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Virtual Therapy In Ontario, Canada In Person Therapy in Hamilton & London

Melora Andrews

Melora Andrews

Student Intern, MACP Candidate Registered Psychotherapist, Qualifying

Melora understands how vital it is to feel safe, heard, and supported when being vulnerable and exploring personal experiences. Her goal is to foster a trusting therapeutic relationship with her clients where they feel empowered to explore their personal experiences at a pace that is comfortable for them. Her hope to support her clients in working through navigating life’s transitions, challenges, and emotional well-being. Her goal is to help build confidence, develop strategies and tools and empower her clients to make lasting change.

Your session with Melora will be a safe space for you to share, and will consist of a collaborative and client-centred approach. She utilizes a tailored approach to support you in recognizing the root cause of the challenges that you are facing and the patterns that are impacting your quality of life.

Her main areas of focus include anxiety, burnout, perfectionism, life transitions and self-esteem, women’s issues, relationship issues and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). She utilizes a collaborative and client-centred approach drawing from different therapeutic modalities tailored to fit your unique needs. These may include ACT, DBT, CBT, SFBT and EFT.

Therapeutic Approach:

  • Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
  • Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
  • Interpersonal
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Person-Centered
  • Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
  • Compassion Focused
  • Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Humanistic

Specialities:

  • Anxiety
  • Life Transitions
  • Self Esteem
  • ADHD
  • OCD
  • Anger Management
  • Autism
  • Behavioural Issues
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Burnout
  • Borderline Personality (BPD)
  • Codependency
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Perfectionism
  • Grief
  • Peer Relationships
  • Relationship Issues
  • School Issues
  • Stress
  • Women’s Issues
  • Mood Disorders

Supports

  • Family Therapy Hamilton Teens
  • Emotion Focused Therapy Individuals
  • Somatic therapy Hamilton Adult and Elders(65+)

Credentials:

  • Bachelor of Science Honours – Neuroscience and Mental Health, Minor in Psychology
  • Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology – Yorkville University (expected 2026)
  • Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA)
  • Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) – College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario
  • Acceptance & Commitment Therapy- ACT Made Simple
  • ACT for PTSD, Anxiety, Depression & Personality Disorders – PESI
  • Complex Trauma Certification Training Level 1 & 2 (CCTP/CCTP-II) Course with Janina Fisher – PESI
  • Certified Dialectical Behavior Therapy Professional (C-DBT) Training: An Advanced Online Skills Training for Adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Everyday Clinical Needs – PESI
Therapist Location Fees & Session Cost
Hamilton, Online $120 per session-sliding scale available

Favourite Quotes

“Even in the darkest night, the stars still shine”

– John Green

“Mental health is not a destination, it’s a journey”

– Noam Shpancer

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