OUR SERVICES

Individual Therapy

Montréal • Québec • Ontario • Online

Psychotherapy, Counselling, and Social Work Services at Clinic Altera

We view therapy as both a science and an art; a beautiful process that can be structured, professional, and relational.

Our work is designed to help clients:

Understand themselves and their patterns
Build skills for emotional regulation and resilience
Process trauma and traumatic responses
Face life transitions and changes
Integrate meaningful change into daily life

We Offer:

Ongoing Therapy and Counselling Sessions

50- minutes, in-person or virtual
Weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly (maintenance) in frequency
Ideal for ongoing exploration of emotional, cognitive, and behavioural challenges

Mini-Intensives: Focused Reset & Reconnect

1.5–3 hours for in-depth work
Great for tackling a specific theme, integrating past therapy work, or navigating life transitions

Therapy and Counselling Intensives

Multi-day sessions for accelerated progress and deeper transformation

Individual therapy can help with:

LGBTQ+

Affirming therapy that honours identity, relationships, life transitions, and the unique stressors faced within LGBTQ+ communities.
BIPOC Experiences

Culturally responsive care that makes space for identity, belonging, intergenerational experiences, and the impact of racism or exclusion.
Depression

Support for low mood, hopelessness, numbness, exhaustion, loss of motivation, and reconnecting with meaning and vitality.
Anxiety

Help with chronic worry, panic, perfectionism, overthinking, social anxiety, and restoring a greater sense of calm.
ADHD

Support for attention, motivation, overwhelm, emotional regulation, executive functioning, and building systems that work with your brain.
Career Concerns

Guidance for burnout, workplace stress, leadership challenges, imposter syndrome, career transitions, and finding meaningful direction.
Perinatal Mental Health

DSupport through fertility journeys, pregnancy, postpartum adjustment, identity shifts, anxiety, depression, and parenting transitions.
PTSD & Trauma

Trauma-informed therapy for PTSD, childhood trauma, accidents, violence, medical trauma, and nervous system healing.
First Responders

Confidential support for those in high-stress roles navigating trauma exposure, burnout, shift work, relationship strain, and resilience.
Self-Esteem

Therapy to strengthen confidence, reduce self-criticism, heal shame, and build a more compassionate relationship with yourself.
Victims of Crime

Sensitive care for survivors of violence, assault, abuse, harassment, or traumatic events with safety and empowerment at the centre.
OCD

Support for intrusive thoughts, compulsions, reassurance cycles, and anxiety using evidence-based and compassionate approaches.
Addiction & Recovery

Non-judgmental support for substance use, behavioural addictions, relapse prevention, and healing the roots beneath coping patterns.
Grief

Compassionate therapy for loss, bereavement, complicated grief, life transitions, and learning to carry loss with support.
Disordered Eating

Support for body image struggles, bingeing, restriction, emotional eating, and healing your relationship with food and self.
Bullying

Support for children, teens, and adults impacted by bullying, exclusion, workplace harassment, or lasting emotional wounds.

OUR APPROACHES INCLUDE

Nervous System Regulation: Techniques to reduce stress, anxiety, and emotional dysregulation
Behavioural Strategies: Skill-building to create sustainable change
Integrative Therapy: Blending psychodynamic, experiential, and somatic approaches
Experiential Methods: Engaging body and emotion for deeper insight
Systemic Awareness: Understanding cultural, relational, and environmental influences, we are always LGBTQ+, Immigrant, and BIPOC, and Ethical Non-Monogamy friendly.
Memory Reprocessing Tools: EMDR, Brainspotting, bilateral stimulation, and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy
Psychodynamic Exploration: Identifying unconscious patterns and relational dynamics