Jason Koenigbaur

Jason offers Supervised Psychological Counselling under the supervision of a Registered Psychologist or Psychological Associate.

After completing his Masters Degree from the University of Toronto, Jason sought out extensive training and certification from the Gestalt Institute of Toronto (an approved psychotherapy training institution by the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario) and graduated from the five year Post-Graduate program in Professional Psychotherapy. Gestalt is an existential psychotherapy that helps people come to understand how they interfere and block their own needs and support in favour of old defense mechanisms. The goal of Gestalt is to change dysfunctional patterns, to live mindfully in the present moment, communicate authentically, and to tap into the creative potential for the satisfaction of human needs.

In addition to private practice work, Jason has been employed with community based counselling agencies in York Region providing Cognitive-Behavioural and Solution-Focused Therapies to individual, couples and families to mentoring/supervising student therapists. His background working with people from diverse populations, cultural backgrounds and sexual orientations has equipped him to understand the unique needs of individuals.

Jason specializes treating depression, anxiety and PTSD. In addition to utilizing the Gestalt Therapy, Jason integrates Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT), EMD (Eye movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and Clinical Hypnotherapy into the therapeutic process. Jason unique skill set provides him the ability to support his clients with a comprehensive therapeutic approach and to deal from deeper issues.