Our Services
PSYCHOTHERAPY
Kingstons EMDR and Advanced Trauma Therapy Clinic
Spear Wellness Centre, is the home to Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, a collective group of Registered Psychotherapists & Registered Social Workers who specialize in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), as well as other advanced trauma-based therapies for individuals, couples, and families.
We recognize that therapy is not a ‘one size fits all’ approach. Therefore, we offer a variety of evidence-based therapeutic modalities to best suit your preference & needs.
Healing is not linear! The process of recovering from a psychological injury or traumatic event is a journey, and we are here to help you cultivate patience and self-compassion through all the up’s & down’s along the way.
We also do not want you to be in therapy forever & ultimately our goal is to help you unlock the wisdom of your own inner healing intelligence, so that you can “fire us” (yes, we want to help you fire us!)
Areas we Treat
No matter what you are dealing with right now, we believe you are capable of reaching your potential and finding balance, happiness, and meaning in your life.
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Have you been having difficulty concentrating? Experiencing excessive worry? Have an overall feeling of general panic or doom?
Anxiety disorders can cause persistent worry, fear, and unease that interfere with daily life.
At Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, our therapeutic services help you manage and reduce anxiety through personalized strategies, mindfulness techniques, and emotional support, so you can regain control and lead a balanced, fulfilling life.
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Has your life been feeling out of control lately? Have you been failing to meet work or family responsibilities because of your addition? Feeling like you want to stop, but not being able to?
Regardless of whether you’re struggling with a substance use addiction (e.g. alcohol, drugs), gambling addiction, food addiction, video game addiction, sex addiction, etc. we understand the impact that addiction can have on your physical, emotional, and mental health.
At Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, our compassionate and systemic approach to addiction treatment combines psychotherapy, holistic wellness practices, and ongoing support to you and your loved ones (if applicable) along your road to recovery so that you can break free from addictive patterns and start living the life you deserve.
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Are you feeling energetically depleted, emotionally drained and like you just can’t keep up with all the demands?
Burnout is real!
Burnout is often a result of unmanaged chronic & prolonged stress and may leave you feeling depleted and disconnected.
At Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, we offer therapies designed to help you cope with stress, learn how to set boundaries, reset your energy, and build a more sustainable + balanced lifestyle
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Are you experiencing flashbacks or nightmares? Having a difficult time regulating your emotions? Avoiding people or places that remind you of a distressing event?
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) are mental health conditions that an develop after being directly involved in, or witnessing, a traumatic event.
PTSD may occur after a single traumatic incident, whereas, C-PTSD may occur as a result of prolonged or repeated trauma.
Both conditions often leave deep emotional scars & symptoms that can impede on your daily functioning and relationships.
At Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, our compassionate team of trauma-informed therapists create a safe space for you to heal from these painful memories & regain control over your life.
We provide “Gold Standard” treatments for PTSD & C-PTSD, such as EMDR, as well as specialized and advanced trauma therapies to help you regain stability, process painful memories, and reclaim your life.
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Have you been experiencing changes in mood? noticing a lack of energy or changes in appetite? experiencing thoughts of death or suicide?
Depression can cast a long shadow over your emotional and physical well-being, making even simple tasks feel overwhelming.
At Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, we provide “gold standard” therapeutic approaches to treating depression, such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), to help you lift your mood, improve mental clarity, and restore a sense of hope.
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Have you been experiencing mood swings? impulsive behaviour? intense anger?
Difficulty managing intense emotions can impact relationships, decision-making, and overall well-being.
At Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, we provide tools and strategies to help you regulate emotions, respond as opposed to react, and achieve greater emotional balance, so you can experience life with more stability and resilience.
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Do you have a negative relationship with food? Unhealthy or unrealistic expectations of your body and appearance?
Eating disorders often mask deeper emotional struggles, leading to unhealthy relationships with food and body image.
Our holistic approach, combining psychotherapy, nutrition counselling, and body-centred practices, supports you in healing your relationship with food and cultivating a healthy, balanced lifestyle.
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Is your family experiencing a communication breakdown? are you struggling with coparenting? has grief or loss impacted your family?
Family dynamics can become strained due to communication breakdowns, conflict, or unresolved past issues.
Through family therapy and coaching, we help you build stronger connections, improve communication, and create a more harmonious home environment based on mutual respect and understanding.
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Are you feeling stuck in sorrow? having a hard time accepting your new reality? experiencing feelings of anger or guilt?
Grief is a deeply personal journey, and the pain of losing a loved one can be overwhelming.
At Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, we provide a compassionate space for you to navigate the grieving process, unpack and process the ‘stuck’ emotions associated with your grief, and move forward so you can reconnect with the joy & meaning in your life.
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Achieving your highest potential requires mental clarity, focus, and emotional resilience.
Our unique high-performance coaching and support helps you cultivate the mindset, habits, and strategies necessary to excel in both personal and professional areas, allowing you to thrive at your best.
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Have you or your partner been unfaithful? Does it feel scary to be vulnerable and intimate in your relationship?
Infidelity can deeply affect trust and intimacy within relationships.
At Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, we offer counselling to help couples navigate the pain of betrayal, rebuild trust, and reconnect on a deeper level to repair emotional wounds and build a stronger partnership.
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Have you been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder or Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)? Are you a woman who suffers from PMDD?
Mood and personality disorders can cause intense emotional fluctuations and impact your daily life.
At Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, our individualized treatment plans offer personalized support to help you manage symptoms, learn healthy coping skills, and improve emotional regulation, so you can thrive despite challenges.
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Has trauma impacted your relationships? Do you have difficulty trusting others? Are you struggling to communicate with loved ones?
Relationship difficulties, whether with a partner, family, or friend, can negatively impact your emotional well-being.
At Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, our therapy services can help you resolve conflicts, learn how to communicate effectively, and uncover & process past trauma impacting your relationships, so that you can create healthier & deeper connections with others.
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Do you feel like you’re all alone? Like nobody cares? Is there a part of you that is desperate to stop the pain?
If you’re struggling with thoughts of suicide, it’s important to know you’re not alone.
At Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, we provide compassionate & non-judgemental support to help you work through difficult beliefs, emotions and behaviours that leave you feeling hopeless. Together, we will create a plan to help you move forward towards hope and renewed purpose.
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Do you feel like you’re not good enough? Is shame a feeling you know all too well? Do you find yourself wishing you felt more confident?
Low self-esteem can hold you back from reaching your full potential and approaching life with confidence.
At Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, our therapeutic and coaching services help you explore concepts of self-worth, develop healthier beliefs about yourself, and rebuild the confidence needed to embrace your true potential and live life authentically.
Populations we Serve
We aim to provide diverse & accepting services tailored to the diverse & special populations of our communities to meet their unique therapeutic needs.
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At Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, we provide individual therapy to children, youth, teens & adults.
Individual therapy can be completed virtually, or at our office located in Kingston, Ontario.
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At Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, we provide couples therapy both in-person & virtually to address a variety of issues, such as:
Infidelity
intimacy Issues
Trust Issues
Domestic Violence
Trauma & PTSD
Addiction and Substance abuse
Conflict Resolution
Parenting Issues
Separation & Divorce
Life Transitions
Grief & Loss
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At Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, we provide therapy to families seeking therapy to address issues such as:
Separation and Divorce
Grief & Loss
Trauma
Substance Abuse
Mental Health Issues
Parenting Challenges (e.g. dealing with difficult behaviours)
Blended family issues
Conflict resolution
Sibling rivalry
Communication breakdown
Strained relationships
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At Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, we provide services to children and youth.
We also provide support to caregivers, as necessary.
Our therapeutic services address a large number of issues, specific to children, youth & teens including:
Separation anxiety
Bedwetting
Tantrums
Social skills
Anxiety
Depression
Abuse
Trauma
Attachment issues
Attachment ruptures
Bullying
Self-esteem and body-image issues
Emotional & Behavioural regulation
Neurodivergence (Autism, ADHD)
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At Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, we provide services to adolescents / teens to address a large number of issues specific to this age group, including:
Social Anxiety
Anxiety
Depression
Abuse
Trauma
Attachment issues
Bullying
Self-esteem and body-image issues
Emotional & Behavioural regulation
Neurodivergence (Autism, ADHD)
Substance Use
Academic & school related issues
Relationship Issues
Peer pressure
Identity & Sexuality
Life transitions
Behavioural issues & risky behaviours
Self-harm
Youth in conflict with the law
Special Populations
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At Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, we have approved Blue Cross, VAC, and Canadian Armed Forces providers.
We support Military Personnel & Veterans on an individual level, as well as a systemic level by providing support to spouses and children, as necessary.
Therapy for trauma & PTSD
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Brainspotting
Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
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At Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, we support:
Current & Past employees of Correctional Services of Canada
Firefighters
Paramedics
Police Officers
911 Dispatchers
Search & Rescue
We support this population on an individual level, as well as a systemic level by providing support to spouses and children, as necessary.
Therapy for trauma & PTSD
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Brainspotting
Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
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At Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, we support healthcare workers, such as:
Nurses
Doctors
Therapists
Mental Health & Frontline Workers
Dentists
PSW
We help healthcare workers heal from trauma & ptsd, cope with mental health challenges, overcome burnout and stress & find joy in your lives again.
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We provide CRPO approved supervision services to psychotherapists in Ontario working towards becoming a fully licensed Registered Psychotherapist.
We provide EMDRIA approved consultation hours to psychotherapists and social workers in Ontario working towards becoming a certified EMDR therapist.
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At Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, we help members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in the following ways:
Identity exploration (gender, sexuality)
Gender dysphoria
Neurodivergence
Relationship issues
Self-esteem
Mental health and substance use issues
Navigating bigotry & stigma
Trauma due to discrimination (bullying, stigma, transphobia, homophobia)
PTSD
Fear of violence
Therapeutic Modalities
Our licenced clinicians with Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy will hold space for your healing in a compassionate way to create a genuine environment that encourages self-exploration and growth.
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ART is an advanced treatment for trauma & PTSD & can also help individuals suffering from depression or other mental health concerns.
ART is derived from EMDR, and uses eye movements to quickly alleviate symptoms associated with past traumatic memories.
ART can alter how the brain stores and recalls traumatic images and memories, reducing the negative physical and emotional effects they create.
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EMDR is a “gold standard” and advanced treatment approach for treating trauma & PTSD.
EMDR is a bottom-up, somatic based approach to treating trauma (meaning in targets the way trauma is stored in our body as well) that was originally developed for the treatment of PTSD in 1987
EMDR uses bilateral stimulation to help "unstick" and reprocess painful and traumatic memories so that they are not impacting your current functioning in such an intense and/or negative way.
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IFS is an evidence-based and integrative approach to psychotherapy & is used to treat trauma, as well as a variety mental health and behavioural concerns (eating disorders, substance use, addiction, anxiety, depression, etc.)
IFS helps us understand our internal system and the parts of ourselves that are wounded, protective, vulnerable, and burdened by past trauma.
IFS allows us to deepen our relationship with these parts by helping us understand, find compassion for, and integrate these parts to restore balance and harmony within our systems.
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Ketamine, MDMA & Psilocybin Assisted Psychotherapy.
Psychedelic preparation & integration counselling & coaching
Preparation & Integration coaching is intended for those wanting to explore psychedelics and/or deepen their relationship with psychedelics, as well as those who may be in need of assistance after a psychedelic experience.
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At Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy, we offer Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) which is a breakthrough treatment for treatment-resistance depression and PTSD.
Research shows it is also an effective treatment for other disorders such as chronic pain, anxiety, addiction, eating disorders, and OCD.
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Brainspotting is a type of psychological treatment that uses eye positions to help people access, process, and overcome trauma as well as stress and obstacles in their lives.
It can be used as a stand-alone treatment, or in conjunction with other treatments, such as EMDR.
Brainspotting is effective with issues including PTSD, anxiety and phobias, addiction and substance use concerns, depression, somatic and chronic pain, self-growth, and performance enhancement.
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ACT is a type of therapy that helps people accept difficult thoughts, feelings, sensations, and internal experiences.
ACT combines mindfulness skills with the practice of self-acceptance to create and commit to positive behavioural changes in alignment with one's values.
ACT is effective in treating a wide range of psychological issues including but not limited to anxiety, OCD, depression, stress, substance use disorders, PTSD, and chronic pain. -
EFT is a type of therapy rooted in the science of emotions and attachment, that helps facilitate the creation of a secure attachment with self and others.
EFT can help people identify and transform negative interaction patterns that create distress and is effective in treating individuals, couples, and family systems.
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CBT is an evidence-based and best-practice psychological treatment that has been shown to be beneficial for a variety of issues including, but not limited to: trauma, substance use, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, chronic pain, and low self-esteem.
CBT focuses on the way people "think" and how these thinking patterns influence the way we feel, as well as the way in which we behave.
Many research studies have suggested that CBT is more effective than stand-alone pharmaceutical treatment for disorders such as anxiety and depression. -
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Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) can be used to compliment psychotherapy sessions.
Dolphin VNS uses microcurrent to activate the parasympathetic nervous system to help decrease stress, which may also provide improvements in other areas (e.g., mood, sleep, digestion, respiration).
What Makes Us Different?
The Spear Counselling & Psychotherapy team specializes in providing innovative and advanced treatment programs for PTSD & concurrent issues, in a safe & supportive environment.
Our clinic offers advanced trauma treatment options, such as: Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), Brainspotting, Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), Psychedelic Assisted Therapy (PAT).
We pride ourselves on being the only clinic in Kingston to offer combined advanced trauma therapies such as EMDR + IFS + KAP in order to accelerate healing & enhance therapeutic outcomes.
Unsure Who to Book With?
Feeling overwhelmed & not sure where to start?
Unsure which service / practitioner would be most supportive for you?
Let us take the decision fatigue & overwhelm off of your plate.
Help us help you by completing our quick & easy ‘matching form’ below.
Once completed, we will match you with someone off our team who would be a good fit for you & you can get started on your journey towards health & healing.
