Complete and submit the Appointment form. I will call or email within 48 hours on business days.

I usually book appointments within two weeks. Please call or use the Request an Appointment online form.

All our conversations are completely confidential, with a few exceptions:

• My practice is supervised by a clinical psychologist. I may consult with them to provide the best possible care as well as for professional and training purposes.

• If you are in danger of seriously and immediately hurting yourself, I am legally and ethically required to take appropriate actions to ensure your safety.

• If there is a danger that you will immediately hurt someone else, I am legally and ethically required to inform the person (s) and/or the appropriate authorities to keep that person(s) safe.

• If I have reasonable grounds to suspect a child presently under the age of 16 is in need of protection, in other words, has been, or is in danger of physical, sexual, or mental abuse or neglect, I am legally and ethically required to inform the appropriate authorities.

• If a known sexual perpetrator is in close contact with a child presently under the age of 16, I am legally and ethically required to report this individual to the appropriate authorities.

If I become aware of sexual abuse being committed by a member of a regulated health profession, I am obliged to report this to the College that the individual is associated with or to the proper authorities.

In the event that there is a court order, my records may be subpoenaed by the courts.

Each session lasts up to 50 mins at a rate of $170. Payment methods currently accepted include cash, e-transfers, or cheque.

A therapeutic hour is 50 minutes in length, with additional end of session administrative work, my goal is to have you leaving within the hour.

Many companies provide benefits for counselling and psychotherapy services. Please contact your provider for specific coverage details.

No referral is required. Clients often come on their own volition, as well as, at the suggestion of their family doctor, psychiatrist, other health care professionals, family, and/or friends.

Counselling helps clients with life challenges through a short-term, directive approach usually on one specific area of change. Counselling typically deals with present issues that are easily resolved on the conscious level. Counselling focused on practical issues and outcomes such as grief or anger, immediate causes of stress and anxiety, clarifying values and identify options when making important decisions, managing conflicts within relationships, developing better interpersonal and communication skills, or intentionally changing unproductive thoughts and behaviours.

Psychotherapy is a process that helps a person look at long-standing deep issues, attitudes, thoughts, and behaviours that have resulted in the current quality of one’s life and relationships. In a healing relationship between a client and therapist, both parties work together to uncover root causes of problems, resulting in more dramatic changes in perspective regarding oneself, one’s life experience, and the world in general. Ultimately, psychotherapy aims to empower the client by freeing them from unconscious triggers through increased self-awareness.

A psychotherapist usually holds a Masters degree in counselling or social work, or may be qualified through extensive training only. Only members of the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) may call themselves a Registered Psychotherapist. “Psychotherapy" is a regulated act.

The first 1-3 sessions can be described as an assessment phase. Time will be spent exploring the reasons you are seeking therapy. Once I have an understanding of the current issues and your goals for therapy, we will create a treatment plan together.

The rewards of therapy can be remarkable. People often leave therapy with a greater self-awareness, a sense of empowerment, and an improved well-being which can of course improve one’s life overall.

It might be time to consider therapy when something causes distress and interferes with some part of your life, particularly when:

• Thinking about or coping with the issue takes up at least an hour each day

• The issue causes embarrassment or makes you want to avoid others

• The issue has caused your quality of life to decrease

• The issue has negatively affected school, work, or relationships

• You’ve made changes in your life or developed habits to cope with the issue.

Even in an ideal therapy situation, it can take time for symptoms to improve. There is no single, correct approach that works for everyone. Not every therapist will work for everyone either. An ethical therapist will let you know if they’re able to treat your concern. If they can’t, they may be able to recommend someone who can.

• Increase your awareness of how substance use affects your life, what puts you at risk of substance use and how to reduce substance use.

• Help you examine your thoughts and emotions and learn how these inner experiences affect how you behave, interact with others, and how others see you.

• Help promote physical, emotional and spiritual wellness

• Help manage cravings and temptations to use substances

• Help you meet your needs through assertive communication

• Help you find ways to meet people and form relationships that aren’t focused on substance use.