Amy Spencer, MSW, RSW
Therapy Modalities
My practice in psychotherapy uses evidence-based approaches to support building skills, distress tolerance, managing triggers, navigating relationships, identity building, and emotional regulation. I also offer trauma processing and integration support.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for Trauma, PTS, PTSD, and Grief
Motivational Interviewing (MI),
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for anxiety, depression, perinatal anxiety and depression, insomnia, and OCD
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) for distress tolerance, emotional regulation, interpersonal challenges, and mindfulness.
Mindfulness, CBT for mindfulness of thoughts, and emotions, managing worry and rumination, and self-compassion.
Areas of Practice
I have specialized training in
- Anxiety: Generalized Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Health Anxiety, Panic Disorder, Post-traumatic Stress
- Birth and Reproductive Trauma: Fertility trauma, loss, termination, birth trauma, NICU trauma, feeding trauma, and birth story processing.
- Depression and Low mood
- Emotional Regulation Challenges
- First responders and trauma exposed professionals: Compassion fatigue, workplace stress, trauma, and burnout
- Grief and Perinatal Loss: Miscarriage, Termination for Medical Reasons, Neonatal Loss, Stillbirth, Loss of a child. Including Traumatic grief, complex grief, and anticipatory grief.
- Insomnia and Sleep Disturbances
- Interpersonal and relational challenges
- Life transitions: Transition to parenthood, Perimenopause, Menopause, grief, return to work, retirement.
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD): Treating Youth 12-17, and Adults 18+
- Perinatal Mental Health: Fertility, Pregnancy, Postpartum
My name is Amy Spencer and I am a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) since 2017. I hold a Master of Social Work degree from Carleton University. I have an undergraduate degree in criminology from Nipissing University and have worked for over 15 years in community mental health, employment and training, education, community justice services, and in healthcare institutions.
Life transitions such as: fertility, pregnancy, birth, and the transition to parenthood can be full of both joy and challenges. Other changes in employment, grief, loss, trauma, health status, ageing, and relationships can uncover and create additional stress.
Our relationships with those around us and our identity and roles can shift and change over time. As you navigate changes difficult emotions, uncertainty, fear, overwhelm, anger, guilt, shame, and self-doubt can be part of the journey. Loss of the familiar and adapting to new roles and expectations can create worry, rumination, and self-criticism.
I work alongside you to offer non-judgmental compassionate support in these transitions, to build skills and strategies to manage mood and anxiety symptoms and the experience of overwhelm and work to build confidence in new pieces of your identity. I work in a strength-based approach to highlight your resiliency and build therapeutic goals for growth, learning, and new opportunities.
As a person with lived experience with fertility challenges, perinatal loss, and postpartum anxiety, I am empathetic and passionate about shining a light and building awareness of this experience and bringing meaningful services and opportunities for growth and healing during your fertility journey, pregnancy, birthing, and postpartum experiences.
Contact Amy Spencer:
amys@anchorandoakcounselling.com
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Getting Help
Reaching out for support can often make us feel vulnerable. Acknowledge the courage and bravery of taking these first steps towards your health and well-being. Seeking therapy with an objective and confidential professional can help on your wellness journey to nurture your emotional health and growth.
Contact Anchor & Oak
Anchor & Oak Counselling and Consulting
Suite 124-222 Main St, East
North Bay, Ontario
P1B 1B1
(705) 499-2810
anchorandoakcounselling@gmail.com
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