Psychotherapy services help individuals, couples and families experiencing challenges to find hope and healing and overcome difficulties. If you’re hoping to improve family relationships or manage transitions such as loss or separation; coping with grief and loss; managing stress, anxiety or depression; experiencing Intimate Partner Violence, or wanting to overcome the effects of past or present trauma, our professional therapy programs and sessions can help.

Individuals interested in any psychotherapy program may refer themselves. We are a low-cost, fee-for-service agency. The fee is set with you based on circumstances, ranging from $0-80. Your therapist will discuss the fee schedule with you during the first interview and the two of you will arrive at a mutually agreed upon fee. We ask that you pay your fee after each session interview if at all possible. No one is turned away because of the fee.

For more information on accessing services, please click “Getting Started.”

We offer a variety of group programs to help mothers and their children who have experienced violence in both separate and concurrent programs that are led by our team of compassionate therapists.

An intake and assessment by a therapist must be done before joining any of our therapeutic groups. For more information on accessing services, visit our "Getting Started" page.

Childminding is available for our woman abuse group programs at no additional charge.

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Women Against Violence Everywhere (WAVE) - Part 1

A 10-week, psycho-educational group for women who have experienced abuse in an intimate relationship. Topics include the cycle of violence, effect on children, legal issues, safety, understanding the abusive behaviour, anger, grief and the effect of abuse on women. Groups are offered mornings and evenings. The group fee is $25, with subsidy available upon request.

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Women Against Violence Everywhere (WAVE) - Part 2

An 8-week group for women who have completed WAVE 1 that focuses on further growth and empowerment. Topics include trust, assertiveness, positive thinking, family of origin issues, boundaries, self-care and healthy relationships. The group fee is $25, with subsidy available upon request.

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Parenting After Conflict (PAC)

A 10-week, concurrent program for women who have been abused in intimate partner relationships and for their children that have witnessed the conflict. The mother's group explores strategies for parenting children who have been exposed to conflict with a focus on strengthening parenting skills, and sharing and supporting one another. Transportation may be provided for this group upon request. 

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Children Exposed to Conflict (CEC)

A 10-week, concurrent program focused on understanding conflict, learning to be safe, separation and divorce, anger management skills, and self-esteem. There are two children's groups, for ages 5 - 8 and 9 - 12, that run concurrently with the Parenting After Conflict group; mothers must attend Parenting After Conflict for children to attend this group. 

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C.A.R.T. - Communication and Relationships for Teens

This is an 8 session, after-school group for teens aged 13 - 17 that have been exposed to violence. The group focuses on communication skills, self-esteem, healthy relationships, dating violence, and stress management.

We also offer individual and family therapy when indicated to support victims and witnesses of intimate partner violence heal and move forward in life.  This is done through our regular psychotherapy services, and through our Safer Families Program. 

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Safer Families Program

Together with the Durham Children's Aid Society (CAS), Renewal Psychotherapy works collaboratively to assist families who are currently at risk of being involved with child protection services due to children witnessing violence. Joint in-house assessments and ongoing clinical services are offered to families where intimate partner violence has occurred. This program seeks to increase the family's safety while the agencies work together to provide the services necessary to reach this goal. All intakes for this program are done through Durham CAS; please call 905-433-1551 and speak to intake if this program sounds right for you.

We offer individual and family therapy sessions for children aged 5 and up, in addition to specific group programs for children and teenagers. Our therapists use a variety of evidence-based approaches to help young people feel safe and comfortable to share the unique issues they may face interpersonally or socially.