Dr. Trisha M. Kivisalu, is a Licensed Psychologist with the College of Health and Care Professionals of B.C. (#1014779). She completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology. She has extensive experience working to help individuals manage the experience of Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Adjustment-related concerns, Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors, Trichotillomania, Life Stress, Obsessions and Compulsions, Self-Esteem, Self-Confidence, Academic stress and achievement demands, and Work-Life Balance concerns. She works to help support individuals build healthy coping strategies, healthy relationships, and effectively manage life’s challenges.
Dr. Kivisalu’s approaches to therapy is integrated and includes Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Mindfulness, Solution Focused Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Therapy is tailored to the unique presenting concerns of each person and incorporates best practices in treatment.
Dr. Kivisalu also provides couple’s and relationship therapy. Dr. Kivisalu’s approach to couples and relationship therapy uses a combination of evidence-based treatments from Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and has Level 1 and Level 2 Training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy and uses Gottman Method Couples Therapy in her work with couples. This integrated approach aims to help individuals and couples examine and understand their behaviors, underlying thoughts, clarify intentions, as well as focus on developing and enhancing effective relationship communication and healthy patterns of interaction.
Couples therapy can be helpful to address healthy relationship communication, conflict resolution, sustaining a relationship through life changes or long-distance (such as returning to school, or changes in career/job placement or location), adjusting to marriage, adjusting to living together, or as a means to proactively discuss relationship parameters before marriage or the decision to cohabitate.
Note that Initial couples’ sessions are 80 minutes in duration. Subsequent couples’ appointments are 50 minutes.
Please note that Wise Mind Centre is not a vendor of ICBC and WorkSafe BC. Dr. Trisha Kivisalu does not accept ICBC or WorkSafe BC referrals.