All Practitioners

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.

Kinesiology

SYMMETRIX IS FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED FOR 25 YEARS. Our success is thanks to our lasting relationships based on respect and support for you, our amazing clients. We share our success with our world-class staff who have trained with us over the years.

Distant (Proxy) Emotion & Body Code Sessions

-+The Body Code is a state of the art healing technique. It was developed by a holistic chiropractor, Dr. Bradley Nelson, who teaches that true health simply means being balanced in 6 different ways. Energies: We use simple yet powerful energy work to remove damaging emotional and mental energies that become trapped in the body during stressful emotional events or traumas. Circuitry: Here we balance the energy systems of the body including the chakras, the acupuncture meridians, the connection of the spiritual and physical body and the energy circuits of the organs and glands. Toxicity: The Body Code can identify and address toxic agents that don’t show up on medical tests as well as those that do. Pathogens: Destructive and often elusive infections can be easily identified along with any necessary remedies to rid the body of them. Structural: Imbalance in the bones, organs, connective tissue, muscles and nerves can be treated non-invasively to gently restore stability to the physical body. Nutritional: This can be straightforward nutrient deficiency as well as imbalances like dehydration, magnetic field deficiency or a need for a certain healing food or herb. The Body Code is so effective because it allows us to find specific problems and simply remove them. There is no guessing game involved- just results!