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Brad Garrison

M.Ed., RP, CCC

(He/him)
Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO)
Individual Therapy, Couples Therapy & Sex Therapy
Offers Virtual Sessions Only

 

Experience

 

Brad has extensive experience providing therapeutic services for a number of concerns and conditions, including but not limited to:

 

Emotional Challenges

  • Trauma

  • Stress Management

  • Anxiety

  • Low Mood

  • Self-Confidence

Sex & Interpersonal Relationships

  • Violent Relationships

  • Infidelity

  • Lack of Intimacy

  • Sexual Difficulties

  • Living with HIV

Addiction & Substance Use

  • Substance Abuse

  • Behavioural Addictions

  • PnP (“Party and Play”)

LGBTQ2IA+

  • Personal Identify

  • Coming Out

  • Gender Dysphoria

  • Gender Affirmation

  • Bully & Harassment

Approach

 

Brad is committed to providing his clients with a warm and welcoming therapeutic environment that is trauma-informed, sex- and kink-positive, and anti-oppressive.

He believes that laughter can be an essential part of the therapeutic process and invites his clients to bring their playfulness and sense of humour to their sessions whenever possible.

Drawing from various psychotherapeutic styles, Brad offers evidence-based approaches such as:

 

  • Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

  • Solutions-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

  • Dialectical-Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

  • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

  • Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy

  • Sex Therapy

 

Qualifications



Brad is a Registered Psychotherapist (RP) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO), Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA), and a full professional member of the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH). He received a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology with a collaborative specialization in Sexual Diversity Studies from the University of Toronto (OISE). Brad is also a graduate of the Addictions Careworker Diploma Program at the University of McMaster and has completed the University of Guelph’s Intensive Sex Therapy Training program.

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