Issues Impacting Women

Women and female-identified folk often experience certain specific environmental, psychosocial and on occasion biological challenges related to gender that can affect their mental well-being

According to the World Health Organization issues like “Depression, anxiety, psychological distress, sexual violence, domestic violence and escalating rates of substance use affect women to a greater extent than men across different countries and different settings ” (https://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/genderwomen/en/

We work with women individually or with their partners from a feminist-informed approach.  We also do it in a way that recognizes the role of race and lingering social-racial issues in women’s mental health and well-being.

Some of the most common reasons women seek our services are:

• Postpartum depression
• Domestic abuse
• Balancing career and family
• Pre-pregnancy
• Pregnancy
• Miscarriage
• Stillbirth
• Menopause
• Parenting / motherhood
• Child loss
• Infertility
• Third-party reproduction

If you are facing any of these challenges and would like to talk to a caring professional about it, please reach out to us. Either of our Guelph therapists, Jane Kraft or Shane Smyth (your choice!), would be glad to schedule a free 20-minute discussion to see how we might be able to help.