Angie Kingma (Mindfulness for Health) (She/Her)
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist
In-Person in Burlington, ON
Online in
Ontario
Whatever the reasons that brings you here, I believe that the ups and downs of life provide opportunities (and sometimes hidden blessings) to learn about ourselves and life in general. You will learn how to restore within yourself a sense of balance and well-being, and to cultivate a renewed awareness and sense of presence in your life. After a thorough assessment, we'll begin to work on the issues that are most important to you. You'll develop insight into how past experiences and thinking processes may be continuing to influence your well-being and to identify the issues that are most troublesome. You will also be guided through the process of clarifying your values, passions, strengths and resources so that they can be drawn upon to mobilize you in a positive direction. With over 24 years of experience, you can have peace of mind that I am a very caring, non-judgmental, compassionate and skilled therapist. I offer a complimentary 15-minute telephone consultation to see if it's a good 'fit' and a good vibe so feel free to reach out. Feel free to ask me about my Therapy Intensives as well!
Client Focus
Session Format: Group, Individual sessions.
Age Specialty: Adult
Languages: English
Treatment Approach
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Behavioral
- Brainspotting
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Compassion Focus Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Emotionally Focused (EFT)
- Internal Family Systems
- Schema Therapy
Approach Description: Are you craving relief, peace or a sense of empowerment? You've come to the right place! It's time for you to feel that renewed sense of ease, focus and confidence to cope with the challenges in your life. I'm really passionate about the work that I do with my clients and I feel truly honoured to help people navigate the changes they're seeking. Sometimes clients are making changes to their coping strategies, some are learning how to shift their perception/perspective, some want to explore unhealed wounds from the past and some are interested in doing all of the above. Whatever the reason that bring you to therapy, I believe that the challenges in life can provide opportunities to learn and grow in strength and wisdom.
Taking a trauma-informed and attachment-based lens, I individualize all treatment plans to target the mechanisms that are keeping you stuck in suffering and unhelpful habits. I use an eclectic blend of approaches depending on your personality, temperament, past experiences and current challenges. We can start by exploring your past or your present situation as eventually, through the talk therapy process, we will pinpoint the maladaptive patterns and come to understand them from a much more compassionate stance. When we can bring the light of awareness and compassion to our wounds from the past, healing can happen in the present moment! Everything we cover will support your ability to build insight, clarity and self-awareness so that you can feel a state of empowerment to cope in more effective ways.
Education & Credentials
Angie Kingma (Mindfulness for Health) Registered Psychotherapist
- Female
- License # 005741
- Licensed in Ontario
- Practicing Since 2000
Finances
Fees
- Average Session Fee $150 per 50 min session
- Affordable sliding scale therapy: apply if you may be eligible.
- If cost is a concern, we will assess based on capacity.
- Accepts Insurance
- You can submit your receipt to your insurance company for reimbursement
Angie Kingma (Mindfulness for Health) Practice Details
Therapy Sessions
- Available In-Person in Burlington, ON
- Available Online for residents of Ontario
- Online Therapy Details: Owl Therapy Portal
Most of us at some point in our life realize that our old coping strategies just aren't working as well as they used to. We're very familiar with our habitual, autopilot way of living but we're just not sure how to get out of our ruts and obtain different results. Psychotherapy will provide you with the ability to 'wake up' from your usual 'automatic pilot' ways of living. In a supportive therapeutic relationship, you'll be guided through the process of reflecting on how your past experiences have shaped your belief systems and how your past conditioning might be inadvertently be keeping you stuck. When we can learn how to step out of 'auto pilot' we gain more choice, more freedom and often a huge sense of relief/calm. Essentially, it enables us to make more informed decisions about our lives rather than reacting to old familiar, knee-jerk (often unhelpful) reactions.
Taking a trauma-informed and attachment-based lens, I individualize all treatment plans to target the mechanisms that are keeping you stuck in suffering and unhelpful habits. I use an eclectic blend of approaches depending on your personality, temperament, past experiences and current challenges. We can start by exploring your past or your present situation as eventually, through the talk therapy process, we will pinpoint the maladaptive patterns and come to understand them from a much more compassionate stance. When we can bring the light of awareness and compassion to our wounds from the past, healing can happen in the present moment! Everything we cover will support your ability to build insight, clarity and self-awareness so that you can feel a state of empowerment to cope in more effective ways.