Our Approaches

Below is a non-exhaustive list of some of the therapeutic modalities we use!

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Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)

A trauma-focused talk therapy using attachment theory & body-focused techniques to tap into coping mechanisms.

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Culturally Sensitive

Therapy provided to honor the cultural complexities of each client.

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Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

Helps clients identify their emotions, learn to explore and experience them, to understand them and manage them.

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Experiential Therapy

Uses expressive tools (eg. role playing, music, guided imagery, etc.) to re-enact emotional situations to identify emotions and explore experiences that might have been blocked.

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Family Systems

Views problems in the family not as particular members’ behaviours, but as the family’s group dynamic.

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Gottman Method

The Gottman Theory shows that to make a relationship last, couples must become better friends, learn to manage conflict, and support each other’s hopes.

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Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Focuses on embracing all aspects of ourselves by addressing the multiple sub-personalities within our mental systems.

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Multicultural

This approach centers on a sensitivity to the cultural complexities each person brings to the therapeutic relationship.

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Narrative

Embraces the idea that stories actually shape our behaviours and lives, and that we become the stories we tell ourselves.

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Psychodynamic

Evolved from Freudian psychoanalysis, hones in on unconscious aspects of someone’s psyche to bring them into conscious awareness to promote insight and resolve conflict.

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Somatic Experiencing

Stems from the Greek word for body (‘somat’), whose practice recognizes that we hold traumatic experiences in our bodies.

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Trauma-Focused

Supports people healing from traumatic experiences to process and integrate healing into their lives.