Leah Baker

As a clinical counsellor and psychotherapist, a therapy session with me is like having a place to put down everything you've been carrying and finally having space to breathe. 

Working with individual adults and couples, clients come to me for help with anxiety, depression, difficult-to-manage emotions, relationship and parenting challenges, grief and loss, trauma, and major life transitions. In session, we’ll talk about your life, what you’re struggling with, and what support would be most helpful for you. 

My work is unhurried and steady, helping clients make sense of what they are struggling with, develop practical skills, and explore what matters to them as they move toward change. I use an integrative approach, which means I do not use just one type of therapy. Instead, I draw from a range of evidence-based approaches to ensure that our work is flexible and in line with what works best for you and your goals. 

Our work together might include exploratory frameworks like narrative, psychoanalytic, and existential therapies; skills-focused therapies like CBT, DBT, and ACT; relationship therapies like emotionally focused therapy and the Gottman method; and other research-informed approaches. I will adjust your treatment depending on what feels most useful for you.

Reaching out for counselling can be vulnerable, especially when you’re not quite sure how to explain what’s going on. Whether you know what you need, or you're figuring it out, I will help. Come as you are. I’m glad you’re here.