Services
General
General counselling, coaching, & therapy for adults from youth to seniors, covering a wide range of current problems and concerns, and emotional issues from the past. Includes client-centred counselling, behavioural activation, mindfulness, and teaching of effective grounding, relaxing and emotion-processing skills.
More specialised for anxiety
More specialised assessment and treatment for adults with severe or persistent anxiety. Involves the use of the most evidence-based and highly recommended CBT protocols for each type of anxiety problem. Such protocols have the highest chance of success for the following issues.
More specialised for trauma
Treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or “small ‘t’ traumas” starts with understanding your story and your needs, then progresses to grounding, stabilization and psychoeducation, followed by Trauma-focused CBT or Expressive Writing exercises to process traumatic memories. Some may need Cognitive Therapy to change their trauma-related maladaptive beliefs.
Dental fear
Practical and supportive help for adults fearing dental treatment, a very common and highly treatable phobic fear. Tracing the cause to previous trauma, anxious temperament or embarrassment/shame is essential will lead to the correct cognitive-behavioural treatment.