Counselling / Mental Health Support Services
in Cloverdale, Surrey, BC

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a form of psychological treatment that has been demonstrated to be effective for a range of problems including depression, anxiety disorders, alcohol and drug use problems, marital problems, eating disorders, and severe mental illness. CBT helps individuals learn to be their own therapists, through exercises in the session as well as homework that is practiced between sessions. The therapy focuses on specific problems, using a goal-oriented approach, and helps individuals become aware of inaccurate or negative thinking so they can view challenging situations more clearly and respond to them in a more effective way. CBT is an effective treatment approach for a range of mental and emotional health issues, including anxiety and depression, and it aims to help individuals identify and challenge unhelpful thoughts and to learn practical self-help strategies. Our Clinical Counsellors use CBT to aid in repairing relationships, assist coping with grief or loss, processing a difficult medical diagnosis, and resolving general conflict.

Emotion-focused therapy (EFT) is a therapeutic approach that emphasizes the importance of emotions in psychotherapeutic change. EFT assumes that emotions are key to identity and guide individual choice and decision-making. Lack of emotional awareness or avoiding unpleasant emotions can cause harm and render individuals unable to use the important information emotions provide. EFT empowers individuals to overcome challenges, heal past wounds, and transform unhelpful emotions. At Clover Hills Rehabilitation, our Clinical Counsellors help our clients better identify, understand, and regulate their emotions. Benefits of EFT include: ~Empowering individuals to overcome challenges and heal past wounds. ~Transforming unhelpful emotions. ~Increasing emotional awareness. ~Improving the ability to regulate emotions. ~Enhancing individual choice and decision-making.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on accepting thoughts and feelings without judgment while committing to living according to one's values. ACT helps individuals develop psychological flexibility, which involves accepting thoughts as they come and acting based on long-term values rather than short-term impulses. Here are some benefits of ACT therapy: ~Helps individuals stay focused on the present moment. ~Encourages individuals to accept negative thoughts and feelings as part of life ~Promotes psychological flexibility ~Helps individuals build the life they want ~Can help individuals work through obstacles that may be preventing them from fully participating in life ~Can be practiced through mindfulness exercises ACT therapy sessions typically involve three main components: acceptance, direction, and action. Our Clinical Counsellors will work to identify recurring thought patterns and what our client would like to prioritize, and then help them make a change by focusing on changing things within their control. The goal of ACT therapy is not to decrease anxiety or control emotions, but rather to help individuals build the life they want.