Mental Health Counselling:
Supporting Growth, Building Resilience
Our counselling services help adolescents and adults navigate challenges, build emotional resilience, and reconnect with themselves and others. Through a compassionate, evidence-based approach, we support mental wellness and personal growth — because healing happens in safe, supported spaces.
Choose counselling when you need support with:
- Managing anxiety, stress, and overwhelm
- Navigating depression and mood-related challenges
- Finding support for self-harm or suicidal thoughts
- Addressing substance use with a harm reduction approach
- Understanding and regulating your emotions
- Building self-esteem and exploring identity
- Improving communication and relationship dynamics
- Coping with life changes, transitions, or unexpected events
- Processing grief, loss, or heartbreak
- Enhancing focus and mindset for sport or performance
- Managing stress at school or work
- Working through family conflict or shifting dynamics
Explore our Services
Mental Health Assessment & Counselling
We provide compassionate, evidence-informed support to help individuals better understand and manage their mental health. Through collaborative assessment and therapeutic conversations, we explore emotional wellbeing, daily function, and life challenges. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, low mood, stress, or life transitions, our approach helps you build insight, develop coping strategies, and reconnect with what matters most. Services are tailored to meet the needs of both adolescents and adults, with a focus on building resilience, restoring balance, and supporting meaningful everyday life.
Depending on your unique mental health needs, you may work with one of our Occupational Therapists or Counsellors. Services may be tailored for both adolescents and adults, with a focus on building resilience, restoring balance, and supporting a meaningful everyday life.
Youth & Adolescent Mental Health Support
Support may include mindfulness, self-compassion, values-based goal setting, and collaborative care with families or schools to ensure consistent support across environments.
Chronic Pain Treatment
Our Occupational Therapists provide personalized care using a range of evidence-based strategies, either independently or in collaboration with other members of the care team, including:
- Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE) to shift how pain is understood and experienced
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to support values-based living despite pain
- Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET) to address unresolved emotional contributors
- Mindful Self-Compassion practices to reduce suffering and build resilience
- Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) to retrain the brain’s response to pain signals
Treatment may also include pacing techniques, activity modification, relaxation strategies, and support with emotional regulation and goal setting.
Our goal is to help you regain function, reduce fear, and feel more empowered in your day-to-day life.
Sport & Performance Counselling
We support athletes and performers in strengthening their mental game to enhance focus, confidence, and resilience—on and off the field. Whether you’re managing performance anxiety, recovering from injury, or navigating the pressures of competition, our approach helps you build mental skills that support both performance and well-being.
Areas of focus may include:
- Focus and emotional regulation under pressure
- Goal setting and motivation
- Managing performance anxiety and fear of failure
- Identity and confidence in sport
- Mindfulness, self-compassion, and recovery strategies
Support is available for youth and adults, from recreational to elite levels.
Depending on your needs and goals, support may be provided by an Occupational Therapist or Counsellor. We use evidence-informed strategies tailored to enhance performance while supporting your overall mental well-being.
Weight Management Support
Our approach to weight management goes beyond numbers on a scale. We offer compassionate, individualized support that helps you understand the emotional, behavioural, and lifestyle patterns influencing your health and wellbeing. Together, we explore your relationship with food, movement, and body image—without judgment or quick fixes.
Whether you’re working toward sustainable lifestyle changes, building motivation, or navigating the emotional impact of health challenges, we’re here to support you. Depending on your goals and needs, you may work with one of our Occupational Therapists or Counsellors to help restore balance, build self-trust, and reconnect with your body in a more supportive way.
We offer a complimentary 15-minute discovery call for Mental Health services.
Contact us today to book your discovery call or schedule your first appointment. You can also browse the provider bios below to learn more about our team, their areas of specialization, and book online.
Our Mental Health Team
Dr. Morgan Marcoux
Clinical Psychiatrist with specialized focus in Mental Health, Mental Performance, Sleep & RecoveryDr. Morgan Marcoux
Clinical Psychiatrist with specialized focus in Mental Health, Mental Performance, Sleep & RecoveryDr. Morgan Marcoux is a psychiatrist specializing in work‑focused assessment, early RTW planning, and performance‑oriented care. He delivers decision‑ready reports and coordinates tightly with Pure's multidisciplinary team to translate recommendations into results. Clinically, he focuses on mental performance, resilience, and sleep/recovery, drawing on experience with elite sport, including the Winnipeg Jets and Project 11. Patients can expect compassionate, practical care; employers can expect clear guidance that supports safe, sustainable return to work.
Mental Performance
Dr. Marcoux strongly believes in the importance of assessing our mental operations as it directly impacts how we think, feel, and act. It's not just about being "smart" or having high cognitive abilities; it's about how effectively we can focus, make decisions, manage stress, stay motivated, and adapt to challenges. Ultimately, mental performance isn't just about individual achievement—it's also about being able to contribute to your community, team, and relationships in a meaningful way. When we prioritize and nurture our mental performance, we can handle life’s challenges more effectively, improve our relationships, and enhance our overall sense of fulfillment.
Sleep
As sleep is one of the most powerful regulators of psychological health, Dr. Marcoux pursued additional training in sleep interventions and has particular interest in helping improve individuals' quality of sleep, restoration and wakefulness. Dr. Marcoux is able to offer comprehensive sleep assessments and tailored sleep interventions to those who suffer from sleep disruption/fatigue related to their medical condition(s).
Tara Johnson
Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC)Tara Johnson
Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC)Tara is a compassionate and experienced Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) dedicated to helping individuals navigate life’s challenges and achieve mental and emotional well-being. With 27 years of experience, she specializes in providing evidence based therapeutic interventions to individuals, couples, and families dealing with a range of issues, including anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties, life transitions, grief and loss, self esteem and confidence building, child and adolescent counselling, behavioural and parenting support, neurodivergent strengths and challenges, and stress management.
Tara has a Master of Education Counselling Psychology (MEd) from the University of Manitoba and is a Certified Canadian Counsellor (CCC) with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA). She draws from a variety of therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), and trauma informed practices, tailoring each session to meet the unique needs and goals of the client.
With a warm, empathetic, and non-judgmental approach, Tara creates a safe and supportive space where clients feel heard, understood, and empowered to explore their challenges, develop coping strategies, and create lasting positive change.
Whether you're seeking help with personal growth, navigating specific struggles, or managing difficult emotions, Tara is dedicated to partnering with you on your journey toward healing and self-discovery.
Education
Master of Education Counselling Psychology (MEd)Certified Canadian Counsellor (CCC)
Madison Stratton
Registered Psychiatric NurseMadison Stratton
Registered Psychiatric NurseMadison is a Registered Psychiatric Nurse dedicated to supporting individuals as they navigate life’s challenges and transitions. She works within a client-centered framework, striving to help people achieve improved well-being while honoring their unique experiences and personal journeys. She believes in optimizing each person’s existing strengths while collaborating to build new skills and achieve goals that feel meaningful and attainable.
Currently working in Interventional Psychiatry, Madison provides specialized care to individuals experiencing complex mental health concerns. Her background includes experience in inpatient psychiatry, community addictions support, emergency psychiatry, and crisis intervention. These diverse clinical settings have shaped her ability to respond with adaptability and clinical precision while maintaining a grounded and compassionate presence. She works closely with clients to develop practical, individualized strategies that promote resilience, stability, and long-term growth.
Madison chose to pursue a career in mental health out of a passion for the impact mental wellness has on overall functioning and quality of life. She believes strongly in the integration of mental and physical health models, recognizing that true healing requires a holistic understanding of the person as a whole. Through collaboration, compassion, and thoughtful care, she strives to empower clients to move forward with confidence and renewed self-efficacy.
Outside of work, Madison enjoys spending time with family and friends. An open Saturday morning is best spent attending a group fitness class before grabbing a coffee with a friend.
