Stronger Relationships Start with Understanding
Providing Psychotherapy in Peterborough, On & Surrounding Area
Accepting New Clients
Harnessing Change Psychotherapy
Therapy That Heals & Strengthens Relationships
Stronger Relationships Start with Understanding
At Harnessing Change, we help individuals, couples, and families in Peterborough and across Ontario build healthier connections and navigate life’s challenges. Our focus is simple: creating lasting change through deeper understanding of yourself and your relationships.
We take a systemic approach to therapy, recognizing that change can happen in two powerful ways:
Together — when couples or families work through struggles in the room, repairing trust and rebuilding connection.
Individually — when one person works on their own patterns, anxiety, depression, or trauma, creating change that ripples outward into their relationships, community, and future.
Whether you’re facing conflict, distance, stress, or the weight of past hurts, therapy can be the turning point that helps you find clarity, strength, and new ways forward.
What We Do
At Harnessing Change, we provide therapy that’s grounded in compassion, honesty, and practical tools. We see therapy as a partnership: tough enough to face hard truths, but supportive enough to help you grow.
While each type of therapy (Individual, Couples, Family) has its own focus, they share something important: they attend to how systems—your body, your relationships, your family—shape the way you live and feel. Change in one part of the system often creates change elsewhere.
If you’re curious about exploring one of these paths—working on yourself, with your partner, or with your family—therapy doesn’t promise perfection. It offers possibilities: more awareness, more choice, more options, more capacity to relate in ways that feel more aligned with who you are.
Why a Systemic Approach Works
Every individual is part of a larger system—family, friends, work, and community. When one person changes, it often shifts the system around them. Likewise, when relationships improve, individuals often feel more secure and resilient.
By working systemically, we help you create change that lasts—whether it begins with one person in the room or the whole family together.
Our Approach
We draw from a range of evidence-based therapies, tailoring each session to your needs. Some of the methods we use include:
Strengthening Relationships — Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Satir Family Systems Therapy
Healing from Trauma — Somatic Therapy, ACT, DBT, Narrative Therapy
Managing Anxiety & Stress — CBT, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Motivational Interviewing
Personal Growth — Person-Centered Therapy, Narrative Therapy, ACT
What this means for you: therapy that is personalized, practical, and grounded in approaches that truly support change.
Why Choose Us?
Lived Experience + Clinical Expertise – We know firsthand what it takes to work through difficult relationships, and we bring both professional training and personal understanding to our work.
Specialized Focus – Expertise in men’s mental health, trauma, anxiety, and relationship therapy.
Accessible Care – Offering sessions in-person at FlowSpa in Peterborough or online across Ontario.
Strength-Based Approach – We believe in building on your resilience, not just focusing on problems.
Ready to Begin?
Change doesn’t have to happen alone. Whether you’re starting therapy for the first time or looking for a new perspective, we’re here to support you.
Meet Our Therapists
Accepting New Clients
“It’s not your responsibility to struggle against other people’s decisions. It is your job to choose how to experience them.”
Accepting New Clients
“People are not bound to continue behaving in the same stuck pattern. By being willing to be open and learn alternative skills, anyone can create change in their life and can give themselves the option to respond to events in a value-based and meaningful way.”
Life moves fast, and the pressure to keep up can push us into overdrive. Over time, this constant strain can drain the body’s resources, leading to anxiety, depression, or feeling disconnected from yourself. Many people say they no longer feel like “themselves.”
Our bodies inform—not limit—what’s possible. Exhaustion can make challenges feel immovable, but with support and skill-building, those barriers often become manageable. I work from a strength- and values-based perspective, helping clients reframe setbacks as learning moments and recognize their progress along the way.
I draw on evidence-based therapies like DBT and ACT to help clients build practical skills in emotional regulation, mindfulness, and values-based living. My approach is both structured and flexible, offering a safe space to slow down, explore, and reconnect with yourself. Over time, we work toward creating more clarity, balance, and choice in your life.
I support individuals who feel disconnected from themselves—often after trauma, prolonged stress, or major life changes. For some, this means learning how to manage overwhelming thoughts, sensations, and emotions. For others, it’s about rebuilding a sense of trust and safety after trauma—gently stepping out of the protective cage they’ve built just to survive.
Your First Appointment
Our usual process is as follows, however, please know that we are also sensitive to clients’ needs and try to accommodate them.
Contact us over the phone at 705-761-0248 and we can walk you through account creation and booking your first session.
Use the contact form at the bottom of this page and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
You can feel free to use the ‘Create an Account’ button to create your own account, book your sessions, and inform yourself about how to join your first session.
Contact us Today
Your email will be sent to Information@harnessingchange.ca. Both Chris and Gen have access to this address and either may reply to your email.
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