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HEADS UP Psychotherapy
News:
Now Offering
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Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR Therapy)
As of August 26th, 2024
With Lauren Maltby
(RP (Qualifying), Owner & Operator)
The addition of THREE more associates to HEADS UP Psychotherapy:
1) Social Service Worker
(Mental Health & Addictions), and;
2) Registered Psychotherapist (via Virtual means), and;
3) Virtual Mental Health Therapist (MHT)- Coming Soon...
STAY TUNED and Inquire for more Information...
Welcome and thank you for stopping by!
If you have landed here, chances are you may be struggling psychologically, emotionally, physically or socially, or you may know someone who is. As you scroll through, please know that life can be tough and you are not alone. Chances are you are reacting in a very normal way to an abnormal situation or experience. Your struggles do not define who you are as a person. The fact that you are here taking this first step to wellness shows your courage and resiliency.
Accepting New Clients!
Meet the Team
I am so excited to announce these awesome new additions to the Heads Up Psychotherapy Team! The addition of these members reflect my business model directed at ensuring the Team at Heads Up Psychotherapy are able to assist clients with a variety of presenting issues or concerns. Each of these practitioners bring something special to the table when it comes to building the therapeutic relationship with clients and tailoring treatment plans in collaboration with their clients and their clients needs and wants for therapy. I am so beyond thrilled to have them aboard.
Lauren Maltby
BA, MACP, Brainspotting
Acute Stress Stabilization (ASSYST) and Prolonged Exposure Therapist for PTSD
Basic Trained EMDR Therapist
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
My Approach
In May 2023, I opened my Psychotherapy practice after ten years of frontline policing and my goal was to bring something new to the profession, including a more effective and efficient way for clients to begin accessing and processing their traumas in a healthy and more positive way, without long-term suffering.
I am one of the few service providers in Northern Ontario to offer Brainspotting and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) as a psychotherapeutic modality. Not only is Brainspotting helpful in accessing and processing years (or sole incidences) of trauma, it is also helpful in addressing performance blocks and anxieties in sport. By implementing a combination approach, it offers a more complete way of helping combat several mental health concerns that many of us will face. I also offer comprehensive work in CBT/T-CBT, DBT, Strengths-based interventions and ACT.
Throughout my own journey to mental wellness I responded well to therapists that were willing to simply listen and support me with where I was at mentally and emotionally. As a result, my non-directive approach to counselling is much the same, with my main goal being to provide a safe, non-judgemental and supportive environment for my client's to discuss their traumas, stressors and mental health concerns. My client's are my number one priority.
In using a person-centred, collaborative approach, treatment plans are developed in a way that best suits the client(s) needs and goals for therapy and for life moving forward.
Most importantly, you (as the client) are the experts of your own stories and my goal is to support and guide you towards a healthier, more meaningful and purposeful life.
I look forward to supporting you in your journey!
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Life is precious, do not suffer in silence. You are never alone.
My Own Journey
When I was first impacted by my own professional and personal trauma experiences, I soon realized that my way of 'dealing with things' was to push them to the side, compartmentalize and become desensitized to the normal reactions I was having to abnormal situations. This served me well short-term, however, it hurt me in the long run.
Not long after, I was diagnosed with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and was suffering from severe anxiety and depression. My goal moving forward was to learn why this was happening to me and why I was not able to COPE anymore.
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In becoming aware of the reasons why my body and mind's attempt to processing these traumatic experiences was not helping, it made me want to help others (even more than I already did) and be there to guide them so that they do not have to experience the shame, disappointment, loneliness, confusion and frustration associated with having a mental health issue or diagnosis.
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Individual
Psychotherapy
One-on-one therapy providing the client a safe, non-judgemental, respectful and positive environment to express their struggles and concerns. In using a person-centered and collaborative approach to therapy, an individualized treatment plan is created that best suits the clients needs.
Keeping in mind that no two people are the same, nor have they experienced the exact same situations in their lives, it is important to create a tailored approach to treatment for each individual that comes through the door.
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Evidence-based and trauma-informed modalities offered:
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CBT
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CPT
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ACT
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Mindfulness
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Strengths-based Resiliency
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For adults (18+) individual therapy can be used in conjunction with Brainspotting (case dependent).
Welcoming clients ages 12+
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Session Fee(s):
$165 (50 min)
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Prolonged Exposure: PTSD
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A form of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) designed to be helpful in processing trauma, specifically as it relates to Post-traumatic Stress Disorder;
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Allows the client to approach trauma related memories, feelings, emotions, situations and experiences through the use of In Vivo (In real life) and Imaginal Exposures (Visualizations);
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Will learn that the memories surrounding certain tragic/traumatic situations are no longer dangerous and therefore do not need to be avoided;
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Typical length of sessions are 75-90 minutes (Foa & Rothbaum, 1998)
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Session Fee(s):
$200 (75-90 min)
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Brainspotting
(Trauma and Athletic Performance)
Uses a client's visual field to access the subcortical part of the brain where trauma is stored.
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Relevant Eye Positioning
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Somatic Awareness
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Mindfulness
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Using the body and mind's innate ability to heal
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Integrates well with other modalities
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Used with less talking than conventional talk therapy
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Use of bilateral sound to activate the left and right brain that is responsible for calming (optional)
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...FOR ATHLETES
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Have you lost the motivation to engage or compete in a sport that you loved? Did you experience or witness a traumatic injury to yourself or someone else?​ Brainspotting assists by:
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Performance limited by:
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Blocks​
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Anxiety
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Repetitive mistakes
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The 'slumps'
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Yips
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As an athlete, you already possess the skill, determination and physical means to be the best you can. Let's create that mind-body connection and locate the brainspot where your block is being held so that you can reach your fullest potential.
Welcoming clients 16+
Session Fee(s):
$190 (50 min)
$230 (90 min)
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Member of Brainspotting Canada Association (BCA)
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Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)
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​​​ASSYST
Acute Stress Stabilization for Critical Incidents
In partnership with
Miranda Arellano
EMDR Certified Therapist, Registered Psychotherapist
Healing Connections
North Bay, ON​
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Offered via:
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In-person and virtual
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Individual ​
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Group
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To those who are experiencing signs of Acute Stress Disorder (ASD)​
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Fieldwork involving humanitarian placement and critical incident response
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AIP-informed, Low-Intensity-Interventions (LII) through psychophysiological symptom-reduction approach to assist with:
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Nervous system regulation
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Expanding the window of tolerance
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Lowering the impact of recurrent memories of adverse experience(s) that include one or more of the following components
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Sensory
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Emotional
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Physiological
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Can be administered within:
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First few hours (Critical Incident)
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Days (Rapid Response)
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First three months (Early Intervention)
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Costs dependent on:
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Number of persons involved
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Level of care required
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EMDR Processing Sessions $180 and Initial Session (Preparatory Stages) $165
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What is Brainspotting?
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A neuroscientific-informed treatment developed by David Grand (2003)
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Uses the brain's natural healing processes through a client's visual field In
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Using relevant eye position and focused mindfulness
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Provides deeper access to previously unprocessed traumas
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As the therapist, I stay in tune with my client's reflexive bodily responses in relation to relevant eye position. The focus remains on specific areas in the client's visual field that signifies a heightened level of discomfort or avoidance.
"Where you look affects how you feel..."
David Grand
Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy for
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Trauma-Informed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
(T-CBT)
Teaches you to gradually approach your trauma-related memories, feelings and feared situations. Most people affected by PTSD do everything they can to AVOID anything that reminds them of their traumatic experiences. However, by doing this, their fear becomes reinforced, making it more and more difficult to break away.
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The goal here is to allow clients to use strategies and techniques used through imaginal and in vivo (real life) exposure to re-learn that the stimuli, triggers and situations previously seen as a threat (or perceived threat) are no longer a danger to them, which ultimately releases the client from the hold these memories and emotions have had on them.
(Foa & Rothbaum, 1998)
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Time-limited, Structured, Reintegrative Reprocessing Therapy
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Perfect for: First Responders, Veterans, Military, anyone diagnosed with PTSD, clients who experience specific symptomatic criteria for sub-threshold PTSD (those who may not specifically be diagnosed with PTSD)
Session Fee(s):
$200 For 90 minutes
(Minimum session time- up to 90 minutes)
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Now Offering!
What Issues and Concerns Do I Specialize In?
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Anxiety and Depression
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Self-Esteem, Self-Confidence and Empowerment
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Anger, Stress and
Avoidance Behaviours
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Performance Blocks, Anxieties and Slumps in Sport
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Trauma and Survivors of Trauma
-Cancellation Policy-
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Minimum 24 hours notice required to cancel your scheduled appointment
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Cancellation within 12 hours of your scheduled appointment will be considered a LATE CANCEL and a charge of 50% of the scheduled session fee will be applied
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A 'NO SHOW' will require a payment of full session fee
PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE AND MINDFUL OF THIS POLICY. YOUR COOPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING IS MUCH APPRECIATED, THANK YOU.
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