Benjamin Gibson

Registered Psychotherapist

Session Types: Online

Clients:

  • Individuals (Adults, Teens, and Children 8+)

  • Couples & Families

Specialities:

  • Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)

  • Narrative Therapy

More About Ben

Benjamin has significant experience working with individuals, couples and families, and takes pride in his ability to connect in a genuine way with a variety of clients, tailoring his approach in a way that best honours each client’s unique preferences, values, strengths and goals.

Benjamin is trained in and comfortable working from a variety of clinical models, including Solution-Focused, Cognitive-Behavioral, Emotionally-Focused and Narrative. He takes a person-centred approach, and believes that the therapeutic relationship is built on trust, respect, compassion, acceptance, validation and understanding. In his work, he consistently demonstrates attentiveness to engaging his clients’ internal resources and their potential to create positive changes in their lives. Through insight, self-awareness and the acquisition of tools geared towards coping with life’s challenges, he believes that the therapeutic process is invaluable in nurturing and supporting healing in his clients’ lives and relationships.

Benjamin’s professional training and personal experiences allow him to offer a non-judgmental environment, sensitive and intuitive insight, and solid therapeutic skills that help clients to move forward in their lives.

Benjamin understands that some of the issues clients bring to therapy may be private, difficult to talk about, embarrassing, or painful. He has worked with people on many difficult issues and aims to provide a safe space for clients to talk about their concerns.

Education

• Master of Science (MSc) in Couples and Family Therapy

• BA of Psychology

Relevant Facts

• Intensive Sex Therapy Training at the University of Guelph

Irrelevant Facts

• I’m a #girldad

• As well as being a therapist I am a composer/musician

• I am a big Blue Jays and Maple Leafs fan

Q&A

Areas of Focus

  • Academic Stress

  • Acculturation Stress

  • Addictions (e.g., Alcohol, Drugs)

  • Anger Management

  • Anxiety

  • Assertiveness Training

  • Attachment Issues

  • Bipolar Disorder

  • Blended Families

  • Breakups / Heartbreak

  • Career Stress / Burnout

  • Caregiver Stress

  • Child Behavioral Concerns

  • Co-Parenting

  • Codependency

  • Coming Out

  • Communication Skills

  • Creativity Blocks

  • Depression

  • Divorce / Separation

  • Domestic Violence / Intimate Partner Violence

  • Emotional Abuse

  • Empty Nest Syndrome

  • Estrangement

  • Existential Concerns

  • Family Conflict

  • Fertility / Infertility

  • Financial Stress / Money Worries

  • Friendships / Social Issues

  • Grief and Loss

  • Identity & Values Clarification

  • Identity Development

  • Imposter Syndrome

  • Infidelity / Trust Issues

  • Intercultural Relationships

  • Jealousy / Insecurity

  • LGBTQIA+ Affirming

  • Life Transitions

  • Low Libido / Sexual Dysfunction

  • Marginalization / Minority Stress

  • Midlife Crisis

  • Miscarriage / Stillbirth

  • Motivation / Goal Setting

  • New Parents / Postpartum Adjustment

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

  • Parent-Child Relationship

  • Parenting Challenges

  • Peer Pressure / Bullying

  • Perfectionism

  • Pornography Addiction

  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

  • Pregnancy / Prenatal Concerns

  • Problem Gambling

  • Procrastination

  • Quarter-Life Crisis

  • Racial Identity / Discrimination

  • Relationship Conflict

  • Relocation / Immigration Stress

  • Retirement Adjustment

  • School Issues

  • Self-Compassion

  • Self-Esteem / Confidence

  • Sex Addiction

  • Sexual Issues / Intimacy

  • Sexual Orientation

  • Shame / Guilt

  • Shopping / Spending Issues

  • Sibling Issues

  • Single Parenting

  • Social Skills

  • Spirituality & Faith Struggles

  • Systemic Oppression

  • Technology / Screen Addiction

  • Transition to Adulthood

  • Trauma

  • Work-Life Balance

  • Workplace Harassment / Discrimination

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