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Established in 2018, Drice Psychotherapy is an Ottawa based practice that offers mental health services to individuals from a variety of psychotherapy modalities across Ontario. Our professionals are client centered, strengths based, and culturally informed. We value collaboration, anti-oppression, compassion, and spirituality. Our approach is centralized in the value of inclusivity and allyship.
Therapist and Supervisor, Shamira Drice
Hello and welcome!
My name is Shamira (pronounced like Shakira, but with an M replacing the K). I am a Registered Psychotherapist (RP) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO), and Clinical Supervisor.
I accompany individual adults (18+) on their journey to enhance their ability to live with experiences that align with symptoms of ADHD, anxiety disorders, and relational trauma. My goal as a therapist is to provide meaningful support that promotes lasting improvements to mental health and emotional well-being. My approach integrates emotional deepening, insightful exploration, practical takeaways, your strengths and inner resources.
As a supervisor, I find myself drawn to offering support to novice therapists of colour (interning or qualifying) manage the particular challenges of our role. The supervisory atmosphere with me promotes reflective practice, support, confidence building, and professional development. Supervisees can expect a supportive space where they can explore their questions, share victories, attend to areas that require our focus and vent about challenges.
Our Services
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Individual Therapy
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Reduced Fee Therapy
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Individual & Dyadic Supervision
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Practicum Opportunities
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ADHD Courses
There is always light.
If only we're brave enough to see it.
If only we're brave enough to be it.
Amanda Gorman
Areas of Support
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Acculturation stress refers to the challenges that come with adapting to a new and different culture, typically the dominant one. These mental and emotional challenges can include:
transitional loneliness
reverse culture shock
shame
the pressure felt to maintain the balance that is required to meet the needs of multiple cultures
interpersonal conflicts
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Helping clients manage symptoms of ADHD through practical strategies to enhance executive functioning, strenghts-based interventions, psychoeducation, and promoting self-compassion is Drice Psychotherapy’s primary specialty area.
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The unfortunate state of our current world has produced a stressful environment bound to induce feelings of anxiety. Therapy can help with regulation, management, and understanding of these feelings. We can also help with feelings and symptoms that may fall under these categories of disorders:
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Panic Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
including hair pulling (Trichotillomania) and skin picking (Dermatillomania)
Social Anxiety
Phobias
Please note that you do not need a diagnosis to seek our services.
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Relational trauma is a result of historical unreliability in the connection between one and the people they most want(ed) and need(ed) to be loved, protected and nurtured by. The wounds produced from these experiences can fuel the mental and emotional dysregulation that compromise ones’ ability to feel safety in relationships with others - and even themselves. Therapy can help individuals
make sense of their history
process and unpack their pain
work towards cultivating and seeking environments that support corrective emotional experiences
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Adverse Childhood Experiences
abandonment
attachment trauma
childhood trauma (emotional, physical, verbal abuse)
neglect
parentification
spousification
Emotional Regulation
anger management
emotional dysregulation (intense emotional responses and reactions, impulsive behaviours)
Interpersonal Conflicts
Life Transitions
starting or ending a relationship (of any form, in any stage)
starting or ending a job/career
starting or ending an educational path
health issues
moving
Peer Relationships
bullying
communication skills
dissatisfaction
social skills
Self Esteem
Stress
Comfort Boxes
Comfort boxes provide us with items to help us stay grounded and to remind us that we are deserving of comfort, presence and love. We have carefully curated items from 5 black woman-owned businesses to appeal to your 5 senses. Interested in buying a comfort box? Send us an email to purchase and arrange for a pick up in the Ottawa area!