Jim Sheehy Psychotherapy

Like many others, you may be contemplating psychotherapy because you feel stuck and unsure of how or what to change. For example:

- your job or career is not fulfilling or meaningful

- your relationship is not what it used to be or what you want it to be

- you have children and are unable to find time for yourself or your partner

- you feel stuck financially, worrying constantly about income or debt

This list is not exhaustive and may not have captured the way you feel. Thus, my approach begins with understanding how you feel stuck. 

A core psychotherapy approach I use is motivational interviewing. When stuck and contemplating a change, it is important to carefully "weigh the scales" of your decisions, and motivational interviewing is a therapy technique that does exactly that. To help you make decisions, we would work together to explore the pros and cons of change, including exploration of factors known and factors you may not have considered. If you decide to make a change, we would work together to take small, manageable steps in the direction of change, incorporating elements of behavioural therapy. My approach may also integrate elements of cognitive, gestalt, psychodynamic, and existential therapies.

I am a Registered Psychotherapist and member in good standing with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. I earned my Honours Bachelor of Arts degree at York University and my Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology with Distinction at Yorkville University.  

I immigrated to Canada from Australia 20 years ago, after spending some time working and living in Ireland and South Africa. After a 22-year career in finance, I shifted my focus towards an interest in psychology, and spent the majority of the last 10 years studying and training to become a psychotherapist.