Have you been involved with the adoption or child welfare system? 

 Navigating the adoption and/or child welfare system can be physically and emotionally taxing. Get the support you deserve by speaking with a clinician who uses scientifically supported therapy methods, techniques, and practices. 

Have life’s circumstances recently changed, causing you increased daily stress? 
 Even minor life changes can introduce increased life disruption and subsequent stress and discomfort. Using empirically supported approaches, a trained clinician can provide a supportive and non-judgemental space to discuss your current adjustments. This can result in a problem-solving based environment or simply a pair of listening ears. Either way, your clinician is dedicated to walk alongside you in mitigating your symptoms associated with adjustment disorder. 

Are you finding past traumatic experiences influencing your daily life in a negative way? 

 Beginning to understand the pain of trauma. Pre-trauma: you are living your life as usual and experiencing a wide range of emotion. One day you walk into a room where you experience a trauma. When you walk out of that room the world looks entirely different to you. The way you feel in that world and operate within that world are completely different. Negative past traumatic experiences significantly alter one's life. Using a trauma-informed lens, a specialized clinician is trained to assist you in finding/navigating your pre-trauma life again. 

Are the increased stressors and responsibilities of post-secondary school weighing on you and causing debilitating mental health struggles? 

 The transition from high school to college is a large one. College often brings increased challenges in academic, extra-curricular, and social facets of life. This can be overwhelming and have great effects on mental health. Without mental wellbeing intact, it can be hard to feel productive and successful throughout this transition. Prioritize your mental health and wellbeing and seek help from one of our understanding and nonjudgmental clinicians. 

Are you finding yourself experiencing painful shifts between depressive lows and manic highs?
 
 Bipolar disorder is a confusing and emotionally difficult psychiatric illness to manage. Intense mood changes often lead to feelings of great sadness, energy, aggression, and difficulty managing everyday tasks. Understanding the “how’s” and “why’s” of your emotions can help. Seek understanding by talking to a specialized clinician. 

Are you often finding yourself being reactive and enraged?

 It can be difficult managing large emotions. Being reactive and using anger often results in subsequent feelings of guilt, family conflict, discomfort, and potential embarrassment. Using mindfulness techniques learned through therapy, you can find a version of yourself that solves conflict by using communication skills and healthy doses of emotion. This will change the trajectory of your relationships and alleviate the stressors anger management issues’ cause. 

Are you and your loved ones experiencing increased turmoil inviting intentional hurt and aggression? 

 Ongoing unresolved conflict can have long lasting impacts to the relationship, family dynamic, and also to each individual. Communicating in a positive and effective way can reduce family conflict and associated negative feelings. Reaching a peaceful resolution is something that every party will value. At therapy, these family sessions can be facilitated and mediated to help every individual feel heard, seen, and supported while navigating a difficult situation.  

Are you feeling particularly irritable and having difficulty maintaining healthy relationships? 

 Disruptive Mood Dysregulation can leave an individual feeling hopelessness, pessimistic, and angry for the majority of their days. This is emotionally taxing as it strains one’s ability to build a meaningful life and relationships. Therapy can be used to take a closer look at your thoughts and emotions and subsequently help you return to previous levels of functioning. 

Are you struggling with decision- making, boundary establishment, guilt, shame, and fear of abandonment in your relationship?
 
 Codependency in a relationship proposes increased stress and pressures within your relationships. It is often scary and difficult to take the first step in seeing a therapist. We offer practical techniques to rebuild your relationship with increased communication, reconnection emotionally, and building trust. 

Are you looking to become more efficient in managing stress through mind and body relaxation?

 The challenges of everyday life can often accumulate and present feelings of being overwhelmed and stressed. This causes your body to release access stress hormones which negatively impact everyday functioning. Mindfulness therapy with a specialized clinician can help individuals find a personalized way to manage these stressors and pressures, resulting in increased efficiency, more fruitful rest and relation, and an overall better quality of life. 

Are you dealing with feelings of inadequacy, burnout, and hypersensitivity to constructive criticism? 

 Perfection often manifests in feelings of fear, burnout, procrastination, and anxiety. You are not alone as perfectionism and its negative effects often impact individuals with high standards and large goals for themselves. It is important to give yourself grace on your journey to greatness. Dealing with perfectionism in therapy looks like gaining control over your progress, increasing confidence in one’s capabilities, and learning coping strategies for subsequent emotions. 

Are you experiencing difficulty in expressing what matters to you?
 
 Men in society deal with specific conditions that often discourage them from being able to express feelings and emotions freely. The neglect of feeling and emotion can result in negative consequences further exacerbating the emotions being neglected in the first place. Come to a safe space to resolve those feelings in a non-judgemental zone where the impacts of societal gender norms go to be resolved. After therapy clients report feeling a more confident in their relationships and an overall better quality of life. 

Are recent life changes causing you to feel overwhelmed and irritable? 

 No life transition is too small to seek help. Any adjustment in life no matter how large or how perceptually small can significantly impact life’s routine and subsequent thoughts, feelings, emotions, and behaviours. Talking through grief, career change, marriage, birth, friend conflict, or retirement can alleviate some negative emotions associated with such change. Clinical discussion may also help you find the potential for personal growth, self-discovery, and internal resilience presented within this change. 

Is your work load causing you significant feelings of anxiety, discouragement, and pessimism?
 
 Whether you started a new job, got a promotion, or are experiencing increased workload compared to usual, work stress is real and has negative effects in all other facets of life. It is not uncommon to see work stress manifest in painful symptoms outside of work such as insomnia, concentration difficulties, fatigue, headaches, and irritability. In therapy, a licensed clinician can be an understanding pair of listening ears and help you discuss your fears and worries regarding work stress in order to take control of your happiness again. 

Are you experiencing intense fear when potentially being watched or judged by others? 

 The potential of being judged and evaluated by others is scary. However, this intense fear may also be holding you back from reaching your full capabilities. It’s time to learn coping strategies in order to thrive out in public by developing skills to combat those negative thoughts. Gaining confidence and learning to navigate social situations will enable the real you shine in front of your peers.