Evidence-Based
Therapies

for Real-World Results

HOME / EBT
We deliver structured, research-supported care tailored to your goals. Together, we’ll discover the right intervention, track progress, and collaborate with you to build durable skills for wellbeing and performance.
why EBT?

Why Evidence-Based Care

Effective: Interventions are chosen because they work for the concerns you bring-based on research, best practice & clinical guidelines.

Process: We use transparent methods, set clear goals, and review progress to stay aligned with what matters to you.

Measurable: We track outcomes (e.g., symptoms, sleep, and functioning measures) and adjust using your feedback.

our process

How We Work

Step 1: Assess
Understand history, context, strengths, and goals.
Step 2: Plan
Select an approach (or integration) that fits you.
Step 3: Treat
Deliver structured sessions with home practice of tools as needed
Step 4: Review
Track outcomes and refine the plan as you grow.
our approach

Therapeutic Approaches

Different goals call for different tools. These evidence-based approaches can be used individually or in combination depending on your needs and preferences.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

A structured, skills-based therapy that examines the link between thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. CBT helps you identify unhelpful patterns and practice new, more effective responses.

Helps With:

  • Anxiety, panic, phobias
  • Depression and low mood
  • Insomnia and perfectionism
  • Stress, performance blocks

What to Expect:

  • Collaboratively set clear goals
  • Learn tools (thought records, behavioural experiments)
  • Homework to practice skills between sessions
  • Progress is tracked and reviewed

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

ACT builds psychological flexibility-helping you notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, clarify values, and take committed action toward a meaningful life.

Helps With:

  • Burnout and stress
  • Anxiety and rumination
  • Perfectionism and self-criticism
  • Life transitions and purpose

What Sessions Look Like:

  • Mindfulness and acceptance skills
  • Values clarification to guide action
  • Defusion techniques for sticky thoughts
  • Small, consistent behavioural

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing)

A trauma-focused therapy that uses bilateral stimulation (eye movements, taps, or tones) to help the brain reprocess distressing memories so they feel less triggering and more integrated.

Helps With:

  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Performance blocks rooted in past events
  • Phobias and specific anxieties
  • Distressing memories, shame, guilt

What Sessions Look Like:

  • Stabilization and resourcing first
  • Identify target memories or themes
  • Bilateral stimulation while recalling aspects safely
  • Install new, adaptive beliefs

Brainspotting

A focused, brain-based therapy that helps access and process stored trauma and performance blocks by using eye position (‘brainspots’) linked to subcortical emotional and body memory systems.

Helps With:

  • Trauma and somatic symptoms
  • Anxiety and chronic stress
  • Creative/performance expansion
  • Unprocessed grief and emotional pain

What Sessions Look Like:

  • Locate a 'brainspot' with eye position
  • Mindful, present-moment processing
  • Attuning to body signals and shifts
  • Gentle, client-led pacing

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

A present- and future-oriented approach that amplifies strengths and exceptions to problems. SFBT focuses on building practical steps toward your preferred future rather than analyzing the past.

Helps With:

  • Short-term problem solving
  • Decision-making and clarity
  • Motivation and confidence
  • Communication and leadership habits

What Sessions Look Like:

  • Define the 'preferred future'
  • Scale progress and resources
  • Identify exceptions and micro-wins
  • Create clear next actions
have a question?

Frequently Asked Questions

It means the therapy draws on the best available research, which is delivered by working with established protocols, adapted to your goals and motivation for change.
We start with a collaborative assessment, clarify goals, and choose an approach (or integration of approaches) that fits your needs. We’ll review progress regularly and adjust as needed.

Yes. Secure video sessions are available across Ontario, Alberta and Nova Scotia. Many clients find structured, skills-based work translates well to virtual care.

Ready to get started?

Book an initial consultation to discuss your goals, align on the right approach, and map out a clear plan.

If you or someone you know is in immediate danger or experiencing a crisis, call or text 9-8-8, call your local crisis hotline now or visit the Emergency Department of your local Hospital. This document is for informational purposes and does not replace medical advice.