Psycotherapy and Counselling Services

Psychotherapy and counselling are both forms of psychological support designed to help individuals improve their mental health, emotional well-being, and overall quality of life. While they share many similarities, they also have distinct characteristics. Combining the two can create a comprehensive and holistic approach to addressing a wide range of emotional, mental, and behavioral challenges.

Understanding Psychotherapy and Counselling

  1. Psychotherapy:

    • Often longer-term and deeper in scope.

    • Focuses on exploring underlying psychological patterns, unconscious processes, and past experiences.

    • Aims to address complex mental health issues such as trauma, chronic depression, or personality disorders.

    • Common approaches include psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and humanistic therapy.

  2. Counselling:

    • Typically shorter-term and more focused on specific issues.

    • Emphasizes problem-solving, coping strategies, and achieving practical goals.

    • Often used for life transitions, relationship issues, grief, or stress management.

    • Common approaches include person-centered therapy, solution-focused brief therapy, and career counselling.

Professional Support for:

  • Children

  • Families

  • Adults

  • Adolescents

  • Couples

  • Individuals ages 4+

Benefits of Combining Psychotherapy and Counselling

  • Comprehensive Care: Addresses both surface-level problems and deeper psychological issues.

  • Personalized Treatment: Tailored to the unique needs and goals of the client.

  • Improved Outcomes: Combines practical solutions with long-term emotional healing.

  • Greater Flexibility: Allows therapists to adapt their approach as the client’s needs evolve.

  • Enhanced Self-Awareness: Helps clients understand their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors on multiple levels.

Psychotherapy and counselling, when combined, offer a powerful and versatile approach to mental health care. This integrated method provides both immediate relief and long-term healing, addressing the full spectrum of emotional and psychological challenges. Whether you’re dealing with specific issues or seeking deeper self-understanding, this holistic approach can help you achieve greater well-being, personal growth, and a more fulfilling life.

Practicing in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Theoretical Orientations:

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

  • Couples Therapy

  • Family Therapy

  • Individual Therapy

  • Marital Therapy

  • Behaviour Therapy

  • Dialectical Behavioural Therapy 

  • Solution Focused Therapy

  • Applied Behavioural Analysis 

  • Attachment-Based Therapy 

  • Behaviour Therapy 

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy 

  • Couples Therapy 

  • Dialectical Behavioural Therapy 

  • Eclectic Therapy 

  • EMDR

  • Exposure and Response Prevention 

  • Family Systems Therapy 

  • Family Therapy 

  • Individual Therapy 

  • Internal Family Systems Therapy 

  • Marriage/Couples and Family Therapy 

  • Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy 

  • Motivational Interviewing 

  • Person-Centered Therapy 

  • Play/Art Therapy

  • Solution Focused Therapy - Strength-Based Therapy 

  • The Gottman Method 

  • Therapeutic Intervention 

  • Trauma-focused Therapy 

  • Inadequacy 

  • Intimacy Problems 

  • Learning Disabilities 

  • Mood Disorders 

  • Mood Swings

  • Marriage and/or Family counselling - Mid-Life Crisis 

  • Low Self-Esteem Life Transitions 

  • Life Decisions 

  • Loss 

  • Palliative Care 

  • Panic Disorders 

  • Parent/Child Interaction 

  • Personality Disorders 

  • Phobic Disorders 

  • PTSD 

  • Post-partum depression 

  • Post-partum anxiety 

  • Post-partum OCD 

  • Pre-martial Counselling 

  • Pornography Addiction 

  • Parenting 

  • Perfectionism 

  • Pregnancy/Childbirth Counselling - Relationship Difficulties 

  • School Problems 

  • Self-esteem issues 

  • Self-Love

  • Self-care 

  • Sex addiction 

  • Sexuality 

  • Self-Criticism 

  • Self-Doubt 

  • Spiritual Direction 

  • Sexual Assault, Deviancy, Dysfunction, Harassment

  • Stress Management 

  • Trust Issues 

  • Women’s Health 

  • Young Adult Issues

Specific Problem Areas:

  • Adjustment Disorder 

  • Abandonment Issues 

  • Abuse 

  • Aggression/Violence 

  • Affair Recovery 

  • Anxiety Disorder 

  • Anger Control 

  • Attachment Issues 

  • Battered Women 

  • Behavioural Issues 

  • Bereavement/Grief 

  • Child Abuse/Neglect/Sexual Abuse - Children and Divorce 

  • Christian Counselling 

  • Communication 

  • Commitment Issues

  • Complex PTSD 

  • Conflict Resolution 

  • Control Issues 

  • Communication Skills 

  • Concussion 

  • Domestic Violence Victims 

  • Depression 

  • Divorce/Separation Issues (individual, child and/or family support)

  • Drug Abuse 

  • Educational Counselling 

  • Eating Disorders 

  • Elder Abuse 

  • Emotion Regulation 

  • Family Issues/Problems/Conflict 

  • Gender Identity 

  • Guilt 

  • Habit Disorders 

  • Health Issues 

  • Infertility 

  • Internet Addiction 

Supervision

Vanessa offers supervision (individual and group). Please inquire for individual and group supervision rates.

Vanessa is an approved supervisor with the CRPO, and has been supervising practitioners, and training students in the field since 2019.