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Willa Whiteman- Saunders, BSW, MSW, RSW
Offers
In-person and virtual appointments
- Social Worker
Accepting new patients
Provider's hours
Sunday
8:00 am
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10:00 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
-
10:00 pm
Saturday
8:00 am
-
10:00 pm
Description
Willa believes that we all have the ability to grow and change. This leads her to pay attention to client strengths, in addition to their challenges. It is her belief that therapy cannot only help clients address concerns and symptoms, but also assist them in developing greater connection and meaning in their lives. Willa holds central the need for clients to be partners in their therapeutic work. She strives to work collaboratively in the therapy process and work closely with clients, to ensure that the goals addressed are those of the client.
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
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infertility or Adoption
- Infidelity
- Insomnia
- Intellectual Disability
- Internet Addiction
- Learning Disabilities
- Loneliness
- Medical Detox
- Men's Issues
- Mental Disorders
- Mood disorders
- Munchausen syndrome by proxy
- 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
- 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
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Video Game Addiction
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
- Workplace stress
Services
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Art therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Career counseling
- Christian counseling
- Coaching
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Cognitive processing therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Eclectic therapy
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Existential therapy
- Exposure and response prevention
- Expressive arts therapy
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Feminist therapy
- Forgiveness therapy
- Group counselling
- Humanistic therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Integrative therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Life Coaching
- Marital counselling
- Marriage and family therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Multicultural therapy
- Music therapy
- Narrative therapy
- Neurofeedback
- Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
- Person-centered therapy
- Play therapy
- Positive psychology
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Psychological testing and evaluation
- Relational therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Schema therapy
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Somatic therapy
- Strength-based therapy
- Structural family therapy
- Teen mental health
- The Gottman method
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
Clientele
- Adults (18+)
- Children (under 12)
- Couples
- Families
- LGBTQ2+
- Pediatrics
- 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
- Willa is a Registered Social Worker and a Master of Social Work graduate from Wilfred Laurier University, in good standing with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. She has over twenty-five years of experience working and counseling children, adolescents and adults. She is passionate about working with families and individuals to reach their goals. Willa uses many modalities, such as CBT, in sessions to help express, vocalize and address concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, low self-esteem, and many others.
Professional associations
- OASW
- OCSWSSW
Facility Information
Online Therapy Centre
Summary
The guided principle of personalized care is at the heart of our approach. We believe in the power of collaboration. We pride ourselves on the wide array of services we offer, facilitated by a diverse team of providers. This includes Clinical Psychologists, Registered Psychotherapists, and Registered Social Workers. Recognizing the multifaceted nature of mental health, we also collaborate with PMVC Psychiatrists in order to provide diagnosis, medication recommendations/reviews and psychotherapy recommendations to our clients (covered through OHIP). DIRECT BILLING for Psychotherapy Treatment.
Business hours
Sunday
8:00 am
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10:00 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
-
10:00 pm
Saturday
8:00 am
-
10:00 pm
Services & supplies
- Accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy (AEDP)
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Addictions (assessment/treatment)
- Adlerian therapy
- Alzheimer's therapy
- Animal-assisted therapy
- Applied behavior analysis
- Art therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Bibliotherapy
- Biofeedback
- Brain stimulation therapy
- Career counseling
- Christian counseling
- Coaching
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Cognitive demands analysis
- Cognitive processing therapy
- Cognitive stimulation therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Dance therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Eclectic therapy
- Educational assessments
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Equine-assisted 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
- Forensic therapy
- Forgiveness therapy
- Gestalt therapy
- Group counselling
- Hoarding therapy
- Human givens therapy
- Humanistic therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago relationship therapy
- Integrative therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Job Site Visit
- Jungian therapy
- Life Coaching
- Marital counselling
- Marriage and family therapy
- Medication management therapy
- Mental health reactivation
- Mentalization-based therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Multicultural therapy
- Multidisciplinary pain management program
- Music therapy
- Narrative therapy
- Neurofeedback
- Neuro-linguistic programming therapy
- Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
- Person-centered therapy
- Physical demands analysis
- Play therapy
- Positive psychology
- Post COVID-19 rehabilitation and recovery
- Prolonged exposure therapy
- Psychoanalytic therapy
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Psychological testing and evaluation
- Psychological therapy
- Psycho-vocational assessment
- Rational emotive behavior therapy
- Reality therapy
- Relational therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Sandplay therapy
- Schema therapy
- Social recovery therapy
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Somatic therapy
- Sports psychology
- Strength-based therapy
- Structural family therapy
- Teen mental health
- The Gottman method
- Therapeutic intervention
- Transpersonal therapy
- Trauma informed care
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
- Workplace facilitation/mediation
Amenities
- Close to public transit
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Wheelchair accessible
