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Colleen Hood
Ph.D., RP, Dip(TIRP)
Psychotherapist
PRACTICE NAME ReCreate Therapy
ADDRESS
14 Duke StreetSt. CatharinesL2R 5W3
About
Life can be overwhelming, leaving you feeling helpless and alone. It is not easy to find your way forward. Recreating yourself in a way that embraces who you are and where you've been, to empower you to move towards a life you may envision, is not simple but it can be done. My goal is to help you find this path. Whether faced with a lifetime of challenges, or impacted by a single traumatic event, I bring empathy, compassion and understanding to the relationship. From that place of safety, I will support you to find the road to acceptance, healing, and peace of mind.
With over 30 years of experience and training as an educator, researcher, and therapist, I bring a wide variety of knowledge and experience to my clients. I am a Registered Psychotherapist, trained in Relational Psychotherapy, with additional training in Grief Therapy, Positive Psychology, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Compassion-Focused Therapy. I am a lifelong learner and actively engage expanding my skills and approaches to working with clients in need.
My training, in combination with lived experience of trauma and loss, has led me to a focus on the issues of grief and bereavement, trauma, depression, and anxiety.
My approach is relational, strengths-based, and capacity-building. In taking this approach, I help people to move towards creating a meaningful life. I purposefully create a space where clients feel safe, valued, and heard, knowing that feeling alone with the struggles of life can be overwhelming. I am willing to walk alongside my clients as they find their way forward.
Additionally, my background in Therapeutic Recreation, a profession that focuses on the role of free time engagements in creating a meaningful life, is one of the foundations of my practice. I believe that finding experiences in life that create positive emotion and express or develop personal strengths support feeling better, moving forward, and living well. It is hard to feel bad when you are doing something that uses or develops your natural gifts and talents. Finding those experiences with clients is important to learning to live a happier life.
Summary
Education
Toronto Institute of Relational Psychotherapy (2017)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1992)
Experience
Practice Start Date: 2014
Association
Canadian Association of Psychodyamic Therapy (2014)
Canadian Therapeutic Recreation Association (2010)
License
College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) (2017)
Expertise
Client Focus
Adolescents
Adults
LGBTQ
Treatment Types
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Trauma-focused Psychotherapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Compassion-focused Psychotherapy
Addictions Therapy
Grief Counselling
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
Self-Acceptance Training
Narrative Therapy
Positive Psychotherapy
Relational Psychotherapy
Clinical Issues
Depression
Aging
Anxiety Disorders
Grief & Bereavement
Bipolar Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder
Chronic Illness
Disability Issues
Mood Disorders
Pain Management
Personality Disorders
Post-Traumatic Stress
Relationship Difficulties
Suicidality
Substance Abuse
Services
Individual
Family
