I am a Licensed Therapist with over ten years expierence. I encourage my patients to view therapy as a gift we give ourselves to explore, grow and improve your well-being and quality of life during difficult times. I believe in a collaborative and client centered approach to support you in your journey toward meaningful and significant progress overcoming challenges impacting your mental health and well-being. Throughout my years in practice, one thing has remained consistent; my passion for supporting individuals I am privileged to work with build resiliency and empower yourself to overcome whatever challenges you are facing and improve your life.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
I know…therapy can feel daunting. Especially, if you have never talked to a therapist, or worse if you had the kind of therapist who just nods and says “Mmm hmm, mmm hmmm, and how did that make you feel?” on repeat. Yeah no thanks. During our first session we will focus on your needs for therapy and goals for treatment. We will work in collaboration on a treatment plan centered around you with your needs and goals. Together, we will establish a therapeutic alliance and create a safe space where you will be heard without judgment. We will explore and identify your treatment goals, overcome obstacles, and help you achieve a better quality of life. It's so important to collaborate and really understand and make sense of the “Why?” behind our actions, patterns and thoughts, in order to move away from whatever isn’t serving you, and move closer to the healthier life you envision and deserve. I want you to look forward to our weekly (or bi-weekly) sessions, leaving them more self-assured with effective tools, and thought provoking conversations that help your problems feel more manageable during the other 167 hours of your daily living until we meet again.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
As my client, your individual needs and progress during our time together are my top priorities. We will approach each session with transparency and honesty, directness, and a little sarcasm and humor (when appropriate) of course. I encourage you provide me feedback, even when it's difficult to ensure your time with me is beneficial and your needs are being met. Throughout your journey in Therapy, identifying the lies we tell ourselves, and changing our patterns, I believe we are all capable getting out of our own way, achieving our goals and having the better life we strive for. I want you to feel supported, understood and empowered. Whether you are struggling with anxiety, depression or trauma, or struggling to get out of your own way…I can relate. Let’s talk.
Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.
Having had a rewarding but rollercoaster of a 16 year career as an elite level, competitive Figure Skater, I can personally understand how unfortunate circumstances have a significant impact on our emotional well-being, sense of security in the world and our self esteem. I have extensive experience supporting individuals of diverse backgrounds overcome unique and significant life challenges, including anxiety, depression, trauma, mood disorders, life transitions, and relationship difficulties. I always approach treatment with a collaborative, client centered approach, prioritizing your needs and continued progress.
About Ian Struthers
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Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Do you ever believe the messages you tell yourself can be distorted, and because of that, you experience unnecessary emotional distress and self-criticism? As a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist, I am interested in exploring your mistaken beliefs, unhelpful schemas (rules we live by), and faulty thinking that can be detrimental to your mood, self-esteem and emotional well-being; causing daily interference your daily life. With curiosity and without judgment, we will use a collaborative approach in our sessions to investigate the evidence and efficacy of your unhelpful thought patterns, to reconstruct a “new narrative” of self-talk to build resilience, improve self-esteem and empower yourself to make meaningful changes in your life. CBT places an emphasis on helping you learn effective, evidenced based coping skills to reduce distress and better cope with situations impacting your mood, self-esteem and well-being. CBT is a beneficial tool; either alone or in combination with other therapeutic interventions to address your mental health challenges such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, grief and loss.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
DBT is an effective, skills based therapy that helps people learn to accept their emotions, tolerate distress, and change harmful behaviors. It's based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), but it's adapted for people who experience emotions intensely. DBT focuses on implementation and practice of core coping skills to regulate distress, improve interpersonal effectiveness and accept their emotions.
Humanistic
Humanistic therapy is a type of talk therapy that focuses on the individual, their potential, and their ability to make choices. It's based on the idea that people are inherently good and have the ability to find their own solutions to problems.
Psychodynamic
Psychodynamic therapy is a form of talk therapy that helps people understand how their past experiences and unconscious mind shape their current behavior and feelings. It's based on the theories of Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis, but differs from traditional psychoanalysis in that psychodynamic therapists act more as guides than experts.