SERVICES

Sessions are provided either in person at our office in St Catharines, Ontario or virtually with clients across Ontario. Hypnotherapy and psychotherapy sessions show great success rates both in person and online.

Many insurance providers do cover therapy services provided by registered social workers and registered psychotherapists. To confirm, please check with your provider regarding the details of your coverage. You will be provided with a receipt that can be submitted to your insurance for reimbursement.

No, all our therapy services are exempt from HST and no additional taxes will apply.

Together, we’ll determine what frequency makes sense for you. Most often, clients are seen weekly or biweekly.

Hypnotherapy is the therapeutic use of hypnosis combined with psychotherapy that allows access to the root cause of a problematic limiting belief, behaviour, or pattern at the subconscious level to foster transformation, healing and change. Hypnotherapy can be particularly helpful for those who have “thought” their way through an issue, but who still struggle to release or shift that issue. Hypnosis is a natural state of openness and receptivity accessed through guided relaxation. In this state, clients are able to examine events from a new perspective, bring healing to emotional wounds, make choices that align with desired change, and adopt new beliefs and behaviours without resistance. Using hypnosis, we can desensitize triggers, untether from the pain of the past, and address the underlying root that causes issues to persist. In hypnotherapy sessions, strategies and techniques derived from somatic practices, the Polyvagal Theory of the nervous system, Parts work, cognitive reframing, age regression, Emotion Freedom Technique, resourcing, etc are used. Hypnotherapy has been shown to improve emotional control, increase happiness, decrease emotional distress, and positively impact feelings about the past, present and future. Through the neuroscience of rewiring neural connections, we can address anxiety, depression, problematic habits (such as body-focused repetitive behaviours or smoking), and reconnect to and discover new strategies, goals and ways of being that are in alignment with each client.

Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) is a neuroscience-informed trauma therapy that works with the brain’s original orienting and shock responses to overwhelming or attachment-related experiences.

By carefully tracking the nervous system’s instinctive responses held within the body, DBR supports the processing of trauma and shock at a deep and foundational level — often in ways that feel gentler, slower, and less overwhelming than traditional approaches.

Our work is informed by advanced DBR training, including Level 3 certification and Alexander Technique Interweaves, a somatic approach that supports the careful release of bracing and protective responses associated with shock and trauma.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidence-based approach to therapy for processing trauma and memory reconsolidation. It has been proven effective for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, panic attacks, grief, depression, phobias, and other issues including burnout, health-related traumas, and relationship trauma. EMDR is a psychotherapy that enables people to heal from emotional distress that is a result of life experiences that are held in the autonomic nervous system by helping clients activate their natural healing processes and removing “blocks” that have prevented healing. This is done through the application of the 8 phases of treatment which includes detailed protocols to address the various ways that trauma is stored in the mind and body: imagery, negative beliefs, emotions, and body sensations. EMDR has a 90% effectiveness rate, even in cases where previous mental health interventions were deemed ineffective and the client’s condition labelled “treatment resistant.” It works by activating the brain’s innate information processing system and targeting unresolved distressing memories.

Polyvagal Theory (PVT) is a helpful, non-pathologizing way to understand your own biology and responses to life’s demands. It emphasizes the role of the autonomic nervous system - especially the vagus nerve - plays in regulating our health, thoughts and behaviour. Using simple interventions, profound changes are observed to one’s internal and external experiences. This approach involves body-oriented, somatic techniques, and lays the groundwork for more in-depth trauma therapies.