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    Approach

    My approach is collaborative and person-centered. You will always be treated as the expert and authority on your own experience. My intention will be to use my education, and knowledge of various techniques, strategies, and interventions to help you figure out where you would like to go and how you would like to get there. Together, we will decide on a treatment plan, your treatment goals, and what your therapy process will look like.

    What will our first sessions be like?

    Our time together would start by completing a detailed intake form. Essentially, this form will allow me to get a general picture of you, your history, your job, your health, and your goals. I prefer to go over this form together so that you can be sure the impression I am forming is accurate and complete, and also so that you can address anything you think needs to be added or clarified.

    We will then work together to try to gain some awareness around your behavioral and thought patterns, what their function is, what is going on in your environment when they occur, and when and how you learned them. After we both feel I have a fairly clear picture of you, we will review the goals you have for therapy, prioritize them and create a treatment plan.

    Importantly, the treatment plan will be quite flexible, we will constantly be evaluating if our present treatment plan is working, and to what degree it needs to be adapted.

    What will I need to do?

    Clients who practice what they learn in therapy between sessions in some form tend to enjoy the greatest improvements in the shortest time frame. However, homework is not mandatory- the decision will always be yours. If you choose to, we will decide together what might be most valuable to you as a homework assignment, and purposefully choose something that feels completely doable to you and important for you. A homework assignment might be as simple as purposefully keeping a particular topic or question on your mind, and discussing what thoughts and insights came up throughout the week. Or, it may be practicing something discussed in session, or conducting a behavioral experiment. There will never be any consequences for failing to complete therapy homework. At most, if we feel it is relevant to your identified struggles, we might discuss what got in the way.

    What’s the point?

    Your commitment to this process can provide you with a deeper understanding of yourself and those around you. This creates greater peace of mind, more effective coping strategies, and behaviors that are generally more in line with who you want to be, and what you want your life to be about. Over time, practicing this commitment can feel a lot like waking up.

    Formal Education

    Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
    Laurentian University| 2011

    Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology
    Yorkville University | 2018

    Registration & Professional Membership

    Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists (NSCCT)

    Registered Counselling Therapist (RCT) | 2018

    Additional Training

    Peter Levin’s Somatic Experiencing
    Online | 01/2019 | Dr. Peter Levin

    Treating Trauma Masters Series
    Online | 02/2019 | National Institute for the Behavioural Application of Clinical Medicine

    How to Work with Shame
    Online | 02/2019 | National Institute for the Behavioural Application of Clinical Medicine

    Gabor Mate (MD) Compassionate Inquiry in Action
    Online | 09/2022 | Professional Education Systems Institute

    Tara Brach (PhD) Mindfulness in Relationships
    Online| 11/ 2021 | National Institute for the Behavioural Application of Clinical Medicine

    Somatic Experiencing Therapy
    Beginner Level One | June 21st-24th 2019
    Beginner Level Two | Nov 29th-Sept 1st 2019
    Beginner Level Three | June 26th-29th 2020
    Intermediate Level One | April 9th-12th 2022
    Intermediate Level Two | July 15th-18th 2022

    5991 Spring Garden Rd., Suite 635 Halifax, NS B3H 1Y6

    902-423-1935
    AmandaHenryCounselling@gmail.com

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