Services

SERVICES:

Kealy Counselling & Psychotherapy is a specialized psychotherapy clinic that provides services to clients experiencing significant trauma, PTSD, grief, and traumatic loss. Bettina also specializes in treating couples and families experiencing trauma and resulting relationship tension. Bettina's 22 years of experience make her a leader in the field, exercising vast experience working with clients with serious trauma and providing supervision to mental health clinicians with the same scope of practice.

Bettina and associates use integrative and evidence-based approaches in psychotherapy to include Cognitive Behavioural therapy, DBT, emotion focused therapy, solution-focused therapy as well as other appropriate counselling modalities.

Services are provided in a safe and confidential setting.

Our world is changing. There is more emphasis on work and competition than family, leisure and our health and wellness. Many people are feeling the extra pressure of balancing work with family responsibilities with little to no time for themselves. The result is burnout, stress, depression and anxiety. If you are experiencing these difficulties, you are not alone. Many people struggle with their mood and level of happiness. Some people feel unfulfilled for no apparent reason but just can’t seem to improve their life and feel exhausted and run down. Others have difficulty maintaining balance because of other difficulties such as tension in relationships, physical health problems and various life losses. Counselling can assist by improving mood, reducing anxiety and helping the person to find enjoyment in life again

It’s not uncommon for people to find themselves struggling with an unhealthy relationship, whether it be with a family member, friend or acquaintance. Unhealthy relationships can lead to chronic stress as well as mental health problems. A person’s self-esteem is deeply impacted by relationships that become emotionally abusive and this takes an emotional and sometimes physical toll on the person’s health. Counselling can assist in identifying and addressing abusive or unhealthy relationships and making appropriate decisions to end the suffering. Assertiveness training as well as self-esteem work will assist in finding one’s own identity again and gaining strength to make a decision that will benefit their overall happiness and health.

As a psychotherapist, I’ve provided many clients with support to address issues of low self-esteem and poor self-confidence. Self-esteem can be negatively impacted by many different life circumstances and events. Loss of an important role or job can take a detrimental effect on one’s self-esteem and change the way that they view themselves. Many times, there is a core belief that the individual is a failure, worthless or unworthy of love. Psychotherapy addresses these issues by assisting the individual with challenging negative automatic thoughts that reinforce these core beliefs. The goal of therapy is a better view of self, increased confidence and self-empowerment.

Many of my clients seek out counselling/ psychotherapy to help them cope with significant life changes such as separation and divorce of loss of an important life goal or role. Psychotherapy focuses on acceptance of the life change and assists in helping the person to find healthy coping strategies to deal with the loss and to move forward towards a better future. Issues related to poor self-confidence and low self-esteem are addressed as well as any mental health concerns such as depression and anxiety through various cognitive behavioural strategies to reduce symptoms.

The grieving process is unique to each person and there is no time-line that can be applied to each individual’s experience. I have worked with many clients who have experienced the loss of a loved one or of an important life goal and are having difficulty resuming life activities and feeling emotionally present. These clients often lose their sense of life purpose, have a difficult time managing stress and making life decisions and feel emotionally numb. Psychotherapy assists the individual with moving through the stages of grief in a healthy way and to increase their life purpose and sense of self.

Every relationship goes through difficult times. Sometimes conflict and tension become unmanageable for a couple to work through on their own and the assistance of a psychotherapist is needed to help guide them down a better path. Psychotherapy identifies and addresses the key difficulties in the relationship including poor communication; trust issues and strong emotions such as feelings of resentment, anger and betrayal. The couple is directed to communicate their issues and resulting emotions that are impacting the relationship in order for solutions to be found. Bettina specializes in treating couples with a history of trauma who require additional support with managing reactions and attachment injuries.

Families often go through periods of stress that impact each family member in a unique way. Sometimes healthy family dynamics are interrupted due to issues such as separation and divorce, negative events or trauma. Psychotherapy can address the key issues that are leading to conflict and tension within the family unit and engage each family member in finding appropriate solutions to improve communication and cohesion within the family.

Bettina and associates specialize in supporting individuals with trauma/symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Traumatic experiences can include early childhood abuse, abuse in adult life, serious and traumatic accidents / incidents /losses that have led to emotional suffering. Cognitive behavioural strategies such as in-vivo exposure therapy are effective in reducing symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and improving overall quality of life.

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Services are conducted in a private and confidential setting. Bettina will discuss the details of confidentiality during your first appointment.

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