Treatment Specializations
Anxiety
At Amanda Lavoy Psychotherapy, I utilize specific, individualized techniques to uncover the root causes of my clients' struggles. For those who are highly sensitive and are dealing with symptoms of anxiety, we will work together on coping strategies that are geared towards the individual’s personality and needs. By becoming more aware of your thoughts and emotions, you will be able to work towards gaining control over your racing thoughts, emotions and the way your body reacts to anxiety. We will work collaboratively on developing techniques that will help you cope and find the peace you have been desperately needing.
Depression
If you're feeling lost or struggling with depression or hopelessness, I am here to help. My approach to psychotherapy is rooted in compassion, understanding, and the belief that every individual can find a way through their struggles. By working together, we'll explore the challenges you're facing and develop a plan to help you find the motivation and purpose you're seeking. Contact me today to start your journey towards healing.
Trauma
As a certified complex PTSD therapist, I help patients recognize how their past experiences can have long-lasting effects on their mental health, relationships, thoughts and behaviour. I work with my clients to address their trauma and help them process repressed emotions in a safe and effective way. By exploring your past, through your own narrative, and using a combination of research-based interventions and a psychanalytic approach to trauma, we can get to the root cause of your current problems and work through to process the pain to ensure a healthier future.
Relationship Issues
As a psychotherapist, I believe that healthy, fulfilling relationships are essential to overall well-being. I use a relational approach in my work with clients, meaning that I prioritize understanding how clients relate to others in their lives, including family, friends, and romantic partners. Our early attachments, personality, beliefs and lived experiences all play an integral role in our adult relationships. If you are struggling in a current romantic relationship, have experienced a break-up or are hoping to repair a relationship that has endured hardship, I can help. Or maybe you have trouble acquiring or maintaining healthy relationships ? We are hardwired for connection, it is what gives our lives purpose but trauma rewires our brains for protection. So, often we get in our own way and can find ourselves sabotaging relationships or avoiding them all together. By deeply exploring ourselves and our past relationships we can and gain insight into how we can build long-lasting relationships moving forward.
Life Transitions
Life is full of transitions, both big and small. Whether it's a career change, a move to a new city, welcoming a new baby or any other major life event, you don't have to figure it all out alone. I can help you to set goals, prioritize and process any emotions that may arise using evidence- based stress- management techniques. With compassion, I will help you through this.
Women's Issues
Being a woman is hard and some problems are uniquely female and require therapy through a feminist lens. Having minored in women's studies and experiencing my own plights as a woman, I specialize in providing compassionate care to individuals struggling with various issues from self-esteem issues, pregnancy loss or infertility to experiences of abuse. My lived experience as a woman and mother informs my practice, which prioritizes respect, empathy, and a safe space for growth and healing. If you're ready to take the next step towards personal empowerment and a brighter future, I'm here to help you build the tools you need to embrace your highly sensitive self and overcome trauma or people-pleasing behaviors that may be holding you back.