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Why Therapy
Therapy, a powerful tool for personal growth and healing, has gained increasing recognition and acceptance in recent years. The decision to seek treatment can be a transformative step toward improving mental, emotional, and relational well-being. Here are a few ways therapy can empower individuals to lead healthier and more fulfilling lives.
1. Managing Mental Health Challenges
Therapy provides invaluable support for individuals struggling with mental health challenges such as anxiety, depression, trauma, or obsessive-compulsive disorder. A trained therapist can help individuals navigate these difficulties, offering coping strategies, tools, and a safe space to process their emotions.
2. Enhancing Emotional Well-being
Emotional well-being is essential for leading a fulfilling life. Therapy helps individuals develop emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and effective coping mechanisms. It provides a space to explore and understand emotions, facilitating personal growth and resilience.
3. Overcoming Past Trauma
Past traumas can significantly impact one's present life and relationships. Therapy offers a platform for healing and processing trauma, helping individuals to address unresolved issues, develop healthier coping strategies, and regain control over their lives.
4. Improving Relationships
Therapy is not limited to individual concerns, but e also extends to couples, families, and interpersonal relationships. It provides a safe and supportive environment for improving communication, resolving conflicts, and strengthening bonds. Couples therapy, for instance, can enhance relationship satisfaction and create a deeper emotional connection.
5. Gaining Personal Insight and Growth
Therapy catalyzes self-discovery and personal growth. By exploring one's thoughts, beliefs, and behaviours, individuals can gain insight into themselves and develop healthier perspectives. Therapy empowers individuals to make positive changes, break self-destructive patterns, and live authentically.
Eric Agbata MACP, MPH, PHD (Public Health)
Eric Agbata, the Executive Director of GTA Psychotherapy and Counselling, established the clinic to provide quality mental health care in our community and cultivate mental health awareness.
Eric is a Certified Canadian Counsellor and a Registered Psychotherapist (RP). His academic training includes undergraduate degrees in Biomedical Sciences (1996) and a Master of Sciences in Public Health Microbiology (2003) from the University of Nigeria. His Passion for understanding and solving public health problems led him to complete an MPH at the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, and then Ph.D. studies in Public Health (2021) at the prestigious Universitat Autonomous De Barcelona, Spain. Furthermore, Eric's fascination with human behaviour and psychology culminated in his completion of a Master's degree in Counselling Psychology at Yorkville University.
Eric actively enhances mental health resources for men, women and families from diverse cultural backgrounds.
He is a member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario, the American Public Health Association, the Canadian Public Health Association and an associate member of the Canadian Psychology Association.
The population he treats:
Adolescents, Adults, Couples, Immigrants, Refugees
Theoretical orientation:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution Focused Therapy, Internal Family System (IFS), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Psychodynamic, Mindfulness, Attachment Base, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Gottman Method of Relationship Therapy
Languages:
English
Location:
In-person therapy in Vaughan and online therapy across Ontario
Eric is currently taking on new clients.
Treatment Focus
My focus is to help individuals heal, energize, and become aware of their inner strengths via counselling and psychotherapy. My assessment work includes conducting a comprehensive psychological, psycho-educational and psychosocial evaluation for a range of psychological difficulties such as personality disorders, depression and stress, anxiety (phobias, trauma, PTSD, obsessions and compulsions), and health anxiety. I will achieve this by providing a neutral safe space, listening to your concerns, and customizing a treatment plan.
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