George Hartwell

Experience Christian Therapy / Counselling

You want to heal and transform you life and find that 'do-it-yourself' is not working.
You want therapy that works long term and is not just short term band aid approach.
You turn to an experienced, Christian professional who will meet you in a faith-based relationship yet use the best available therapeutic methods including EMDR.

George is an experienced Christian therapist - a registered psychotherapist with the Ontario College of Registered Psychotherapists. George holds a Masters degree in clinical psychology from the University of Calgary and is an EMDR-trained clinician.

He makes use of an attachment model in couple therapy following the model of Emotionally-focused Couple Therapy. He trained under Sue Johnson of 'Hold Me Tight' for this.
He has trained in psychodrama, Reality Therapy and Transactional Analysis. Recent training has been in Coherence Therapy and the use of Memory Reconsolidation in brief therapy. He is also a master of inner healing using Prayer Therapy.
George is writing a book called 'Heal My Inner Child.'

In our unconscious are all the memories that shaped our heart and our life. They are almost immovable, solid, refusing to budge. Yet they generate our fears and motive our goals. They form our personality which replaces and holds the place of our authentic identity.
Experienced psychotherapists must understand how to find the unconscious roots and core beliefs that generate problem patterns and how to defuse them.
George is experienced in finding a way for my heart to yield those root issues and how to reduce their potency.
Together we will unlock your emotional brain and let it find ways to edit old scripts. This allows you to begin to rewrite your life plan and get new perspectives on your life.
The result is real change and change that is permanent and long-term.

Couple Therapy with George

Couples can self-repair if they can get reunited as a team. The first step toward that is listening to one another. But most couples do not listen to the other and that is certainly true of couple that come to me for marriage counselling. That is why most couples say they have a problem with communication.
Listening. That is where it starts. 'I see you.' Really seeing the other brings connection.
But our walls stand in the way. Behind our walls is our hurt, memories being recycled, and our anger.
As the couple counsellor listens and understands. We begin to soften and learn to listen too.
It helps that the therapist listens while we are still angry and hurting. As we soften eventually we can ask forgiveness with sincerity and empathy. This triggers softening of our hearts toward one another. A t that point reconciliation and bonding comes.
When healing comes we suddenly see our partner in new light. We see a friend. We can listen to. Our partner can see us. We pull pull together as a team.
Now we can enter the flow of life and love and handle life together.

Other Therapy

A wise caring counsellor is the shepherd and guide we need when in a times of crisis, turmoil, divorce, affair, or nervous breakdown.
We begin to find our footing as he listens. The therapists in depth understanding without a hint of judgement helps us to find the path.
Good support is essential for mental health and clear thinking when in the dark valleys of life.
When new perspectives occur to us there is even laughter.
Things get clearer. We get calmer.

George is experienced in Systematic Desensitization of Test Anxiety, Social Anxiety and others.
and makes use of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) for