Therapeutic Modalities

Are you stuck in a cycle of negative thoughts that just won't budge, even after talking them out? Do past experiences keep creeping back to haunt you, causing nightmares or flashbacks? If you're tired of these intrusions taking over your life, there's hope with EMDR therapy.

CBT is a foundational, intensive, short-term, goal-oriented approach to psychotherapy. It was designed to provide people with long-term skills to help manage their wellbeing.

ERP is not considered traditional talk therapy, but a more active and engaged therapy where individuals work with their therapist to develop an individual treatment plan which identifies their current obsessions, compulsions and behaviours.

This approach to therapy is a blend of the effectiveness of EMDR with the transformative experience of Internal Family Systems (IFS) Parts work. This approach to trauma treatment is a permission focused, with the intention of fostering a deeper self understanding as you move through trauma, adverse life experiences and negative core beliefs that are holding you back.

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is an action-oriented approach to psychotherapy that stems from traditional behavior therapy and  cognitive behavioral therapy.

DBT is widely known for being the gold standard treatment for Border Line Personality Disorder. Though we do not offer full model DBT at CCC, we do lean into DBT skills training- this skill base can be helpful for most individuals with a focus on: mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness and emotion regulation.

SFT is a short-term, goal-focused form of psychotherapy to help individuals and couples identify and clarify the solutions to their difficulties.

MI is a counselling technique that focuses on enhancing the persons motivation to make change. MI focuses on four guiding principles: resisting the “righting reflex”, understanding the motivation for change, listening with empathy and empowerment.

CBT-T is an evidence-based treatment for adults with identified eating disorder presentations including anorexia, atypical anorexia, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. Treatment is delivered over 10 sessions, first focusing on regulating eating, then shifting to address body image concerns and relapse prevention planning.

WPATH readiness assessments following the WPATH standards of care 8 to discuss your plan to medically transition as a way to further affirm your gender identity. If you qualify, therapist will be able to provide a formal letter, which is required to support medical transition for gender affirming care for individuals whose gender does not align with sex assigned at birth.

CPT focuses on how your thinking about yourself and the world around you has been impacted by trauma, reviewing 5 core themes - safety, trust, power & control, esteem, and intimacy.