THE COUNSELING "BOOTH's" mission is to provide personalized, high-quality Counseling and Therapy, based on the needs identified in a thorough mental health assessment. Symptoms identified will direct treatment and treatment goals are identified before treatment begins with full client input in to them. Timelines for treatment will depend on the client's effort between sessions, and the degree of impairment being experienced. We will interact with other health care providers at the clients request and provide documentation, treatment plans and progress reports as requested.
DIALECTICAL BEHAVIORAL THERAPY is a well researched therapy designed to assist people experiencing extremes of emotion and suicidal or self harming behaviors. It has been successfully adapted to assist in substance abuse, eating disorders and highly volatile adolescent / parent relationships.STEPHEN M. BOOTH - Therapist - Has a bachelors degree in psychiatric nursing and has been providing one to one therapy for over 20 years. He was trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) when he was a therapist on the DBT team in Calgary in 2001 and has been providing therapy to clients with extreme emotional problems ever since. 25 years as a psychiatric nurse in a variety of clinical and hospital settings has allowed him to gain a large compliment of therapeutic skills which he brings to the therapy sessions. As well he has an extensive knowledge of medications used to treat mental illnesses and can monitor for effectiveness and side effects as part of ongoing treatment. His life experience helps him to assist clients in viewing their issues from a different point of view and discover new means of solving or coping with them that they hadn't previously considered.more...See more text
