Catherine Nesbitt-Timmons, MSW, RSW

Individual Therapy

A space to understand yourself more fully

Support for Reflection and Change

Life can bring moments where things feel heavy, confusing, or stuck. Individual counselling offers a space to slow down, reflect, and better understand what is shaping your inner world and your relationships.
Therapy provides time and space to explore experiences, emotions, and patterns with curiosity and care, allowing change to feel more possible and grounded.

How I Work

My work with individuals is rooted in curiosity and depth. Together, we explore patterns that may feel familiar but difficult to shift, often shaped by earlier relationships, life experiences, and unspoken expectations.
Therapy is a place to understand what is happening beneath the surface so that insight can lead to meaningful change. Sessions are collaborative, conversational, and reflective. At times we focus on practical tools, and at other times we stay with deeper questions around identity, attachment, and meaning.

We begin where you are and work toward greater self-understanding, resilience, and choice.

Areas of Focus

Many people come to therapy wanting to feel steadier, more confident, or clearer in how they relate to others. 

I work with adults experiencing:

  • grief
  • anxiety
  • depression
  • life transitions
  • effects of trauma
  • relationship challenges
  • work-life balance
  • self-esteem issues
  • parenting challenges

Approach to Therapy

I have extensive experience supporting both men and women as they navigate relationship challenges, workplace stress, and changing roles or expectations. Therapy can offer a space to explore new ways of connecting, communicating, and understanding emotional experience in a way that feels respectful and useful.

My work integrates several evidence-based approaches, including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), mindfulness-based practices, and trauma-informed care. Rather than applying any one method as a formula, these approaches are adapted to the individual so that therapy reflects your experiences, strengths, and goals.

I also pay close attention to the role of the nervous system in emotional health. At times, this means slowing the pace of therapy for regulation and reflection. Building a sense of steadiness and emotional containment allows difficult experiences to be explored safely, so that insight and change can emerge without becoming overwhelming.

In addition to my work with individuals and couples, I offer parent consultation and support. Drawing on years of experience teaching parenting programs, as well as advanced training in the Imago parenting approach, I help parents understand the needs underlying children’s behaviour and strengthen connection within the parent-child relationship. This work focuses on helping children feel seen, heard, and understood while supporting parents in responding with greater confidence and attunement.

Begin Individual Therapy

If you are considering individual therapy and would like to learn more, I offer a complimentary consultation to discuss your needs and determine whether working together feels like a good fit.