About the Practice
The client-therapist relationship is the heart and soul of therapy. When you face challenges in life and are struggling to cope, you may feel extremely isolated and powerless. But you don’t have to go through it alone. Recognizing that you are struggling and taking the first step by asking for help is incredibly courageous and a triumph in itself. Good therapy is built on the foundation of mutual empathy, trust, and genuine connection between two human beings. Without them, all the insights and techniques in the world would not lead to meaningful changes.
When your therapist have built this kind of relationship with you, you might find yourself trusting this human being more, and by consequence, the therapy process. This is called a therapeutic encounter, and it is the core of what we do at Transformative Encounters.
About Your Therapist
Hi, my name is Ruihong Yuan, but you can call me Bill. I’m a Registered Psychotherapist based in Ontario, providing therapy to clients all across Canada. I obtained my Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University after getting my Bachelor’s in Psychology and Physics from University of Toronto. As a therapist, my main approach is psychodynamic therapy where I help my clients identify, understand, and work with their unconscious patterns. By making the unconscious patterns conscious, we collaboratively clear up a pathway to healing and growth. When suitable to my clients, I incorporate other therapies to provide them the best care I can, such as CBT, DBT, ACT, EFT and narrative therapy.
When I’m not being a therapist, I write fiction (which I first pursued in the 3 years between my two degrees), play tennis, read a lot of books, and enjoy deep conversations with a few of my closest friends.
Are you interested in therapy? Reach out for a FREE 30-min initial consult and let’s chat!
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