Lynnea Adams is a Registered Social Worker with the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers and has worked as a therapist in community mental health for the past 20 years. Lynnea believes it is a true privilege to help people make positive changes and move toward their goals.
Making the decision to seek support and attend therapy can seem difficult at first. Lynnea offers a nonjudgmental, safe space where her hope is that you feel listened to and respected. No one is immune to mental health challenges or life stressors. Lynnea’s approach to therapy is to work collaboratively with you, as you are the expert in your own life experiences.
Together, reaching your goals involves creating space to explore the difficulties you are facing, discovering positive coping strategies, and building skills that work best for you. Lynnea holds an Honours Bachelor of Social Work from Lakehead University and a Master of Social Work from Dalhousie University. She practices using a variety of evidence-based therapeutic modalities, including:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT)
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Lynnea specializes in working with adults, addressing issues such as anxiety, depression/low mood, emotion dysregulation, life stressors, and trauma.
Lynnea Adams is a Registered Social Worker with the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers and has...
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Shauna Stuart has been a registered social worker for over 25 years and has spent the last 18 years as a Masters-level clinician working in the mental health field. Shauna uses an eclectic approach tailored to individual needs, drawing from a number of evidence-based modalities, including Solution-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Cognitive Processing Therapy. Additionally, Shauna is trained in WPATH standards of care for the purposes of assessing readiness for gender-affirming hormone treatment and surgeries.
Shauna Stuart has been a registered social worker for over 25 years and has spent the last 18 ye...
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Shawn has worked for over a decade with children, youth, and families struggling with mental health and addiction issues. Shawn has trained in multiple treatment modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), and trauma approaches (PE), including the Connect Attachment Program, the Attachment Regulation Competency (ARC) framework, and the Collaborative Problem Solving model. He is also trained to provide readiness hormone and surgical assessments through for World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH).
He is a dynamic speaker and presenter in large and small groups. His presentation skills foster interactive child and youth workshops to education and training events using an adult learning model to achieve the best outcomes. Shawn has had the pleasure of traveling throughout the Atlantic Provinces to provide professional development in a variety of settings and topics.
Shawn practices in a non-judgmental way, fostering a safe and secure environment for others to explore goals and self-advocacy. Through supportive, educational interventions, Shawn works with clients to reach self-identified goals and positive outcomes.
Shawn is also turning his attention to various research opportunities and plans to begin work in the field of video gaming addiction, an area he has studied and supported others in for many years
Shawn has worked for over a decade with children, youth, and families struggling with mental heal...
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