Psychotherapy Services
Individual Therapy
A supportive space where children can explore emotions, build regulation skills, and better understand themselves.
Support can include:
- Emotional regulation (recognizing feelings, body cues)
- Anxiety support (rigidity, transitions, uncertainty)
- Social understanding (friendships, perspective-taking)
- Self-expression (especially for children who mask or shut down)
- Somatic awareness (understanding body signals)
- Understanding autism (sensory needs, masking, burnout)
- Nervous system education (making sense of behaviours)
A space for teens to explore identity, relationships, and emotional experiences with greater depth and autonomy.
Support can include:
- Identity and self-understanding (including masking/unmasking)
- Emotional regulation and overwhelm
- Anxiety, mood, and social stress
- Relationship dynamics (friendships, dating, boundaries)
- Burnout and shutdown recovery
- Self-advocacy and communication
- Understanding autism (sensory, regulation, masking, burnout)
- Nervous system education
Support for siblings navigating the emotional and relational impact of growing up in a neurodivergent family system.
Support can include:
- Understanding autism and neurodivergence
- Processing feelings (confusion, frustration, protectiveness)
- Navigating changing family roles
- Strengthening sibling relationships
- Addressing resentment, pressure, or responsibility dynamics
- Emotional expression and regulation
- Nervous system awareness
Parent/Caregiver Support
At this stage, work is primarily with caregivers to support the child through connection and coregulation.
Support can include:
- Co-regulation and responding to distress
- Understanding sensory needs and nervous system states
- Supporting early communication and attunement
- Building predictable routines (sleep, transitions, feeding)
- Caregiver self-regulation
Practical and relational strategies to support your child at home and in daily life.
Support can include:
- Understanding triggers (sensory, transitions, unmet needs)
- Co-regulation and de-escalation during meltdowns
- Supporting emotional expression
- Communication strategies (clear, concrete, supportive)
- Building flexibility without power struggles
- Reinforcement strategies aligned with your child’s needs
- Supporting school-related stress
- Understanding autism and nervous system responses
Support in navigating the shift toward independence while maintaining connection.
Support can include:
- Supporting autonomy while staying connected
- Navigating conflict without disconnection
- Understanding the teen emotional world
- Supporting executive functioning without control struggles
- Communication and boundary-setting
- Understanding autism and nervous system patterns
Parent/Caregiver Sessions (Individual)
A dedicated space for caregivers to explore their own experience while strengthening their relationship with their child.
Support can include:
- Emotional and behavioural support strategies
- Co-regulation and in-the-moment responding
- Attachment and relationship-based work
- Repair after conflict or dysregulation
- Caregiver self-regulation and grounding
- Psychoeducation about autism
- Applying strategies across home, school, and community
A relational space focused on strengthening connection, safety, and co-regulation between parent and child.
Support can include:
- Strengthening attachment and emotional connection
- Co-regulation and shared emotional experiences
- Repairing relational ruptures
- Supporting emotional expression in relationship
- Building safety, trust, and attunement
Sessions involving multiple family members to support communication, understanding, and relational balance.
Support can include:
- Improving family communication
- Repairing disconnection and relational patterns
- Navigating expectations, roles, and boundaries
- Supporting independence while maintaining connection
- Addressing escalation cycles and conflict patterns
- Supporting sibling understanding
- Creating shared emotional language
- Bridging home, school, and daily life experiences
FEES
Session Fees:
- Individual Therapy (Child, Youth, Parent): $225
- Dyadic Therapy (Parent & Child): $240–$250
- Family Therapy: $250–$260
Trauma-Informed Support
Trauma is not always a single event.
For many children, youth, and families—especially those navigating autism—trauma can develop through repeated overwhelm, misunderstanding, or environments that do not feel safe or supportive.
Research shows that autistic individuals are more likely to experience:
- Ongoing stress in social environments
- Sensory and environmental overwhelm
- Higher rates of bullying and exclusion
- Increased exposure to stressful or invalidating experiences
These experiences can live in the body and nervous system, shaping how a person feels, responds, and connects.
Trauma can look different in neurodivergent children and teens. It is often expressed through the body, behaviour, or emotional responses:
- Increased meltdowns or shutdowns
- Heightened anxiety or fear responses
- Strong reactions to transitions or unpredictability
- Avoidance of certain people, places, or environments
- Changes in sleep, appetite, or mood
- Difficulty feeling safe or trusting others
- Regression in skills or increased dependence
- Emotional withdrawal or masking
- Intensified sensory sensitivities
These responses are not “just behaviour”—they often reflect a nervous system trying to cope with overwhelm.
Common Sources of Trauma (Research-Informed)
Support can include:
- Bullying, exclusion, or repeated misunderstandings
- Feeling different, judged, or not accepted
- Ongoing social confusion or rejection
Support can include:
- Loud, unpredictable, or overstimulating environments
- Frequent transitions without support
- Chronic sensory overload
Support can include:
- Lack of accommodations or understanding
- Pressure to mask or conform
- Being disciplined for regulation-related behaviours
- Academic and social overwhelm
Support can include:
- Sensory discomfort during appointments or procedures
- Difficulty predicting or understanding what will happen
- Repeated exposure to stressful environments
Support can include:
- Hiding natural behaviours to fit in
- Constant effort to “perform” socially
- Feeling disconnected from one’s authentic self
Support can include:
- Repeated experiences of stress over time
- Environments that consistently feel unsafe or demanding
- Burnout from ongoing adaptation
The Caregiver Experience
Caregivers are often holding a great deal, and their experience is an essential part of the healing process:
- Feeling overwhelmed or constantly “on edge”
- Emotional exhaustion from ongoing regulation demands
- Guilt or self-doubt
- Difficulty staying grounded during a child’s distress
- Feeling alone in navigating systems (school, services)
- Personal experiences being activated through parenting
How Trauma Is Supported in Our Work
Our work begins with safety, connection, and an understanding of the nervous system.
From there, we gently support processing in a way that feels manageable and respectful of each person’s pace.
This work is guided by trauma-informed approaches that may include:
- Nervous system and somatic-based work to support regulation, body awareness, and a sense of safety
- Polyvagal-informed understanding to make sense of responses such as shutdown, anxiety, or overwhelm
- Internal Family Systems (IFS) to gently explore protective parts and support deeper self-understanding
- Attachment-focused work to strengthen connection, especially within parent–child relationships
- Trauma-focused CBT strategies to build coping skills, emotional awareness, and supportive thought patterns
- EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) to support the processing of overwhelming or distressing experiences when appropriate
Throughout this process, we focus on:
- Building internal and relational safety
- Understanding triggers and responses
- Strengthening co-regulation (especially within caregiver–child relationships)
- Supporting emotional expression in a safe and supported way
- Moving at a pace that honours readiness and capacity
The Caregiver Experience
Not all experiences need to be labelled as trauma to matter.
If something felt overwhelming, confusing, or left a lasting impact—it deserves attention, care,
and understanding
Why Choose Us?
11+ Years of Clinical Excellence
OAP-Approved Service Provider
