Louise Florence Giroux, Ph.D. OACCPP (C)

Louise is a mental health professional who provides psychological services under the supervision of a registered psychologist.

Louise Giroux is a seasoned psychotherapist, with a Doctorate in Counseling Psychology and a Masters in Adlerian Counseling Psychology.

She is an active certified member of the Ontario Association of Consultants, Counselors, Psychometrists and Psychotherapists (OACCPP), an Associate of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and a Certified member of the Myers-BriggsT International Association.

For the last 30+ years, Louise has practiced in various settings, and taught as a Faculty member at the graduate level. She practiced and taught at the Pastoral Institute of Northern Ontario and the Adler Counseling Centre in Toronto as well as the Dean of Students for the Adler School in Toronto.

As such, she practiced and supervised interns in the graduate programs. Louise is an international speaker, fluent in French and English, the substance of which is mainly her publications. Louise is a member of the National Patient Advisory Board for an international pharmaceutical company, and a consultant for this same company. Most recently, she has begun a lecture series for international cruise lines, wherein she harmonizes education and leisure.

Louise Giroux practices the psychotherapeutic model in Adlerian Psychodynamic psychotherapy. It is cognitive and insight-oriented, accessing feeling work where deemed useful. The goal of therapy is to explore personal beliefs, those that guide our day to day behavior. Once, excavated, these beliefs may be edited, thus making 'problems' and 'issues' manageable. Louise is trained in couple counseling and sex therapy, and works with couples or with individuals. She is a firm believer in the power of encouragement and change, those two elements that make therapy work.

Publications by Louise Giroux

Available through FENIX RYZING Associates, 400 Walmer Rd. Ste 1109, Toronto, ON M5P2X7, 416-967-5047, fenixryzing@rogers.com

• RECYCLED: A Story of Hope
• Healing Times: a Personal Workbook
• A Mind and a Heart for Wellness
• TAKING THE LEAD: Dancing with Chronic Adlerian
• Making Good Use of Illness: an Adlerian Approach to Chronic Illness
• ILSI- Illness Life Style Inventory
• Family Counseling: A Couple Impact Inventory for Illness.
• Pathway to Change. ( 4 booklet series)
• Sur la voie du changement (series)
• Pathway Magazine ( Editor)
• Louise has been featured in a number of videos available through BERLEX.CA.

Hours: Monday to Saturday days

Location: 200 St Clair West, Suite 401D

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