Sharon Howk-Ventrudo
Psychologist Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, 980 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6V4Biography
Sharon has been working in hospital-based programs providing out-patient psychotherapy to adults and seniors in the areas of general community mental health and chronic disease management. Her service provision consists of therapy for depression, anxiety, grief, work stress, burn out, interpersonal conflict, diabetes/health self-management, trauma/PTSD and stress.
Sharon has been trained in a number of therapy models including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and mindfulness based interventions.
She has had the privilege of developing trusting relationships with her clients over the years and is honoured to share in each person’s personal journey.
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