Brittany Holtvluwer, M.ACP.
Offers
In-person and virtual appointments
- Psychotherapist
- Woman
Accepting new patients
Provider information
Description
Taking the first step toward healing can feel daunting, and I’m glad you’re here. Many men feel alone or unheard, and rarely have a safe space to explore their emotions. Aware of the stigma around seeking help, my goal is to co-create a warm, grounded space where you can begin processing and healing. Using a holistic approach, we explore the physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual parts of your life and how they shape your current well-being.
Conditions
- Addiction
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Emotion Regulation
- Men's Issues
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-harming or suicidal behavior
- Sex, sexuality, intimacy
- Trauma
- Workplace stress
Provider's hours
Sunday
By appointment only
Monday
9:00 am
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7:00 pm
Tuesday
9:00 am
-
7:00 pm
Wednesday
9:00 am
-
7:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am
-
7:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am
-
7:00 pm
Saturday
Closed
Services
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Gestalt therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Person-centered therapy
- Trauma informed care
Clientele
- Adults (18+)
- LGBTQ2+
Languages spoken
- English
Professional designations
- Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (M.ACP.)
Education
- Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology - Yorkville University
- Bachelor of Arts, Honours Degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice - Concentration in Law - Carleton University
- Inuit Awareness Training - John Howard Society
- Indigenous Awareness Training - John Howard Society
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training - LivingWorks
- Know this First: Necessary Knowledge for Mental Health Professionals Working with First Responders - Wilfred Laurier University
Professional associations
- Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) - College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario
Facility: First Step Men's Therapy
Summary
First Step Men's Therapy is dedicated to shaping the lives and healing of men across Toronto/Canada. We specialize in helping men understand themselves and those around them. We work with men on a wide range of mental health issues, and specialize in compulsive sexual behaviour, first responders, grief, PTSD, dating and relationships, anxiety, and life transitions - to name a few. Therapy can be an overwhelming, stigmatizing experience. Our goal is to help provide a place of comfort, safety, and growth. Call us, email us, or reach out to us via our social media pages to get started.
Business hours
Sunday
By appointment only
Monday
9:00 am
-
7:00 pm
Tuesday
9:00 am
-
7:00 pm
Wednesday
9:00 am
-
7:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am
-
7:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am
-
7:00 pm
Saturday
Closed
Services & supplies
- Accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy (AEDP)
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Adlerian therapy
- Alzheimer's therapy
- Animal-assisted therapy
- Applied behavior analysis
- Art therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Bibliotherapy
- Biofeedback
- Brain stimulation therapy
- Career counseling
- Christian counseling
- Coaching
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Cognitive processing therapy
- Cognitive stimulation therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Dance therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Eclectic therapy
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Equine-assisted therapy
- Existential therapy
- Experiential therapy
- Exposure and response prevention
- Exposure Therapy
- Expressive arts therapy
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Feminist therapy
- Forensic therapy
- Forgiveness therapy
- Gestalt therapy
- Group counselling
- Hoarding therapy
- Human givens therapy
- Humanistic therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago relationship therapy
- Integrative therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Job Site Visit
- Jungian therapy
- Life Coaching
- Marital counselling
- Marriage and family therapy
- Medication management therapy
- Mental health reactivation
- Mentalization-based therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Multicultural therapy
- Music therapy
- Narrative therapy
- Neurofeedback
- Neuro-linguistic programming therapy
- Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
- Person-centered therapy
- Physical demands analysis
- Play therapy
- Positive psychology
- Prolonged exposure therapy
- Psychoanalytic therapy
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Psychological testing and evaluation
- Rational emotive behavior therapy
- Reality therapy
- Relational therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Sandplay therapy
- Schema therapy
- Social recovery therapy
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Somatic therapy
- Sports psychology
- Strength-based therapy
- Structural family therapy
- Teen mental health
- The Gottman method
- Therapeutic intervention
- Transpersonal therapy
- Trauma informed care
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
- Workplace facilitation/mediation
Amenities
- Close to public transit
- Wheelchair accessible
