At Karen T Kemp & Associates Psychological and Counselling Services, we offer psychological assessments and treatment for children, youth, couples and families addressing a variety of mental health concerns. We are not equipped to treat acute crises and emergencies. If there is a significant risk of harm to self or others, severe substance or dependency problems or acute psychiatric emergencies, please contact your nearest hospital, or if the situation warrants, call 911.
Psychological assessments can often help to explain your child’s behaviour in various areas. These assessments involve observing and evaluating your child in the classroom, administering psychologically reliable and valid tests of his/her developmental, behavioural, academic, psychological, neuropsychological and personality functioning.
We use diverse and eclectic approaches as well as evidence-based treatments when working with you\ your child to improve your\ your child's mental health. The goal of treatment is to restore mental health and to provide you\your child with strategies to manage your\your child's behaviours more effectively. We seek to empower and create positive experiences for you to learn new behaviours and habits and ways to relate to your child and to yourselves as parents.
All treatment is tailored to each individual's situation, personality and history. Read more of the treatment therapies we use here.
We offer individual treatment for adults experiencing a range of mental health concerns and life stressors detailed below:
Our diverse clinical experience and training has made us aware of the benefits and limitations of different forms of treatment. There are many ways to successfully address the challenges that you might be facing.
All treatment is tailored to each individual’s situation, personality and history. Read more of the treatment therapies we use here.
We offer assessments to identify and treat a variety of couple and family problems, including:
The focus of family therapy is to improve how the family functioning and to encourage and guide members to healthy communication. Our team has extensive experience and understanding of interconnectedness of a family and its members and how each member can affect each other’s thoughts, feelings and actions.
All treatment is tailored to each family’s situation, history and the personalities involved. Read more of the treatment therapies we use here.
