INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING
Life is complicated, and it can be beneficial to explore life’s difficult nuances with a trained professional. Individual counseling will focus on your goals for therapy and your clinician aiding you in achieving those goals through therapy.
SEX THERAPY
One of the most important sexual organs is in fact, the brain. The messages we receive throughout our life can affect our relationship with sexuality. When we have a poor relationship with our sexuality, we may notice shifts in functioning, issues with impulse control, or feelings such as shame that may affect our overall wellbeing. By discussing sexuality with a qualified professional, you may experience shifts in sexuality such as acceptance and improvement in functioning.
- Nick is the first and currently only Sex Therapist certified by the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, & Therapists (AASECT) to be based out of Central Alberta. He hopes to help clients understand this difficult to understand topic.
Couples/Relationship Counseling
One of the most complex and important aspects of our world are the relationship we have, and more specifically – the people we choose to share our lives with. When a relationship unit comes together, the blending of different understandings of the world can be difficult to navigate. Through relationship counseling, you can learn how to understand each other to best support each other through life’s difficulties.
Nick has specialized relationship training in Gottman Method (Level 2, Treating Affairs & Trauma, Couples & Addiction Recovery) & Cognitive-Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy is a skill-focused type of therapy where your clinician will educate you in developing the skills to be able to understand each other better and have more meaningful conversation. Through developing these skills, relationship satisfaction can improve.
- Cognitive-Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a type of therapy developed to decrease PTSD symptoms & relationship distress. This therapy will have a focus on healing the symptoms through education, skill-building, and exposure exercises.
Gender-Affirming Psychotherapy
Gender is a complex concept that people may struggle to understand. Through meeting with a qualified professional, you may be able to develop a better relationship with your identity. A trained psychologist can help you understand your identity. If referrals are needed for medical transitions, a psychologist can be the first step to meeting these needs.
- Nick is a member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (one of only a few in Central Alberta) and hopes to help support this often-misunderstood population navigate through the difficult experiences they have.
Trauma Therapy
One of the most universal understandings in the world is that we will experience painful and confusing events. Through engaging in trauma therapy with a clinician, we can help you move forward from these events so you can learn to thrive and move on from survival mode. There are many diverse types of therapy that can help you meet these goals.
- Nick has specialized training in the following trauma treatments: Eye-Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), & Cognitive Behavioral Conjoint Therapy (CBCT) for PTSD
- Eye-Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing is a type of therapy that involves exposing an individual to the disturbing event that is affecting them. Through being supported along this journey, desensitization to these events can occur and then in the reprocessing part of treatment, a new narrative may be able to be developed about these distressing events.
- Cognitive Processing Therapy is a type of therapy that focuses on the rigid thought processes that can occur due to events and invites the client to explore these thoughts and find flexibility in thinking. These rigid thoughts often will interfere with the affected individual’s ability to engage in aspects of life the way that they would like to.
- Cognitive-Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a type of therapy that involves working with the client’s partner(s) to assist in healing of the PTSD symptoms while also increasing relationship satisfaction. This type of therapy uses principles of Cognitive Processing Therapy and reworks these principles into a relationship therapy.