Michael Hooghiem, MA, RP (Qualifying)

Locations: Guelph and Phone/Video
Disciplines: Individual Therapy
Languages: English
Top Specialties: Grief, Life Transitions, Spirituality, Relationship Issues, and Depression

Education
-Master of Arts: Theology, Spiritual Care & Psychotherapy, Wilfrid Laurier University
-Honours Bachelor of Arts in Clinical Psychology, Redeemer University

License and Memberships
-College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO): #11719

About Michael

Life rarely goes according to our plans, and in our most difficult times, many of us have not had the support and tools needed to navigate the losses, transitions, and traumas. My role is to help you find your way through your current struggles, while expanding your capacity to meet life’s challenges from a place of resilience and acceptance.

Your struggles are not due to your own failure or inadequacy; rather, I see all behaviour as making sense on some level, when viewed from the proper perspective. I work from a holistic stance that takes into consideration the individual, cultural, and societal factors that affect each of us uniquely, and therefore requires a personalized approach.

I offer my clients a compassionate and grounded space in which difficult experiences, emotions, and thoughts can be unpacked and better understood. Further, I seek to empower my clients with strategies and new perspectives that make use of their innate strengths and resources, that they might move forward into greater well-being, purpose, and connection.

If you have any questions or would like more information, please do not hesitate to call or email me. On our website, you can also book a session or a free 15-minute phone consultation. Even if it turns out that you and I are not the right fit, I would be happy to help you find a more suitable therapist for you.

Therapy with Michael

In our first session, we’ll talk about three things: 1) Background info (e.g., who you are, what your life is like, who’s in your life). 2) Then we’ll go in great depth about your main concerns. 3) Finally, we’ll talk about your goals for therapy: we’ll come up with a list of therapeutic goals that you’re hoping to achieve through therapy. Afterwards, we’ll work towards those goals together!

Specialties

ADHD
Alcohol Use
Alzheimer's
Anger Management
Anxiety
Behavioural Issues
Career Guidance
Child or Adolescent
Chronic Illness
Chronic Impulsivity
Chronic Pain
Codependency
Coping Skills
Depression
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence
Emotional Disturbance
Family Conflict
Grief
Hoarding
Impulse Control Disorders
Infertility
Infidelity
Internet Addiction
LGBTQ+
Life Coaching
Life Transitions
Marital and Premarital
Men's Issues
Mood Disorders
Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
Parenting
Peer Relationships
Relationship Issues
School Issues
Self-Esteem
Self-Harming
Sexual Abuse
Sleep or Insomnia
Spirituality
Sports Performance
Stress
Substance Use
Suicidal Ideation
Teen Violence
Thinking Disorders
Trauma and PTSD
Weight Loss

Age Range

Adolescents/Teenagers (14-19)
Adults
Elders (65+)

Therapy Types

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Attachment-Based
Coaching
Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
Compassion Focused
Culturally Sensitive
Dialetical (DBT)
Eclectic
Emotionally Focused
Existential
Humanistic
Integrative
Interpersonal
Intervention
Mindfulness-Based
Motivational Interviewing
Multicultural
Narrative
Person-Centered
Positive Psychology
Psychobiological Approach
Psychodynamic
Relational
Solution Focused Brief
Strength Based
Trauma Focused

Communities

Aviation Professionals
Bisexual Allied
Body Positivity
Cancer
Deaf Allied
Gay Allied
HIV / AIDS Allied
Immuno-disorders
Intersex Allied
Kink Allied
Lesbian Allied
Little Person Allied
Non-Binary Allied
Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
Queer Allied
Racial Justice Allied
Sex Worker Allied
Sex-Positive
Single Mother
Transgender Allied
Vegan Allied
Veterans