Our Treatment Approaches
At Balanced Thoughts Counselling, our mission and philosophy serve as the cornerstones of our practice. Our psychotherapists strive to get to know each client and understand the cause of their distress.
Throughout the counselling process, we will use various therapeutic options and interventions to work on what is most important to you. Collectively, we are trained and experienced in the following areas:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Brief Intervention for School Clinicians (BRISC)
- Certified Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
- Crisis Intervention
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Narrative Therapy
- Prolonged Exposure
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
If you are looking for a specific type of intervention, please visit the “Our Team” page.
Our Treatment Approaches
At Balanced Thoughts Counselling, our mission and philosophy serve as the cornerstones of our practice. Our psychotherapists strive to get to know each client and understand the cause of their distress.
Throughout the counselling process, we will use various therapeutic options and interventions to work on what is most important to you. Collectively, we are trained and experienced in the following areas:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Brief Intervention for School Clinicians (BRISC)
- Certified Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
- Crisis Intervention
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Narrative Therapy
- Prolonged Exposure
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
If you are looking for a specific type of intervention, please visit the “Our Team” page.
Presenting Concerns
Our team health counsellors have experience addressing various concerns that individuals, families, and couples usually struggle with. These include:
- Abuse and Neglect
- Addictions
- Anxiety
- Childhood Psychological Disorders
- Complex Childhood Trauma
- Couples’ Problems
- Depression
- General Anxiety Disorder
- Grief and Loss
- Intergenerational Trauma (With a Focus on Indigenous Populations)
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic Disorder
- Parenting Problems
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Sexual Abuse
- Sleep Disorders
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Specific Phobias
- Stress
- Trauma
Contact us if you have any questions about these concerns or if you do not see yours listed.
Services
Individual Therapy - In person or Virtual*
Just you and a therapist, with the focus on you. This is the type of psychotherapy that most people think of when they begin therapy.
*Virtual Sessions only available for Individual Therapy at this time.
Play Therapy
Children 6 and up. Therapist uses principles of CBT and Play Therapy to build therapeutic relationships through the use of activities and play interventions. Parent coaching is an integral part of CBTP.
Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents
Therapist specializing in children and adolescent’s mental health
Family Therapy
Any combination of family members, plus your therapist:
parent and child, brother and sister, parents and multiple children, focusing on family dynamics and relationships.
Group Therapy
Any combination of individuals (up to 8 at a time) who are dealing with a common concern, meeting in a therapeutic group to collective address and learn ways of coping.
Couples
Partners meeting together with a therapist to discuss their relationship.
As 2SLGBTQ+ allies, we recognize any and all committed pairings.
Trauma, PTSD and Occupational Stress Injuries
A dedicated trauma -informed intervention that focusses on stabilization and emotional regulation before we begin to tackle the root causes of the trauma.
When working with clients dealing with trauma, our hope is always to also work with the family members, either as a group or individually to address the impacts of the trauma.