Throughout your life, you will face various challenges and stressful situations, it is something that everyone can expect. Stress is something that is relative to your own experiences, so what may be stressful for one person may not be for another. The hardest part of coping is admitting when you need help, when it all gets too much for you to handle.

As a society, we all expect so much from ourselves; we juggle work, family, friendships and relationships. We try to find time to do what we must and if we are lucky, we might find time to do what we enjoy. But when life becomes busier than usual, the first thing that we lose is ourselves.

Therapy is a commitment to ourselves which allows us the acknowledgement that life is off kilter, and supports our need to regain control over our own lives. Therapy is a commitment to personal growth and learning. It is a place where time is devoted understanding and exploring ourselves, our motivations, values, interests, needs, desires, and dreams.

A therapist has many roles: confidant, mentor, coach, and often just someone to hear us, to hear the stories of our lives, to acknowledge the challenges that we face and to believe in us, to believe that we have the strength to persevere. The ultimate goal is to ensure that in life we thrive in time when often it is all we can do to survive.

Throughout history, people have shared with each other through storytelling. It was a way to share and celebrate your own successes and those of others, for children it was a way to learn valuable life lessons and a way to pass on valuable advice from others who have survived the challenges we may be facing. But somehow collectively we've forgotten how to listen to each others stories and the importance of telling our own. Therapy is a place to share your story. It is not about being told what to do, what you do wrong or where to go next, but rather it is an affirmation of what we already know deep within ourselves.

We believe that the core of each human being is strong and peaceful and capable and, as each person works through their challenges and is able to connect with their core and other people, the journey of life and the challenges they face become easier to handle. It is my belief that each person has a unique life path with different challenges. Overcoming challenges can help a person connect with self at a deeper level and realize what a gift they are to humanity and how special each and everyone is.

You are exploring the idea of psychotherapy either for yourself or for someone you are concerned about. Even people who consider themselves to be relatively strong, successful and happy may go through periods of particular stress or upheaval when they are stretched beyond their own capacity. At these times, therapy may provide help. in fact, the best time to start therapy is well before our challenges become too much.

SO how long does therapy last? Well therapy can be short term or long term depending on their need and purpose. Help in facing and working through immediate issues such as divorce, anxiety, childrens issues, a health crisis or a relationship breakdown may need to be only relatively short term. While other issues such as depression, anxiety, chronic stress, lack of meaning in life, difficulty in handling anger, unhealthy patterns of relationships at work or in ones personal life may need to be worked with for a longer time.

Welcome to CHM Therapy Services

"The first step is asking for help. But, finding a therapist with whom you can connect is vital, as you will be sharing a deeply private part of yourself and you must be confident that the person you work with will hold your fears, insecurities and successes in the greatest confidence. I hope that within our team, you can find that person for you."

Candice Hamilton-Miller

We provide the following Services and Supports

Psychotherapy

CHM offers psychotherapy for a variety of issues, with services available for all ages. Adults, teens, children and even whole families will benefit from our psychotherapy services. Our team has a variety of trainings and specialities amongst us, including play therapy, sex therapy, narrative therapies, emotion focused therapies, solution focused therapies, behavioural and cognitive behavioural therapies, somatic therapies, mindfulness based therapies, life coaching and child life specialities. We have worked with individuals of all ages and stages, and with issues ranging from general wellness to severe depression, personalities disorders and other chronic mental health challenges. We have experience with Autism, ADHD and a few of us are also neurodivergent. And finally, we work with many individuals in the LGBTQ@IA+ community so everyone is safe and welcome with us. One of our newer specialities is the introduction of Geek Therapy Services, gaming therapy and therapeutic Dungeons and Dragons.

Family Support Services

Having a child with special needs or neurodivergent abilities, or being an adult with such issues, can be very isolating our team can provide support in a variety of ways.

Child Life Specialist

Children experience life quite differently to adults. our child life specialist can help your child to thrive in life, while simultaneously helping you to be the best parent that you can be.

Training & Supervision

New to Practice and Qualifying psychotherapists, along with those of us who have been in the field for years can all benefit from support and supervision. CHM Therapy offers workshops and training opportunities as well as supervision and consultation.

Group Therapy and Workshops

CHM offers a variety of therapy groups and workshop topics for individuals of all ages, we are constantly working on new group options and workshop topics. We also have the ability to create a specific workshop for your small group or organization, just let us know what you are looking for.

Therapy Products

Over the years, we have developed tools and products that we felt were missing from the therapeutic space. we now sell some of these items in our offices for you to take home and use yourself.