Tom Petridis

Clinical Director, BA, MEd, MACP, 
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)

Hello, and thanks for having a look at my profile!

Trained in many areas of psychotherapy, for a variety of reasons, such as:

• Anxiety & Stress (including the cycle of worry & fear, self care, burnout, meditation techniques, lifestyle changes, and challenging and evaluating our thoughts) 

• Addictions & Recovery (including support systems, risk reduction, harm minimization, root causes, challenging our thoughts, higher power, alternative options, and looking at relationships)

• Depression (including mood charts, healthy living, considering diet, evaluting substance use, relationships, boredom, looking at our hobbies/interests, self care, routines, and being active in a healthy way)

• Men’s Issues (including relationships, girlfriends, wives, marriage, divorce, loneliness, boredom, anger, support systems, self care, stress, depression, substance use, vices, friendships, gambling, ways to cope, burnout, journalling, getting things out, meditation, removing the mask, being more authentic, stress management, career, anxiety, mood changes, irritability)

• Youth/Teen Mental Health (including relationships, friendships, family dynamics, school stress, life pressures, substances, screen time, bullying, expectations, life transitions)

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) (which is often a defense mechanism rooted in worry, fear and trying to control one’s environment in order to reduce perceived harm or danger, reducing stress and anxiety, finding the root causes, exposure therapy) 

• Spirituality or Faith & Higher Power (including anything you personally believe is a power greater than yourself) 

• Self-Harming (including finding the root causes, as well as healthier replacement strategies)

• Relationship Issues (including arguing, communication styles, and the love languages) 

• Mood Disorders (including learning about self, our triggers, what helps and hurts our mood, and other various options we have to live a more stable lifestyle)

• Anger Management (which includes looking at the whole person, evaluating self care, consequences, regret, shame, environments, and what we can do as a preventative, in the moment, and post anger scenarios) 

• And more..

My goal is to treat you as the whole person, where we, as a team, decide what goals are best for you in each moment.

We are complex beings, where biology, psychology, and our social networks, all play an important and integral role in our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.

Furthermore, if you are willing, there may be some past events we can unpack together, to either potentially help you begin to heal, and/or help us to learn and grow from them.

That brings me to our alliance. I want you to feel safe, and we therefore will go at your pace, so that you can feel comfortable to disclose what you want to, when you are ready, at your own stages in our process.

A little bit about me is that I am a father of two, and have been married for over 10 years. I went through some difficult times of my own, sought therapy, and it helped me get on a better path. I was so inspired by the field, that I left teaching to pursue this career. It is my hope that I will be able to assist you in your journey, as I was helped on mine.