Introduction

Do you feel overwhelmed, sad and anxious? Do you feel stuck in a situation you can’t seem to change? Together we will discover ways to address your fears and discomfort and build a new future by identifying your strengths and values and learning new ways to handle these difficulties. Together we can find new ways to cope and bring about purposeful changes to lead us to the best future possible.

Services

Individual Psychotherapy

Specialties

• Career Exploration and Assessment
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Transitions such as Grief and Divorce
• Anxiety
• Depression

Support for:

• Abuse survivors
• Addiction
• Anxiety
• Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
• Career Guidance
• Depression
• Divorce
• Emotional regulation
• Grief
• Immigration/Settlement
• Relationship Issues
• Stress
• School Issues
• Self Esteem
• Trauma
• Workplace burnout

Therapies:

• Solution Focused Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Narrative Therapy
• Acceptance and Commitment therapy
• Existential therapy
• Exposure Response Prevention

Associations & Certifications:

• College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO)
• Certified Career Development Practitioner (CCDP)
• Certified to administer the Strong Interest Inventory career assessment through the Myer’s Brigg Institute

Get to know Barbara

I started my journey in counselling as a career counsellor working with newcomers building a life in Canada, students transitioning to the world of work and mature workers trying to regain their self-confidence and reinvent their careers. I then expanded my scope to include psychotherapy as challenges related to career and work are often connected to experiences in one’s personal life. I work with people to understand how events in their past could be holding them back and reinvent their self image, the way they engage with others opening up new possibilities.

I am an integrative therapist using a variety of methods tailored to your needs and therapy goals. I help people cope with anxiety and depression and I am trained in Exposure Response Prevention therapy to help people manage symptoms of OCD. I have helped people navigate their feelings and thoughts during difficult situations such as divorces, death of loved one and difficult relationships. I also work with people at a turning point in their career or students who are not sure about their future career to find the path that will be most fulfilling.

I believe that everyone can understand and solve their own problems, but sometimes we get so overwhelmed we forget to draw on our own strengths. While life can sometimes bring us down, we all have it in us not only to survive but to flourish as a result of these obstacles. I look forward to working with you.

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I work with individuals and couples from an Emotionally Focused and Integrated approach where we dig into the underlying emotions and needs of each partner. I lean into your expertise on your own life by collaborating with you to identify what works best for you. You determine your path forward. Through this collaboration, I am always eager to learn what you hope to get out of therapy and what you need from me as your therapist.

Who I work with:

-Couples

-Individuals

-Teens (ages 14+)

What I can help you with:

-intimacy issues

-Inter-racial couples

-Christian/spiritual counselling

-religious wounds

-social anxiety

-anxiety

-burn out

-boundary setting

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