Empowering You Through Personalized Psychotherapy and Counseling Services
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”
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Do you provide services in person?
We are now providing both virtual and in-person at 53 Andrew Street, Orillia, ON L3V 5J2.
Do you direct bill my insurance?
Currently we can only direct bill NIHB (non insured health benefits) to Indigenous people in Ontario, Canada.
What does a typical session look like?
Sessions are 50 minutes in length; we will start with an extensive history intake so I can get to know you better; we will spend approximately 2 sessions doing a little psychoeducation on the fear centres of the brain and how they affect us physically and emotionally when we are activated. After that, we will use mostly talk therapy along with some mindfulness and grounding techniques and some activities that are CBT based and working with self-regulation, reparenting ourselves, boundaries..etc
What is the difference between Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Counseling?
Counseling is usually short term (6-10 sessions) and is solution oriented. Psychodynamic psychotherapy is less solution-driven and more focused on exploring early childhood attachments, patterns, behaviors and defense mechanisms. We explore the symptoms of anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, C-PTSD and any diagnosis received (Borderline Personality, Bipolar..etc) and though we provide tools for working with symptoms, we take the added step of exploring root causes.