Suzanne Welstead

Welcome! I am glad that you are here. As a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO), and a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist with the Canadian and American Associations for Marriage and Family Therapy (CACFT and AAMFT), I work with individuals and couples in Guelph and the Kitchener-Waterloo area. I believe that people possess unlimited strengths within themselves that can facilitate healing. Therapy is about the process of change, and can help an individual to access these resources which lead to new and more satisfying possibilities for living. I believe in the resiliency of the human spirit, and the tremendous potential within each of us to bring about transformation in our lives. I also believe in the essential goodness of every human being.

I am also an ASTO Certified Sex Therapist with the Association of Sex Therapy in Ontario (ASTO). Sex therapy involves processes and exercises which can be used to enrich both an individual’s sexuality and/or the sexual components of an intimate relationship. Sexuality is a vital part of a healthy lifestyle, and therapy can help individuals to create the most life-enhancing context for the kind of sex that is worth wanting.

Areas of specialization include anxiety, depression, self-esteem, grief, self-harm, and crises of meaning. I welcome the opportunity to work with members of the 2SLGBTQINA+ community. Therapy is conducted using cognitive-behavioural, narrative, and experiential approaches. Interventions can include Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and hypnosis. Marriage Preparation sessions customized to meet your needs are also available.