative power of EMDR therapy – a proven and evidence-based treatment for Trauma, Anxiety, and more. EMDR's innovative approach targets distressing memories, allowing you to reprocess and overcome the impact of trauma. I believe I have the education and experience necessary to provide effective, customized treatment plans that meet the unique needs of my clients. I spent the last 14 years working with people in community development, humanitarian work, counselling, and psychotherapy in the most devastated communities overseas and Canada. Visit Phenein.com for a free 15-minute consultation.

I'm passionate about working with people who are willing to create movement and change in their lives; change that will promote a healthy and well-balanced lifestyle. I believe that we are all able to improve our relationships - both with ourselves and with others. By successfully working towards reaching our goals and by trusting ourselves, we learn to listen to our inner guidance. Whether you are facing anxiety, stress, challenging relationships, sexuality issues, trauma, grief & loss, addiction, anger, shame, a difficult life transition or crisis, depression, or simply want guidance to improve an area of your life.

Maintaining strong, intimate adult relationships is a challenge for anyone in today's busy world. For some people, anxiety and depression may be impacting their personal happiness, parenting, marriage or career. Others have had painful life histories that interfere with being able to feel safely connected with loved ones and peers. Grief, family transition, communication problems, trauma, and ADHD can make it difficult to find the meaning and connection that give life its joy. As founder of the Oakville Schema Therapy Center, I use my extensive experience in ST as a powerful, effective approach to making changes in your life.

To develop clear insight of awareness towards our instinctual values, I believe it is critical to embrace, validate and acknowledge one’s individuality. Helping clients process the primary distinction between self-identity and where they want to be, is based on genuinely empathizing and understanding ways that we can best serve clients by applying therapeutic modalities that address their biological, physical and social constraints.

Do you struggle to feel connected to your authentic self or make sense of who you are in the world? I have been there, too. Through my own life experiences, and from the work I've done with my courageous clients, I have an understanding of how psychological pain and distress impact every aspect of our daily lives, relationships and self-concept. While the effects of this distress often hold us back in our lives, it can also push us to get the help we need to better understand ourselves. If you are here, looking for those answers, you have already taken the hardest step.