The right therapy can help build or rebuild a foundation solid enough to begin creating a life that feels right for you, according to your needs. Your values. A place to safely process, reframe and redefine. A place to learn skills and gain the tools to rebuild, manage, and accept everything that comes your way.

Gail has thirty years of clinical experience, in private practice, secondary school and university counselling centres [Hillfield Strathallan College, Wilfred Laurier and Brock University]; hospital out-patient and community mental health clinics [Grand River Hospital and Joseph Brant Hospital], and as at several General Practitioner’s offices for the Hamilton Family Health Team. Gail continues to work with the FHT on their DBT team, co-leading Coping Skills groups. Gail is fully fully trained in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, and also Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Polyvagal Theory, and practice these in a trauma-sensitive, emotionally-focused and interpersonal way. She also provides psycho-education and, if wanted, trauma-sensitive Restorative Yoga.

“I always want to be clear that therapy is about you: your life; your values; your beliefs; your experiences; your truth. I will always want to know about these things—-they are fundamental to lasting change. They are vital to a great therapeutic alliance. You will find acceptance, non-judgement, compassion and will feel both seen and heard.”