Kate Higgison

Kate is a Registered/Licensed Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. She is also a Member of the Ontario Society of Registered Psychotherapists.

What drew her to become a psychotherapist are people like you and your important stories. What she has realized through connecting with people during her past career in the restaurant industry, and especially now as she provide psychotherapy, is that connecting with people is at the core of our well-being and that our relationships, stories, and the history we have with others are what forms our worldview and how we feel about ourselves.

Over the years, she has also conducted psychological research in labs at Carleton University, the University of Ottawa, and the Department of Justice, where her research has focused on gender-based/family violence, gender inequality, social psychology, sex trafficking, loneliness, (de)colonization, and experiences of the mental healthcare system among Indigenous peoples. The research she has done and continue to do helps to inform the lens through which she practices psychotherapy.

How she can help in your wellness journey

She offers a compassionate, inclusive, and non-judgmental space whereby you can develop a meaningful connection. She seeks to help you foster your own insight and self-compassion in a world that can be harsh, fast, and uncaring. As therapy can be an intimidating process where you may feel vulnerable, it is her primary goal to help you feel comfortable and safe.

She works from a Rogerian person-centred, decolonizing, feminist, and trauma-informed lens that considers your social context, race, class, gender, and systemic realities. The psychotherapeutic modality she uses is integrative, drawing from Emotion Focused Therapy, Psychodynamic, Narrative, and Relational Cultural therapies.

She will follow your pace so that you may work collaboratively to help you foster insight and to help empower you to make positive and lasting changes in your life. She believes that everyone has an important story to tell, and her hope is to be with you along your journey while you find your voice to tell your stories in your own way, and to support you in finding meaning and purpose in them.

Testimonials:

Kate is an exceptional psychotherapist who combines deep empathy with a wealth of clinical expertise to help individuals navigate their emotional challenges. Her dedication to fostering growth and healing is unwavering. - Carolina Gamma

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Kate is a compassionate and culturally sensitive therapist! - Jiaqi Zhao

Services: 

• Psychotherapy sessions

Services offered online/virtual and in-person.

Wellness dimensions

• Mental
• Emotional
• Spiritual