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Individual Therapy

Support for anxiety, ADHD, trauma, and relationship-related patterns

Individual counselling offers a space to slow down and explore anxiety, ADHD, and trauma not only as individual experiences, but in how they show up in your relationships, sense of self, and emotional patterns. You may notice overthinking, emotional reactivity, shutdown, or people-pleasing that feels difficult to control, especially in close relationships. Even when life looks stable on the outside, past experiences and attachment wounds can quietly shape how safe, connected, or confident you feel.

Therapy with me provides a supportive, trauma-informed space to better understand these patterns, strengthen emotional regulation, and develop healthier ways of relating to yourself and others, at a pace that feels safe and manageable.

How Individual Counselling Can Help

Individual counselling can support you in:

  • managing anxiety, chronic stress, and mental overwhelm, including racing thoughts and constant overthinking

  • understanding ADHD-related patterns such as distractibility, emotional intensity, procrastination, or burnout

  • processing past experiences or trauma in a way that feels safe, paced, and supportive

  • strengthening self-confidence, self-trust, and healthy boundaries in relationships

  • exploring attachment patterns and how anxiety, ADHD, or trauma show up in close relationships

  • improving emotional regulation, focus, clarity, and self-compassion

You don’t need to have a clear plan or a specific diagnosis to begin. Therapy with me offers a space to better understand how your mind works, make sense of your experiences, and move forward with greater confidence and ease..

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My Approach

I work from an integrative, evidence-based approach tailored to your unique needs and goals. Depending on what you’re working through, therapy may draw from CBT, DBT, Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, and trauma-informed care.

Our work is collaborative and practical, balancing reflection with tools you can apply in everyday life. My goal is to support you in feeling understood while also helping you develop skills that lead to lasting change.

What to Expect

In individual counselling, you set the pace. Sessions are guided by what feels most relevant and supportive for you in the moment.

In early sessions, we may focus on:

  • understanding what brought you to therapy

  • identifying goals and areas of concern

  • exploring patterns, stressors, and emotional responses

  • building strategies that support your wellbeing

  • gently examining family history and early experiences where helpful

There is no pressure to share everything at once. Therapy is a process, and trust develops over time.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Individual therapy may be helpful if you are experiencing anxiety, chronic stress, or persistent worry, as well as low mood, emotional numbness, or burnout. You may be struggling with boundaries, people-pleasing, or patterns in relationships that feel hard to change, including attachment-related concerns. Therapy can also be supportive if you’re navigating the impact of trauma, ADHD, identity exploration, or feeling stuck, lost, or unsure about your next steps. Many people seek therapy not because something is wrong, but because they want support, clarity, and growth during a challenging season of life.

  • My approach is collaborative, compassionate, holistic, and direct. Therapy is tailored to your individual needs, drawing on evidence-based practices while considering the emotional, relational, and contextual factors shaping your experiences. Together, we focus on developing insight, skills, and strategies that support long-term wellbeing.

  • That’s completely okay. Many people begin therapy feeling unsure or overwhelmed. Part of our work together is identifying what feels most important to focus on and creating clarity over time, there’s no expectation to arrive with a clear plan.

  • Individual therapy sessions are 50 minutes in length.

    Fee: $160 per session
    Virtual sessions are available across Ontario, with in-person sessions offered in Hamilton.

    Receipts are provided for insurance reimbursement where applicable.

    Unfortunately, we do not do any direct billing.

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