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Kris Ames, M.Ed.
Offers
In-person and virtual appointments
- Psychologist
- Man
- $180 - $220 per visit
Accepting new patients
Provider's hours
Sunday
8:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Monday
8:00 am
-
9:00 pm
Tuesday
8:00 am
-
9:00 pm
Wednesday
8:00 am
-
9:00 pm
Thursday
8:00 am
-
9:00 pm
Friday
8:00 am
-
5:30 pm
Saturday
8:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Description
Kris prioritizes the counsellor-client relationship as a key means for creating a safe space that allows the client to talk about difficult and challenging issues. Kris primarily utilizes Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy, and Mindfulness approaches. Kris listens carefully to your story, and then helps you shift into the person you want to become.
Conditions
- Abuse
- Addiction
- Adjustment disorder
- Aging
- Alcohol Abuse
- Anger
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Bullying
- Chronic Pain or Illness
- Codependency
- Communication
- Compulsive gambling
- Depression
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse or Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Emotion Regulation
- Emotional Abuse
- Fears / Phobias
- Gambling Addiction
- Grief, loss, bereavement
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infidelity
- Insomnia
- Internet Addiction
- Loneliness
- Men's Issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder
- Personality Disorders
- Post-traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Relationship Issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Esteem
- Self-harming or suicidal behavior
- Sexual Abuse
- Sleep Disorder
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Social Isolation
- Somatic symptom disorder
- Stress
- Substance Abuse
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Thoughts
- Suicide
- Thinking Disorders
- Trauma
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Workplace stress
Services
- Attachment-based therapy
- Career counseling
- Coaching
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Cognitive processing therapy
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy
- Marital counselling
- Marriage and family therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Multicultural therapy
- Narrative therapy
- Person-centered therapy
- Positive psychology
- Psychological therapy
- Relational therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Sports psychology
- Structural family therapy
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
Clientele
- Adults (18+)
- Couples
- Families
- LGBTQ2+
- Seniors (65+)
Languages spoken
- English
Professional designations
- Master of Counselling Psychology (M.Ed.)
Education
- M.Ed. with Specialization in Counselling
- EMDR Therapist
- EFT Therapist
Facility Information
Firefly Counselling and Consulting
Summary
Firefly Counselling provides both generalist and specialist supports for a wide range of mental health and mental illness concerns. Our clinicians know that in order to help clients best they need to listen closely to you, be always furthering their skill sets, and provide opportunity for change. Firefly Clinicians are always looking for ways to better help their clients. This means we offer clinicians who specialize in a variety of treatment areas and therapies so that our clients can receive the right therapy, from an expert in that therapy, for the presenting concern.
Business hours
Sunday
8:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Monday
8:00 am
-
9:00 pm
Tuesday
8:00 am
-
9:00 pm
Wednesday
8:00 am
-
9:00 pm
Thursday
8:00 am
-
9:00 pm
Friday
8:00 am
-
5:30 pm
Saturday
8:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Services & supplies
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Addictions (assessment/treatment)
- Animal-assisted therapy
- Art therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Career counseling
- Coaching
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Cognitive processing therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Educational assessments
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Experiential therapy
- Exposure and response prevention
- Expressive arts therapy
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Feminist therapy
- Group counselling
- Humanistic therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Life Coaching
- 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
- Positive psychology
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Psychological testing and evaluation
- Psychological therapy
- Psycho-vocational assessment
- Relational therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Sandplay therapy
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Somatic therapy
- Sports psychology
- Strength-based therapy
- Structural family therapy
- Teen mental health
- The Gottman method
- Therapeutic intervention
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
Amenities
- Close to public transit
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Wheelchair accessible
