Gail Paterson
About Gail
Their own wordsGail works with adults (40+) and couples on a variety of issues that interfere with quality of living - such as relationship stressors, symptoms of anxiety and depression, personality disorders and work stress/burnout.
Gail has thirty years of clinical experience, in private practice, secondary school and university counselling centres [Hillfield Strathallan College, Wilfred Laurier and Brock University]; hospital out-patient and community mental health clinics [Grand River Hospital and Joseph Brant Hospital], and as at several General Practitioner’s offices for the Hamilton Family Health Team. Gail continues to work with the FHT on their DBT team, co-leading Coping Skills groups. Gail is fully fully trained in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, and also Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Polyvagal Theory, and practice these in a trauma-sensitive, emotionally-focused and interpersonal way. She also provides psycho-education and, if wanted, trauma-sensitive Restorative Yoga.
Specialities
Couples / Depression / Anxiety / Borderline Personality Disorder / Adult life transitions / Gender Dysphoria and transgender journeys / LGBTQ2S / Parent coaching / Family Concerns / Mediation between adult kids and parents / Depression
- Often treats
- AbuseADHDAdjustment disorderAdoptionAgingAngerAnger ManagementAnxietyBehavioral Issues
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Bipolar DisorderBody ImageBorderline Personality Disorder (BPD)Chronic Pain or IllnessCodependencyCommunicationDepressionDivorceDomestic Abuse or ViolenceDrug AbuseElderly Persons DisordersEmotion RegulationEmotional AbuseFamily planningFears / PhobiasGeriatric CounsellingGrief, loss, bereavementInfidelityInsomniaInternet AddictionLearning DisabilitiesLonelinessMental DisordersMood disordersObesityObsessive- Compulsive (OCD)Oppositional Defiance (ODD)Panic disorderParentingPersonality DisordersPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD)Quiet Borderline Personality DisorderRelationship IssuesSeasonal Affective DisorderSelf EsteemSelf-harming or suicidal behaviorSex, sexuality, intimacySexual AbuseSleep DisorderSocial Anxiety DisorderSocial IsolationSpiritualityStressSubstance AbuseSubstance UseSuicidal ThoughtsSuicideThinking DisordersTraumaWomen's IssuesWorkplace stress - Sees
- Adults (18+) · Couples · Families · LGBTQ2+ · Seniors (65+)
- Trained at
- Master’s of Social Work from Wilfrid Laurier University
- Credentials
- Master of Social Work (MSW) · Registered Social Worker (RSW)
- Member of
- Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers · Member of the Ontario Association of Social Workers
Adult Therapy Session
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