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Nadia Petraroja (Continue Scrolling for James Vickers' Bio.)
Nadia Petraroja, BEd, MSW, RSW Therapist
Renew’s counselling services offer therapeutic support to families dealing with the anxieties and stressors of high conflict relationships and co-parenting problems. I counsel parents experiencing separation or divorce; in high-conflict relationships; involved in family court, dealing with custody issues, or have children involved in supervised access visits. Additionally, I offer anger management and parenting classes that provide a certification of completion. Through personal goal-setting and a combined application of Behaviour Management, CBT, DBT and Emotionally Focused Family Therapy, I have helped families navigate life’s transitions.
I have over 20 years of experience counseling children, youth, adults, and families battling with anxiety and depression; behaviour issues such as emotional regulation, sleep problems, oppositional behaviours, school refusal, parent/child conflicts, bullying; and family transitions such as separation and divorce, high-conflict marriage, parental alienation.
I understand that dealing with separation, divorce, custody, and the family court system, as well as, high-conflict relationships and concerns of child abuse takes a toll on the mental health of parents and children. My client-centered, strength-based approach and use of various therapeutic approaches work to heal existing wounds.
Qualifications:
Years in Practice: 21 Years
Licence: Ontario / 807821
School: University of Toronto
To protect the safety of clients and staff, all sessions are conducted by video conferencing via Zoom.
James Vickers
James Vickers, MSW, RSW Therapist
Hello!
I am Clinical Social Worker and therapist with more than 25 years of experience working as an individual, couples, and family therapist. I provide therapeutic supports for the following:
- Parental Alienation and Reunification Therapy
- Anger Management
- Counselling for both perpetrators and victims of sexual abuse
- Counselling victims and perpetrators of domestic violence, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and high-level parental conflicts
- Addictions counselling and discharge planning
- Counselling adolescents and adults in the criminal justice system
- Mental health
- Group Facilitation: Anger Management, Addictions, Parental Support, Sexual Offenders
I am guided by the belief that effective therapy combines elements of science and art. The science is in the vast array of evidence-based approaches I apply in practice. The art is in my ability to develop therapeutic relationships in ways that pays attention and celebrates the uniqueness of all clients.
Treatment Orientation:
Person-centred and evidenced-based approach that utilizes a variety of modalities that include: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Structural Family Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Solution Focused Brief Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Therapy.
Qualifications:
Years in Practice: 25 Years
Licence: Ontario / 326408
School: University of Toronto
To protect the safety of clients and staff, all sessions are conducted by video conferencing via Zoom.
