Specialist in Chronic Pain Management

Many who experience a medically-related event, traumatic injury, or illness report feeling frustrated, misunderstood, and alone. Anxiety, depression, a lack of purpose and sense of self can arise. Professional support to help process and cope with these feelings, can relieve the social isolation, increased stress, and worrisome transitions back to work, school, and/or home life.

These “invisible” challenges and changes are common, real, and can be eased.

Therapy.   With over 20 years of clinical and research experience, Melissa Cutler provides superior specialized counselling services in Toronto uniquely tailored to optimize personal growth and health for those struggling to cope with the complex psychological impact of acute or chronic health conditions..

Therapy is a collaborative relationship and starts with understanding you and your concerns. Grounded in dialogue and implemented in a safe, supportive setting, therapy offers you the opportunity to talk openly with someone who’s objective, neutral and nonjudgmental.

Together, we will work to identify and change the mental, emotional, and/or behavioural patterns that are preventing you from feeling your best

Melissa provides a broad range of counselling services for adults including:

• • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• • Brain injury, Stroke, and Concussion recovery
• • Chronic pain management
• • Grief, Loss, and Trauma
• • Caregiver stress and burnout
• • Depression
• • Anxiety
• • Anger and Stress management
• • Relationship difficulties and Communication challenges
• • Self-image, Body image and Self-esteem

Having worked with many organizations specializing in brain injury, stroke and concussion, Melissa Cutler provides a wide range of consultation, training, clinical supervision and group facilitation on a number of topics related to mental health and professional practice.

Topics include the following and custom designed workshops are offered:

• • Coping with difficult emotions following brain injury
• • Post stroke depression and the emotional journey following stroke
• • Caregiver stress management and avoiding burnout
• • Activity planning and productivity following brain injury
• • Stress management skills building
• • Self-management and wellness
• • CBT basics for depression and anxiety
• • Chronic pain management

Consultation and Training Fees

Fee scale varies depending on agency needs, travel costs, number of training days requested, and resources required.

Melissa Cutler is one of Canada's preeminent therapists providing specialized counselling to help bridge the psychological, emotional, behavioural and social aspects of medically related traumatic events, injury, and illness alongside medical and physical care. She helps people adjust and align their thoughts and emotions with their presenting challenges as they adjust to new realities.

Trained and licensed as a clinical social worker, Melissa’s career spans 20 years of combined clinical and research experience across hospital, community, and public sector settings. In addition to a primary clinical practice, Melissa is a group facilitator, educator, and field instructor. She is also actively involved in research and educational initiatives examining the life adjustment for young adult survivors of concussion and brain injury.

Melissa holds Masters Degrees in both Psychology and Social Work from the University of Toronto, of which she was a recipient of an Excellence in Field Education Award by the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work. She holds advanced training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), trauma focused counselling, and chronic pain management.

Locations

Midtown Office

3080 Yonge Street
Suite # 5035
Toronto, ON M4N 3N1

(Yonge-Lawrence)

Downtown Office

80 Carlton Street, Suite 8
Toronto, ON, M5B 1L6

(Carlton Street between Church and Jarvis)