Psychotherapy occurs when the Registered Psychotherapist (RP)/Registered Social Worker (RSW) and client enter into a psychotherapeutic relationship where both work together to bring about positive change in the client’s thinking, feeling, behaviour and social functioning. Individuals usually seek psychotherapy when they have thoughts, feelings, moods and behaviours that are adversely affecting their day-to-day lives, relationships and the ability to enjoy life. Most insurance companies provide coverage for RSW's.

Our therapists have undergraduate degrees as well as graduate, master level degrees in the areas of counselling, mental health and human development. They also have undergone extensive training in various therapeutic approaches, including:
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy
- Feminist Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Harm reduction
- Anti-oppressive
- Trauma informed

Indigenous Therapy Services:
At COCA Psychotherapy we are passionate about working with Indigenous communities.

We recognize, as mental health experts, the impact that colonization and genocide have had on all aspects of life, including but not limited to mental, emotional, and spiritual parts, leading often to intergenerational trauma. The injustice faced by Indigenous communities is not only historical, but currently continues and needs to be addressed appropriately.

At our clinic, we are able to take action by supporting Indigenous communities through providing free mental health support via the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB). If you are a registered member of a First Nation connect with us today and we can guide you through the process.

In person services are offered at our St. Thomas & Waterloo locations.

Psychotherapy occurs when the Registered Psychotherapist (RP)/Registered Social Worker (RSW) and client enter into a psychotherapeutic relationship where both work together to bring about positive change in the client’s thinking, feeling, behaviour and social functioning. Individuals usually seek psychotherapy when they have thoughts, feelings, moods and behaviours that are adversely affecting their day-to-day lives, relationships and the ability to enjoy life. Most insurance companies provide coverage for RSW's.

Our therapists have undergraduate degrees as well as graduate, master level degrees in the areas of counselling, mental health and human development. They also have undergone extensive training in various therapeutic approaches, including:
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy
- Feminist Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Harm reduction
- Anti-oppressive
- Trauma informed

Indigenous Therapy Services:
At COCA Psychotherapy we are passionate about working with Indigenous communities.

We recognize, as mental health experts, the impact that colonization and genocide have had on all aspects of life, including but not limited to mental, emotional, and spiritual parts, leading often to intergenerational trauma. The injustice faced by Indigenous communities is not only historical, but currently continues and needs to be addressed appropriately.

At our clinic, we are able to take action by supporting Indigenous communities through providing free mental health support via the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB). If you are a registered member of a First Nation connect with us today and we can guide you through the process.

Yoga therapy may be defined as the application of Yogic principles to a particular person with the objective of achieving a particular spiritual, psychological, or physiological goal. Yoga therapy respects individual differences in age, culture, religion, philosophy, occupation, and mental and physical health.

Therapy that is focused on music, the arts, spirituality and movement have evidence based approaches proven to support folks in improving their mental health and overall well being, while enhancing quality of life.

The application of Yoga therapy is from one or more of three perspectives:

1. The use of Yoga to gain a sense of power, i.e., to develop muscular power, the power to concentrate, the power to do difficult postures, the ability to work over and extended period of time, etc. This is called the application of shakti-krama.

2. The use of Yoga to heal specific problems, such as eliminating impurities in the organs (doshas) or energy centers (cakras) and channels (nâdîs) of the body. This is chikitsâ-krama.

If sickness is present, it needs to be cured (chikitsâ).
If sickness is not present, protection is necessary (rakshana).
If sickness is not present and one has learned how to protect oneself, training is necessary (shikshana).

3. The use of Yoga to go beyond the physical to understand what is beyond the limited sense of self; to know one’s true self as unchanging Witnessing Presence (Purusha) of all that is changing (prakriti). This is called the application of âdhyâtmika-krama.