Ellis is a registered Marriage and Family Therapist with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (www.amft.org) and the Ontario Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (www.oamft.on.ca).
Ellis has an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto and a Masters Degree in counselling focusing on couple and family therapy from Tyndale Seminary.
Ellis is available for speaking engagements, including lunch and learns. Topics include: Healthy Couple Relationships; Anger Management, Time Management/Procrastination; Stress Management; Anxiety; Depression; Self-Esteem; and Life after Relationship Breakdown.
Ellis believes that healthy relationships are possible. In order to achieve such it is important to learn how to care for your self. Couples often get themselves stuck in a negative cycle of interaction, or negative dance if you like. It is my job to help my clients understand the dance they are in and what drives it. Once this is done, we can work together to create a dance that causes the couple to turn towards each other rather than away. It is important that each person acknowledge that they have a part in maintaining the dance, thus each person must take responsibility in changing their behaviour in order to get the type of relationship they want.
Ellis has expertise in the area of couple and family counselling. Ellis’ practice also focuses on anger management, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, trauma recovery, stress management, boundary setting (co-dependency), and parenting.
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Fernando Perez, MSW
Throughout the years I have accumulated a vast experience in the field of psychotherapy and have the ability to work in Spanish, French and English. As a therapist I work with individuals, couples and families. I treat each individual case as unique and according to how it affects the individual(s). I strongly believe that each individual possesses the strength to work and change his/her life. |
I have experience in the following areas:
- Addiction Depression
- Anger management
- Anxiety
- Children and adolescents
- Marital issues
- Depression
- Family
- Grief
- Life transition
- Self-esteem
My credentials are:
- Master of Social Work
- Member of the College of Social Workers
- Addiction Certificate from the St. Michael College of U. of T.
In couple counselling, I have experience working with:
- Cultural, racial and linguistic issues
- Issues of separation and its effect on the children
- The effect of the extended family in the life of the couple
I have experience in the area of Addiction:
- Assessment and referrals to treatment centers
- Counselling individuals struggling with alcohol and/or drug addiction
- Working in relapse prevention with the individual user
- Working with the family of the individual user
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Lorraine Franco-Sham,
MSW, RSW
Lorraine Franco-Sham is a Child and Family Therapist and an Approved Private Adoption Practitioner. She has over 11 years of experience providing therapy to children and adolescents and their families. As a Family Therapist, she offers counselling services for children, adults and families specializing in: |
- Parenting strategies & behaviour management
- ADD/ADHD
- Autism Spectrum Disorder/Aspergers
- Cognitive Behavioural therapy with children/youth with Anxiety or Depression
- School difficulties and advocacy within the school setting
- Trauma assessment and treatment
- Aggression and defiance
- Marital/co-parenting difficulties
As a Adoption Practitioner, she offers:
- Homestudy Assessments for International and Domestic Adoptions
- Post-Adoption counselling
- Attachment focused therapy
- Birth-Parent counselling
Lorraine has a Masters of Social Work from Wilfrid Laurier University. She is a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Social Workers, a Member of the Ontario Association of Social Workers, and a Member of the Ontario Association of Private Adoption Practitioners. |
Visit www.EllisNicolson.com |
