Psychotherapy

Pause. Breathe. Heal.

At Uptown Integrative Health, psychotherapy is grounded in the belief that mental health is deeply interconnected with physical health, relationships, life experiences, and the broader community.

Our Psychotherapists offer compassionate, person-centred care. Therapy is tailored to each individual and may incorporate approaches such as EMDR, brainspotting, emotion-focused therapy, trauma-informed therapy, and evidence-based behavioural therapies. Our clinicians work with clients across the lifespan to support concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, life transitions, chronic illness, and stress.

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An Integrative Approach

Psychotherapists play an important role in recognizing the deep connections between mental, emotional, and physical health. The aim is to provide support for the whole person—creating a safe, respectful space where clients feel heard, empowered, and supported in moving toward meaningful growth and healing.

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Meet our Therapists

Sheralyn Schmidt

Masters of Marriage and Family Therapy

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  • Addictive Behaviours

  • Anxiety

  • Boundaries

  • Burnout

  • Body-Image

  • Co-Dependency

  • Co-parenting

  • Childhood Trauma

  • Coping with Chronic Illness

  • Conflict Avoidance

  • Emotional IQ

  • Family Conflict

  • Family Relationships

  • Grief

  • Infertility

  • Losses

  • Life Transitions

  • Parenting  

  • People-pleasing

  • Shame

  • Religious/Spiritual Trauma

  • Trusting yourself and others again

  • Workplace Stress

Sheralyn’s Approach:

  • Attachment-based

  • Emotionally Focused

  • Family Systems

  • Integrative

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)

  • Person-Centered

  • Psychodynamic

  • Relational

  • Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)

  • Strength-Based

  • Trauma Focused

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Leah Coleman

Registered Psychotherapist, MEd, BHE, CCC

  • ADHD

  • Adoption

  • Anxiety

  • Behavioural Issues

  • Body Image

  • Career Guidance

  • Caregivers

  • Child

  • Codependency

  • Coping Skills

  • Depression

  • Divorce

  • Education and Learning Disabilities

  • Family Conflict

  • Grief

  • Intellectual Disability

  • Life Transitions

  • Marital and Premarital

  • Parenting

  • Peer Relationships

  • Relationship Issues

  • School Issues

  • Self Esteem

  • Stress

  • Women's Issues

Leah’s Approach:

  • Attachment-based

  • Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)

  • Family / Marital

  • Interpersonal

  • Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)

  • Narrative

  • Person-Centered

  • Play Therapy

  • Positive Psychology

  • Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)

  • Strength-Based

  • Trauma Focused

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Jody Kulyk

Pre-Licensed Professional, BA, BEd, MACP-Q

  • Alcohol Use

  • Anger Management

  • Anxiety

  • Behavioural Issues

  • Body Image

  • Coping Skills

  • Depression

  • Dissociative Disorders (DID)

  • Emotional Disturbance

  • Family Conflict

  • Grief

  • Impulse Control Disorders

  • Marital and Premarital

  • Mood Disorders

  • Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)

  • Parenting

  • Peer Relationships

  • Personality Disorders

  • Psychosis

  • Relationship Issues

  • Self Esteem

  • Thinking Disorders

  • Trauma and PTSD

Jody’s Approach:

  • Adlerian

  • Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)

  • Dialectical Behavior (DBT)

  • EMDR

  • Emotionally Focused

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Narrative

  • Person-Centered

  • Psychodynamic

  • Relational

  • Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)

  • Strength-Based

  • Trauma Focused

  • Narrative

  • Person-Centered

  • Relational

  • Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)

  • Somatic

  • Trauma Focused

Jennifer Saner-Harvey 

MA Psychotherapy & Spirituality, CCC

  • Grief and loss

  • Trauma and Complex Trauma

  • Anxiety

  • Chronic Health Conditions

  • Cumulative Stress

  • Life Transitions

  • Dreams and Nightmares

  • Disordered Eating

  • Emotional Overwhelm

Jennifer’s Approach:

  • Integragive and Invitational

  • Clinical Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)

  • Brainspotting

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Somatic and Psychosensory approaches

  • Clinical Hypnotherapy

  • Memory Reconsolidation

  • Somatic Parts Work

  • Hakomi-informed

  • Trauma Focused

  • Dream work and imagination

  • Mindfulness

  • Attachment

  • Polyvagal Theory

  • Interpersonal Neurobiology

  • Person-centred

  • Compassion-Focused Therapy

  • Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

  • Chronic pain

  • Shame

  • Depression

  • Dissociation 

  • Fears and phobias

  • Self-harm

  • Self-worth

  • Boundaries

  • Performance concerns (work, athletics, artistic)

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