We believe that mental health care should be accessible to everyone. As people choose to make a change, improve their quality of life, and reduce their struggles and suffering - many find the financial cost of private therapy is a barrier, especially those with limited or no extended health care benefits.
Therapy should help reduce your stress, not add to it with expensive fees that break the budget. Our Registered Psychotherapist Associates (Tania, Lisa , Faisal, Alexis, Caitlin, Ashleigh and Tanya) all offer sliding scale.
Our Graduate Intern Therapists' session fees are only $35 for individual and $45 for couples - a fraction of the average full rate private practice fee. Plus, your first session with one of our Intern Therapists is free.
We know the best therapy is flexible, accessible, and tailor fit to you, your experiences, your needs, and your goals. Learn more about our Graduate Interns, our Clinical Supervisor, and the benefits of working with a Graduate Intern Counsellor below.
Amy helps clients discover and believe in their own strengths and achieve their goals - while turning down the volume of their inner critic. She supports teens, adults and older adults with the impact of depression, anxiety, work stress and conflict, parenting and post-partum, relationship issues, climate anxiety and more.
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Ivy believes each person has the potential to over come challenges and enjoy peace and joy in their lives - including you. She works with teens, adults and older adults experiencing anxiety, depression, ADHD symptoms, family and relationship conflict, trauma and abuse, cultural barriers, newcomer's / immigrant's issues, and more
Accepting new clients
Jessica brings over 15 years of experience working in the health and research field. She is passionate about finding ways to help improve mental health and quality of life in adults and older adults. She supports clients experiencing trauma, body-image issues, mood and anxiety struggles, addiction, parenting, stress and more.
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With years of experience in the helping field, Claire is dedicated to a flexible approach to therapy and works collaboratively with clients through whatever challenges they are facing. Her areas of clinical focus include anxiety, sports/performance anxiety, depression, family conflict, self-esteem issues, parenting and more.
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Christina joins us with years of experience as a yoga therapist and teacher. She believes that we all can achieve healing, growth and transformation. Her areas of clinical focus include grief, anxiety, co-dependency, life transitions including aging, gender, relationship concerns, trauma, women's issues, and more.
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Use our 'match me' form to get your personalized recommendations.
Or schedule some free 15 minute consultations to help you choose.
A Graduate Intern Counsellor is someone who is on the final step of their Graduate Degree in Social Work, Psychology, or Counselling Psychology.
They have completed all of their academic coursework, and are prepared and fully equipped with a broad scope, and most recent approaches, of counselling and psychotherapy practices.
The Graduate Intern placement usually lasts for 7 to 8 months, and entails receiving close clinical supervision, by a qualified and experienced supervisor.
During this time, the intern, not only gains valuable experience and knowledge, but also work towards their licensure requirements for independent practice.
There are many reasons to choose a Graduate Intern Counsellor.
In addition to flexibility and convenience, a Graduate Intern brings fresh, up-to-date, therapeutic approaches, techniques and perspectives.
Throughout their internship, your counsellor is actively working closely with a seasoned and highly experienced Psychotherapist Clinical Supervisor; essentially giving you two therapists in one, and the best of both worlds.
Additionally, the cost of working with a Graduate Intern is significantly lower than fully Registered Psychotherapists. For those who have limited or no extended health care benefits, working with a Graduate Intern can enable you to access therapy affordably.
Joy Sereda (she/her) is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (BC), a Registered Social Worker (BC, AB & Ont), and a Registered Psychotherapist (Ont). She is also an Approved Clinical Supervisor for the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors and the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario.
Joy has over 17 years of experience in the mental health field, with 15 years in private practice. She has been supervising Graduate Students and Post-Graduate Clinicians for over a decade.
She approaches therapy with trauma-informed, person-centred, collaborate perspectives; and believes that flexibility, compassion, and kindness are essential to a fulfilled and content life.
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