How Therapy Works

Session 1 to 3 | Chart Your Path

In our initial sessions, we’ll team up to explore the diverse terrain of your life, covering your past, present, and future. From challenging thoughts and feelings to pivotal life events, work performance, and lifestyle habits like sleep and diet, this exploration aims to understand your concerns, strengths, and goals. These sessions lay the foundation for our journey and may provide a diagnosis, allowing me to tailor my approach to align with your unique life path or relationship. Together, we’ll create a plan that moves you toward a more fulfilling and resilient future.

Sessions 4 to 7 | Navigate the Terrain of Your Mind

In the upcoming sessions, we’ll explore psycho-education through reading, discussions, and skills-building, both in and outside of therapy. This will empower you to recognize and comprehend the connection between your thoughts, feelings, physical sensations, and actions, linked to your concerns. As your awareness grows, we’ll correct misconceptions and develop individual and relationship skills and insights to break negative psychological cycles. This will help you regain control and solve conflicts, reducing the impact of intrusive thoughts, challenging emotions like anger, and physical symptoms like muscle tension.

Sessions 8 to 12 | Conquer Concerns and Realize Goals

During these sessions, we’ll navigate challenges together using methods proven by research to be effective. We’ll gradually confront tough experiences in a controlled way, fostering resilience as you face fears. As we progress, you’ll rediscover joy through activities countering anger, sadness, and numbness, establishing routines for structure, and shedding habits and thoughts that block progress and maintain stress, anxiety, or panic. Additionally, you’ll acquire problem-solving strategies for life’s stressors and practical coping skills. Throughout, we’ll explore and implement various ways to enhance relationship and communication skills while fostering social support.

Sessions 13 to 16 and beyond | Your Path to Independence

In our last sessions, we’ll prepare you for the future in two ways. Firstly, we’ll develop a tailored plan to navigate challenges, building resilience with the valuable insights you’ve gain and the skills you’ve developed. Secondly, we’ll assess your progress, goals, and adjust our plan. Our aim is a smooth transition to greater independence and well-being, so you can maintain therapy progress outside of our sessions. We’ll shift to fewer sessions in a personalized manner, preserving positive momentum so you and your relationships can thrive.

Navigating Options and Discovering Your Fit

I offer a free 15-minute initial online consultation to allow you to determine whether individual or couples therapy matches your needs and whether we would be a good fit for therapy.

The personalized therapy services I provide are for those residing in Alberta, either in-person in Edmonton or online, and cost $235 (CAD) per 50-minute session.

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