
“You matter as much as the things that matter to you do.”
– John Green
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Book a free 15 minute consultation to see if we’d work well together.
Everyone can use some help sometimes in navigating the messy and hard times in life. I offer personalized, warm, and compassionate counselling around your concerns, including:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Trauma (birth, childhood, relationship, sexual/emotional/physical abuse, workplace etc.)
- Adjustment to life transitions
- Boundaries
- Grief
- Relationship challenges
- Body image
Through our work together, we will focus on building more trust in yourself and connection with what’s most important to you, with your hopes and values at the centre. You are a whole person worthy of being well. Let’s work together to make you a priority.
Fee: $170 per 60 minute session
Perinatal Therapy
Becoming a parent can bring so many ups and downs. Things may not always go as you expected or hoped for, which can leave you feeling anxious, isolated, vulnerable, and struggling to feel “good enough”. I offer counselling with new parents navigating the intensity of this tender period of life around concerns such as:
- Prenatal and postpartum anxiety/depression/mood changes
- Pregnancy/birth/postpartum trauma
- Intrusive (scary) thoughts
- Feeling inadequate and overwhelmed by “shoulds” of parenting
- Loss of identity
- Intense anger/rage
- Body Image
- Relationship changes and struggles
Through our work together, we will focus on tuning into your values and instincts as a parent and tuning out the voices that get in the way of you trusting yourself. We will explore ways to help you cope through the difficult moments and find more joy in the wonderful ones. Let’s work together to honour you as important and connect with yourself within and beyond your identity as a parent.
Fee: $170 per 60 minute session
Couple Therapy
When something in your intimate relationship is off, it can feel like the foundation of your whole world is shaky. All couples can get stuck sometimes in unhelpful patterns and ways of communicating that can leave you both feeling hurt, misunderstood, and disconnected. I offer couple counselling focused on strengthening connection between partners as you navigate issues such as:
- Transitions in life (new parenthood, work/life balance, situational stressors, etc.)
- Parenting differences
- Extended family dynamics
- Communication patterns
Through our work together, we will honour what’s most important to you as a couple as we explore different ways of interacting that leave you both feeling heard, loved, and connected with one another. Your relationship is important – let’s work together to give it the attention it deserves.
Fee: $170 per 60 minute session; $255 per 90 minute session
EMDR Trauma Therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a powerful psychotherapy approach designed to help individuals heal from the emotional distress and trauma caused by disturbing life experiences. EMDR utilizes bilateral stimulation, such as side-to-side eye movements, to help the brain process and integrate traumatic memories. This innovative method allows clients to reprocess traumatic events in a way that leads to a more adaptive and healthier understanding of those memories, significantly reducing their emotional impact. I am a Certified EMDR Therapist and can provide support to heal from:
- PTSD
- Attachment trauma from childhood
- Relationship trauma
- Birth and reproductive trauma
- Anxiety
- Depression
Birth Trauma Therapy
Birth does not always go according to plan. Experiencing your child’s birth as traumatic can happen for any parent (including the non-birthing parent) when there are unexpected complications, emergency situations, or when it feels like there is a loss of control or autonomy. This can leave parents feeling overwhelmed, anxious, grieving, reliving the birth experience, and potentially fearful of future births. I offer specialized trauma therapy to help parents heal from birth trauma related to:
- Grief over not having the birth you wanted/expected
- Unplanned medical interventions
- Unexpected/emergency c-sections
- Physical injuries/medical emergencies during labour and delivery
- NICU care needed for baby
- Separation from baby due to medical needs
- Negative experiences with medical professionals
Approved provider with the Non-Insured Health Benefits for First Nations and Inuit clients
Erica Wesley
Psychotherapy and Counselling
Get in Touch
Contact
ericawesleytherapy@gmail.com