At a glance
- Who provides it
- A Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO)
- Approaches
- CBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness, solution-focused and trauma-informed therapy
- Helpful for
- Anxiety, depression, stress and trauma — and the distress of chronic dizziness (including PPPD), pain and tinnitus
- Who it’s for
- Children, youth, adults and families
- Fees
- 50-minute sessions ($165) or 30-minute follow-ups ($85), in person or online
Why psychotherapy, at a physio clinic?
Whether you’re stressed and anxious about your symptoms or afraid of returning to work and daily activities, the psychological side of injury and illness is a critical part of recovery.
Psychotherapy doesn’t erase physical symptoms — but it can dramatically reduce the suffering they cause. By changing how your brain interprets and reacts to symptoms, and how you cope with them, you can regain function, feel less distressed and live a fuller life, even if some symptoms remain.
What it involves
Talk-based
Open, confidential conversations about your thoughts, feelings, experiences and behaviours.
Goal-oriented
Purposeful work to ease distress such as anxiety and low mood, build coping strategies and support personal growth.
Evidence-based
Approaches grounded in well-researched psychological theory, so you get effective, trusted care.
How it can help
- Mental health — depression, anxiety, PTSD and OCD
- Stress and life challenges — grief, trauma, relationship issues and major life transitions
- Chronic conditions — coping with the impact of illness, disability, chronic pain, dizziness or tinnitus
Managing physical symptoms
Chronic dizziness
Persistent dizziness is often intertwined with anxiety or functional neurological symptoms. Therapy can break the cycle where fear of movement makes dizziness worse, reduce the brain’s exhausting hyper-focus on balance and — for conditions like persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD) — help retrain how your brain interprets motion signals.
Chronic pain
Techniques from CBT and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) can change how the brain processes pain signals, build healthier responses to flare-ups and reduce frustration and helplessness. Treating co-existing anxiety, depression or trauma can make pain far more manageable.
Tinnitus
Stress and anxiety often make tinnitus worse. CBT can change your emotional reaction to the sound — often the hardest part — and help your brain learn to tune it out so it fades into the background.
Lived experience, too
Our psychotherapist, Amanda, has lived experience of Ménière’s disease and tinnitus, and brings that understanding to every session.
Approaches we use
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) — changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviours linked to your symptoms
- Mindfulness-based therapies — noticing symptoms without reacting with fear, stress or judgement
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) — accepting what you can’t control while committing to what matters to you
- Solution-focused therapy — building on your strengths toward practical goals
- Trauma-informed care — essential when symptoms are connected to past traumatic events