Deborah Dennis, MA, RP, CCC

Canadian Certified Counselor

About Deborah

Individual & Couple’s Counseling

After a successful international marketing and communications career serving Fortune 1000 companies, Deborah retrained as a professional counselor. She brings maturity, extensive experience, and enthusiasm to her practice, combining a compassionate understanding of human nature with proven techniques designed to help individuals and couples build resiliance and achieve their goals.  

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Empathy encourages sharing. 

Compassion supports acceptance.

Behavioral experimentation facilitates change.©

- Deborah Dennis, 2023

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Fundamental to Deborah’s approach is a belief that we all show up the best we can at any given time and that solutions to life’s challenges are never black & white.

When we get stuck, we are usually missing some form of insight and are behaving in patterns that may no longer be effective for us. Growth requires a safe space for reflection, a collaborative client-counselor relationship, and a willingness to explore new behaviours and skills.​

An Integrative Approach

Counseling is a collaborative process where a trusted relationship between client and counselor is foundational to positive outcomes. After a thorough intake, Deborah works with you to crystallize your goals and develop a step-by-step plan to achieve them.
Her approach is wholistic and integrative, incorporating evidence-based techniques that best suit your needs, values, culture, and goals, to build added resilience.​​

Services​

At East to West, Deborah provides a safe and nurturing  space that offers services for:​

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• Mood, personality, and behavioral disorders, including depression, anxiety, and OCD

• Stress management, low or fluctuating moods, feeling anxious, coping with unhelpful or repetitive habits.

• Life transitions, cross-cultural, expatriate, and student challenges.

• Mindfulness, self-care, self-esteem, and self-compassion.

• Addressing perfectionist tendencies.

• Relationship issues, couple’s and communication challenges (Gottman Leader; EFT certified; Perel & Hendrix).

• Moving beyond grief and loss.

• Understanding your different parts and family systems.

• Dealing with difficult or toxic relationships.

• Moving on from challenging past experiences.

• Career development and coaching