Kay Warner-English

Bio

Kay Warner-English is a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapist of Ontario and a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC). She began her career in the healthcare field as a registered nurse (RN, BSc., Hons) with more than two decades of experience in intensive care, general medicine, surgery, rehabilitation, and intensive care. She obtained her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology degree from Yorkville University and has achieved independent practice standard from the College of Registered Psychotherapist of Ontario.

Kay has worked with individuals, couples, and families facing disharmony in their unit due to struggles with communication, conflict resolution, passivity or boundary issues. She uses an integrative approach to psychotherapy to establish and hold a safe and supportive space for clients. Kay collaborates with her clients to find the best strategies specific for them in that season of their life. This collaborative approach to counselling incorporates principles from psychodynamic therapy, emotion focused therapy, strength-based therapy, person-centered therapy, family system therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Narrative therapy, Solution-focused therapy, and Cognitive Behavior Therapy.

Kay is known for her calm demeanour and emotional insightfulness. She prides herself in holding space for her clients to feel safe and free to peel back layers that may have brought up shame, failures, disappointment and discouragement without feeling judged or judging themselves. With her extensive healthcare experience coupled with her growing counselling psychology experience, and a wealth of life experience, she has a distinct understanding of how cognitions (thoughts, beliefs, memories, images etc.), emotions and behaviours affect a person’s physiological and psychological well-being, their confidence and how they show up in life.