Individual Counselling
In individual therapy, we encounter you with openness and utmost respect for your unique self and experience within your life circumstances, including your relationships, work, school, hobbies, culture and spirituality, etc.
This provides you with the transformative experience of being seen and understood by a trained therapist who can help you heal difficult experiences, offer practical strategies to deal more effectively with challenges, or empower you to become more fully yourself and to live a meaningful, authentic life.
Here are some of the concerns we support clients with:
depression | anxiety | stress | grief and loss | trauma | disordered eating | existential concerns (finding meaning and purpose) | spiritual concerns | relationships | sexuality | gender identity | decision-making and turning points | support for life challenges | a space to simply share your experience
Relationship Counselling
In relationship therapy, we guide you in communicating with empathy, honesty, and respect. As a result, you will feel the fulfillment of a deeper connection and will be inspired to find creative ways to honour your individual and shared dreams.
Here are some of the concerns we support various relationships with:
prevention of future instability | deepening your connection | improving your communication skills | making important decisions such as a change in job or relocation, living together, making a formal commitment to each other, or starting a family | healing from a betrayal, loss, abuse, or a period of separation | improving sexual connection and communication | navigating the ending of a relationship.
Clinical Consultation
We offer supervision and case consultation from an existential framework for students and therapists.
Supervision is a space to honour the work one does as a therapist, to receive support, and to see the client more essentially and clearly.
The supervision that we offer at EXIST follows a rigorous model rooted in the theory and process of Existential Analysis (EA). This model integrates a phenomenological process with an existential understanding of mental health and relational dynamics between client, supervisee and supervisor. Rather than providing “tips” for how to deal with the client, EA supervision emphasizes the subjective experience of the supervisee and how they are personally impacted by the work with their clients. This person of the therapist and how they relate to their clients is central.