FAQ

Kiersty uses an integrative approach that includes evidence-based modalities such as cognitive-based therapy, psychoanalysis, existential therapy, emotionally-focused therapy, mindfulness-based, solution-focused coaching, and somatic techniques.

Kiersty believes in using a personalized approach for each client, balancing immediate solution-focused techniques with bigger picture thinking for longer term growth..

The goal of an integrative approach is to achieve symptom reduction, increase skill-building, all while placing importance on meaning, values, and lived experience.

This style of integrative therapy tends to suit people who are curious about understanding themselves, open to reflection, critical thinking, and interested in exploring underlying patterns and root causes alongside coping resources and solution-focused strategies.

If you are interested in understanding relationship patterns—whether with partners, family members, or friends, —and how these patterns developed over time, this may benefit you. It can be helpful for those who notice recurring difficulties with trust, closeness, conflict, boundaries, or feeling misunderstood or disconnected.

As with any form of therapy, fit matters. A 15 Min Free Discovery Call can help determine whether this way of working aligns with what you are hoping to explore and how you prefer to engage in therapy.

Clients seek Kiersty’s approach for many reasons, including anxiety, depression, life transitions, reframing limiting mindsets, relationship struggles, conflict resolution, attachment styles, burnout, grief/bereavement, relationship trauma, families of origin, questions of identity, or a sense of feeling stuck or disconnected. It can be particularly helpful when someone is wrestling with direction, purpose, or major decisions.

Relational psychotherapy is an approach that focuses on how relationships—past and present—shape the way you experience yourself, others, and the world. It pays close attention to patterns of connection, protection, conflict, closeness, and distance, including how these dynamics may show up within the therapeutic relationship itself.

In sessions, we pay attention to emotions that arise in the moment. For example, during a session, you might begin talking about a disagreement with a partner and suddenly notice feeling tense, defensive, embarrassed, or worried about being judged. You might also feel frustrated with the therapist, unsure whether you are being understood, or hesitant to say something out loud.

Rather than moving past these reactions, Kiersty may gently slow things down and ask about what is happening in that moment—what you are feeling in your body, what thoughts are coming up, or what you imagine the other person (including the therapist) might be thinking. Exploring these reactions together can reveal familiar patterns, such as expecting criticism, pulling away when emotions get strong, or trying to stay agreeable to avoid conflict.

By noticing and working with these experiences in real time, real change may develop through being listened to, thoughtfully challenged, and supported consistently over time.

Existential psychotherapy serves as a foundational framework to Kiersty’s approach. It is a form of talk therapy that focuses on how you make meaning in your life, face uncertainty, and identify as an individual with personal freedom and responsibility. Rather than concentrating only on coping with symptoms or diagnoses, it explores the deeper questions that often sit underneath distress: Who am I? What matters to me? How do I live with anxiety, change, or loss?

In practice, this approach looks closely at how you experience yourself, others, and the world right now. Therapy becomes a space to slow down, notice patterns in thinking and relating, and examine the choices—conscious or unconscious—that shape your life. The goal is to help you develop greater clarity, personal agency, and a more authentic relationship with yourself.

Sessions with Kiersty usually involve open dialogue about what feels most pressing in your life. Together we might explore emotional reactions, recurring themes, inner conflicts, your attachment style, your inner dialogue, and how you experience stress or anxiety in your body. Over time, this process can increase self-awareness and open up new possibilities for responding differently to familiar situations.

Kiersty offers individual psychotherapy as well as couple or joint therapy for adults. Standard sessions are 50 minutes in length. In certain situations, extended 80-minute sessions or shorter 30-minute sessions may be available if assessed as appropriate.

Session fees are based on the type and length of the appointment. Therapy is best approached as a personal and long-term investment in yourself. A sliding scale is considered on a case-by-case basis for limited sessions for those with financial constraints.

Insurance coverage varies by plan. It’s up to the clients to check with their insurance provider what their coverage is. Payment is received up-front and you will receive an official invoice after each session to submit as a claim. Kiersty is a Registered Psychotherapist and can only be billed under that category. 

All consultations and full sessions are virtual.

Several studies and meta‑analyses have found no meaningful difference in outcomes between virtual and face‑to‑face therapy when the same therapeutic approach and clinician support are provided.

Ultimately it’s up to your level of comfort and connection with the therapist.

Kiersty’s practice offers morning, afternoon, evening, and weekend availability in Eastern Time.

Kiersty resides in Ontario and can work with any client residing in Ontario.

It may be possible for Kiersty to work with out-of-province clients. Please inquire.