“I believe in a client’s ability to know intuitively what is troubling them. It’s my responsibility to listen, and to ensure they feel safe, respected and heard.”
Background
Paul Dilworth is a Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist with a private practice spanning 25+ years. A Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work along with his continual training informs the range of therapeutic models Paul employs. He provides counselling and psychotherapy to individuals, couples and families with a focus on emotions, thoughts and behaviours.
Prior to starting his private practice, Paul worked with youth under the Ministry of Community and Social Services; adult offenders with the Ministry of Correctional Services; individual, relationship and group services in the Outpatient Psychiatry Department at St. Joseph’s Hospital Toronto, and individual, relationship and men’s group services for the Family Service Association of Toronto. He was educated at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto.
Approach
From the very first session, it is important that a client understand both their problems and the means of their resolution. Paul’s role is to provide a safeguard, guiding clients as they explore, question and find answers. It’s a collaborative process of shared resources to solve problems in a trusting and comfortable environment.
Together, Paul and his clients identify the desired goals and align on what the changed attitudes and emotional states will look like. Throughout therapy, positive changes are noticed and discussed, while the work still ahead is reviewed and the end goal regularly described.
Specializations
Paul’s areas of specialization include:
Addiction Recovery
Affair Recovery
Couple Counselling
Emotional Management
Family Counselling
Individual Psychotherapy
Self-esteem and Confidence
Separation; Parenting plan development for separation and divorce
Affair Recovery
Affairs are a means of avoiding emotional closeness and can be harmful to relationships, whether they are consummated, emotional, digital or long-distance.
Addiction Recovery
There are a multitude of addictions all serving the same purpose; they enable avoidance of feeling and thinking, distracting attention from what is truly troubling us.
Self-Esteem
Many of us suffer from low self-esteem. We find it difficult to see value in ourselves and feel proud of our qualities and strengths.
Emotional Management
We can feel at the mercy of intense emotions and negative thinking, and struggle with pervasive, reoccurring and burdensome feelings of anxiety, depression, anger, hurt and sadness.
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