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About me

 

Dr. Miguel Robichaud, R.Psych.

Psychologist / Neuropsychologist

Located in Halifax, my practice is general in scope. In therapy I work with individuals presenting with anxiety, stress, obsessive-compulsive disorders, major depressive disorders, and other mood-related conditions. I also work with individuals presenting with personality disorders, trauma and dissociation, and relational/interpersonal difficulties. Additionally, I provide comprehensive psychological and neuropsychological assessment services.

I hold a Doctorate in Psychology (Psy.D) from the University of Moncton, in New Brunswick Canada. A program accredited through the Canadian Psychological Association.

 
 

My Approach

What To Expect

Specialization

In a first visit, we will explore your expectations and goals for therapy. I will provide you with my professional opinion on how we can achieve these goals together. Our first meeting helps ensure that you are connecting with a therapist who will be a good fit for you.

My clinical orientation is strongly rooted in the integration of cognitive-behavioural, psychodynamic, and experiential theories. This perspective gives me an understanding of my client's distress and emotional needs, as well as their difficulty soothing this pain alone and within their relationships.






To help you achieve your therapeutic goals, I work from an integrative approach, employing various evidence-based therapeutic modalities (e.g., psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural, emotion-focused) that suit your core concerns.

You can expect therapy with me to follow two broad and flexible phases:

  1. I work with you at the level of symptom reduction using a variety of cognitive-behavioural therapy approaches to help you learn new skills to alleviate your distress.

  2. Together we uncover how this distress came to be, or its origins, through an exploration of deeper feelings and emotions associated with painful experience related to your past.


Over time, as my client's symptoms reduce, we shift focus to finding meaning and fulfillment in life.

I specialize in helping individuals understand and change long-standing personality patterns and process unresolved issues stemming from family relations and upbringing (i.e., attachment issues, past or ongoing emotional deprivation, traumatic experiences such as sexual abuse).

Part of individualizing care to each person involves considering the impact of family background and ancestry, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, and socioeconomic status can have on wellbeing. Attending to social and economic factors during therapy is often a crucial part of achieving wellbeing.





 
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Values

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I believe that the practice of psychology is most effective when guided by scientific knowledge.

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I believe that psychological services, be it psychotherapy or psychological assessments, are most relevant when customized to meet the individual concerns and needs of clients.

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Attending to social, cultural and economic factors during therapy is often a crucial part of achieving wellbeing. I strive to remain attentive to how issues such as sexual and gender identity, race, culture, and economic factors inform your experience of the world.

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My practice is guided by the ethics, standards, and regulations set out by the Nova Scotia Board of Examiners in Psychology and relevant provincial and federal laws.

 
 

Feel free to reach out

Ask us a question or book your appointment.

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