Is anxiety, low mood, trauma, or ADHD impacting your quality of life or holding you back from achieving your goals?
You're not alone, and support is available. Our focus is on understanding your unique story and helping you navigate life's challenges by integrating evidence-based approaches that work for you. We offer cognitive behavioural therapy, exposure and response prevention, cognitive processing therapy, EMDR, dialectical behaviour therapy, somatic therapy, internal family systems, and acceptance and commitment therapy.
Who we work with
Evolve Psychotherapy welcomes pre-teens, teens, and adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, ADHD, and life's harder moments. As a queer and neurodivergent-affirming practice, we provide a space where LGBTQ2S+ and neurodivergent clients can feel truly seen. We also work with first responders processing the unique demands of their work. Wherever you're starting from, you'll be met with a plan that's built around you, not a one-size-fits-all approach.
Discover the benefits of Evolve Psychotherapy
Personalized Treatment Plans
Flexible Scheduling Options
Safe and Confidential Space
Jasmine Gagnon
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Jasmine is dedicated to supporting adolescents and adults with anxiety, OCD, depression, ADHD, trauma, PTSD, LGBTQ2S+ issues, and more. Using an integrative and evidence-based approach, she is here to help guide you on your journey toward healing and personal growth.
Training & credentials:
- Advanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - McMaster University Continuing Professional Education
- Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy Essentials - ICEEFT
- Basic Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Training - Niagara Stress & Trauma Clinic
- Somatic Experiencing Intermediate II - Somatic Experiencing International
- Supporting the Transgender & Gender Diverse Community Through CBT - McMaster University Continuing Professional Education
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - McMaster University Continuing Professional Education
- Cognitive Processing Therapy: An Evidence-Based Approach to Treat PTSD & Related Conditions - PESI
- CBT & Exposure & Response Prevention for Treatment of GAD, Panic Disorder, OCD, Social Anxiety, & Phobias - PESI
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Certification Training - PESI
- Death Anxiety as a Transdiagnostic Target: Innovations in Mental Health Treatment - Menzies Anxiety Centre
- Psychological Flexibility for a Traumatizing World: How to Foster the Most Important Skill in All of Psychotherapy - PESI
- Changing the ADHD Brain: Moving Beyond Medication - PESI
- Adapting Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for ADHD & Neurodivergence - ADDitude
- Behavioural Addictions & ADHD: Breaking the Cycle of Gambling, Sex, Gaming, & More - ADDitude
- IFS Therapy Immersion: Integrating the Internal Family Systems (IFS) Model Across Clinical Applications - PESI
- DBT Skills - Psychwire
- Neurodiversity Affirming EMDR: Adapting EMDR for Autistic and ADHD Clients - Divergent Futures
- Master of Arts Counselling Psychology - Yorkville University
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Areas we serve
In-person sessions are available at our Grimsby office. We regularly work with clients from:
- Grimsby
- Hamilton
- Stoney Creek
- Winona
- Beamsville
- Vineland
- Jordan Station
- Thorold
- Lincoln
- Smithville
- Niagara Falls
- St. Catharines
Don't see your area listed? Virtual sessions are available to clients throughout Ontario!
Frequently asked questions
We start with a biopsychosocial assessment, which is just me getting to know you in a holistic manner: your history, your health, your current lifestyle, what brought you in, as well as your strengths and supports. From there we set clear goals together and use a brief formal assessment so we both have a baseline measurement of your symptoms. We'll revisit that assessment down the road so you can actually see your progress, not just hope it's happening.
Both are bottom-up, body-based approaches to trauma. This means that they work with how trauma is held in the nervous system, not just how trauma has changed the way we think. EMDR uses auditory, tactical, or visual bilateral stimulation to help reprocess difficult memories while somatic therapy focuses on the physical sensations connected to stress and trauma. I use them together as an alternative to top-down approaches, cognitive-behavioural approaches such as cognitive processing therapy, which is another evidence-based way of targeting trauma. Together, we'll explore whether a body-based, bottom-up approach or cognitive, top-down approach will fit you best.
Direct, structured, and collaborative. I believe you deserve a therapist who will be honest with you while also making you feel heard, understood, and supported, because meaningful change starts with having a clear understanding of what’s really going on. Together, we’ll develop a practical, concrete plan for therapy, so you know what we’re working toward, why we’re doing it, and what progress can look like along the way. Clients often tell me they appreciate having that clarity and sense of direction throughout the process.
Ready to get started?
Book a free 15-minute consultation to meet Jasmine and see if she's the right fit for you. No pressure, no commitment, just a conversation about what you're looking for and how she can help.
