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Stephanie Dinsmore, BSW, MSW, RSW

Offers In-person and virtual appointments
  • Social Worker
  • Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars. 97 ratings.
Accepting new patients

Provider's hours

Sunday
8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Monday
8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Tuesday
8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Wednesday
8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Thursday
8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Friday
8:00 am - 7:00 pm
Saturday
8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Description

My counselling style is strengths-focused and client-centered. I am trained in a variety of therapeutic modalities including Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Trauma Informed Therapy, Gottman Method, Narrative, ACT, Solution Focused Therapy, and incorporate Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy principles (MBCT). I focus on addressing present life challenges while integrating past experiences. My services are suitable for individuals, couples, and families that are feeling overwhelmed by their thoughts, emotions, and life experiences.

Conditions

  • Abuse
  • Addiction
  • ADHD
  • Adoption
  • Aging
  • Alcohol Abuse
  • Anger
  • Anger Management
  • Antisocial Personality disorder
  • Anxiety
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Binge eating disorder (eating disorders)
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Body Image
  • Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
  • Bullying
  • Chronic Pain or Illness
  • Codependency
  • Communication
  • Depression
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Abuse or Violence
  • Drug Abuse
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Eating disorders
  • Elderly Persons Disorders
  • Emotion Regulation
  • Emotional Abuse
  • 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
  • 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
  • Trauma
  • Video Game Addiction
  • Weight Loss
  • Women's Issues
  • Workplace stress

Services

  • Acceptance and commitment therapy
  • Animal-assisted therapy
  • Attachment-based therapy
  • Career counseling
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Cognitive processing therapy
  • Compassion-focused therapy
  • Culturally sensitive therapy
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Eclectic therapy
  • Exposure and response prevention
  • Family counselling
  • Family systems therapy
  • Group counselling
  • Hoarding therapy
  • Life Coaching
  • Marital counselling
  • Marriage and family therapy
  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Narrative therapy
  • Neurofeedback
  • Neuro-linguistic programming therapy
  • Person-centered therapy
  • Prolonged exposure therapy
  • Relational therapy
  • Relationship counselling
  • Solution-focused brief therapy
  • Somatic therapy
  • Sports psychology
  • Strength-based therapy
  • Teen mental health
  • The Gottman method
  • Therapeutic intervention
  • Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy

Clientele

  • Adults (18+)​
  • Couples​
  • Families​
  • LGBTQ2+
  • Seniors (65+)​
  • Teens (13-17)​

Languages spoken

  • English

Professional designations

  • Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)
  • Master of Social Work (MSW)
  • Registered Social Worker (RSW)

Education

  • Doctorate in Higher Education and Leadership, Capella University 2023
  • Master of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University, 2016
  • Bachelor of Social Work, UWaterloo, 2015
  • Bachelor of Arts, Wilfrid Laurier University, 2008

Professional associations

  • Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Services Workers (OCSWSSW)
Facility Information

Summary

Mindful Path Counselling is a home-based practice located at 13 Highland Dr. Brantford (Brant), ON, N3T 0L5. We offer individual, couples/relationship, family, and group counselling. In addition, we offer Alternative Wellness services including; ecotherapy, hypnotherapy, animal-assisted therapy, life coaching, infrared light therapy, and reiki/energy healing.

In addition to our main site, we have physical locations at:
Turkey Point: 33 Cedar St., Vittoria, ON, N0E 1W0
Brantford: 97 Brant Ave., Brantford, ON, N3T 3H4
Toronto: Dundas and Bloor

Business hours

Sunday
By appointment only
Monday
8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Tuesday
8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Wednesday
8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Thursday
8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Friday
8:00 am - 8:00 pm
Saturday
8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Services & supplies

  • Accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy (AEDP)
  • Acceptance and commitment therapy
  • Adlerian therapy
  • Alzheimer's therapy
  • Animal-assisted therapy
  • Applied behavior analysis
  • Art therapy
  • Attachment-based therapy
  • Bibliotherapy
  • Biofeedback
  • Career counseling
  • Christian counseling
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Cognitive processing therapy
  • Cognitive stimulation therapy
  • Compassion-focused therapy
  • Culturally sensitive therapy
  • Dance therapy
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Eclectic therapy
  • Electroconvulsive therapy
  • Emotionally focused therapy
  • Existential therapy
  • Experiential therapy
  • Exposure and response prevention
  • Exposure Therapy
  • Expressive arts therapy
  • Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy
  • Family counselling
  • Family systems therapy
  • Feminist therapy
  • Gestalt therapy
  • Group counselling
  • Hoarding therapy
  • Humanistic therapy
  • Hypnotherapy
  • Integrative therapy
  • Interpersonal psychotherapy
  • Life Coaching
  • Marital counselling
  • Marriage and family therapy
  • Medication management therapy
  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Multicultural therapy
  • Music therapy
  • Narrative therapy
  • Neurofeedback
  • Neuro-linguistic programming therapy
  • Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
  • Person-centered therapy
  • Positive psychology
  • Prolonged exposure therapy
  • Psychoanalytic therapy
  • Psychodynamic therapy
  • Reality therapy
  • Relational therapy
  • Relationship counselling
  • Sandplay therapy
  • Schema therapy
  • Solution-focused brief therapy
  • Somatic therapy
  • Sports psychology
  • Strength-based therapy
  • Structural family therapy
  • Teen mental health
  • The Gottman method
  • Therapeutic intervention
  • Trauma informed care
  • Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy

Amenities

  • Close to public transit
  • Free parking
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Wheelchair accessible
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Provider's hours

Sunday
8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Monday
8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Tuesday
8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Wednesday
8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Thursday
8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Friday
8:00 am - 7:00 pm
Saturday
8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Business hours

Sunday
By appointment only
Monday
8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Tuesday
8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Wednesday
8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Thursday
8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Friday
8:00 am - 8:00 pm
Saturday
8:00 am - 6:00 pm