What is an ADHD screening assessment?

An ADHD screening assessment is a comprehensive evaluation to determine if ADHD may be impacting your life and provide recommendations for management.

How can individual counselling help me?

Individual counselling can help you explore your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in a safe and supportive space, leading to personal growth and healing.

What is EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing)

EMDR uses a set of procedures to organize your negative and positive feelings, emotions, and thoughts and then uses bilateral stimulation such as eye movements or alternating tapping as a way to help you effectively work through those disturbing memories.

STAND stands for Supporting Teens’ Autonomy Daily. It is a way of conducting weekly or bi-weekly therapy with parents and teens who struggle with attention, motivation, or organization. Adolescents who have difficulties in these areas are at risk of underperforming at school and having strained relationships with family members.

What Can DBT Help With? / Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)

What can DBT help with?

DBT skills can be useful when emotions feel intense, situations feel overwhelming, or relationships become difficult to navigate. At Wolf Willow Counselling, we use DBT-informed approaches to help you develop practical strategies for responding to challenges with greater awareness, flexibility, and intention.

Managing intense emotions

Everyone experiences difficult emotions, but sometimes emotions can feel overwhelming or difficult to manage. DBT offers practical skills for understanding emotions, reducing emotional vulnerability, and responding without automatically acting on intense feelings.

Getting through difficult moments

Some situations can't be fixed immediately. Distress tolerance skills can help you get through challenging moments without making things worse, giving you strategies to cope while the intensity of the situation passes.

Navigating relationships

Relationships can bring some of life's greatest challenges. DBT interpersonal effectiveness skills can help you communicate more clearly, express your needs, set boundaries, manage conflict, and maintain relationships while also taking care of yourself

Breaking unhelpful patterns

When emotions run high, it can be easy to fall into patterns that provide short-term relief but create longer-term difficulties. DBT skills can help you pause, recognize patterns, consider your options, and make choices that are more consistent with your values and goals.

Managing everyday stress

DBT isn't only for moments of crisis. These skills can also support everyday wellbeing by helping you manage stress, respond to difficult situations, practise mindfulness, and build greater emotional resilience.

You don't have to wait for things to become overwhelming

DBT skills can be learned and practised before a difficult moment happens. Building a practical toolbox ahead of time can make it easier to access effective strategies when you need them most.

Explore DBT

Explore DBT, learn about the skills it offers, and discover ways these practical tools can support mental health, wellbeing, and everyday life.