Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
CBT helps people examine how they make sense and meanings of events around them. They get an opportunity to explore their perceptions, separate facts from thoughts and identify ways to support positive thinking. Frances will focus on ways you can practice those strategies outside of therapy. Some of the exercises include the work of Byron Katie. This method helps people meet their inner wisdom.
Overcome Trauma with EMDR
Frances received comprehensive EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy) training from the EMDR Center of Canada. This approach can bring forth long last change by getting to the root cause of issues. EMDR helps address distressing events from the past and present. Clients often report profound changes quickly after therapy starts.
SensoriMotor Psychotherapy
The approaches that influence Frances are SensoriMotor Psychotherapy for trauma and attachment therapy. Trauma often lives in the body. When this happens, people may experience somatic symptoms, such as fight, flight or freeze responses. There may be nightmares, phobia and panic attacks. Exercises from Dr. Pat Ogden's work of SensoriMotor Psychotherapy, for example, helps individuals achieve closure and transform the impact of trauma.
Internal Family Systems Therapy
According to the IFS institute, it is a transformative tool that views the human being as 'a system of protective and wounded inner parts led by a core self'. This compassionate approach normalizes and takes a non-pathologizing approach to common issues experienced by people after important life events.
Couples Therapy
Couples Therapy can help you and your partner improve your relationship. Frances will foster a safe environment for you to improve issues impacting your relationship, for example, communication. Frances uses gold standard approaches including Gottman method and Dr. Ellyn Bader's Developmental Model Method. Frances is a member of the Couples Institute founded by Dr. Ellyn Bader that provides world class training and life transformation.
Motor Vehicle Injury
You don't have to suffer alone. Many individuals suffer nightmares, anxiety about driving and difficulty sleeping after a motor vehicle injury. These symptoms are common features of post traumatic impact. Frances will directly bill your insurance company for psychological treatment that is needed for your recovery.
Workplace Injury
Frances will support you if you have had a workplace injury and WCB claim. Issues such as depression, anxiety, PTSD and pain management that often result from these injuries can be effectively managed with psychological treatment.
Pain Management
Scientifically proven approaches are used to help manage chronic pain. Pain signals will be reprocessed pain to break the high alert habit in the brain. EMDR, somatic tracking methods and exposure therapy in order to modify the fight and flight responses that often lead to chronic pain.