CIRRENTLY NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS—– Ms. Tessa Barrett is a Clinical Social Worker with a passion for teaching and employing the skills of mindfulness, self-compassion and present moment awareness to help individuals reduce suffering, enhance well-being and optimize experiences of happiness and joy. Ms. Barrett completed her Master of Social Work (Health and Mental Health stream) at the University of Toronto, where she interned at the Centre for Mental Health and Addictions (CAMH) in Toronto. She has been working in community-based outpatient Mental Health and Addictions programs across Nova Scotia since April 2015.

At Mindful Therapies, Ms. Barrett provides psychological treatment to adults experiencing a range of difficulties including depression, general anxiety and panic, substance use, trauma, difficulties with regulating emotion and adjusting to life transitions.

Her approach to treatment draws from a variety of evidence-based models including Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical-Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT). Ms. Barrett is also trained in Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, evidence-based treatments for PTSD. She has experience working specifically with Veterans and RCMP for the treatment of Operational Stress Injuries.

As a certified yoga instructor (200-hour RYT), mindfulness and increasing present moment awareness are weaved throughout Ms. Barrett’s work, where she is skilled in guiding experiential exercises and meditations in-session.

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Currently Accepting New Clients! Ms. Allison Boyd (She/Her) is a Registered Counselling Therapist – Candidate (RCT-C) who enjoys working with clients for symptom management and also in the realm of personal growth. Ms. Boyd works with clients who are struggling with a variety of issues including; Trauma, Grief, Anxiety/depression, Relationship difficulties, Complex Family Dynamics, Emotional Processing, Stress management and Insomnia. She feels passionately about implementing a inclusive, warm, compassionate and client-centered approach that is conducive to healing.

Her approach to treatment draws from both evidence-based models and more eclectic approaches. She is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) as an evidence-based approach for Trauma and PTSD, as well as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy – Insomnia (CBT-I) as treatment for acute or chronic Insomnia. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical- Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Narrative therapy as well as Somatic and Psychodynamic Approaches.

Ms. Boyd works with the general population 18+ for individual therapy and is also approved and has experience in working with Veterans, WCB clients and people on the Autism Spectrum.

She has her Master’s in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University and an Undergraduate Degree in Psychology from Dalhousie University. One of Ms. Boyd’s primary objectives in her approach is to create a safe and inclusive space for all genders and sexual orientations, every walk of life is welcome and accepted in her office.

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NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS- Dr. Clement is a licensed Clinical Psychologist with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Michigan School of Professional Psychology and a Master’s in Forensic Psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She has diversified experience in a variety of settings including rural and urban community mental health, university health services, inpatient psychiatry and medicine, and private practice. Dr. Clement completed her residency in the valley (2009/2010), and has stayed in Nova Scotia since that time. She has worked in a number of areas within the health authority, including forensics, operational stress, and adult mental health. Dr. Clement believes in meeting each client with a sense of compassion and curiosity, and values the significance of empathy and therapeutic alliance as both the foundation and catalyst for enhanced self-awareness, personal growth and meaningful transition. She works with adolescents (15+) and adults, providing individual and group therapy for people challenged with issues related to chronic medical conditions, trauma, emotional distress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, sexual orientation, sexuality, attachment, school/workplace stress and life transition. Dr. Clement’s training is grounded in humanistic and existential theory, which she considers to be at the core of her therapeutic approach with clients. However, she also integrates theories of mind/body science with psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural and mindfulness-based approaches. She also has expertise in several trauma-focused therapies including EMDR, CPT, and PE.

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Ms. Liberty is working at Mindful Therapies under the supervision of Tessa Barrett, MSW and offers appointments both at the Dartmouth and Halifax locations. Sarah offers low-cost ($50 per session) therapy, and is available until the end of April 2025.

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