Individual therapy is about giving you one-on-one attention and a comfortable, private setting to explore the many different issues you encounter in your life such as:
1. Anger, anxiety, depression, and ADHD
2. Recent trauma, such as the death of a loved one, abuse, or a breakup
3. Substance abuse
4. Problems at work or school
5. Loss of motivation
6. Strained family and/or personal relationships

Whatever your issues may be, individual therapy can be a life-changing experience.
Some of the benefits of individual therapy are:
1. Adding to your support network
2. Gaining a better understanding of yourself and improving self-confidence
3. Learning how to handle emotions
4. Identifying underlying causes of symptoms
5. Utilizing effective coping strategies
6. Managing symptoms
7. Facilitating lifestyle changes

The key is that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to therapy, which means your therapist will work to create an individualized plan based on your needs.​

At Luminare Counselling, we implement corrective emotional experience. This exposes you to emotional situations which you may have struggled with in the past. Going through the event again (under more controlled circumstances) will help you move past the trauma.​

Parents were teenagers once. They feel they know what it's like to be a teen. After all, they've been through it all before.
Teens feel that the world has drastically changed and parents have no idea how it feels to be a teen today.
It almost seems like parents and teens are speaking two different languages. ​
At Luminare Counseling, we're fluent in speaking parent and are very well versed in listening to teens. We can help translate for both, which results in a better understanding between parents and their teens.
The reason teen therapy works are that sometimes teens just need someone to talk to who isn’t a family member, about the complex, difficult topics they’re experiencing. Someone whom they feel won't judge them and will provide objectivity as they look to navigate all of the constant issues they're facing.

We help teens with: ​

• Depression and AnxietyBullying
• Anger
• Trauma
• Grief
• Stress (Academic & Personal)
• Relationships with Family & Friends
• Body Image and Self Esteem
• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD)
• Substance Abuse
• Self-Harm
• Suicidal ideation
• Sexuality
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Specific Phobias

Love is an intense feeling of deep affection. It is a powerful and beautiful emotion that brings a lot of joy to an individual.
​It is the intensity that love brings, which can not only bring us both a lot of joy but also a lot of pain.​

Does this sound familiar to you?

Trust issues, past pain, poor communication, and unspoken conflicts can all get in the way of deep, healthy relationships. People often come to couples counselling when things get “bad enough” that every day with their partner seems like a war zone and they are thinking about ending the relationship.
When that happens, a couples therapist can provide you with a safe place to address unresolved issues and provide effective conflict resolution strategies to help make your relationship stronger.

How We Work With Couples​
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Couples therapy differs from individual therapy in that your therapist is treating you and your partner as a couple. This therapy is not focused on the interest of one of the partners, rather, it is focused on the best interest of the couple.

However, couples therapy does include individual therapy at times so that your therapist can get to know you and learn your history and perspective as an individual as it pertains to your relationship. You do not need to be married to go to couples therapy, any type of relationship or partnership can benefit from doing couples counseling.

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The Gottman Method (turn this into a section)​

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In our practice, we help couples using the Gottman Method. This evidence-based method was created by Dr. John and Dr. Julie Gottman, and focuses on nine foundational components that are needed to build a healthy relationship.

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Its interventions are designed to help you both strengthen your relationships in three primary areas: friendship, conflict management, and the creation of shared meaning. As a couple, you will learn how to replace negative conflict patterns with positive interactions and repair past hurts that are not talked about. Techniques on how to increase closeness and intimacy are used to improve friendship, deepen emotional connection, and create changes that enhance the couples shared goals.

Family is important. Family is also very complicated.
The entire family system can face challenges, which can include trauma, financial stress, grief, or loss, to a point that it can become too much to manage on your own. In family therapy, we focus on the system as a whole and the complex dynamics between all of the family members. We help you and your family understand the dynamics at play and provide guidance on how the entire system can heal. Only when healing the system, can each part family member’s needs can be met.

During family therapy, we listen to your concerns through structured sessions and support your family so you can move forward. We can help parents, children, and siblings learn to communicate and understand one another. We help point out the hurtful behaviors so that you can see how they influence everyone.
Family therapy can bring your family closer and at peace. Patients and their families are often amazed at the extent to which an individual can make positive changes and overcome emotional or behavioral difficulties, by examining and making changes within their family relationships and dynamics.

We often help families with: ​
Conflict between Parents & Children

• Conflict between Parents
• Dealing with Family Medical Issues, chronic illness, and coping with grief

• Parenting through Divorce
• Dealing with Child's Behavioral Issues
• A Family Member has Substance Abuse Issues
• Communication Difficulties
• Blended Family Dynamics​​​