Counselling + Consulting
Counselling + Consulting
Anxiety. That constant worrying, overthinking, panic in your chest, knots in your stomach thing. Yeah, that. It one of the most polarizing mental health challenges out there and impacts at least one in four Canadian aged 18 to 39. Undoubtedly, fighting back against anxiety can feel never-ending because you’re really fighting yourself and your habitual thoughts.
Let me help you beat the anxiety. It’ll take work both in session and on your own, but I promise it can be done. One of the most effective treatments for anxiety is called CBT – cognitive behaviour training. Interestingly, CBT believes that our minds, emotions, and actions are all connected. A specific thought pattern typically evokes some emotion, which then impacts our actions that follow. Interestingly, This can happen in any order. For example, the way we feel can also effect what we do. This then impacts what we think about ourself, others, or the world.
We will use CBT, in therapy, to build you an inner toolkit. Afterwards, you can use this toolkit outside of therapy to consistently tackle your anxiety.
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Sexfluent is CANFAR’s newly launched sexual health, mental health, healthy relationship, and harm reduction resource for youth.
Similar to things like social connection and emotional security, sex is a basic element of human functioning. Interestingly, a healthy relationship with sex boosts our self-esteem. The research undoubtedly shows us sex-based-pleasure is linked to lower rates of depression, increases in happiness, and even improvements within the immune system. And lest we forget that “sex” doesn’t just refer to stereotypical penetrative pleasure – sex and intimacy is so much bigger than that.
Whether we’re looking at self-play, play with others, or just experiencing the pleasure of accepting ourselves wholly in our body – intimate connections come in all shapes and sizes. Intimacy allows us to connect with those feel-good-hormones in the body.
Let’s begin a journey that empowers you to understand and appreciate your body without shame. That might mean reacquainting with yourself postpartum, as you age, or even as you heal from trauma. We will work together to unpack what brought you here and what you are looking for. We will have conversations around sexuality and how to increase your pleasure experience.
Undoubtedly, sex wellness looks so different for everybody. It can become so easy to blame ourselves when we are feeling disconnected or when our sex lives aren’t going the way we planned. With that being said, we also often forget about that there are so many noisy external barriers that can make developing a positive relationship with sex challenging, like societal norms that scream out very specific ideas of what pleasure is supposed to be.
Sex therapy Toronto, GTA
Whether you’re here because you want to explore relationship dynamics with a partner/partners, understand your body and sex education more, or simply want to start healthy conversations around sex – you’re in the right place.
