Welcome to Therapy

Determining if therapy is right for you can depend on a few factors. Here are some signs that it might be beneficial:

1. Feeling Overwhelmed: If you're experiencing persistent feelings of sadness, anxiety, or stress that interfere with daily life.

2. Difficulty Coping: If you're struggling to handle life's challenges or transitions, such as loss, relationship issues, or job stress.

3. Isolation: Feeling lonely or disconnected from others, and finding it hard to reach out for support.

4. Negative Patterns: If you notice recurring patterns of behavior or thought that you’d like to change.

5. Desire for Growth: If you're interested in personal development and want to better understand yourself and improve your quality of life.

6. Support and Guidance: Feeling that you could benefit from an objective perspective or professional guidance.

If you’re considering therapy, it might be helpful to schedule an initial consultation. During this first meeting, we can discuss your feelings and concerns and determine whether therapy feels like a good choice for you.

The duration of therapy can vary greatly depending on individual needs, goals, and circumstances.

Here are some factors that can influence how long you might need therapy:

1. Personal Goals: If you have specific goals, such as coping with a particular issue, you might need a shorter duration (a few sessions to several months).

2. Type of Therapy: Some therapeutic approaches are designed for brief interventions, while others may take longer.

3. Severity of Issues: If you are dealing with deep-seated issues or trauma, the process may take longer.

4. Progress: Your progress and comfort level in therapy will also help dictate the duration. Some people may find relief in a few sessions, while others may benefit from ongoing support over several months or even years.

5. Therapist’s Recommendation: Your therapist can provide guidance on what is typical based on your unique situation.

While the timeline varies for everyone, research indicates that most people experience significant improvement within 12 to 20 sessions, with about 50% of patients recovering from symptoms within this timeframe.

Some people may feel initial relief after just a few sessions, while more complex issues can require longer-term treatment. 

Often people will come more frequently in the beginning and then as they feel relief from symptoms they will come less often for maintenance sessions or as needed if and when new challenges arise - as can happen in life!

If you are in danger please call 9-1-1 or visit your local emergency department. You can also access these resources for support in the meantime:

• Peel Crisis Line - If you are in a mental health crisis, we can help. Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

  Call us anytime:
  905-278-9036
  1-888-811-2222  

• For children and Youth:
  Kid’s Help Phone - Call 1-800-668-6868 (toll-free) or text CONNECT to 686868. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to Canadians aged 5 to 29 who want confidential and anonymous care from trained responders.

For even more great resources visit the Canadian Mental Health Services Website here.

Whether you’re meeting online or in person, try to come to your session ahead of time to ensure you can find where you’re going without stress.

It can be helpful to bring a notebook or journal to your session. You can take notes of anything you want to remember, and also come to session with any questions or thoughts you may have written down.

Therapy sessions are typically 50 or 80 minutes long. Sometimes people like to book even longer sessions if they have a lot to unpack or share.

First sessions can benefit from extra time which is why you will see an 80 minute initial session offered in the booking platform.

Session Fees:

Session fees range from $175-$185 for Individual Therapy and $200-$250 for Couples and Families, which is in line with the suggested rates of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) and the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO).

Insurance / Benefits Coverage for Therapy:

Social Work and Psychotherapy Services are covered by most Insurance and Benefit Plans. Please check with your insurance provider to determine if you have partial or full coverage for your sessions.

Free Therapy / Reduced Rate Therapy / Sliding Scale Therapy:

To provide more affordable therapy options for those without coverage, or clients who are looking to extend their coverage further, we do offer reduced rate counselling with our interns.

Our therapy interns are Masters level students supervised by our Clinic Director which means you are in very good hands with not just one but two therapists supporting you!

Our interns offer free initial 80 minute sessions and then on-going therapy at reduced rates. Our suggested rate for ongoing work with an intern is $90. We do offer sliding scale fees for our interns as well to ensure there are accessible options for all of our clients.

Choosing the right therapist is key. You want to work with someone who you are comfortable with. As with all relationships, it can take time to get to know each other and develop that rapport.

To help you find the best fit, we recommend the following:

• Read the therapist’s individual bios to learn more about them, their background, who they typically work with, and how they work with clients.

• Book a Free Consult Call - this is a 20 minute phone call to ask any questions you may have and to get a feel for whether this therapist might be a good fit

• Book Additional Consult Calls if needed - Please don’t hesitate to book consult calls with more than one member of the team. You can speak with multiple team members to help you find who you really “click” with

• Schedule 4-6 initial appointments - The first few sessions are typically intake sessions - your therapist is learning about you, your history and what is bringing you to therapy. After 2-3 sessions with a therapist, if you’re feeling like they are not a good match, please don’t hesitate to reach out and try another team member.

Please don’t be discouraged if you don’t click with the therapist. You are trying to find someone who you are comfortable with and whom you feel can actually help you- that is what you’re here for!

We do recommend giving your current therapist 2-3 sessions to allow for time to develop comfort with each other and to get through the intake portion of therapy to the place where treatment can start happening.

If for whatever reason, you’re not feeling it - we get it! You are here to find THE RIGHT THERAPIST FOR YOU. Please reach out to our admin team and we will support you to find a match more suited to what you are looking for.

It is not uncommon for therapists on our team to refer clients to other therapists who they also feel will be a better match for the client. We are here to help and sometimes that means referring you to another clinician.