Susan brings over 30 years experience in providing therapy support for children, adolescents, and their families, young adults and parents through individual and group modalities. Her therapeutic intervention is client-centered and through psychoeducation helps clients choose the model that best suits their needs. It is an approach that that values the wisdom that people have within their own lives.
Therapy is trauma-informed and collaborative and draws from Narrative and Solution Focused Practice and Evidence Based interventions such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
Susan’s approach is rooted in Self Compassion and recognizes the Bio-Social Theory which acknowledges that pain and suffering is hard and we all do what is necessary to alleviate that pain and that sometimes those strategies get in the way of “living our best lives”.
Other areas of expertise are:
- Anxiety and Panic
- Self Esteem and Confidence
- Depression
- Mood Disorders
- Trauma/PTSD
- Body Image
- Grief/Loss
Susan is Registered with CRPO (College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario) and has an Honours Bachelor Degree in Psychology from Carleton University.
