Gestalt therapists in Clarence-Rockland, Ontario ON, Canada CA
Gestalt
Lori Schledewitz
Counsellor/Therapist, MA, RP
Overly emotional...too soft for your own good...do these judgements sound so familiar? If yes, you have found your tribe! I am passionate about working with individuals whose unique personality traits characterize them as highly sensitive. My clients are highly intuitive and experience life and emotions profoundly. And many of my clients, despite their best effort, find themselves stuck and struggling with ineffective coping patterns to help manage symptoms of anxiety, depression, grief, and loss. I strive to help clients reestablish a flexible and compassionate connection with their inner-most voice while developing skills to weather even the most volatile emotional storm - empowering clients to reclaim the rich and meaningful life they want.
3 Years Experience
Gestalt
Tea Time Therapy
Registered Psychotherapist
The pressures of the day-to-day leave many of us feeling anxious, overwhelmed and stressed. The trauma we've experienced lives in our bodies whether we recognize it or not. Culture plays a huge role in how we perceive the world around us, which is why at Tea Time Therapy, we have created a culturally inclusive safe space where you can come and discuss how you are feeling without the stigma around mental health. At Tea Time Therapy, we are here to walk with you on your journey to overcome your daily life struggles and the traumas you have experienced. We aim to provide a safe space for you to feel heard, understood and seen.
4 Years Experience
Gestalt
Maribel Ayala
Registered Psychotherapist, M.A. Counselling Psychology, Registered Psychotherapist, CCC, EMDR Certified Therapist, Clinical Counselling Hypnotherapist
**Immediate Appointments Are Available**
Are you experiencing anxiety, grief, stress, relationship issues, sexual concerns, PTSD symptoms or going through a life transition? Whether you are struggling with anxiety, the aftermath of a traumatic experience, or a loss, I am here to provide compassionate support and evidence-based interventions (talk and somatic psychotherapies) to assist you develop effective coping strategies. Together, we can work on establishing therapeutic goals to address your current challenges and unlock your potential for growth and transformation. I hold a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology. I am a Registered Psychotherapist, EMDR International Association Certified Therapist, and a Canadian Certified Counsellor.
If you are ready to take the first step towards improving your well-being, I invite you to contact me today and begin your path towards a more fulfilling future by reclaiming your inner strength.
Evening and Saturday appointments are available via secure online video, in addition to in person and virtual weekday appointments.
14 Years Experience
Gestalt
Adrienne Sharma-Richardson PhD MEd RP OCT
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Gestalt Psychotherapist Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Gottman Trained Couples Therapist
As a gestalt psychotherapist, who pairs gestalt training with somatic experiencing I can help support you in healing from your trauma.
No one in the Niagara Region utilizes the combination of these therapies and applies them to working with couples in crisis. Gottman (couples) and Post Induction Therapy training (relational/developmental trauma)
I am sorry to say but popular approaches to healing trauma like CBT will provide only temporary relief at best.
If you want to get to the root of your trauma and heal somatic experiencing (SE) is what you need and when supported with the power of relational gestalt therapy you will shift your shit!
SE focuses on regulating your nervous system.
With SE work trauma responses are completed and energy is released back into the system and with this the resolution and disappearance of physical complaints, including headaches, digestive problems, and pain syndromes can be resolved, and emotional regulation can be restored.
I will teach you how to work with your stress response - the body's innate alarm system in response to a perceived danger, also called the "Fight or Flight" response.
It is highly adaptive to danger and human survival when threats are physical, but less so when threats are psychological, or imaginary, among other somatic and relational skills.
I have been trained under Dr Abi Blakeslee part of Dr Peter A Levine's legacy group out of California for Somatic Experiencing and the late great Dr Bud Feder the author of Beyond the Hot Seat was on my dissertation committee overseeing a phenomenological study of the effectiveness of a gestalt therapy group I created to reduce stress in working informal caregivers of the elderly. I named the group process Stressed WOW (We Overloaded with Work).
Gestalt therapy is an extremely complex psychotherapy, too complex to describe in this short space.
The power of its effectiveness can only be experienced.
Most present day therapies have stolen bits and pieces of its praxis.
Get the whole again with a holistic, here and now, experiential therapy.
I am here for you... I've got your six!
11 Years Experience
Gestalt
Brian Baumal
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist (RP)
I lost 100lbs and currently kept it off for eight years (I started August 15, 2012). I know the challenges of wanting so desperately to change but being unable to do so. I also know the constant mind chatter that plagues people who want to improve their health but just can't seem to do so. As a therapist, I take these issues and challenges very seriously, and work with clients to successfully find ways to manage their weight and health.
I remember at my heaviest weight, I wanted to talk to someone who had been there, done that & understood I so badly wanted to change and my frustration at not changing. I wanted someone who could quiet my mind when it worried about my weight and help me gain control of my body and life. I know what it's like to start losing weight, only to abandon the effort shortly thereafter. If you repeat that pattern and put your health and quality of life at risk, then you likely feel that there are issues that need to be addressed psychologically - I can help!
Finally, I absolutely love what I do, and I hope it shows in every session that I have with my clients.
14 Years Experience