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In therapy, you will explore your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours and identify patterns contributing to your struggles that can help move you forward. Sessions are focused on providing you with insights and tailored skills needed to feel better able to tackle difficult emotions and life's challenges.
Dr. Trachtenberg can help with:
- Anxiety
- Perfectionism
- Performance and Burnout
- Coping with Chronic Illness
- Cancer and Body Image Distress
- Low Self-Esteem
- Grief and Loss
- Depression and Low Mood
- Major Life Stressors/Transitions
- Disordered Eating and Body Image Issues
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Relationship Concerns
- Stress and Coping
How it Works
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Free Consultation
When you first reach out to inquire about Dr. Trachtenberg's services, you'll be offered a free 15-minute phone consultation. During this call, you will briefly get to know each other and discuss what you are looking for in a therapist.
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Assessment
During the first appointment, Dr. Trachtenberg will complete an assessment to better understand your symptoms, unique needs, and goals for therapy. She will want to better understand what brings you to therapy and more about the history of any challenges.
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Individual Therapy
Dr. Trachtenberg is passionate about providing evidence-based psychological treatment to her clients. She uses an integrative approach that primarily draws upon Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and incorporates third wave therapies including Schema Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).
What is Health Psychology?
As a health psychologist, Dr. Trachtenberg is trained to provide evidence-based psychological treatments for patients and their loved ones coping with chronic and life-threatening illnesses. She is deeply aware of how stressful it can be to manage a medical condition at different stages of the illness trajectory; from the time of diagnosis, onto decision making around treatment, to the aftermath of treatments and its subsequent physical and emotional sequala. Each stage comes with its own unique and challenging stressors. Dr. Trachtenberg support patients and their loved ones at each of these stages.
Dr. Trachtenberg works with a number of medical conditions. including but not limited to:
- Cancer
- Reproductive and Perinatal Mental Health
- Weight Management
- Gynecological Conditions
- Allergies
- Gastrointestinal Conditions
- Endocrinological Conditions
Workshops and Seminars
Dr. Trachtenberg is available for in-person and virtual speaking engagements, educational opportunities, and presentations. She has presented on numerous topics to clinicians, researchers, and the general public across Canada. Examples topics include: coping with chronic illness, cancer survivorship, women’s health and cancer, body image distress, CBT for a wide range of psychological disorders, schema therapy, and stress management in the workplace.
Dr. Trachtenberg will work with you to identify your specific needs and customize a presentation to meet them.
Let's Talk
You don't have to take the first step towards better mental health alone.
Book your free 15-minute telephone consultation to get started.