Counselling is a safe place for one to feel heard and understood while at the same time addressing the issues that are negatively affecting your life. At Guidance Professional Services Inc., we provide clients with well-rounded therapeutic services that address the needs of the whole person, specifically focusing on brain health. We believe the therapeutic relationship can significantly affect therapeutic outcomes.

Brainspotting is a brain-body therapy that is used to locate, target, process, and release experiences and symptoms held in the brain and body. It is considered a rapid, effective treatment as it hones in on the brain pathways that make up that issue, helping the client to see and feel differently. Brainspotting is used for many issues ranging from depression and anxiety to trauma to sports performance as well as to expand performance, creativity, confidence, focus, and insight.

Counselling is a safe place for one to feel heard and understood while at the same time addressing the issues that are negatively affecting your life. At Guidance Professional Services Inc., we provide clients with well-rounded therapeutic services that address the needs of the whole person, specifically focusing on brain health. We believe the therapeutic relationship can significantly affect therapeutic outcomes.

Intensives are designed to allow clients to dive deep into issues over a set number of hours as opposed to extending therapy over weeks and months. Intensives can be a combination of a few hours to half days to full days, depending on the needs and availability of the client and therapist.

Developed by Dr. Stephen Porges, the SSP is a sound-based intervention designed to reduce stress and auditory sensitivity while enhancing social engagement and resilience. By calming the physiological and emotional state, the door is opened for improved communication and more successful therapy.

It is designed to stimulate nervous system regulation by exercising and systematically challenging the auditory system with specifically processed music. Understanding language and engaging with others requires a regulated and organized nervous system.

The SSP is a research-based therapy showing significant results in the following areas:

Social and emotional difficulties
Auditory sensitivities
Anxiety and trauma related challenges
Athletes impacted by injuries/concussions
Stressors that impact social engagement
And many more....

Adolescents and adults should complete the protocol with support from the practitioner via Zoom, email, text, and Microsoft Form. All new clients must complete a 25 minute SSP Consultation online before given access to the program. The rental is for a period of 6 months.

CNS Vital Signs neurocognitive test is a non-invasive clinical procedure to efficiently and objectively assess a broad spectrum of brain function performance or domains under challenge. We use the test to assess neurocognition in the following areas: Neuro (Memory, Reaction Time, Executive Function, MS, TBI/Concussion, Chronic Pain, Sleep, etc.) and Psych (ADHD, Substance abuse, Depression/Anxiety, Medication effects, Bipolar, Schizophrenia, PTSD, Aspergers, Eating Disorders, etc.). CNS Vital Signs takes a LIFESPAN approach ... collecting a large neurocognitive normative reference group from ages 8 to 89. The normative comparison helps grade the level of neurocognitive impairment that can help rule-in or rule-out certain clinical conditions and/or determine the level of impairment.. We use these results to optimize treating using a variety of techniques and/or referrals.

The most common issue in our office on a regular basis are clients in crisis mode or who need help with a specific problem that has been festering for days, weeks, or even months.  Although it is possible to help clients reduce symptoms and give them a more positive outlook on their lives, these situations would be best addressed as they occur.  We can't recommend enough the most practical, scientific, and effective way to avoid long term mental health issues is to at least maintain better health by consistently coming to therapy.  By consistently addressing issues as they arise you can prevent further mental health problems and maintain optimal brain health.   

We are now offering a Mental Health Prevention and Maintenance Package that will help you reach your current and future mental health goals.  Purchase a package of four sessions that can be used every 3 months for one year to prevent and maintain optimal brain health.