Making Life Changes for a
Satisfying and Purposeful Life
Welcome to Winds of Change Counselling
Services Provided
(Virtual or In-Person)
Is it hard to cope with the challenges you face every day?
Do you want to have a life that is more balanced?
Is stress stopping you from reaching your full potential?
Do you want to make changes in your personal life?
It can be hard to make changes in your life, especially in today's busy and fast-paced world where there is often little free time left for your personal needs and growth. Winds of Change Counselling can help you make life changes for a more satisfying and purposeful life.
In view of your own life situations and needs, you may choose from several helpful approaches. These include counselling, psychotherapy, psycho-educational programs, hypnosis, and sports hypnosis.
Grief & Trauma Consulting
Individuals dealing with grief or trauma as a result of an accident, death or occupational trauma.
First responders, military, police, front line workers.
Relationships
Individuals experiencing difficulties in their relationships with themselves, children, family.
Couples may also want to discuss parenting strategies.
Individuals
Individuals experiencing difficulties in life, work, relationships, or coping with change.
Counselling & Psychotherapy
Hypnosis for a Change
Hypnosis is a force for good. It is a natural, highly focused and relaxing state where we have a heightened ability to access positive resources capable of making positive changes in our life.
Our People
Christine Sternat and James Dixon are Winds of Change Counselling. They offer you counselling and consulting services that provide support, understanding and other help to individuals, families and couples.
Christine and James give you the chance to be heard and understood. Whatever aspect of your life you want to change, they will work with you to focus on the issues that are unique and personal to you.
In a respectful and encouraging way, Christine and James help you set new, or renewed, directions in life toward positive change, well-being and health.
Christine Sternat
MA, RP, (Cert) OAMHP
Registered Psychotherapist
James Dixon
B.A. (Honours Psychology), CH, CKM
Sports Mental Skills Trainer/Coach
Certified Knowledge Manager
Sports Consulting Hypnotist
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About Christine
Christine Sternat MA, RP, (Cert) OAMHP is a Counsellor, Psychotherapist and a compassionate professional whose work with individuals, couples and families is collaborative. She is an experienced therapist and a certified member of the Ontario Association of Mental Health Professionals (OAMHP).
Christine is also a Certified Practitioner of the Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories™ Protocol.
Christine's experience as a therapist includes work in private practice and a community mental health agency, as well as in school settings to deal with behavioural problems and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Currently, she works with clients with a variety of issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, anger, grief, communication or relationship problems, parenting concerns, family conflict, and mid-life and career transitions.
Christine is committed to improving lives and providing a supportive, encouraging and confidential environment for individuals, couples and families to address their personal difficulties. Her gentle guidance, support and encouragement help clients make the changes they want in their lives, relationships or careers.
She also counsels clients through Employee Assistance programs.
Christine received her Master of Arts (M.A.) in Counselling Psychology from the Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago. She is a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. She has additional certification in Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories™ Protocol, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming(NLP) and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI).
She believes that childrens' early and emotional experiences affect their future potential and growth. Christine offers group and individual anxiety prevention programs and is certified to facilitate the Friends for Life program, an evidence-based program for children.
Formerly an Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) Montessori teacher who owned and operated a private Montessori School in the Markham and Unionville area, Christine has held numerous parent education workshops.
About James
James Dixon, (Hons.) BA, CH, CKM is a Mental Game Trainer/Coach, Certified Consulting Hypnotist and Certified Knowledge Manager who has been offering his visionary leadership to numerous individuals, diverse organizations and causes for 30 years. As a consulting hypnotist he helps clients with many aspects of daily living such as: managing stress, anxiety, phobias and fears, habitual behaviour, sleep and other health issues, and self-esteem.
Another key area of James' expertise focuses on athletes and professionals who are seeking excellence in their fields. He developed a unique mental training program which, although it was originally designed for certain professional and amateur athletes, also applies to other athletes of all ages and sports.
His program helps athletes to develop mental skills that complement their physical and technical training. This program was mentioned in the book “The Northern Game” by Bob Elliot, regarding James' work with an Olympic athlete and a former Triple-A baseball pitcher.
James has a lifelong interest in human potential, the human mind and the ability to change. He received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Sociology, an Honours B.A. in Psychology, and postgraduate courses in business.
He is also certified as a Consulting Hypnotist by the National Guild of Hypnotists, a Master Practitioner in NLP from NLP Canada and Grinder & Associates, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and German New Medicine Level IV.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OUR SPORTS PROGRAM AND MENTAL GAME TRAINING, CLICK LINK BELOW.