At the Aurora Family Therapy Centre, we work collaboratively with you to address your concerns. Our therapists are compassionate and resourceful people who believe that when we can pool our resources with those of our clients, together we will find solutions. Whether you're experiencing relationship problems, or looking for ways to grow personally and professionally, Aurora Family Therapy Centre would like to help you to reach your goals.

The therapists and staff at the Aurora Family Therapy Centre have been helping people - young and old, single and coupled, families and individuals - for over 35 years.

We work with you to find a satisfactory resolution to your problems - whether they have their roots in the trauma of grief and loss, the paralysis of post-divorce feelings, past or present sexual, physical or emotional abuse, or other issues that affect your relationships with your partner or children, and stop you being the best you can be. Your therapist will help you to name the problem that brought you to Aurora, and will work with you to set goals and find solutions that work for you.

Services Offered

Individual Therapy
Approximately one-half of the therapy that Aurora provides is one on one.
We are here to help you sort through where you are feeling stuck in life. Whether it is about a relationship, loss, life change, coming to terms with parts of yourself or your experiences growing up, we can help you connect the dots and move forward. Our therapists have a wide range of expertise including:
* working with trauma
* grief
* addictions
* family & relationship issues
* parenting
* sexuality
* anxiety
* depression
* employment loss and change
* life cycle stress
* and more.

Relationship Therapy
At Aurora, we understand relationships - the love and the frustrations. Our relationships have the power to build us up and tear us down. They can be safe havens in the storm and places we go to recharge from all the stress around us, and at the same time they can be the things that undermine everything else we do. People come to Aurora for help with many relationship concerns:
* communication issues
* relationship stress
* sexual compatibility
* impacts of affairs and secrets
* disconnections due to trauma
* extended family stress
* childhood issues getting in the way
* rebuilding trust
* balancing step-families & blended families
* rekindling romance
* re-connecting after the parenting years
* sexuality & gender identity
* ... and so many more...

Family Therapy
Our most powerful experiences are often with our families. They shape who we are and how we see the world. Our families can have the power to build us up and to pull the rug out from under us. Often we get the most frustrated with those closest to us, and when we are sad, they are the ones we need the most. Families are under more stress today than ever. Competing needs, schedules, fears, all add up to disconnect us from each other. Family Therapy is a unique opportunity to help families talk and share with each other to help us heal the hurt that has been caused, and to bring closeness back where there has been distance. Families come to Aurora for issues like:
* Communication Issues
* Parenting
* Blended and Step Family Issues
* Separation / Divorce
* Sibling Rivalry
* Grief / Loss
* Launching Teens
* Impacts of Trauma and Illness
* Anger
* School Issues
* Extended Family Stress
* and more...

The Homicide Bereavement Program
The Homicide Bereavement Program at Aurora Family Therapy Centre offers ongoing counselling to adults, children and families of those who have suffered the devastating loss of a family member to human violence. Family members who have suffered such a loss not only are left with the deep grief of an untimely death, but also with frequently traumatic images and memories of how their loved one died. This combination of truama and grieving makes the process of adapting to the loss particularly challenging and unlike other losses.

Fees and Payment

Due to generous grants from our sponsors including the United Way, we are able to offer therapy on a sliding scale. We charge between $13 to $78 for a 50 minute session depending on your income and the number of people living on that income. Also, in extreme circumstances we may be able to negotiate some portion of the fees listed on the sliding scale. Please talk with your therapist if you have any questions about this. Our goal is that everyone contributes fairly and that nobody is turned away for therapy due to lack of finances.

This is a registered charity.

Services Offered To:
Adults
Couples
Teens
Children

Special Groups:
Bilingual
LGBTQ

Payment:
Sliding Scale
Pro-bono