Online and In-Person Therapy
for
Individuals, Couples, and Families
Accepting New Clients

What we do
Being human can sometimes be complicated. Therapy is very useful when an individual or a group of people come across a significant life event that they are having a hard time managing on their own. Everyone at one point or an other, could have used someone to talk to that could respectfully listen and provide meaningful perspectives, guidance, and education. A therapist is there for those who do not trust those in their life to take on that role, simply do not have have someone to talk to, or for those who do not want to burden their loved ones with concerns or stress.
More specifically, our therapists are there to support you in your time of stress, confusion, devastation, change, or uncertainty. Support can take many forms: active listening, providing resources, teaching skills, or perhaps helping you create a ‘map’ to help guide your decisions.
Some individuals have come to see us for some of the following concerns:
- Difficulty with unpleasant emotions or thoughts: Depression, anxiety, stress…
- Stuck in undesired patterns: Procrastination, performance at work or home, problematic substance use
- Managing significant life events: trauma, loss, life transitions
- As a client once put it: wanting to “human” again
- Relationship issues: couple and family therapy
We would be happy to be there for you in your times of need.
The basics of Individual Therapy are simple: you work together with a therapist to define and outline steps towards completing a goal or solving a problem you are bringing to therapy.
The specifics of individual therapy are more complicated: you and your therapist may agree on the use of a particular approach such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy or Dialectical Behaviour Therapy ect. but the goal you are trying complete or the problem you want to solve may require strategies from several different approaches.
Ultimately, your therapist will meet you where you are at and help you make an informed decision on which approach or combination of approaches is best for you.
There are some experiences and relationship conflicts that tend to be best resolved by working with a therapist in an one-on-one basis. However, from a systemic perspective, the change you create within yourself has the potential to influence the people that are connected to you.
The goals of couples therapy will always be the same: to help improve the communication between you and your partner and to teach you both to develop the space between you so that it is safe to express your feelings without guilt and shame.
Couples will come to therapy for all kinds of reasons. Some couples will have issues related to sex and or intimacy, combativeness or defensiveness in response to external stressors, feeling disconnected from one another, or perhaps a specific issue has created a wall between you both. For whatever reason you are seeking couple’s therapy, our couple’s therapist will do their best to help you find a way back to each other.
The longer a problem persists or is not settled between both partners, the bigger it becomes. The bigger it becomes, the more it feels like it is not within your ability to settle or move past. Couples are always surprised to find how small changes can create the biggest effects on their relationship. We welcome the opportunity to help your relationship however simple or complex or small or large the problem may be.
Family therapy is a type of psychotherapy that helps family members better understand each other, support one another and work through difficult situations.
Family therapy is not only used to resolve issues between individuals, it can be used as a way to face difficult times together. Some individuals have used our Family Therapy service to invite a supportive person to sit in on their session with our therapists. This service can be a way to invite family members to talk about the therapy process and gain a better perspective on the experience of the client. Another creative use of Family Therapy may be to process grief with loved ones.
Meet Our Therapists
Chris Brown

“It’s not your responsibility to struggle against other people’s decisions. It is your job to choose how to experience them.”
Geneviève Brown

“People are not bound to continue behaving in the same stuck pattern. By being willing to be open and learn alternative skills, anyone can create change in their life and can give themselves the option respond to events in a value-based and meaningful way.”
The speed of life and the pressure that we feel to keep moving forward has the ability to motivate action. However, more frequently, it has the ability to make it difficult to enjoy your day and allow your body to release the tension you have been holding. Over time and chronic use of your body’s resources to push you into action, the body’s ability to keep going slows down and sometimes even stops working all together. Your body is depleted and that has side-effects such as depression, anxiety disorders, and feeling removed or distant. People often report not being themselves anymore.
Our body informs our decisions rather than dictates what is and is not possible. Language such as “I can’t” is often overlooked as facts because of exhaustion but, with closer observation and skill development, the barriers that seemed impossible to overcome can appear to be manageable. Being willing to look at the issues that has been making you uncomfortable is a big step and an achievement. I work from a strength and values perspective to help keep that momentum going. This could look like reframing “failures” as learning opportunities and giving your progress it’s appropriate validation.
As part of a team with my husband, Chris Brown, I lean on him as he leans on me to inform our work with clients. This means that when you work with me you can also access Chris’ well of knowledge.
We bring a flexible approach to therapy in that, within reason, we are more interested in giving you what you need during your session than following a rigid agenda.
I specialize in helping individual clients who feel disconnected from who they are. This can take the form of a client developing a sense of competence regarding what to do with their thoughts, sensations and feelings or perhaps recreating a sense of trust or comfort to take them out of the cage they have built around themselves after a traumatic incident.
Your First Appointment
Our usual process is as follows, however, please know that we are also sensitive to clients’ needs and try to accommodate them.
Contact us over the phone at 705-761-0248 and we can walk you through account creation and booking your first session.
Use the contact form at the bottom of this page and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
You can feel free to use the ‘Create an Account’ button to create your own account, book your sessions, and inform yourself about how to join your first session.
