SERVICES

Children & Adolescents

  • Trauma Counselling after exposure of acute stress situations (house robberies, motor
    vehicle accidents, witnessing of natural disaster).
  • Therapy to come to terms with major life changes:  including adjustment to parental
    divorce, death in the family or being diagnosed with a terminal medical condition.
  • Parental guidance:  discipline, establishing routine and structure, effective
    communication, divorce announcement.
  • Play therapy to assist with behavioral or emotional problems at home or at school:
    including anger outbursts, inappropriate expression of emotions, specific fears (e.g.
    darkness), separation anxiety, enuresis, encopresis, performance anxiety, low self-
    esteem, oppositional defiance, ADHD and other impulse control problems, bullying,
    perfectionism, family conflict, sibling rivalry.

Adults

Psychotherapy and Counselling for adults for the following sorts of problems:

  • Trauma, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Acute Stress Disorder
  • Grieve and bereavement
  • Relationship problems (including couple’s therapy)
  • Stress
  • Low self-esteem / self-doubt / indecisiveness
  • Occupational / vocational  / work related problems
  • Depression, anxiety and fear

Areas of special interest

  • Grieve and Bereavement for children, adolescents and adults. 
  • Therapy for survivors of trauma (all ages)

Exclusions

Scholastic assessments

I do not involve myself in any work that is psycho-legal or forensic in nature including: custody evaluations in the instance
of divorce, child abuse investigations or clinical evaluations after motor vehicle accidents or medical procedures.