In-Person in Zephyr, ON L0E 1T0
Online in
Ontario
I offer a safe space to open up in your vulnerability with your fears, grief, heartaches or feeling stuck. Whether you have anxiety, depression or relationship issues, I can support you through healing, re-organization and resolution. I am a warm-hearted soul guide and body-oriented psychotherapist that integrates your body, mind, and spirituality . I offer deep, core healing work that works with how your consciousness can shift from your mind to your heart, to your gut instincts and throughout your holistic, authentic self. I create a non-judgmental environment that is LGBTQ and all-races friendly. You can find out more about me on my website www.buildingsoul.ca
Client Focus
Session Format: Couple, Individual sessions.
Age Specialty: Adult, Senior, Teen
Demographic Expertise: Asian, Black / African American, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Hispanic / Latino, Jewish, LGBTQ+, Men, Middle Eastern, Military / Veterans, Muslim, Native American, Women clients.
Languages: English
Treatment Approach
- Behavioral Therapy Uses learning techniques like reinforcement and practice to change unwanted behaviors. It is often applied to phobias, anxiety, and habits.
- Bioenergetic Analysis Combines talk therapy with physical exercises to release stored tension in the body. It aims to connect emotional struggles with physical experiences.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) One of the most widely used approaches, CBT helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with healthier patterns. It is effective for anxiety, depression, and many other concerns.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Combines CBT with mindfulness to help regulate emotions, tolerate stress, and build stronger relationships. Originally designed for borderline personality disorder, it’s now used more broadly.
- Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Focuses on strengthening emotional bonds in couples or families. It helps people identify negative cycles and create more secure connections.
- Experiential Therapy Involves hands-on activities to bring emotions into the present moment. It helps clients process feelings more deeply than through conversation alone.
- Gestalt Therapy Encourages awareness of thoughts, feelings, and actions in the present moment. It helps people integrate different parts of themselves for wholeness.
- Integrative Therapy Combines techniques from multiple approaches into a customized plan. It adapts to each client’s unique situation and needs.
- Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) A short-term approach focused on improving relationships and social support. It is often used for depression and grief.
- Jungian Therapy Draws on Carl Jung’s ideas about archetypes, dreams, and the collective unconscious. It helps people explore deeper layers of meaning.
- Music Therapy Uses music listening, songwriting, or rhythm exercises to support healing. It is effective for stress, emotional expression, and cognitive challenges.
- Narrative Therapy Encourages people to view problems as separate from themselves and reframe their life story. It helps build resilience and self-identity.
- Neuropsychology Examines how brain function affects thinking, memory, and behavior. It often involves assessment and rehabilitation strategies.
- Object Relations Therapy Focuses on how early caregiver relationships shape current relationships. It aims to improve patterns of attachment and trust.
- Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) Emphasizes empathy, unconditional positive regard, and authenticity. It provides a safe space for self-discovery and growth.
- Play Therapy Uses toys, games, and creative play to help children express emotions. It is especially useful when children can’t fully verbalize their feelings.
- Psychoanalytic Therapy Based on Freud’s theories, it explores unconscious conflicts and past experiences. It seeks to bring hidden issues into awareness.
- Psychodynamic Therapy Explores unconscious thoughts and patterns that influence current behavior. It builds insight into how the past impacts the present.
- Relational Psychotherapy Emphasizes the healing power of the therapist-client relationship. It uses trust and safety as a foundation for change.
- Self Psychology Explores the development of self-esteem and identity. It emphasizes the importance of empathy in healing.
- Somatic Therapy Helps clients notice how emotions are stored in the body. It uses breath, movement, and awareness for healing trauma and stress.
- Transpersonal Therapy Integrates spirituality and higher states of consciousness with psychology. It encourages growth beyond the individual self.
Fees & Insurance
Fees
- Average Session Fee $175 - $225
- Accepts Insurance
Education & Credentials
Ingrid Cryns BES, B Arch, CBT, RP, OSRP, CRPO
- Female
- License # 005579
- Licensed in Ontario
- Practicing Since 2003
Ingrid Cryns Practice Details
Therapy Sessions
- Available In-Person in Zephyr, ON L0E 1T0
- Available Online for residents of Ontario
- Online Therapy Details: SecureVideo, Zoom, Google Hangouts, Skyp
Working with women, men and couples, I provide holistic, core healing for traumatic, confusing or painful pasts, specializing in shock, generational or relational trauma. I focus on being present in the NOW and in the body, to understand how to centre, ground and hold your balance in these crazy times. I can help you if you have feelings that are difficult to express or contain and regulate better. I can help you find greater silence and stillness within or how to experience an expanded, ecstatic flow states to attract greater health, vitality or abundance in your life.
This system of psycho-therapeutic inquiry and body / soul healing that I offer can support you if you experience:
• Fear, anxiety or panic attacks
• Challenging relationships or communication problems
• Depression, grief or loss
• Stress. A difficult life transition
• Despair, hopeless or stuck
• Or a critical illness
• Difficulty to feel love, joy or pleasure
• Self-esteem or self-image issues
• Healthy boundary development or how to say ‘No’
• PTSD symptoms
• Emotional or physical abuse
• Addictions or shame
• Accessing or managing anger, or affect regulation
• Disconnected or confused spirituality issues