VERONICA FABIAN COUNSELLING

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WELCOMES YOU!    🌻

Asking for help is an act of courage, wisdom and self-care.

ABOUT

I am a fluently bilingual (English/French) Psychotherapist and Registered Social Worker with 28 years of experience counselling youth (age 16+), adults, couples and families.

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My passion is empowering people to improve aspects of themselves, their relationships and their lives.

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I have extensive experience and qualifications to assist with the following challenges:

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• Abandonment by a parent (at any age) 

• ADHD 

• Anger 

• Anxiety

• Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN)

• Codependency

• Couple conflict

• Depression

• Divorce

• Emotional disconnect

• Fear

• Grief

• Highly Sensitive Personality traits

• Infidelity

• Insecurity

• Loneliness

• Narcissistic partners or parents

• Parent/teen or parent/adult child conflict-disconnection

• Parenting Highly Sensitive Children/Teens 

• Perfectionism

• Self-sabotage

• Shame

• Social Anxiety

• Toxic thoughts/beliefs & habits

• Trauma

COUNSELLING APPROACH

I practice in an integrative/eclectic way, selectively applying techniques from evidence-based psychotherapy approaches, in order to accurately address your unique needs and goals.

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My therapeutic work is rooted in my steadfast belief in the worth of all people and their right to self-determination.

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Below you will see a few of the counselling approaches that I draw from in therapy sessions.

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY (ACT)

ACT is an action-oriented approach to psychotherapy that stems from traditional behaviour therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy.

• Stop avoiding, denying, and struggling with inner emotions

• Accept issues and hardships, while committing to change behaviour

• Learn not to overreact to unpleasant feelings

• Listen to the way you talk to yourself about traumatic events, problematic relationships, physical limitations, and other issues

• Accept your psychological experiences and change your attitude and emotional state in a positive way

COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY (CBT)

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is a well-established psychotherapy treatment based on the idea that our central/core beliefs, attitudes and thoughts about ourselves, others and the world around us determine our feelings and behaviour.  We all begin to develop these beliefs/ideas in childhood as we interact with people and experience life.

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Left unchecked, our negative/unrealistic/inaccurate thoughts can cause us significant emotional distress, low self-esteem, relationship problems and mental health challenges since we feel and react (behave) based on how we think.

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The goal of CBT is to help people learn to identify, question and change the unhealthy, distorted patterns of thinking that underlie their difficulties. 

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CBT is structured, goal-oriented and practical. Its strategies and skills, when practiced during and between sessions, can yield satisfying results.

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For more information about CBT:

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EMOTION FOCUSED THERAPY (EFT)

EFT is a short-term therapy focusing on adult relationships and attachment or bonding. Interaction patterns in the couple or child-to-adult relationship are explored; taking steps to create a secure bond, develop trust, and move the relationship in a healthy, positive direction. EFT is effective for distressed couples and families who are dealing with anger, fear, loss of trust, intimacy issues, or a sense of betrayal in their relationship. In addition, EFT benefits those individuals suffering with depression or trauma.