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Individual Therapy
Individual Psychotherapy is a regulated practice in Ontario, whereby wellness and healing are facilitated between a person and a trained mental health professional. This relationship is integral to the treatment and is based on open communication, ongoing collaboration, and recognized psychotherapeutic approaches or interventions. Psychotherapists at Convergence expressly recognize that individual wellness and concerns are connected to our environments, families, communities, and structural factors (ex. capitalism, colonialism, racism, sexism, ableism/disablism, homophobia, transphobia). As such we apply a (w)holistic and social justice lens to our work with people as we attempt to navigate life in an increasingly fragmented society.
Individual Therapy is a great approach to address:
self discovery (better understanding the way you think, feel and move through the world)
emotional suffering
grief & loss
relationships
family conflict
life transitions & stages
trauma
depression & anxiety
mood disorders
illness.
Couples and Family Therapy & Parenting Support
Couples and Family therapy is for any constellation of family system (couples, dyads, polycules, young, old, LGBTQ2+) who need support with relationship. You may feel emotionally exhausted, or stuck in a blame cycle. Sometimes things are going pretty well, but they would like support working through a particular issue. Sometimes the therapist works with the whole family and other times certain members (e.g., caregivers alone, dyad work with one caregiver and one child, etc.). Our therapists will work with your family to explore what the issues are and find the best approach to address it.
Parenting is hard, let’s find an easier way forward. A Three-pronged approach is used where 1) life factors are explored (like parent and child temperament, family history, relational dynamics, trigger points, behavioural patterns, etc. to understand the factors contributing to the difficulties.) This helps everyone get on the same page about how to move forward and is based on the principle that problems are generally dynamic and multi-layered and require solutions that are also dynamic and multi-layered. 2) Understanding and healing your own triggers as a parent. What is getting activated in you as the parent/caregiver and what healing of your own will help healing for the family. This is based on the principle that parents are doing the best they can and that sometimes our own histories can highjack us out of alignment with our caregiving values/approach. And 3) Implement the roadmap for change. This includes specific tools and strategies to shift patterns towards harmony, better functioning (both for your child/ren and for the family as a whole) and deeper connection.
Couples and Family Therapy is a Great Approach to Address:
Family Conflict
Life changes (e.g., moving, divorce, death and illness of a loved one, changing schools, difficulties related to a child’s developmental stage, etc.)
Communication or relationship difficulties/breakdown
Family impacted by one family member’s mental health, addiction, etc.
Past abuse
Parenting Support is a great approach to address:
Difficult behaviours in your children
Supporting a child with mental health difficulties
Relationship ruptures and other relationship difficulties
Getting on the same page as your partner(s) in your parenting approach (whether together or seperated)
Addressing the blocks or challenges that get in the way of your desired parenting approach
Intensive Psychotherapy
2X/week Psychodynamic Psychotherapy:
For those who are curious about themselves and interested in pursuing a more in depth journey, a 2x per week psychodynamic psychotherapy focuses on core issues of a persons life and personality for the purpose of integration, change, and growth. Psychodynamic therapy involves facilitation of a deeper understanding of one's emotions and other mental processes. The goals of which are self-awareness, understanding the influence of the past on present, and the use of the therapeutic relationship as a window into one’s relationship patterns, so as to develop greater freedom and live healthier lives. This is achieved through the creative process of interpretive dialogue between the therapist and an individual in which each contributes to discovering how the person thinks, feels and behaves.
Extended Session EMDR Therapy:
Research suggests that an intensive model of therapy can be equally or more effective than traditional weekly hour sessions in delivering trauma-focused therapy. It can also be more cost effective in the long run. This is because less time is spent checking in, less having to stop mid-process of a piece of deep healing just to pack it all up and have to re-open it the following week, and less having to cope between sessions instead of leaving with a piece of deep healing completed. With intensive EMDR therapy, we move more quickly to resolution when we can stay focused on the healing that needs to be done to help you get back to your life in the ways that you want to show up. The Intensive EMDR program offers 90-minute to 3-hour sessions to focus on healing faster for lasting transformative change. It is great for reducing symptoms from single-incident trauma (car accident, loss, accident, etc.), addressing long-standing patterns in your life that feel stuck, or addressing a specific symptom or challenge that you haven’t been able to shift with other therapy approaches.
2X/week Psychodynamic Psychotherapy is a great way to address:
Self discovery (better understanding the way you think, feel and move through the world)
Challenges in relationships / relationship patterns
Most areas Individual therapy addresses, consultation required to discuss eligibility
Extended Session EMDR Therapy:
Single incident trauma
Childhood and complex trauma
Clinical Supervision
Clinical supervision is a form of relationship-based education and support for ongoing professional development within the helping professions (social work, peer support, community worker, psychotherapy, etc.). This is a unique working alliance with aims that can include: providing a safe reflective space, emotional support, expanding one’s critical self-reflection and structural analysis, developing clinical knowledge and skills, advancing professional judgment, and the exercise of values, ethics and standards of practice. Clinical professions in particular, are predicated on the assumption that honing one’s practice is a continuous learning commitment, we seek to do so with great care, collaboration, and humility.
Clinical Supervision is a great approach to address:
ongoing case supervision and professional development
support processing the impact of cases on clinician
expanding critical self-reflection
developing clinical knowledge and skills
enhance therapeutic alliance
expand structural analysis
identify gaps in knowledge, blocks in understanding, or explore other ways of seeing and approaching issues,
advancing professional judgment (values, ethics and standards of practice)
to meet the criteria for registration with professional body.
Case Consultation
Case Consultation is a problem-solving process in which advice and knowledge as well as reflection on one’s practice is offered by someone possessing specialized expertise. Consultants may be engaged to support clinicians and other helpers to identify gaps in knowledge, blocks in understanding, or explore other ways of seeing and approaching issues.
Case Consultation is a great approach to address:
blocks in movement within the therapeutic relationship/ feeling “stuck”
supporting case conceptualization.
Education and Training
For small groups, agencies, or larger institutions. Various Convergence psychotherapists provide education and training in their areas of expertise. See their individual profiles for more information.
Past and Current offering include:
Anti-Racism Education & Training
Narrative Therapy Education & Training
“Reach out for a partnership that transforms understanding into action, where your experiences are valued, and healing is a collaborative endeavour.”.
— Shawnette Thompson, Psychotherapist
