Psychological illnesses, disorders, strains, or injuries such as those listed below can, depending on the severity of the situation, decrease or even debilitate an employee’s capacity to perform optimally and to remain productive:
- Significant stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, or other mental health strain and injury, which may have resulted from challenges at home or at work, abuse, bullying, discrimination, violence, critical incident, or feeling psychologically unsafe.
- Cognitive functioning impairment or deterioration due to stroke, heart attack, brain injury, aging, or other medical conditions.
- Difficulty adjusting to major life changes such as marital break-up, death of a spouse, major illness, job loss, or others.
- Psychological illnesses or disorders such as bipolar, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, phobias, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychotic or personality disorders, or other disorders.
As such, making early, adequate, and appropriate intervention/support readily accessible by employees who may be experiencing mental health difficulties is essential to their ability to remain resilient, productive, and well.
Some employees may also have complex, co-morbid, high trauma, severe mental health issues, or other specialized care needs. Such conditions can bring about severe and prolonged difficulties in a person’s home, social, and work life. Basic short term mental health support though one’s EFAP may not be adequate to help these employees properly address their conditions or difficulties. As a result, their condition can continue to deteriorate in spite of the fact that they might have gotten help. In such cases, specialized therapy and/or alternative treatments by clinicians with advanced or specialized training in the specific areas of concern may be required to properly support the employees’ recovery.
Specialised counseling/therapy is geared towards helping employees or their family members with complex, co-morbid, high trauma, severe mental health issues, substance/alcohol/gaming/porn/sex dependency issues, or other specialized care needs.
Aside from being able to care for clients with different mental health issues, each therapist at Insight is also required to develop and advance their expertise in one or more areas of specialization. Areas of specialization include but not limited to:
Our therapists can provide appropriate clinical assessments, counselling/therapy other supports that your employees may need to deal with the mental health, relational, developmental, personal, and/or other issues that are negatively affecting their ability to function or interact with others at home or at work.
Our therapists use evidence-based treatment modalities and are supervised or guided by some of the leading experts and/or very seasoned specialists in the field. Our therapists also work with other medical colleagues and specialists, where appropriate, to provide the impacted employees with the multi-disciplinary support they may need to deal with their concerns in a holistic manner. Such include psychiatrists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, chiropractors, physiotherapists, pain management specialists, massage therapists, nutritionists, and more.
Online Support
For employees with difficulty attending face-to-face counselling sessions, online sessions can be facilitated through Insight’s real-time, secured online counselling system.
Group Support
In addition to individual support and care, Insight also offers team/group intervention, counselling, psycho-educational, and support sessions. Group sessions allow employees to mutually support one another through their struggles, process through their difficulties, build resiliency and learn coping skills as well as explore additional support and resources where needed.
For details on specific group support, click HERE.
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This service is geared towards helping employees’/members’ school-age children with issues associated with parental separation or other adjustment difficulties, abuse, trauma, school bullying, ADHD, learning difficulties and disorders, self-esteem, eating disorder, pervasive developmental disability, and/or other psychological or behavioural concerns.
For more information on the psychological care for children and youth with specific issues above and/or for
children and youth in specific age categories, please visit our child and youth specialty program page.
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This service is geared towards helping employees/members or their family members work through and cope
with their grief, loss, and difficulties adjusting to major changes or disruptions in their life.
Almost all of your employees/members will go through some form of major life changes throughout their life.
These may include but not limited to:
- Starting a new job or transitioning to a new position
- Getting married
- Birth or adoption of a child
- Marital/relationship breakup
- Death of spouse/life partner, child, or other loved ones
- Major illness or injury
- Significant conflict or problem at work, school, home, or with family or friend
- Loss of employment and/or change of career/job
- Significant financial loss
- Change of residence
- Going through menopause
- Retirement
Adjusting to major changes or disruptions in one’s life, both positive and negative, can be difficult and can bring about anxiety, stress, and depending on the change, also depression and/or trauma. Research has shown that the accumulation of a high number of major life changes within a short period of time (such as a year or two) is related to the manifestation of various physical and mental health problems as many will experience some degree of difficulty adjusting to one or more of these changes. This in turn can result in lower productivity, higher absenteeism or disability leave, and increased turnover. Dealing with life transitions as
well as grief and loss is one of Insight’s featured specialty programs. Insight’s therapists who specialize in
transition difficulties as well as grief and loss can help your employees/members to deal with the changes,
through the following support and care:
- Individual Grief and Life Transition Counselling – Help the employees/members work through and cope
with their grief, loss, and adjusting to the major changes in their lives. - Group Support for Grief and Life Transition – Each group is issue-specific and focuses on providing
social support from peers going through the same life change, learning coping skills to deal with the
major life change, exploring community resources that they can access, gaining resiliency, and
adjusting to the new state of life.
For comprehensive details of our grief and loss program, please visit our Grief and Loss page.
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Eligible Insight clients can access psychotherapy (counselling), rTMS, or a combination of both to treat the following psychological and medical issues:
- Severe depression
- Major depressive disorder
- Anxiety
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Autism spectrum disorder
- OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder)
- Chronic pain
- Migraines
- Post concussion symptoms
- Burnout
rTMS is an effective, research-backed, non-invasive process in which a focused magnetic field stimulates under-active brain cells, activates them to work more efficiently and transforms lives through symptom reduction. After treatment, a client can experience:
- Fewer, weaker, or diminished symptoms associated with their psychological disorders or medical conditions
- Improved mood
- Increased ability to focus, concentrate, reason, and problem solve.
In combination, rTMS and psychotherapy can enhance the treatment outcomes for the psychological and medical issues identified above. Together with our partner, NeuroMed, we offer rTMS to our clients who:
- May not have responded fully to conventional treatments (medication/therapy).
- May want an alternative treatment option or a combination of treatment options.
- Have had difficulty coping with some of the side effects of medication or do not wish to take medication.
Our therapists will work with each client to determine their treatment plan based on the nature of their disorder or condition and their unique needs. Our aim is to help our clients alleviate their symptoms, improve their overall cognitive functioning and mental wellness, and ultimately live a rich and full life.
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Through our partnership with The Sitting Room and NeuroMed, Insight Psychological is excited to offer Ketamine-Assisted Therapy to our clients!
Ketamine-Assisted Therapy involves the carefully monitored administration of ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic, in conjunction with psychotherapy sessions. This innovative treatment has shown remarkable efficacy in helping clients who are seeking help with their mental health to facilitate introspection and emotional processing. The combination of Ketamine followed by integrative therapy has proven to rapidly alleviate symptoms of depression, anxiety, PTSD, grief, addiction, and mood disorders when traditional treatments have fallen short.
Unlike traditional antidepressants that may take weeks to alleviate symptoms, clients who take Ketamine can experience significant improvements in mood and depressive symptoms within hours. You will know after your first session if Ketamine is the right fit for your needs.
When used in a controlled setting such as at The Sitting Room, Ketamine is safe and effective. Clients interested in Ketamine-Assisted Therapy are first assessed and screened by The Sitting Room’s Medical Director, Dr. Krista Leicht, to ensure that it is suitable for you.
We recognize that each individual’s journey to mental wellness is unique. That’s why The Sitting Room tailors sessions to address your specific needs and goals, ensuring a personalized treatment plan that works for you. You are not required to sign up for packages or book more than one session at The Sitting Room at a time. We encourage clients to try one session if it is deemed suitable for your needs based on the assessment and screening done by Dr. Leicht.
While some clients find relief after only one session, others may require between three to six sessions before moving to a maintenance schedule on an as needed basis.
The Sitting Room DOES NOT USE needles, injections, or nasal sprays to administer the medicine. Ketamine is administered in a tablet that dissolves under the tongue. Clients are closely monitored by highly trained practitioners throughout the entire session.
Ketamine therapy is often most effective when paired with psychological therapy therefore we always recommend booking in with one of our therapists before and after your session.
If you’re ready to explore the potential of Ketamine-Assisted Therapy, we invite you to reach out to The Sitting Room to learn more at (780) 483-7255
If you would like to learn more about Ketamine-Assisted Therapy in general, and to book Ketamine sessions if approved, visit The Sitting Room.
