No Waitlist
Accepting New Clients
Diverse Team
11 Psychotherapists
In Person
St. Catharines, ON
Virtual
Across Ontario
Affordable Options
Graduate Students
WHO WE HELP
Care for each season of life to help you move forward.
Adult Psychotherapy
Sometimes life feels heavier than you know how to explain, with overthinking, feeling stuck in familiar patterns, or holding it together for everyone else while quietly wondering how much longer you can keep going.
Here is a place to set it down and find your way forward, at a pace that feels right.
Child & Youth Psychotherapy
Big feelings can be hard to explain. Your child may seem more anxious, easily overwhelmed, or withdrawn, or your teen may be pulling away just when you'd love to feel more connected.
Through creative activities, play, and conversation, therapy helps them understand their feelings and build confidence.
Couples & Family Psychotherapy
Even though we are wired to connect as humans, relationships come with their challenges. Couples therapy helps you improve communication, rebuild trust, and find your way back to a deeper connection.
Family therapy provides everyone a place to feel heard, understood, and supported.
Affordable Psychotherapy
Quality therapy at $50 or less a session, with Graduated Students working towards their Master's.Our clinic director, Cindy, supervises student clinicians to ensure highest level of care.
Real support for teens, young adults, and adults at a fee that fits real life.
Probono options are available as well on a limited basis.
AREAS OF FOCUS
Whatever you are holding, there is care for it.
Mental and Emotional Health impacts every area of your life, including your relationships, your rest, your work or school, and how you feel about yourself. Under each treatment area, you'll find the specific concerns we support and the therapists who work in that area. Need to learn more? Start by exploring the area that feels closest to what you're carrying right now.
01.
Trauma & PTSD
Evidence-based support for disempowering experiences in life that have left you with trauma-related wounds.
Traumatic Experience
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD)
Religious/Spiritual Trauma
First Responders
Addiction & Substance Abuse
Intimate Partner Violence
WHAT THERAPY LOOKS LIKE
What you can expect.
You might be wondering what actually happens in therapy, and whether it will make a difference in your everyday life. Therapy helps you understand yourself more clearly: the patterns that keep you stuck, and the strengths that help you move forward. Along the way, you build simple tools you can keep using long after the session ends.
A real conversation with a therapist who listens closely and remembers what matters to you
Practical tools you can use in everyday life, between sessions too
A space where you can share what's really on your mind, without judgement
A pace that fits you with space and time to slow down, breathe, and process.
Gain a clearer understanding of the patterns that keep you stuck, and the strengths that move you forward
Integrative, evidence-based approaches that fit for you and your goals
THERAPY APPROACHES
Evidence-Based. Personal
To You.
› Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
› Cognitive Processing (CPT)
No two people heal the same.
As a client-centred practice, your therapist will draw on the approaches that fit you, your story, your goals, and your pace. Tap any approach here to see what it involves and who on our team offers it.
OUR APPROACH
Moving from hurt to hope.
As humans, we are wired for connection at every age, and that connection is the heart of how we work at Wellness Counselling Centre. It begins with someone who listens to really hear you.
From there, the four parts of our process weave in and out of each other as you move from hurt to hope, at your pace, without judgement, whether you come on your own, as a couple, or as a family.
H - Hear
Your Story Matters.
We provide an uncomplicated, human-to-human space where you can speak without filter and just be yourself. Our first priority is to truly understand what you are carrying, while equipping you with the immediate tools and resources you need to feel grounded from day one.
O - Observe
A Clearer View Of What Is Happening.
Together, we will take a gentle, curious look at what is happening beneath the surface. By noticing your everyday patterns, emotional responses, and relational dynamics, we can make sense of why things feel the way they do, giving you a clearer map of where you are.
P - Process
Find Helpful Ways Toward Change.
This is where we roll up our sleeves with you. Together, we will work through the heavy stuff, untangle difficult experiences, and repair what feels broken. We will help you practice new perspectives and build a practical, everyday toolkit to navigate life’s challenges with more ease.
E - Empower
Step Into The Life You Want.
This is about taking what you’ve learned and putting it into action. We’ll help you build on your natural strengths so you can live in a way that truly reflects who you are. You’ll leave therapy trusting yourself more, living by your values, and facing the future with a quiet, steady confidence.
GETTING STARTED
A path forward in three steps.
Reach Out
Find Your Therapist
Begin
Book online or fill out the Appointment Request Form. One of our team members will reply within 24-48 business hours.
We can help match you with someone who fits what you are looking to focus on, and the approach you want to take.
Meet in-person in St. Catharines, or virtually across Ontario.
