Aaron Halliday

beneath the surface. His work is grounded in the belief that therapy is not about being

handed a script for who you are or what you should do. It is about slowing things down,

getting curious about the patterns that keep showing up, and building new ways of

living, relating, and responding that feel more steady, intentional, and aligned with what

matters to you.

Aaron works with adults experiencing concerns such as fear/anxiety, depressed mood,

stress and burnout, hyperactivity and impulsivity, family conflict, relationship challenges,

emotional regulation difficulties, major life transitions, trauma-related concerns, and

patterns connected to adversity and resilience. Many of the people he supports are

trying to understand themselves in the real context of their lives: their relationships,

families, histories, work, identities, nervous systems, and day-to-day pressures. He also

helps clients better understand how their nervous system responds under stress, and

how to work with their body rather than feeling like they are constantly fighting against it.

His approach is evidence-informed, trauma-informed, and integrative. In plain language,

this means Aaron draws from approaches grounded in research and clinical practice

while tailoring therapy to the person sitting in front of him. He doesn’t believe people fit

neatly into one-size-fits-all boxes, and he doesn’t believe therapy should be cookie-

cutter either. Depending on each client’s needs and goals, Aaron may draw on elements

from person-centred therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and

Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness-based strategies, solution-focused therapy,

narrative approaches, attachment-informed work, and body-based/nervous-system-

oriented strategies for self-regulation. Above all, he values building a therapeutic

relationship where clients feel safe, heard, respected, and supported. He also offers

practical tools, resources, and strategies that clients can practice between sessions,

because change has to survive contact with real life.

Before entering the field of psychotherapy, Aaron worked as a researcher and

behavioral scientist at Western University. His research explored resilience,

mindfulness, stress, adversity, trauma, attachment, relational trauma, and the ways

people adapt within the relationships, systems, and circumstances that shape their lives

and mental health. He has published peer-reviewed research and coauthored work

related to attachment and relational trauma, including the development of the Childhood

Attachment and Relational Trauma Screen (CARTS), – a (nationally and cross-

culturally) validated relational-socioecological measure that’s been translated into at

least 10 different languages (Schnyder et al., 2017) and used in both North American

and international contexts as a relational-socioecological measure of childhood

maltreatment, attachment, and relational family dynamics within context. This

background continues to inform his clinical work, especially in helping clients

understand the connections between personal experience, relationships, stress, work,

coping, and wellbeing.

Aaron also has a strong interest in relationship-focused therapy. In addition to working

with individuals, he provides couples therapy informed by the Gottman Method and has

completed Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 2 Training, along with additional

continuing education in couples therapy, relational conflict, affairs and trauma, intimacy,

and relationship challenges. His work with couples is structured, compassionate, and

focused on helping partners better understand themselves, their needs, their patterns,

and the ways they can strengthen communication, rebuild trust, and create more secure

and sustainable ways of relating.