All Practitioners

Infared Sauna

Floating is an opportunity to reconnect with the self, to reunite with your core being, removed of all the distractions and stresses of life. Slip into a state of deep relaxation while floating effortlessly in Epsom Salt dissolved in water. If you don’t like confined spaces you can float with the pod lid up or sprawl out in one of our large deluxe float rooms while listening to gentle calming music or in silence. Infrared is an invisible wavelength of therapeutic light, experienced as heat, that safely penetrates human tissue to raise core body temperature. Infrared heat is very gentle and healthy for all living things. Its medical grade quality is used by various physicians, and it is even used to warm babies in the hospital. Unlike traditional saunas, which solely heat the air around you and operate in excess of 200°F, Infrared heat warms the body within you and is effective at a more comfortable temperature, between 100°-145°F, producing a deep sweat.

Naturopathic Medicine

Welcome to Abby Naturopathic ClinicThe Natural Way to Health. As a naturopathic doctor, I have to realize that the body's healing process starts from within. Doctors do not heal people, people heal themselves. My goal is to provide you with the necessary tools to improve, optimize and maintain your health using safe and effective natural therapies.You shouldn't have to live with your nagging health complaint. Allow the healing power of nature to direct you to optimum health. I have learned through my training and experience the significance of treating the whole person. In other words, taking into consideration both internal and external factors affecting your health in order to treat the cause. Each individual that walks through my office is unique in his or her own way. Consequently, we work together to create a treatment plan that best suits your needs and lifestyle. "The doctor of the future, will give no medicine but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease." - Thomas Edison

Psychotherapy

I am a clinical social worker providing individual psychotherapy sessions for adults 18+. I have a strong desire to support clients through life challenges and I enjoy witnessing the changes they can achieve through a positive counselling experience. I use a client-centered approach to guiding clients in addressing and releasing unwanted emotional or behavioural after-effects of life events such as grief/loss, injuries, illness, relationship concerns and other painful life experiences. I would welcome the opportunity to meet with you and to support you on a path to self-discovery and self healing.

high tech laboratory testing

Functional Medicine Practice is personalized medicine that requires detailed knowledge of your medical history, your lifestyle habits, and your family's medical and social histories. We look at your health from birth, considering lifetime exposure to toxins, nutrition, stress, injury, and quality of relationships. Treatment plans are tailored to your preferences, your unique health needs and draw from the most current, research-based treatment modalities available, including high tech laboratory testing, exercise prescriptions, nutritional therapies, referrals to specialists, prescription drugs, botanicals, bioenergetic treatments, nutritional IV therapies, referrals to holistic practitioners. Your health and wholeness is our primary motivation in running this office. Our pledge to you is to keep the overhead as low as we can without compromising the quality of care. Please also be aware that one to three hours is spent reviewing your case before and after your visit at no additional charge. Because of this in-depth process, functional medicine practitioners see only a few patients each day.

Counselling

35 years providing psychological services, 20+ years as a Psychologist. Education includes a Ph.D. in psychology from York University; a Diploma in Child Studies, University of Toronto and a Ph.D. in philosophy, University of Toronto. Author of The Attentive Mind Workbook: Self-healing Through Meditation. Meditation-based treatments for anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, and chronic pain. Hypnosis for relief of chronic pain. Dr. McAllister is available for telephone and video eTherapy sessions.

Holistic Nutrition

**Too tried to plan healthy meals or don't even know where to begin?** Contact Jennie Sokol, Holistic Nutritionalist, to help you transition towards the diet that’s best for your body and lifestyle! There can be joy in connecting with the food you eat and how you prepare it. **It doesn’t have to be complicated to be good for you!**

Art Therapy

Alison B. Thomas - My background consists of degrees in Kinesiology, Occupational Therapy, Counselling Psychology and Art Therapy. I also have certificate courses in the areas of Narrative Therapy, Mindfulness, Sensory Integration and Trauma. I specialize in the integrated treatment approach of Counselling, Art and Occupational therapy for children and teens. For adults I use a slightly more eclectic approach that draws from Adlerian, Narrative and Cognitive Behavioural theories depending on the issue at hand. I also am LGBTQ friendly and informed. Services are provided primarily onsite and in person but internet and phone based consultations are also available by request.

Usui Reiki Master

It takes work, and willingness to try something new. If you are ready to try a new way of thinking, coaching is definitely for you. I deliver my coaching sessions in many different forms, depending on where you are in your life. If you live distant from me physically, sessions can take place via Skype. Both Reiki and coaching sessions can be delivered long distance and in person. If you want to experience the magic of horses, I offer equine based coaching sessions with my beautiful herd. They have a way of grounding you and opening your heart that is unparalleled. Recently I have begun offering multi-modality sessions, combining RAPID Neurofascial Reset, Reiki and Coaching. These treatments provide the deepest healing on all levels: body, mind and spirit and are very powerful. Sessions will leave you clearer, with more of a sense of purpose.

Counselling

Counselling at it's best offers you Tools that make a difference in the way that you handle real life situations. When you are ready to take responsibility for creating the life you deserve. When you are looking for Clarity, Peace, Security, and self-acceptance. Appointments available in Peterborough Ontario. Phone/Zoom appointments are also possible.

Neurofeedback

ONE-ON-ONE COUNSELLING - At times we all need someone to talk to about our lives, goals, and struggles. Speaking with a counsellor allows for a safe, and judgment free place to express thoughts and emotions. Valuable feedback and evidence-based strategies and solutions are given in a professional setting. ​ Talk therapy may be supplemented with books, smart phone applications, online videos, and other resources to provide additional help. ​ Biofeedback and Virtual Reality Therapy are also available to compliment talk therapy in one-on-one counselling. VIRTUAL REALITY AND BIOFEEDBACK - Biofeedback entails the use of sensors that monitor the body's responses, and then shows us what is happening. Then through a number of coping strategies, we can learn to manage our body's responses. For example, if you think of a stressful situation, your shoulders and neck might tense up. With biofeedback equipment, you can see this happening. As you are taught, and practice relaxation techniques in therapy, you will gain control of your body's reaction. You will see even the slightest changes, and master the ability to control your body's responses. When coupled with virtual reality, we can practice being in a very calm and relaxed environment, and then progressively move to more stressful situations where you can improve your ability to control your body's responses. All of this takes place under the direction of a therapist. ​ We are seeing fantastic results using this novel form of treatment for chronic stress, pain, and anxiety.

Pain Management

Homeopathic medicine is scientifically proven practice and the second most commonly used in the world following the conventional allopathic medicine. Homeopathy is about treating a sick person with remedies that were prepared from substances from the nature. The core of homeopathic remedies is that the chosen remedy must produce similar symptoms to a healthy person as the symptoms observed by the practitioner of a sick one. Therefore the name homeopathy from the Greek language “Homoios” for same and “Patheia” for suffering. To achieve this goal, the practitioner will observe and listen to the patient in order to understand who the person that is sick is and who that person, when was healthy, was therefore by choosing a similar remedy the restoration of health will occur. Classical Hahnemannian homeopaths prescribe single type of remedy at the time. This method helps the practitioner and the patient observe changes in health and gives the opportunity for the practitioner to adjust the dose accordingly. Homeopathic practice is regulated by the Government of Canada Homeopathic remedies are FDA approved Homeopathy does not interfere with other medical treatments neither with other drugs Homeopathic medicine can be applied to babies, pregnant women, elderly people and pets Homeopathy treats equally acute and chronic conditions The homeopathic remedies do not contain any toxic chemicals

Coaching

Coaching helps you access your inner brilliance, to discover and develop the best of who you are and the value you bring to the world. We will work together to view life’s challenges from different perspectives and set you on an evolved journey toward living life full of purpose and intention. Jill coaches individuals across the country by phone or Skype, and locally in person.