Counselling For Individuals, Couples and Families
When change is needed
You may be feeling worried or anxious more often than you’d like, or struggling to find joy in ways you once did. You may be overwhelmed with sadness, grief, or guilt. Perhaps you’re feeling afraid of the future, or mourning what happened in the past. Maybe things have been hard for a long time, or they’ve just gotten worse more recently. Whatever you may be experiencing therapy can help you find solutions. Whether you have done therapy in the past or this is your first time I welcome you and encourage you to check out the many ways in which I can help.
Services
Individual Counselling
You might be feeling depressed or dissatisfied with important parts of your life. You may feel angry at others or the world for things you suffered in the past. Or perhaps your relationships aren’t quite how you’d like them to be. At times you may feel anxious, isolated, or alienated.
Individual counseling is aimed to help those dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, OCD, grief, stress, low self-esteem, and more. Therapy is also not just for those dealing with mental health concerns, many people benefit from therapy by using it as a way to improve themselves and their life.
Couples Counselling
Feeling understood, supported, and accepted by a loved one is the basis of every relationship. When one feels invalidated, let down, and unsupported a relationship can become the primary source of stress and frustration
Couples counseling can help you experience a stronger bond with your partner, develop better communication skills, improve intimacy, overcome relationship problems and enjoy a more fulfilled life together. All couples are welcome.
Family Services
Family Counselling
Families are the root of togetherness and at times have the most powerful impact on our lives. When families are affected by turmoil all members of the family may feel an impact.
Family Counseling can be helpful for families who are going through difficult challenges such as separation/divorce, parenting issues, troubled children, illness or disability in a family member, grief, stress, etc.
Children and Youth Counseling
Therapy can empower children and youths who need help coping with family problems, bullying, school problems, emotional difficulties, stress, traumatic experiences, and other difficult circumstance.
Toni Malmquist Batt
Toni completed her Master’s Degree in Social Work at the University of Calgary. She has over 13 years of clinical experience across a variety of settings including crisis intervention, children's mental health, and private practice.
Toni has a broad range of clinical experience working with clients experiencing depression, anxiety, ocd, self-harm behavior, complicated grief reactions, anger issues, stress, trauma and abuse, self-image, self-esteem issues and etc.
Toni's approach emphasizes the mutual development of goals for therapy and has trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) , Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Eye movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
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FAQs
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Therapy is a unique opportunity to explore your life, circumstances, dreams, and desires without judgment. Imagine having someone in your life who supports you, sees you, encourages you, and helps you get from where you are to where you want to be. Therapy will be the best thing that you have ever done for yourself.
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Sessions cost $160.00 per hour.
I offer two types of appointments: In Person (1 Hour @ $160.00) and Virtual (50 minutes @ $140.00)
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I am covered by most insurance plans and benefit providers such as Blue Cross, Sunlife, Manulife, etc. However, I don’t direct bill, and do charge payment upfront. At the end of our session I will send you a receipt that you can claim for reimbursement.
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Your first appointment will be getting to know you, hearing about the challenges you are experiencing in your life, and beginning to build a picture of what you want your life to be like and working through the challenges presented.
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Yes, it is completely normal to feel nervous before your first session. Remember to take a couple of deep breaths and remind yourself that this is the best thing that you will ever do for yourself.
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No, you don’t have to. I always advise that you have a conversation with your child about what they are comfortable with. They may be comfortable coming on their own and or want you to join them for the first appointment