Health Professionals Clinic
Health professionals dedicate their lives to caring for others. First-line health professionals, second-line providers, tertiary care givers, administrators, and executives — all can face high-pressure environments, long hours, and emotionally demanding situations every day.
Over time, these stressors can take a significant toll on mental health, leading to burnout, anxiety, depression, compassion fatigue, or vicarious trauma. You Care for Others. Who Cares for You?
Our therapists have lived and breathed healthcare - hospital, clinic, group home, and cancer care systems. Now we want to give back to you. This is your dedicated space to receive mental health support from someone like you.
Why Specialized Support Matters
A Clinic by Healthcare Professionals, for Healthcare Professionals
You dedicate yourself to caring for others. Maybe you’ve been there in the emergency room, ICU, clinic, lab, patient home, mobile service vehicle, or other frontline space. You’ve seen suffering, loss, and moments that don’t leave you when the shift is over.
At Serene Woods Psychotherapy, we provide a space where your experience is understood — not just by someone trained in therapy, but by someone who has been there. Our Clinic Mission is simple: to help you navigate the emotional and moral weight of your work (or other mental health needs), so you can continue caring without losing yourself.
We understand:
Feeling exhausted yet unable to rest
Carrying the impact of patient loss or critical incidents
The slow, heavy build-up of stress and moral distress
Feeling unseen or unable to talk about the work you do
Pressure of work and impact on relationships and life balance
You are not alone in this. You deserve care, compassion, and support tailored to your world.
Find a lived-experience therapist to support you.
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Sometimes, the hardest part of healthcare work is feeling like no one truly understands. When your therapist has walked in similar shoes, you don’t need to explain every detail or justify your feelings. You can be fully seen, understood, and supported — which makes healing and resilience more possible.
Together, we bring decades of experience and understanding of healthcare — from the frontline to regional, provincial, and national levels. Some of us have held the same regulated healthcare role for many years, while others have worn multiple hats across the healthcare system. This combined perspective allows us to truly understand the complexities, challenges, and pressures you face.
From from the owner:
“I have witnessed burnout firsthand — from healthcare teams locally to professionals across Canada. I have studied these challenges extensively and actively support national mental health campaigns. I created this clinic to give back to the tireless individuals who show up every day, dedicating themselves to the care of others.”
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Find your lived-experience therapist today!
Getting started with therapy at Serene Woods Psychotherapy is simple. You can reach out directly or connect through a referral—whichever is easiest for you.
Contact Us Directly: Call 613-600-5322 or email our clinic to book an appointment (admin@mycounselling.ca). We’ll guide you through scheduling, answer your questions, and discuss whether in-person or virtual sessions work best for you.
Referral: A health professional or you can complete a referral from our website. Once we receive it, we’ll reach out to help you schedule your first session.
Our team is here to make the process straightforward and supportive, so you can start focusing on your wellbeing without unnecessary delays.
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Yes. We support working, retired, and on leave health professionals as well as students, residents and fellows.
Healthcare training can be intense, emotionally demanding, and stressful. Our therapists provide a safe, confidential space to process the pressures you face.
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Serene Woods Psychotherapy operates Monday to Sunday (day and evening) by appointment only. Our therapists have dedicated sessions for the Health Professionals Clinic on specific days per therapist.
To schedule a session or get answers to your questions, please call our main line at 613‑600‑5322. We strive to respond promptly and accommodate your scheduling needs whenever possible.
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We understand that health professionals work rotating shift work, potentially unpredictable schedules, long hours, and may be called away at a moment’s notice if on-call. At Serene Woods Psychotherapy, we offer flexible appointment options—including evenings, weekends, and virtual sessions—to accommodate your unique availability.
Our goal is to make it easier for you to prioritize your mental health without adding stress to your already demanding schedule. We work with you to find times that fit your life, so getting support is practical, accessible, and confidential.
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We understand that times of significant events or processing can feel overwhelming, and immediate support is often needed. That’s why we offer dedicated urgent sessions, doing our best to provide an appointment within 72 hours.
Our goal is to ensure you receive timely, compassionate care when you need it most, in a safe and supportive environment.
Serene Woods Psychotherapy is not a crisis call centre or emergency department, and we are unable to provide immediate emergency response.
What we offer
Individual Therapy
A safe, one‑on‑one space just for you. We understand the stress, burnout, and emotional weight that come with caring for others. Here, you can explore anxiety, depression, and difficult experiences, and reconnect with your sense of balance, purpose, and self.
Trauma Processing & Emotional Support
Life in healthcare can leave lasting impressions. Together, we use gentle, effective techniques to calm your nervous system, reduce emotional overwhelm, and help you feel steady and grounded again.
Building Resilience & Coping Skills
We’ll guide you through practical tools to manage stress, find your center, and strengthen your emotional resources — helping you feel more confident, clear, and connected both at work and at home.
Supporting Families & Relationships
Healthcare work affects more than just you. We support partners, family members, and loved ones in understanding the unique demands of your work, improving communication, and nurturing connections despite long hours and high-pressure days.
A Space Designed With You in Mind
Your wellbeing matters. Whether you choose to meet in person or online, our clinic is welcoming, respectful, and flexible — designed to fit around your unpredictable schedules and the realities of healthcare life.
Our Approach
At Serene Woods Psychotherapy, our Healthcare Professionals Clinic was created with a deep respect for the people who spend their days caring for others. Whether you are at the bedside, behind the scenes, or supporting the system in another essential way, the work you do can be meaningful—but also exhausting, heavy, and at times, isolating. We offer a space where you don’t have to hold it all together, and where your experiences can be met with understanding, not expectation.
We begin gently, with a conversation. Together, we take the time to understand what your days have been like, what you’ve been carrying, and how it has been affecting you—both at work and in your personal life. Many healthcare professionals come to us feeling burned out, emotionally stretched, overwhelmed, or disconnected from themselves. There is no need to have the “right words”—we move at your pace, focusing on what feels most important to you.
Our approach is integrative and deeply informed by lived clinical experience. Our therapists bring decades of combined experience working within healthcare settings themselves, which means they understand not only the emotional impact of this work, but also the environment it happens in—the pace, the pressure, the moral distress, the system demands, and the moments that stay with you long after a shift ends. This practical, real-world understanding is woven into how we work together.
We draw from a range of evidence-based therapies—including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Narrative Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, and Emotion Processing Therapy, and more—selecting and adapting approaches based on what actually fits your experience, your nervous system, and your goals. Therapy here is not rigid or one-dimensional; it is responsive, collaborative, and grounded in what is most helpful for you in the moment.
This space is not only for processing what has been hard—it is also for reconnecting with yourself. We offer steady, compassionate support as you navigate stress, difficult moments, or the cumulative weight of your role. Along the way, we share practical tools, insights, and strategies to help you care for yourself in ways that feel realistic within the demands of your work.
As therapy unfolds, we continue to walk alongside you—checking in, adjusting, and making space for what changes over time. We also support you in building boundaries, restoring energy, and finding small ways to come back to yourself, even within a busy and demanding life.
At Serene Woods, we know that being the one others rely on can make it hard to reach for support. You don’t have to carry it alone here.
All are invited to receive support
Audiologists
Chiropodists
Chiropractors
Clinical Leaders and Educators
Dentists, Denturists, Dental Technologists, Dental Hygienists
Dietitians
Homeopaths
Kinesiologists
Massage Therapists
Medical Laboratory Technologists
Medical Radiation and Imaging Technologists
Midwives
Naturopaths
Nurses
Occupational Therapists
Opticians and Optometrists
Personal Support Workers
Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
Physicians, Surgeons, and Physician Assistants
Physiotherapists
Podiatrists
Psychologists and Psychological Associates
Registered Psychotherapists
Respiratory Therapists
Students, Residents and Fellows
Social Workers
Speech-Language Pathologists
Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists
Veterinarians
And more…
Leave the hurt behind
Find support today.