A life in which you feel confident in your own skin and capable of handling whatever life throws at you. A life in which your relationships are healthy and happy—most importantly, the relationship you have with yourself. We’re here to help.
Imagine a life in which you’re not just surviving, you’re thriving.
About
We don’t hold the secret to a vibrant, thriving life—we share it. We teach our clients everything we know about managing mental health, so you can go from surviving to thriving. We know you don’t want to be in therapy for the rest of your life, and we don’t want you to be either. Through the lens of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), we’ll show you how to stop living in black-and-white thinking and extreme behaviour and finally find peace walking The Middle Path: A balanced life.
Teaching the skills you need to thrive
Our Approach
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The founder of Modern Solutions Counselling, Dawn is a Registered Psychologist specializing in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART). What initially drew Dawn to DBT was the skills anyone can learn and benefit from. With over 15 years of clinical experience, she treats individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, addiction, Borderline Personality Disorder and trauma. Sound heavy? The skills she teaches through DBT are the same skills she relies on in both her professional practice and her personal life. She walks the talk and is always honoured when clients choose Modern Solutions Counselling as their partner in mental wellness.
REGISTERED PSYCHOLOGISt & Founder
Dawn Lewis
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Sarah is a Registered Psychologist, passionate about helping people achieve their goals. She specializes in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and serves our clients in the daytime and evenings. In her downtime, you can find her wakesurfing on the lake with her husband or crafting with her two cats by her side—successful projects include but are not limited to making seasonal wreaths for her front door, knitting hats for her cats, and painting (by numbers, to be fair). Currently, she is taking up pottery as a hobby!
Registered Psychologist
Sarah Knight
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Nicola is a Registered Occupational Therapist who specializes in mental health wellness. Whether she is working in the office or out in the community, Nicola uses a compassionate approach to help clients find a way to get back to their everyday tasks and the activities they love when their mental health has prevented them from doing so. The activities Nicola loves? Soccer, weekends away, and hosting (when she’s not working, she’s probably searching appetizers on Pinterest).
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Nishant is a Registered Psychologist, focusing on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), and Existential Therapy with experience ranging from residential in-patient treatment to not-for-profit healthcare. His practice specializes in addiction and co-occurring mental health disorders, helping clients face uncertainty, conflict and death with his direct but empathetic, trauma-informed approach. Outside of therapy, Nishant has a penchant for all things music and obscure horror movies.
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Nishant Bhandari
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Ryan is a Registered Psychologist with experience ranging from residential in-patient treatment to intensive out-patient treatment, and not-for-profit to private healthcare settings. Taking a trauma-informed and strengths-based approach to therapy, Ryan empowers individuals suffering from a wide range of traumas, addictions, and co-occuring disorders to find relief. He's a movie buff with a martial arts background, so when he’s not working, you’ll find him training in Brazilian jiujitsu or watching films with his family.
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RYAN THORNLEY
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A Registered Occupational Therapist, Emma has a masters in Occupational Therapy with a breadth of experience, from long-term care and homecare to inpatient psychiatry and stroke rehabilitation. She takes a client-centered approach to therapy, bringing a safe, supportive and fun sensibility to her practice. When she’s not in clinic, Emma is probably with her standard poodle, Jessie. She hails from a rural dairy-farming community in New Brunswick, and could tell you a thing or two about cows.
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EMMA BALSHAW
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Meet RYAN
Psychologist
Ryan Thornley
Meet NISHANT
Psychologist
Nishant Bhandari
Meet nicola
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
Nicola Small
Meet EMMA
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
Emma Balshaw
Meet Sarah
Psychologist
Sarah Knight
Meet dawn
Psychologist
Dawn Lewis
It’s not enough for a therapist to be a compassionate listener—a therapist needs to be extensively trained and experienced in their area of expertise. At Modern Solutions, you get all of the above.
Where compassion meets distinction
Our Therapists
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"Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear the hardship of today."
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