Steadfast Counsellor Directory

Ashar works with clients that struggle with anxiety, overwhelm, intrusive thoughts, fatigue, burnout, procrastination, people pleasing, lack of meaning and purpose, shyness, perfectionism, depression, lack of follow through, hyper-vigilance, fear of intimacy, body dysmorphia, and self-isolation. He has experience helping clients with developing healthier boundaries, considering decisions from a more self-empowered place, and in being more present in their lives. As a trauma-informed, holistic counsellor, Ashar uses Somatic Experiencing, the shared intuition of the therapeutic relationship, Attachment Theory, Mindfulness, Strengths Based therapy, EFT, Family Systems, Parts work, tools of Yoga, and Non-dual Spirituality to help bring a more authentic and satisfying relationship within yourself and with others.

Gabriel understands that a growing awareness of how our mental health influences and motivates our life is key. As life surprises and challenges us in unexpected ways, Gabriel’s approach is client centered and humanistic, focused on empathic listening and adapting psychotherapy methods and techniques to people’s needs and objectives. Through assuring a safe, non-judgmental and supportive space; a collaborative healing experience unfolds and helps us accept, process, cope with and/or transform our lives — empowering us to align with our core needs and values, and act accordingly. Gabriel’s methods encompass Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Behavioral Activation (BA), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (CBT), Gestalt and Hypnosis, for addressing issues like grief, loss, separation, relationship and self-esteem, interpersonal conflict, anxiety, depression and ADHD, among others.

Josh believes in real connection with his clients, and uses an approach that is centred on relationships, bringing in techniques based on Gestalt, Bowen’s Family Systems Theory, Transpersonal Psychology, AEDP, Somatic, and Experiential Therapy (among others). He intends to be a compassionate space for clients to feel safe, seen and heard without judgement, to have them feel supported, reassured, encouraged, and sometimes literally cheered on. Sessions will look to build confidence, self-awareness, and your ability to enrich the relationships within your life. Looking at both past and current experiences, as well as Emotional Processing, sessions will attempt to uncover the origins of your thoughts and feelings, and the triggers that can cause disruption in relationship with self and others.

Working intuitively, Melanie supports you to discover what is at the core of your current thinking & behaviors so you can access new solutions to life’s problems. She works relationally and somatically to help update your nervous system for calm & safety which helps to reduce the symptoms you’re experiencing and achieve a greater sense of peace and more connection with self and others. Melanie works from a transpersonal framework while using a combination of various forms of therapy including, AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy), Ego States Therapy (parts work), CSRT (Core Self Reclamation Therapy), somatic therapy and Bowen Family Systems. Her form of practice is trauma-informed and person-centred.

Nate works with individuals and couples to help unlock those stuck places that may leave them running the same old patterns over and over again. He’s here to support you and to help you uncover solutions that, although they might feel hidden, truly do exist within you. The key often lies in how we view the problem. Often our patterns of thought and behavior are so ingrained that without awareness, we are unable to see new options. As our awareness increases, we become more capable of seeing and choosing a new perspective, one that works for us, not against us.

Rhea’s areas of focus are Anxiety, Stress, Intergenerational trauma, Life transitions, Parenting, Single-parents, Grief, Loss, Trauma, Self-esteem, Boundaries and Resilience building. Sessions may include talk therapy, genograms (mapping your family of origin’s inherited traumas and losses that may be holding you back), experiential processes (including inner child work), the use of breath and mindful techniques to explore sensations and feelings within your body guiding us to the underlying feeling that is at the source of your struggle/situation. She will work with you wherever you are with an open, compassionate heart, a curious, non-judgmental presence, and an abundance of spirit to be with you in your dark places and help you find spaces to let your light shine through.