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Sometimes you may need help sorting through your thoughts, especially those that are not helpful or causing you outright distress. That's where psychotherapy comes in. Using empathy, reflective listening, and the occasional gentle challenge, I can help you identify and process your thoughts and emotions with the goal of improving and maintaining your mental health and well-being.

There are many benefits to psychotherapy such as cultivating self-awareness, reframing experiences, building self-confidence, enhancing communication, navigating conflict and improving health and well-being. Individuals may seek brief psychotherapy to resolve situational discord or disturbances, while others experience challenges that take much longer to unpack and resolve. Job insecurity, family conflict, identity confusion, and addiction may lead to depression, anger, anxiety, isolation, and despair. Liz believes that although we may flounder or fail, psychotherapy provides a safe space and unconditional support to overcome adversity and lead a flourishing life.

My therapeutic approach is trauma-informed and culturally sensitive. I am a strong advocate of person-centered approaches, with an emphasis on mindfulness and self-compassion. I use a strength-based approach and utilize modalities such Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Solution Focused Therapy (SFT) within counselling sessions to support clients as they take steps in gaining mental clarity and enhancing their mental well-being.

All therapy involves some degree of psychotherapy. We will treat mental health issues through verbal interactions and communications in the therapy process. We can identify cognitive distortions and work on restructuring them. Discussing issues and getting an objective viewpoint can be illuminating. By talking about your struggles I can help guide you into a better frame of mind and choose healthier actions.

I primarily use Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) to support individuals, couples and families to get the supportive relationships they need to be safe, secure and grow in life. EFT is designed to provide opportunities to express vulnerable emotions to loved ones so that one can be clearly understood and valued by the most important people in your life. Even in individual therapy, there are powerful techniques used to safely access unacknowledged (often painful) emotions in connection to oneself and others. EFT is based on our knowledge of the importance of close bonds with others and has over 20 years of research that verifies its success. Call me for a confidential consult.

Patterns of self-sabotaging behavioural, disorganized thinking and overwhelming emotion make life very difficult. How can we move forward when our bodies seem to betray us and we just need a break from the buzzing anxiety or the numbing of depression? What you may not know is all these symptoms are the imprint of our unfinished business, stuck in the body and just begging to be seen, cared for and accepted. Working with me means looking with curiosity, compassion and an educated-eye at how old wounds of betrayal, abandonment and rejection show up to block living your best life. You are not alone and there is hope.

Come sit in my cozy, peaceful office. Kick off your shoes and curl up on my couch with something warm to drink. We’re in this together. You can slow down, breath deep and settle in to unload about all that has been going on. This time is for you. But unlike chatting with a girlfriend, my role is to guide the conversation so growth and transformation can occur. I want to equip you with some skills that are easy to put into practice and that going to make a difference. We’ll try them out in session, and then you can take this new learning and test it out in your life. Even from our first visit, you’ll have the sense that together we are building a new way for you handle the hard stuff

Psychotherapy is a scary word. People often chicken out long before they get to their first session. So the fact that you are reading this puts you at the head of the class. Attending a session gives you an "A". Please don't be afraid that I or any other therapist can or would remake you into something you don't want. Psychotherapy is really a partnership between us where you allow me to help you make changes you decide are useful or necessary. I am the consultant - you are the customer. We do this together, using humor, with great care and gentleness, understanding that there are no short cuts to any place worth going. It may be painful and involve hard work, but you will like the result