Services
Individual, couples and family psychotherapy
At Ditekemena Psychotherapy & Wellness, we provide a compassionate, confidential, and culturally sensitive environment where individuals, couples, and families can explore their challenges, develop resilience, and work toward meaningful personal growth.
- Services
- Individual, couples, family and spirituality-integrated psychotherapy
- Ages
- Youth 14+, adults, older adults
- Languages
- English and French
- Format
- In person and virtual
- Location
- Orléans (Ottawa), Ontario
Individual therapy
I provide individual psychotherapy for youth ages 14+, adults, and older adults.
Common concerns
- Anxiety and depression
- Low self-esteem and self-worth concerns
- Trauma and trauma-related concerns
- Grief, loss and life transitions
- Emotional regulation and anger management
- Perfectionism, overthinking and self-criticism
- Personal identity and self-exploration
- Workplace stress and burnout
- Family and peer relationships
- School-related stress and social challenges
What we work on
Through a collaborative therapeutic process, we explore your emotional experiences, thoughts, and behavioural patterns that may affect your well-being. Together, we identify your strengths, develop effective coping strategies, strengthen emotional regulation, and foster self-awareness, resilience, and meaningful personal change.
Couples therapy
A collaborative, emotionally focused and attachment-informed approach to help couples navigate relationship challenges, strengthen emotional connection and develop healthier patterns of communication.
Common concerns
- Communication difficulties and conflict management
- Emotional disconnection and relationship distress
- Infidelity, betrayal and rebuilding trust
- Emotional intimacy and attachment concerns
- Relationship transitions and fertility-related stress
What we work on
Our collaborative approach focuses on identifying unhelpful relational patterns, improving communication, strengthening emotional bonds, rebuilding trust, and developing effective conflict-management skills. We support couples in fostering emotional understanding, healthier boundaries, resilience, and more secure, meaningful relationships.
Family therapy
I support families through periods of strain, change and loss.
Common concerns
- Family conflict and communication difficulties
- Parenting challenges and family dynamics
- Family transitions and adjustment difficulties
- Emotional connection and healthy boundaries
- Family roles, relationships and interpersonal patterns
What we work on
Family therapy provides a collaborative space to identify unhelpful relational patterns, improve communication, strengthen emotional bonds and develop effective conflict-management skills, so that family members can build healthier boundaries, resilience and more secure, supportive connections.
Spirituality-integrated psychotherapy
For those who wish to bring their spiritual, religious or existential life into the therapeutic conversation.
Common concerns
- Spiritual and existential concerns
- Faith-related distress and inner conflicts
- Meaning, purpose and identity exploration
- Grief, loss, hope and emotional healing
- Forgiveness, reconciliation and relational distress
- Integration of spiritual beliefs and psychological well-being
What we work on
Our collaborative, client-centred approach respects diverse spiritual, religious, cultural, and non-religious perspectives. Therapy provides a safe, non-judgmental space to explore personal values, existential concerns, meaning, and purpose while supporting emotional well-being, self-awareness, resilience, and psychological growth, guided by each client's beliefs and preferences.
Not sure which is right for you?
A free consultation is a good place to start. We can talk through what brings you here and decide together on the format that fits.
Ready to begin?
You don't need to have everything figured out before reaching out. Sometimes the first step is simply having a conversation.
Free 15-minute consultation · In person in Orléans (Ottawa) or virtual across Ontario · English & French