Welcome to the lemonade stand where we specialize in both psychotherapy, family and relationship counselling, and spiritually-integrated psychotherapy. Our resident Psychotherapist, Stephen Blackmore, has 15+ years of experience counselling in the specialties listed to the right.

Stephen has a passion for helping people cope with stress, life transitions, anxiety, depression, and a variety of other mental health challenges. His work as an Anglican minister included advanced studies in theology, spirituality, and philosophy. This experienced combined with his study of psychotherapy to qualify him to help clients work through the deconstruction (and sometimes reconstruction) of long-held belief systems related to religion, gender roles, and other complex doctrines.

If you are struggling to reconcile some aspect of your faith with what you're seeing and experiencing in real life, Stephen is the person you want to talk to. He is naturally empathetic and has much experience in helping to heal wounds created by religious trauma while still remaining respectful to your personal values and beliefs.

Additionally, as the father of two neurodivergent children (autism, ADHD, auDHD, LD - oh! the IEPs!) and the husband of a late-diagnosed neurodivergent and chronically-ill partner, he is especially well-equipped in reframing traditional psychotherapeutic techniques in a way that resonates with neurodivergent folks and/or their loved-ones. If you're neurodivergent or questioning, you've probably already experienced how many of therapeutic techniques seem to simply "not work" or even exacerbate issues. That's because neurodivergent brains often need different and unique approaches to therapy.

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