Services at Thrive Psychotherapy in London, Ontario
At Thrive Psychotherapy, we provide compassionate psychotherapy in London, Ontario that helps you feel supported, understood, and empowered. Our team works with individuals and couples to create meaningful change, at your pace, in your way.
Our Approach to Therapy
Every person who walks through our doors brings a unique story, shaped by both strength and struggle. At Thrive, we believe therapy should honour this individuality.
Our therapists draw from client-centred, trauma-informed, relational, and compassionate practices, creating a safe and validating environment for every session. Therapy with us is not about prescribing a one-size-fits-all solution, it’s about co-creating a path toward healing that feels right for you.
We integrate a range of approaches, from traditional talk therapy to experiential and body-based practices like EMDR, somatic therapy, and play therapy, depending on your needs. Sessions are collaborative, warm, and authentic, with your goals always guiding the process.
Individual Therapy
A supportive, comfortable, and collaborative environment will be created for you to share your story and co-create therapeutic goals with your therapist. All therapists at Thrive use relational, trauma-informed approaches, tailoring the intervention plan to your needs.
In working toward your goals, clients commonly experience enhanced insight, emotional safety, improved regulation, strengthened relationships, and internal resilience. Over time, many feel more aligned with their authentic selves and better equipped to cope with life’s challenges.
In working towards your goals in therapy the benefits are endless. Some common benefits of therapy include improved communication skills, empowerment, overcoming obstacles, understanding yourself with compassion, improve relationships, cultivate internal safety, and develop strategies to manage distress.
Family Therapy
Family therapy in London, Ontario, is a type of group psychotherapy that aims to reduce distress, conflict, and misunderstanding by enhancing communication and connection between family members. Approaches used at Thrive include Emotion-Focused Family Therapy, Family Systems Theory, and Circle of Security.
Families often report improved understanding, more effective problem-solving, clearer boundaries, and deeper empathy among members. This work helps move family interactions from cycles of tension toward more cooperative and validating patterns.
Family therapy helps with improved communication, enhanced problem solving, increased empathy and understanding, setting healthy boundaries, enhanced parenting skills, strengthened relationships, prevention of future problems.
EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
EMDR is a specialized psychotherapeutic approach that helps clients process and release traumatic memories, distressing images, or deeply held negative beliefs.
EMDR can support those coping with PTSD, anxiety, depression, grief, or persistent emotional triggers. As processing happens safely, clients often notice reduced emotional charge, increased inner calm, and the capacity to live more fully in the present.
EMDR Therapy can help clients cope with difficult emotions, reduce anxiety and improve self esteem. Effective form of treatment for PTSD, depression, anxiety, grief or panic attacks from past trauma events.
Couples Therapy
Couples therapy is a neutral, supportive space for partners to explore relationship goals, repair connection, and heal together. In our practice, we draw from attachment, emotion‐focused, somatic (Polyvagal) theory, Narrative Therapy, and relational systems work.
Whether you're dealing with recurring conflict, communication breakdowns, life changes, or intimacy concerns, couples therapy helps partners learn healthier ways to relate, rebuild trust, and foster deeper emotional safety. Many couples say they emerge feeling more understood, connected, and resilient as a dyad.
We will help you learn to navigate conflict respectfully and fairly, to understand each other's unique relationship needs, explore your relationship dynamic, roles and functioning, how to navigate stressors and changes, and to respond effectively to each other’s wounds.
Child Therapy & Youth Services
Therapy tailored for children and youth uses developmentally-attuned, creative, and expressive modalities (play therapy, art therapy, CBT, etc.). Thrive supports clients aged 5+ in navigating emotional, behavioural, and relational challenges.
Young clients often find safer ways to express themselves, heal big feelings, build coping skills, and strengthen connections with peers and family. With caregiver involvement as appropriate, therapy fosters environments where children feel understood and empowered to grow.
Child Therapy can lead to improved self esteem, improved relationships with others, better able to manage big emotions, improved regulation, decrease in school problems.
Free and Low Cost Therapy
We believe cost should never be a barrier to care. Through our intern program and sliding scale options, we offer free and low-cost therapy, with rates typically ranging from $0 to $80 per session.
Interns offer both individual and couples sessions under close supervision by experienced therapists, ensuring quality and safety. If cost is a concern, reach out — we’ll help you explore options that align with your budget, including starting with a free consultation to find what fits.
Our interns can provide both individual and couples therapy through this free and low cost program.
Clinical Supervision
Ashley and Lalita are CRPO-approved clinical supervisors offering individual, dyadic, and group supervision to therapists and interns across Ontario.
Supervision at Thrive cultivates clinical growth, reflective skill, ethical practice, stronger therapeutic presence, and sustainable well-being among clinicians. For supervisees at any stage, it’s a space of collaboration, learning, and accountability.
Supervision allows supervisee’s to nurture their skills, enhance safe and effective use of self, safeguard the wellbeing of the client, and elevate their practice.
Group Therapy & Psychoeducational Workshops
We offer group therapy and workshops to bring participants together in a supportive, therapist-guided environment. Topics may include stress & burnout, ADHD, parenting, relationships, and mental health strategies.
In groups, people often find they’re not alone in their struggles, and they leave with both practical tools and a sense of belonging. These settings are a more affordable and relational way to engage in therapy while learning from others facing similar journeys.
1:1 support may not be for you! Our specialized groups offer community, connection, support, compassion and more!
Community Presentations
Thrive provides tailored mental health presentations for schools, workplaces, nonprofits, and community organizations. Subjects include burnout, trauma-informed workplaces, self-care, and mental health education.
These sessions are designed to inform, destigmatize, spark conversation, and bring wellness knowledge into systems and communities. Participants often gain practical strategies and a deeper awareness of mental health challenges and opportunities.
Presentations will come from a lens that blends research with practice based knowledge and experiential learning to support your unique needs to improve the overall wellness of your team.
Getting Started at Thrive
When you connect with Thrive, our office manager, Stacy, helps guide you to the therapist who might be a good match. You can browse therapist bios or ask Stacy to suggest someone based on your needs. Booking your free consultation or first session is possible through our online platform, no referral required.
In sessions, we cultivate a collaborative, empathetic space, therapists bring their skills while you remain the expert of your own experience. Throughout, we adjust methods, listen deeply, and honour your pace.
Stacy, Office Manager
What Separates our Services
While many practices offer therapy in London, Ontario, Thrive is set apart by our commitment to accessibility, inclusivity, and community connection.
From psychotherapy to workshops and community presentations, we provide flexible paths for healing.
