Trusted Mental Health Therapists in Thunder Bay
Dr. Paul Johnston is a practical, interactive, and solutions-focused therapist in Thunder Bay. Our treatment approach is to provide support with insight and feedback to help clients address current challenges and long-standing issues.
With sensitivity and compassion, we help individuals bring resolution to a wide range of life challenges and psychological issues. With an integration of complementary methods, we draw from a selection of styles and techniques to incorporate what is most helpful for each individual. Together with each client, our therapist in Thunder Bay works to build on strengths and achieve life goals. In doing this, we also emphasize the need for empirically supported and cost-effective assessment and intervention.
For anxiety counselling in Thunder Bay, call Dr. Paul Johnston today.
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Trained in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Trained in Eye Movement Densitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
The Counselling Services Thunder Bay Needs
With 30 years of hospital-based experience, Dr. Paul Johnston has offered the counselling services Thunder Bay calls on when struggling with issues such as stress, anxiety, and depression. We tailor our psychotherapy approaches to your situation, offering treatments such as:
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) — Among today’s most popular forms of psychotherapy, CBT can be very successful in the treatment of anxiety and depression, often preventing the need for medication. CBT identifies and seeks to alter behaviours that stem from unhelpful thought patterns. In this way, the patient learns new coping mechanisms.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) — This form of therapy is effective in treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). It seeks to stop the patient from “reliving” traumatic events, so they can remember the incident without feeling the intense pain or upset they associate with it. Because EMDR mirrors what happens during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, it helps a patient review the traumatic event in a less disturbing manner.
- Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) – We use CAT to determine why the patient feels or thinks the way s/he does, based on past events in the patient’s life. We seek to find better ways to help the patient cope with his or her issues in this way. Through cognitive therapy techniques, we seek to help you develop tools to deal with the issue(s) in a more healthful way.
For anxiety counselling in Thunder Bay, call Dr. Paul Johnston today.
