
CLIENT DEMOGRAPHIC
Children, Adolescents, Adults, Couples
AVAILABILITY
- Virtual | As Needed
- In-Person | Monday, Wednesday
Desirée Crooks
(she/her)
Registered Psychotherapist
Method of Services:
Virtual
In-Person
BIOGRAPHY
Desirée is a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO), who works with various age ranges including children, adolescents, adults, and couples. She specializes in anxiety, depression, PTSD and trauma, grief and loss, self-harm and suicide ideation, relationship challenges, self-esteem, neurodivergency, and emotion regulation.
Desirée believes that within counselling, change is deeply rooted in the therapeutic relationship. It is a collaborative process fostered by compassion, non-judgement, and unconditional positive regard. Within her practice, she draws from various therapeutic modalities to find the right fit for your needs.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Treatment
- Honours Bachelor Degree in Psychology, Laurentian University
- Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology, Yorkville University
- Post Graduate Certificate, Infant and Young Child Mental Health, Seneca College
- Anti-oppressive
- Trauma-informed
- Culturally sensitive
- Neurodivergent-affirming
- Strengths-based
- Solution-focused
- Person-centered
- Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness
- Multi-modal approach
- Somatic experiencing
- Gottman method