How does therapy work?

Therapy is a very personal experience. Often times, this is the one place that you are most vulnerable, therefore it is important that you feel comfortable with whomever you work with.

At BeWell Therapy, we see this as a collaborative process, whereby we take a look at your experiences, how they are impacting you and possibly those around you, and determine the way forward. We seek to find the strengths in all our clients, and use these strengths to find the answers that best suit them.

Change is hard, and people usually seek therapy when they are not happy with something in themselves or their lives. Therapy often requires a change of some sort. Change your thoughts. Change your behaviour. Making choices that you have not been ready to make just yet. With support, you may find this process much easier. Having a “therapy buddy” along the way always makes the journey better!

We have experience in a wide range of therapy styles, from serious and contemplative to humorous, interlaced with belly laughs. Life can’t be taken seriously all the time, and we ensure that our clients can always find the silver lining in their lives, and even find joy in the darkest of moments.

People at all stages of life seek counselling to explore, discover, and find ways to improve or manage their mental health and relationships. 1 in 5 people will experience some form of mental health concern in any given year. It is a leading cause of disability in Canada. At any time, 500,000 employed Canadians are unable to work due to mental illness. We work with children (8+), adolescents, and adults in all stages of life.

Counselling can help you understand your mental health better, and learn ways to better cope or find solutions. It can provide a place to learn more about yourself and your relationships so that you can live a more harmonious and peaceful life. It can help you to see things differently in order to move past old hurts or traumatic experiences and feel in control of your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.

We use many different approaches and believe we are all unique in our experiences. Our training includes:

  • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT)
  • Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT)
  • Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP)
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Gottman Method for couples therapy
  • Integrated Psychospiritual Therapy
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Motivational Interviewing (MI)

Sometimes homework and engaging exercises are used with our clients where appropriate.

As social workers and psychotherapists, we are all trained in anti-oppressive and anti-discriminatory practice, and to identify the complex intersectionalities of the people we work with. When engaging in this work, we often have to explore our own unconscious bias, considering our place and privilege, and the impact that this can have on the therapeutic alliance with clients.

  • Anxiety, depression, PTSD, OCD, and phobias
  • Individuals addicted to substances (alcohol, drugs, gambling, pornography)
  • Chronic health issues
  • Those experiencing grief from loss due to death, migration, pregnancy, health, and employment
  • Caregiver stress
  • Family relationships
  • Marital and relationship stress (straight/queer)
  • Work stress and short-term leaves
  • Existential crisis related to self, and how to set a new path for oneself

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