Karen Wiersma, BSW, MSW, RSW
Offers
In-person and virtual appointments
- Social Worker
- Woman
Accepting new patients
Provider information
Description
Psychotherapy Psychotherapy is a confidential, collaborative process in order to achieve improved health and happiness. We are passionate about positive psychology and apply a strengths-based approach to treatment. You will work ith your therapist to understand and navigate life’s relationships, stressors and emotional experiences. We will work with you in an authentic and compassionate way, utilizing an integrated approach to meet your individual needs – helping you create a more balanced and enjoyable life.
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
- Men's Issues
- Mental Disorders
- Mood disorders
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Obesity
- Obsessive- Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Panic disorder
- Paranoid personality disorder
- Parenting
- Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymic Disorder)
- Personality Disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Psychosis
- Racial Identity
- 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
- Stress
- Substance Abuse
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Thoughts
- Suicide
- Thinking Disorders
- Trauma
- Video Game Addiction
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
- Workplace stress
Provider's hours
Sunday
9:00 am
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6:00 pm
Monday
8:00 am
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8:00 pm
Tuesday
8:00 am
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8:00 pm
Wednesday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Thursday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Friday
8:00 am
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8:00 pm
Saturday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Services
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Existential therapy
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Group counselling
- Humanistic therapy
- Integrative therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Marital counselling
- Marriage and family therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Multicultural therapy
- Person-centered therapy
- Play therapy
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Relational therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Strength-based therapy
- Structural family therapy
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
Clientele
- Adults (18+)
- Couples
- Families
- LGBTQ2+
- Seniors (65+)
Languages spoken
- English
Professional designations
- Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)
- Master of Social Work (MSW)
- Registered Social Worker (RSW)
Facility: Checking In Counselling & Consulting
Business hours
Sunday
9:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Monday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Tuesday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Wednesday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Thursday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Friday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Saturday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Services & supplies
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Career counseling
- Coaching
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Eclectic therapy
- Exposure and response prevention
- 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
- Play therapy
- Psychoanalytic therapy
- Relational therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Strength-based therapy
- Structural family therapy
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
Amenities
- Close to public transit
- Free parking
