I provide compassionate support for individuals experiencing psychosis, using evidence-based approaches to enhance coping skills, self-awareness, and emotional stability in their journey toward recovery.
Psychosis can be a very scary and confusing experience. The hallucinations and delusional beliefs can cause considerable distress and difficulties with functioning. We'll work together to identify your specific issues and develop tools to help you manage your symptoms.
I have worked with family members of folks with psychosis, schizophrenia and other chronic mental health challenges. In our work together, you will come to understand family dynamics and patterns that can change in order to change the family system. I hold space for client's to acknowledge the difficulties in their daily lives and also to understand their own feelings and reactions to what they are going through.
Registered Psychotherapist, HBEd, MA (Hons.), Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
As scary as it sounds, psychosis is not actually a thing. It is a label. Around 3 out of every 100 young people will experience a psychotic episode. Most make a full recovery from the experience. Psychosis can happen to anyone. An episode of psychosis is treatable, and it is possible to recover. It is often due to extreme stress and trauma which at one point or another we all experience. through emotionally focused therapy and mindfulness and often a referral for medication (if necessary) I will help regulate your stress response.
Psychosis can be disruptive to life. It is a symptom. In my experience, drug induced psychosis is very common and not often considered. I see this frequently as the result of substance use.