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“Joshua is a dedicated caring and insightful therapist. His positivity and strength to overcome adversity and any difficulty will inspire you.
Karen Waddell
@mindfulnessdimensions.com ”
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Karen Waddell
Mindfulness Dimensions - Karen Waddell CERTIFIED MBSR TEACHER
About Us
Headway Mental Health offers in person, as well as online therapy services to those who are in need of talking through their current life situations/transitions. What makes us special is our clients. My main motivation is seeing you succeed. Through the process of building strong therapeutic alliances our staff can assist in guiding one to replace negative with positive life patterns. These patterns affect how we think, feel, and behave and can also directly impact how successful we are in our daily lives. We use a strength-based holistic approach which focuses on building mastery and resilience.
How We Got Started
On November 11th, 2004, I had an epileptic seizure, fell 7-feet, broke my neck and became a quadriplegic. Throughout my rehabilitation mental health services were scarce leaving me to depend upon my own resources to get me through the toughest period in my life. I figured that if I had the ability to get myself through this trauma then I have a gift that could help others get through their traumas and transitions as well. I have a lot of gratitude for the amazing support system I had in helping me get through this tough situation and hoped that I could help others as well. Because of this helping others became my life's burning desire. So I embarked on a 14-year academic endeavour that would provide me with the theoretical knowledge. Now I am constantly updating my skills and am currently taking Thinking into Results with the Proctor Gallagher Institute. Now the work that we do with our clients has become my primary focus in life.
The products and services we offer
Recommendations Received (52)
"Joshua is a dedicated and compassionate clinician."
"An inspiration and a delight."
Products & Services
CBT is a therapeutic modality that is used to treat anxiety disorders, depression, as well as many other mental health conditions. It helps client...
DBT is designed specifically to help those with borderline personality disorder. However, it does have more applications pertaining to those who s...
I offer in person and virtual counseling sessions to help individuals and couples overcome a variety of transformations, trauma, and difficulty thr...
Recommendations Given (44)
"Silvia is such an amazing supportive and knowledgeable person. If you're looking for a..."
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"Silvia is such an amazing supportive and knowledgeable person. If you're looking for a psychologist she's a definite go to!"
"Karen is an amazing supervisor. She is extremely supportive and knowledgeable. i highly recommend..."
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"Karen is an amazing supervisor. She is extremely supportive and knowledgeable. i highly recommend her."
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Practicing gratitude whenever I feel anxious or stressed.
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Practicing gratitude whenever I feel anxious or stressed.
I find if you give to the communities (free time, lunch and learns, conferences etc.) usually the work comes back. Then referrals start. Social media also works very well and if you have some budget to boost your ads this works in your favour when trying to generate leads.
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I find if you give to the communities (free time, lunch and learns, conferences etc.) usually the work comes back. Then referrals start. Social media also works very well and if you have some budget to boost your ads this works in your favour when trying to generate leads.
It is important to source the proper referral for clients, but with that being said I refer clients to others in my network as I love helping others in supporting the growth of their business, as I appreciate referrals to help grow my business.
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It is important to source the proper referral for clients, but with that being said I refer clients to others in my network as I love helping others in supporting the growth of their business, as I appreciate referrals to help grow my business.
I think it's also important to let the client know that you don't take on all clients, be specific in who you are looking to treat and who you can. Being transparent create's an immediate sense of trust.
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I think it's also important to let the client know that you don't take on all clients, be specific in who you are looking to treat and who you can. Being transparent create's an immediate sense of trust.
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That’s a difficult question to answer. Because my clients present with a caring number difficulties I feel like for some of it may be crossing boundaries, so I like to stay the same with everybody so I choose not to send birthday cards or Christmas cards and just use words instead!
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That’s a difficult question to answer. Because my clients present with a caring number difficulties I feel like for some of it may be crossing boundaries, so I like to stay the same with everybody so I choose not to send birthday cards or Christmas cards and just use words instead!
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E. Other. As a fellow therapist I would have to say the most important thing for me would be rapport and therapeutic alliance.
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E. Other. As a fellow therapist I would have to say the most important thing for me would be rapport and therapeutic alliance.
Psychologically speaking dancing and playing games are excellent for the mind body and soul as they allow one to express emotion and to even work through trauma. They allow one to foster creativity which is the building block to all of our other mental capacities. Dancing and playing games there...
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Psychologically speaking dancing and playing games are excellent for the mind body and soul as they allow one to express emotion and to even work through trauma. They allow one to foster creativity which is the building block to all of our other mental capacities. Dancing and playing games there also an excellent way to reduce stress and stress hormones which all have an extremely positive affect on the body. They also allow the secretion of neurotransmitters which help to control our good mood. So boggie away, Laugh a lot, and have fun!
One ingredient that makes me unique is the fact that I know what It means to experience severe trauma, chronic health difficulties, pain, and I have experience with what it takes to overcome these difficulties personally. I realize that I know to situations are the same, but this creates an...
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One ingredient that makes me unique is the fact that I know what It means to experience severe trauma, chronic health difficulties, pain, and I have experience with what it takes to overcome these difficulties personally. I realize that I know to situations are the same, but this creates an immediate strong therapeutic alliance and sense of trust. Clients have told me that they usually feel that if my therapist can overcome difficulties then maybe I can too. It sets an atmosphere Where Hope and possibilities are present and Often motivation is present. This foster is the perfect therapeutic atmosphere for the development of mastery and resilience! How awesome! This is exactly why I have chosen to serve, help, and heal humanity.
I find it’s all about rapport and therapeutic alliance. Once the trust is built then anything can happen! Trust makes for success and once clients see success they recommend you to others. I find word-of-mouth to be the best source of advertising because that too is built on trust. All of my...
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I find it’s all about rapport and therapeutic alliance. Once the trust is built then anything can happen! Trust makes for success and once clients see success they recommend you to others. I find word-of-mouth to be the best source of advertising because that too is built on trust. All of my clients wow me because they are all so courageous!
