Welcome!!

Linette sees each individual as unique, valuable, and gifted. She aims to understand what your needs, preferences, and personal goals are so that counselling can be individualized to you.  Linette uses evidence-based models of therapy during sessions (described below) to help clients heal, grow, and move forward in their life. It is Linette's mission to provide counselling that will help you gain a greater sense of identity, value, purpose, and direction in your life.

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Please note: Exploring your faith and beliefs in order to receive support in navigating the challenges of life (pain, hurt, life circumstance) is welcomed upon your request. My goal is to provide a safe space where you can ask the hard honest questions, and instead of being given answers, enter on a journey together of seeking to reconcile the conflict within you and find greater peace. 

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) –  The goal of this model is to help people identify their values and be able to line up their actions with their values. You will learn new ways to respond to the pain in your life (physical, emotional, relational, psychological, spiritual). These new ways of relating to the pain in your life help you to stop fighting against the pain, which leads to suffering, and instead creates space for you to walk forward in a meaningful direction. Do you find that symptoms of anxiety, depression, trauma, and emotional and psychological pain continue to create suffering in your life? If so, this therapy may be right for you!

 

Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) - The goal of this model is to help people reduce suffering and build a meaningful life by learning skills to:

a) help manage intense emotions

b) improve interpersonal relationships and end destructive relationships

c) reduce self-destructive behaviours

d) balance acceptance of one’s self with the need to grow and change

The four areas of skill development include: Mindfulness Skills, Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills, Emotion Regulation Skills, and Distress Tolerance Skills.

 

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) - The goal of this model is to understand the connection between our thoughts, emotions, and behaviours; learn how to restructure our thought patterns; and help us change problematic core beliefs (how we see ourselves, others, and the world). 

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Internal Family Systems (IFS) - The goal of this model is to help you heal parts of yourself that have been injured along the journey of life. This is done by helping protector parts (extreme responses) gain a listening ear. When extreme parts are heard, understood, and respected, they can step back and allow YOU (instead of the extreme part) to take the driver's seat, create safety within your body, and allow space for healing to occur. Please Note: Linette is currently in training for this modality, therefore, only components of this therapy may be utilized in session. The full breadth of this model will not be used until training is completed.

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The Following may also be utilized in session as needed:

Polyvagal Theory - How to understand the nervous system and its involvement in mental and emotional wellness.

Psychoeducation - Sharing specific information and strategies to enhance understanding and knowledge in a particular area. 

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