Navigating the complexities of childhood and adolescence can be challenging. As a compassionate therapist, I am here to support your child or adolescent through their unique journey. Together, we'll explore their emotions, build resilience, and foster healthy coping mechanisms. My approach is tailored to each individual, promoting a safe and nurturing space for personal growth. Let's work together to ensure your child or adolescent thrives emotionally and mentally.
If you are a teen (or the parent of a teen) struggling with high self-criticism or perfectionism, anxiety, low mood, strain to peer relationships or friendships, difficulties in feeling heard or understood in your family, difficulties asserting yourself or setting boundaries, difficulties identifying your emotions or supporting yourself through difficult experiences, or struggling to attain academic or personal goals, I may be a good fit for you. Please feel free to reach out for a free consult.
With a background as a Child and Youth Worker, I support youth with a variety of complex concerns, including managing social relationships, balancing school needs, and managing symptoms of worry and fear. Using creativity and creating a safe space where youth can feel like themselves, I support each youth in feeling more confident, secure, and in building more supportive connections with those around them.
Whether it be school struggles, behavioral concerns, or life’s many little transitions, I enjoy working with families and their children to find systems and strategies that work for them. I aim to work with children and parents in session, to best see how the family as a whole is working together toward their goals. I believe each family has a unique set of strengths and struggles, and effective therapy is discovering working strategies and building new ones. Book a free consultation to explore if we are a good fit.
Registered Psychotherapist, Joshua Ribalkin, MA, MA, RP
I have experience helping adolescents who struggle with self-image and self-esteem issues. I offer a compassionate approach while assisting adolescents to learn healthier ways of building there sense of self-worth and confidence.
My approach is grounded in authenticity, trust, and often humour. I believe you have the wisdom to navigate life’s challenges and I strive to help empower you to facilitate change in therapy. Therapy is a helpful outlet for youth transitioning through adolescence. I work with individuals, couples, children and families offering a free consultation to ensure we are a good fit. I carry a systemic lens, exploring the way culture, community and family shape our experiences and aspirations. I am committed to strength-based and anti-oppressive practice in my work. I recognize the importance and responsibility I have as a therapist, to address the systemic inequalities impacting clients in their lives.
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MACP, BA
Are you concerned about your child or youth's mental health or wellbeing? Are you hoping to find a therapist that can teach them strategies to cope with their emotions, or simply learn to express them in a healthy way? Get in touch for a free 15-minute consultation today.
In each phase of development of your child, as a parent you may have observed that you child is going through many challenges as he/she experience changes in their mood and behavior due to issues like trust, guilt, gender, bulling, trauma, sibling, death, abuse, etc. which needs to be taken care of.
Children and adolescents go through enormous developmental stages. These stages are critical years to help them develop healthy ways to communicate and build a secure attachment with themselves, parents/caregivers, and others. Their social and emotional development are interconnected. My hope is that I can help you attune to your child/adolescent's emotions, discover/attend to their needs, and that your child/adolescent will learn to identify, label, and regulate their emotions in healthy and positive ways.