therapeutic approaches

Therapy at New Moon Therapy is collaborative and grounded in genuine connection. You don’t need to arrive knowing exactly what you need or have the right wording to explain what’s happening.

Therapy can be a space to get curious about what’s happening in your life now while also exploring your experiences, relationships, and patterns that may be shaping how you respond today.

The goal isn’t to tell you who you should be or give you a formula for how to live. It’s to support you in understanding yourself more deeply, developing greater choice in how you respond and creating relationships and a life that feel more aligned with who you are.

The therapeutic approaches vary by therapist; if you are unsure where to start, email New Moon Therapy at admin@newmoon-therapy.ca to help you find the right fit for you.

  • Explores how your early relationships shape the way you connect with others today, helping you build more secure and fulfilling bonds.

  • Recognizes and respects your cultural background, values, and experiences as essential parts of the healing process.

  • Combines acceptance and change strategies, teaching skills to manage intense emotions, improve relationships, and cope more effectively.

  • Explores the emotions and attachment patterns that shape our relationships with ourselves and others. Drawing from EFT principles to support clients in better understanding their emotional experiences, identifying underlying needs, and developing more secure and meaningful connections.

  • Uses gentle tapping and mindful attention to help reduce emotional distress, support nervous system regulation, and promote greater emotional balance.

  • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a trauma-informed therapeutic approach that helps people process distressing or overwhelming experiences that may continue to affect their thoughts, emotions, and sense of safety. Through guided bilateral stimulation, EMDR supports the brain’s natural information-processing system, helping reduce the emotional intensity associated with difficult memories and experiences.

  • Offered by Lindsay, Gestalt therapy focuses on increasing your attunement to your experiences in the present moment. You may explore how experiences show up in your body, relationships, and the world around you.

  • Focuses on your personal growth, self-understanding, and innate capacity for healing in a supportive and non-judgmental space.

  • Brings together different therapeutic approaches in a way that is flexible and tailored to your unique needs.

  • Offered by Kerry, IFS is a compassionate approach that helps people understand and build relationships with different “parts” of themselves. It can support a greater sense of self-awareness, self-compassion, and healing from emotional wounds, helping clients move toward a stronger sense of inner balance and authenticity.

  • Encourages present-moment awareness, helping you slow down, notice your thoughts and feelings, and respond with more clarity.

  • Centers on your goals and perspective, creating a warm, empathetic space where you feel truly heard and accepted.

  • Explores unconscious patterns and past experiences that may be influencing your current thoughts, feelings, and relationships.

  • Highlights the importance of relationships, including the therapeutic one, as a space for healing, growth, and new ways of connecting.

  • Brings awareness to the body’s role in storing and processing emotions, supporting healing through gentle, body-based practices.

  • Recognizes the impact of trauma and emphasizes safety, trust, and empowerment throughout the therapeutic process.