Joan Dosso, M.Ed., RCC

Offers In-person and virtual appointments
  • Clinical Counsellor
  • Woman
  • Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars. 19 ratings.
Accepting new patients

Provider's hours

Sunday
Closed
Monday
12:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Tuesday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Wednesday
11:30 am - 7:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Friday
Closed
Saturday
Closed

Provider information

Description

Joan is a Registered Clinical Counsellor bringing compassion, creativity, and a playful spirit to her clients and the therapeutic process. She works with children, adolescents and adults affected by anxiety, depression, abuse, grief, low self-esteem, shame, eating disorders, OCD, identity, relationship issues, spiritual questions, and life transitions.
 Everyone is unique in how they process life. "Talk" therapy is great for some people and issues, but Joan also offers play therapy, sand tray, clay work and art to clients of all ages to explore their inner worlds.

Conditions

  • Abuse
  • Addiction
  • ADHD
  • Adjustment disorder
  • Adoption
  • Aging
  • Alcohol Abuse
  • Anger
  • Anger Management
  • Antisocial Personality disorder
  • Anxiety
  • Asperger's Syndrome
  • Autism
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Binge eating disorder (eating disorders)
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Body Image
  • Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
  • Bullying
  • Chronic Pain or Illness
  • Codependency
  • Communication
  • Compulsive gambling
  • Conduct Disorder (CD)
  • Conversion disorder
  • Delirium
  • Depression
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Abuse or Violence
  • Drug Abuse
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Eating disorders
  • Elderly Persons Disorders
  • Emotion Regulation
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Excoriation disorder
  • Family planning
  • Fears / Phobias
  • Gambling Addiction
  • Geriatric Counselling
  • Grief, loss, bereavement
  • Histrionic personality disorder
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Impulse Control Disorders
  • Infertility or Adoption
  • Infidelity
  • Insomnia
  • Intellectual Disability
  • Internet Addiction
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Loneliness
  • Medical Detox
  • Mental Disorders
  • Mood disorders
  • Munchausen syndrome by proxy
  • Narcissistic Personality Disorder
  • Obesity
  • Obsessive- Compulsive (OCD)
  • Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
  • Panic disorder
  • Paranoid personality disorder
  • Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymic Disorder)
  • Personality Disorders
  • Postpartum depression
  • Post-traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
  • Psychosis
  • Quiet Borderline Personality Disorder
  • Racial Identity
  • Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
  • Relationship Issues
  • Schizophrenia
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder
  • Self Esteem
  • Self-harming or suicidal behavior
  • Sex, sexuality, intimacy
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Addiction
  • Sleep Disorder
  • Social Anxiety Disorder
  • Social Isolation
  • Somatic symptom disorder
  • Spirituality
  • Stopping Smoking
  • Stress
  • Substance Abuse
  • Substance Use
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Suicide
  • Thinking Disorders
  • Tourette Syndrome
  • Trauma
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
  • Video Game Addiction
  • Weight Loss
  • Women's Issues
  • Workplace stress

Services

  • Acceptance and commitment therapy
  • Attachment-based therapy
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Compassion-focused therapy
  • Emotionally focused therapy
  • Person-centered therapy
  • Play therapy
  • Relational therapy

Clientele

  • Adults (18+)​
  • Children (under 12)​
  • LGBTQ2+
  • Seniors (65+)​
  • Teens (13-17)​

Languages spoken

  • English

Professional designations

  • Master of Counselling Psychology (M.Ed.)
  • Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC)

Facility: Arbour Counselling Centre Ltd

Summary

Arbour Counselling Centre is a group of Masters and PhD-level counselling professionals dedicated to helping people grow through their journey in life.  We're trained to listen well, to offer objective and honest feedback, and to support you in your steps toward growth and wellness.
 
At Arbour, our mission is to provide the highest quality care with the best-trained professionals, and we do so in a manner that recognizes that we are whole people:  mind, body, and spirit.
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Our ongoing goal is to provide a safe space for all people — regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or race.

Business hours

Sunday
Closed
Monday
9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Tuesday
9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Wednesday
9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Saturday
By appointment only

Services & supplies

  • Acceptance and commitment therapy
  • Attachment-based therapy
  • Biofeedback
  • Brain stimulation therapy
  • Career counseling
  • Christian counseling
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Cognitive processing therapy
  • Cognitive stimulation therapy
  • Compassion-focused therapy
  • Culturally sensitive therapy
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Educational assessments
  • Emotionally focused therapy
  • Existential therapy
  • Family counselling
  • Family systems therapy
  • Feminist therapy
  • Group counselling
  • Humanistic therapy
  • Integrative therapy
  • Interpersonal psychotherapy
  • Marital counselling
  • Marriage and family therapy
  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Multicultural therapy
  • Narrative therapy
  • Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
  • Person-centered therapy
  • Play therapy
  • Psychodynamic therapy
  • Psychological testing and evaluation
  • Psychological therapy
  • Relational therapy
  • Relationship counselling
  • Solution-focused brief therapy
  • Somatic therapy
  • Strength-based therapy
  • Structural family therapy
  • The Gottman method
  • Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
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Provider's hours

Sunday
Closed
Monday
12:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Tuesday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Wednesday
11:30 am - 7:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Friday
Closed
Saturday
Closed

Business hours

Sunday
Closed
Monday
9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Tuesday
9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Wednesday
9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Saturday
By appointment only