West Broadway, Vancouver
Evidence-based therapies for individuals and couples
In a warm, thoughtful and caring therapeutic relationship.
Licensed psychologist (BC), clinical psychologist (Australia). PhD and Masters in Clinical Psychology, The University of Western Australia.
Welcoming new clients · In person and telehealth · $235 per 50-minute session · Book an initial phone call (15 to 20 minutes, no charge)
- I specialise in PTSD, anxiety, mood disorders, self-esteem and problems in relationships. I work with both individuals and couples.
- I provide focused and time-limited therapies for specific problem areas. In this way of working, I would usually see people for six to ten sessions for clinical problems (PTSD, depression, anxiety, stress and burnout, low self-esteem), measuring symptom change as we go.
- I also work longer term with people in more complex situations, including personality disorders, functional and somatic disorders, and chronic illness and medical problems.
- The approaches I draw on are CBT, Schema Therapy, EMDR, Mindfulness and Interpersonal Process therapy.
I am welcoming new clients. For enquiries, please email me at dralicetobin@hushmail.com.
You can also book an initial phone call directly.
How the work is structured
- Assessment: I gather information about the problem area as well as overall information about the person. This includes outcome measures.
- Formulation: a careful and collaborative process of making sense of the problems, in particular the parts that seem contradictory or difficult to understand. This guides treatment planning. It may include DSM-5 diagnoses, but does not have to.
- Therapy phase: block of goal-directed therapy sessions with review at sessions 6 and 10.
- End-of-block review: we discuss closing therapy, shifting towards longer-term goals, discharge or referral.
Longer-term therapy
Suitability includes personality growth, personality disorders, functional and somatic disorders, and chronic illness.
- Assessment and formulation occur over several sessions
- I prioritise depth of understanding of personality style and relationships
- Meeting consistently allows for personality patterns from real life to emerge in therapy
- I focus the work on creating opportunities to experience the self and other people in new ways
Low-cost therapy post-hospitalisation
I offer this reduced-fee stream to people recently discharged from hospital, medical or psychiatric, within the preceding six months, in recognition of the gap in access to psychological services in the public health system at the point of discharge.
Enquiries
For enquiries, please email me at dralicetobin@hushmail.com.
You can also book an initial phone call directly.
I usually answer emails within 48 hours.
What happens after an enquiry is set out under getting started.
- Clinic location
- West Broadway, Vancouver
- dralicetobin@hushmail.com
- Fax
- +1 877-403-6054
- Sessions
- In person and telehealth
- Appointments
- Daytime appointments and limited evening appointments available