I began practicing psychotherapy in 2015, after a 30-plus-year career which included work as a community organizer, sociologist, public health evaluator, public health manager,  community mental health evaluator, and children’s mental health system coordinator.   Throughout, I have been a student of psychology, working to understand human development and psychological distress as it shows up in the lives of individuals, families, organizations, and communities. 

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In my middle 50’s, I took a leap of faith and decided to pursue my long-standing desire to become a psychotherapist.  The road not taken -- the unlived life – beckoned.   I went back to school and earned a Master of Arts degree in Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy at Wilfred Laurier University in 2015.

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My approach to psychotherapy is holistic and client-centred.   I have been strongly influenced by depth psychology, especially that of Carl Jung.  I take seriously the notion of “soul,” by which I mean the self-healing, self-correcting agency within each individual.   From this perspective, symptoms such as depression and anxiety, dissatisfaction and boredom are very often communications from within demanding attention.  Attending to these signals makes possible psychological realignment, resulting in renewed energy and a sense of meaning in life.   

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Other influences on my practice include the new science of neurobiology and mindfulness, and the closely related attachment and Internal Family Systems models, which provide powerful tools to help individuals learn to better regulate emotional distress, break the grip of old patterns, and increase choice, flexibility and life satisfaction. 

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Email: j.madden@sympatico.ca

Kylene Dube is a registered Social Worker with over 35 years of experience working in adult mental health and post-secondary education. Kylene offers individual counselling/psychotherapy services to adults (18+). Her areas of expertise include grief and bereavement, depression, anxiety, stress management and personal growth.

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Early in her career, Kylene worked in inpatient and outpatient psychiatry. She was an Employee Assistance Program Counsellor/Manager for nearly 20 years, providing counselling/psychotherapy and workplace wellness services to various sectors including health care, education, government and industry. Kylene is currently employed in Social Work education.

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Kylene’s approach to counselling/psychotherapy is based on a belief in the power of relationship to bring about hope, awareness, and positive change. She works alongside clients to identify their strengths and develop strategies to address the situations that led them to seek assistance. Within the warmth and safety of a confidential professional relationship, clients have an opportunity to share their story, be heard, and find ways to improve their quality of life.

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Confidential Phone: 519-319-6390
Email: kylene@dubecounselling.com

I began my career as a Psychotherapist in 2010 in the field infant and children’s mental health.  Working with children and their families, many of whom experienced early trauma, I developed a passion for better understanding the impact of our early experiences on our social, emotional, relational, and cognitive development. This led me to the field of neuropsychotherapy – that is, how our brain and biology influence our mental health and behaviour.

Our brain is the most important organ in our body - it determines what we think and feel, what we say and do, and how we perceive our world.  Our brain is shaped by each and every experience we have, right from the moment it starts to develop. While our brain is responsible for a lot of good, it can also be the source of our struggles. Anxiety, depression, self-esteem, difficulties in relationships, struggles in parenting, all stem from the way our brain fires. Working from this perspective - combined with therapeutic approaches including cognitive behavioural therapy, narrative therapy, family therapy, mindfulness, attachment theory -  we will work together to better understand the source of the struggle that brought you to seek support and work together to make positive change. Within the therapeutic relationship, we have the ability to be reflective of how the past can cause us to become stuck, how we may be so overwhelmed by the negative in the present that we are missing out on the good, and how fear and worry about the future can overwhelm us and get in the way of living the life we would like to be living.

This work can be hard and change takes time. I work from the perspective that results are achieved through small incremental changes and so we have to be patient with ourselves during this process.  Within this caring and compassionate relationship, I can support you in starting this journey.

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Phone: 519-301-7309

Email: rcuthbertthirdspace@gmail.com