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Billing for Psychologists and Psychological Associates is $230 per session. Registered psychotherapists bill between $165 and $195 depending on seniority and diversity of skill set. See more details about the different designations.

Usually clients experience some relief after commencing psychotherapy. Often they have debated whether to ask for help for some time and are glad when they make the initial step. Sometimes, people feel somewhat restless and agitated after their first session. Often, people are discussing, and reviewing events and feelings that they may have kept private for a very long time. This can result in some discomfort and emotional pain initially. It is important to inform your psychotherapist if this takes place at your following session. Clients are urged to consider risks that major psychological transformation may have on their current relationships.

No, we do not offer a free initial consultation, but if you wish, we can have a psychotherapist contact you before your initial appointment to discuss any concerns that you have. You will need to request this from Karen, our office administrator at (705) 722-3729.

Sessions are typically 50 minutes in length. Couples therapy sessions, generally run longer, at 80 minutes.

Yes, there, is a missed appointment fee of half of the cost of what your regular session fee would be. Missed appointments are not covered by your insurer.

We accept Visa, MasterCard, Debit, cash and cheque. Services must be paid for at the time of sessions.

If you're uncertain, it's a good idea to come for consultation. Once we get a better idea about what the challenges for your child are, we can determine if an assessment is warranted.

The attendants of family therapy fluctuate. Often, you psychotherapist will see parents and children together, but will also see members individually. This is dependent on complexity of issues, age of children, and needs.

In order to complete a psychoeducational assessment, there are many components. The first phase includes completing testing, scoring assessments, and retaining questionnaires from family and teachers. The sooner that you get the questionnaires that you and educators have been provided the sooner you are put into Phase 2 of the assessment process. Phase 2 involves, consultation between our staff, interpretation of results, report writing, feedback to individuals and families. Once your assessment has entered Phase 2, you can anticipate 2-4 months until I receive a call to book feedback and receive my report. Please note, the Phase 2 date is NOT the same as the date your assessment began.

At the beginning of therapy, people generally come once a week, until some stabilization has been established. After that, there is some flexibility and more time can elapse between sessions. This would be discussed with your psychotherapist. It is important to let us know your feelings around how often you would like to come. We can respect that people have limitations to how much time they can commit to taking off from work/family, and financial and insurance limitations. In some situations, clients will come more than once a week, depending on their needs.

Our psychotherapists are trained in a number of different treatment modalities. Depending on your needs you will be matched with a suitable clinician and form of treatment. We make this determination based on a comprehensive intake done prior to your first visit.

This list is not exhaustive, but does highlight some of the forms of treatment we can offer. 

General modalities:

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Adlerian Therapy, Jungian Analysis, Client Centered Therapy and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).

Modalities for Trauma:

Prolonged Exposure (PE), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization Therapy (EMDR) are front-line trauma treatments, and we have a number of trained clinicians in these areas. See the American Psychological best practice guidelines for trauma treatment.

Children modalities:

Emotional Focused Family Therapy (EFFT), Family Based Therapy (FBT), Collaborative and Proactive Solutions Model (CPS based on Dr. Ross Green's theory), Acceptance and Commitment therapy (ACT) Dialectical Behavior therapy, Narrative therapy, and Solutions Focused Therapy. (This list does not include all interventions used)

If you are receiving your services through any of these entities, we will require a policy number, claim number, name of adjuster, Insurance company name and location, phone number of adjuster, fax number of adjuster and date of accident or injury if applicable.

There is no definite length of therapy. The number of sessions depends on the complexity of the issue, or issues being addressed. A very general guideline would be 6-12 sessions.

Confidentiality must be broken in the following circumstances:

• If there is suspected child abuse
• If there is a situation in which serious threat to a reasonably well-identified victim is communicated to the therapist.
• When threat to injure or kill oneself is communicated to the therapist.
• If you are required to sign a release for psychotherapy records if you are involved in litigation or other matters with private or public agencies. 
• Clients being seen in couple, family, and group work are obligated legally to respect the confidentiality of others. The therapist will exercise discretion (but cannot promise absolute confidentiality) when disclosing private information to other participants in your treatment process. 
• Clients under 16 do not have full confidentiality from their parents.
• if our clinicians are provided with, in the course of therapy, information that any member of a regulated health profession has sexually abused a client we must file a report that member?s college.

Our clinicians work on differing schedules, however, in general we book appointments Monday to Thursday from 8:30 am to 7:00 pm typically, and Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. 

Our psychotherapists will provide recommendations as to when therapy can be safely, and comfortably terminated, but ultimately, it is the client?s decision when therapy ends.

Unfortunately, we cannot directly bill to Insurers, and services must be paid for upfront. You will receive and invoice with you should submit to your provider and they will reimburse you depending on the structure of your plan. The exception to the rule, is if your insurance provider is Blue Cross, or your therapy or assessment is being covered by motor vehicle insurance, WSIB, a legal entity, or other insurer. This must be pre-approved before and services are provided.

Children have the privilege of complete confidentiality from their parents at the age of 16. After that age, we cannot provide any information about your child, and how they are progressing. The exception to this, is if we believe your child is in imminent danger to themselves, or someone else.