Central Ontario Psychology

Clinical Assessment
Effective treatment begins with a thorough understanding of the problem. The initial evaluation can consist of taking the clinical history, reviewing records, consulting other professionals, and administering questionnaires or other psychological tests to identify the issues and establish a baseline. We’ll review this information with you so that we can collaborate on developing a treatment plan.

​Psychologists have extensive post-graduate training and experience, and are legally empowered to diagnose your impairment.

Psychoeducational Assessment
When your child is struggling in school, you need a careful, thorough, and professional assessment and diagnosis. A typical psychoeducational assessment consists of:
Taking a developmental history
Reviewing the school records
Consultation with teachers
Consultation with physicians and other professionals involved in your child’s care
Behavioural observation
Administration of standardized cognitive and achievement tests
Development of detailed recommendations tailored to the child’s needs and learning style
Feedback to parents and teachers

Psychotherapy​
We use an integrative approach to psychological treatment. This model incorporates each client’s unique characteristics and preferences, our clinical expertise and our experience, as well as the best available evidence from scientific research (American Psychological Association, 2005).

Depending on each client’s needs and preferences, this integrative approach may include cognitive-behavioural therapy, positive psychology, client-centred therapy, emotion-focused therapy, mindfulness, dialectical behaviour therapy skills, schema therapy, interpersonal therapy, psychodynamic/attachment-focused therapy, EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprogramming), narrative therapy, and solution-focused therapy approaches. We also use cutting-edge technologies such as neurofeedback and cranial electrotherapy stimulation.