What types of therapy do you offer?

Our therapists are here to support both you and your child in working through any difficulties he/she/they may be facing including:

Children and youth can present with different forms of anxiety such as Social Anxiety. Generalized Anxiety, Separation Anxiety, Illness/Health Anxiety, etc. They may engage in reassurance seeking or cope with avoidance. Interventions such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) can be helpful for individuals struggling with anxiety. This can be done via individual therapy or through a parent-led approach.
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Meet our Child Providers

We draw from the following evidence based treatments

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a well studied form of psychotherapy that has been found to be effective in treating a wide range of difficulties including anxiety, depression, perfectionism, and poor body image. In CBT, we look at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviours and try to help clients identify and change unhelpful patterns of thinking as well as challenge these unhelpful thoughts through our actions using exposures.
Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) views parents as the primary agents of change for someone struggling with an emotion- or behaviour-based problem, regardless of their age. Although it was initially created to treat eating disorders, is is now viewed as a transdiagnostic approach that empowers parents to support their child through both emotion and behaviour coaching. In EFFT, parents are seen for sessions alone (i.e., without their child present).
Family Based Treatment (FBT) is the primary intervention for children and adolescents presenting with eating disorders, such as Anorexia Nervosa. Family Based Treatment typically involves 20 sessions over the course of a year and has three phases, with the first being weight restoration given the potential medical concerns associated with malnutrition and low body weight. In Family Based Treatment, parents play an active role in their child’s recovery. We ask that families seeking treatment for an eating disorder be connected to a family doctor/nurse practitioner who can provide regular medical monitoring.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based treatment often used to help individuals struggling with emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, distress tolerance, and mindfulness. DBT may also be recommended if someone engages in self-harming behaviours or exhibits borderline personality traits. Comprehensive DBT involves weekly individual therapy, a skills group, phone coaching, and consultation. At this time, we offer DBT-informed psychotherapy; this means that we may integrate DBT skills and principles into a client’s individual therapy as needed, but we do not offer skills groups or phone coaching. If we feel that your child would benefit most from Comprehensive DBT, this will be discussed with your family and we will direct you to local/virtual DBT programs.
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is an evidence-based therapy used in the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). In ERP, clients are gradually exposed to situations that often trigger anxiety and they learn to manage these situations without engaging in compulsions or safety behaviours.
ACT is a mindfulness-based behaviour therapy that has been found to be helpful for a range of presenting difficulties, although the main goal is to help clients create a rich and meaningful life that is aligned with their values, while accepting the pain that inevitably goes with it. If you’re interested in learning more about ACT, we highly recommend you watch Dr. Russ Harris’ Youtube video: The 3 Happiness Myths.