Mental Health Appointment
Ready to start your support journey? Book a session today.
Start with choosing the following:
55-minutes or 85-minutes (20-min consultation only)
individual or relationship
psychotherapy, counselling or ‘transitioning out’
phone (consult. only), virtually across Ontario or in-person or walking in Toronto.
When booking for your first time, you’ll be invited to:
Enter some personal details to create an account in our electronic management system called Practice Better.
Submit an appointment request (no email will be received yet).
Your request will be reviewed and approved and your account will be set up and appointment confirmed to your email and account.
*Relationship appointment process: (The system only allows for two initially) one partner to create the main account and needs to select; “I'm booking for a family member”. Enter the name of the second individual.
Once the appointment is confirmed by Lincoln, a linked account is created and a profile will be created for both individuals using the same login details. You can update the second profile with different login details (another email) after first logging into the shared account using the existing login for the first time. This ensures you both receive notifications while still keeps your profiles linked.
If it’s preferred to have unlinked accounts (or if more than two individuals within the relationship), please include this in the “note to practitioner” section of the booking form, providing the details and an account will be created for the individual(s).
Potential collaborators when booking a consultation will be invited to share your reason for booking in preparation for the consultation. Please keep it brief and don’t disclose too much detail (e.g. support in navigating life event, already shared via email, etc.).
New collaborators after the consultation, you will receive a collaboration and consent form. Once the form is completed, you’re receive a welcome email to prepare you for your one time or ongoing sessions.
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The consultation is a 15-20min conversation at no cost for us to discuss:
administration such as frequency of sessions and cost
your goals, needs and expectations
therapeutic approaches offered and discussing beliefs/values/context
share a bit about my experience and who I am
additional topics that are important to you (both)
To note, consultations are covered under the same confidentiality and privacy as is with services provided.
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Counselling focuses on overcoming specific barriers, interpersonal dynamics, life challenges and on growth and development.
Counselling is between 1-8 sessions.
Psychotherapy intends to help improve and maintain mental health and well-being through exploring values, thoughts, feelings and behaviours. This often can focus on various life stage experiences with forms of trauma, societal or social oppression.
Psychotherapy is considered beyond 8-sessions
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A single or a “one-time” session is a focused meeting to address immediate concerns, providing strategies, or resources without committing to long-term therapy. The approach used is solutions-focused and aim to have achieved the agreed upon goal(s) by the end of the session.
Sometimes this can develop into a counselling (1-8 sessions or psychotherapy 8+ sessions) relationship.
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Your participation in services is entirely voluntary and you may discontinue services at any time.
Preferably for continuity of your care this would be a planned transition than abrupt. This can sometimes be an uncomfortable conversation, but an important one to experience. You may have already started talking about this with Lincoln.
This is an opportunity (paid session) to review and discuss your experience across the span of your sessions (e.g growth, challenges, change, healing etc.) and plan for your next steps.
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Walking sessions are a spring to fall offering available to participants within the downtown (south of Bloor St.) Toronto area or able to commute to an agreed-upon location.
Before a participant can access a walking session they would need to participate in one virtual/in-person session to establish the foundation for a walking experience.
This includes; setting boundaries, rules for running into a familiar person, safer experience, meeting location and plan b due to weather change.
Once there's an agreement, the participant can book their next session for a walking session in their account or by using this direct link here. A specific consent form will be sent over via email to review and complete.
Participants who do not complete this form before the session will be contacted and if needed the session will be rescheduled.
To learn more about the benefits or considerations of walking sessions please visit this article here.
Professional Consultation Services
You’re ready to collaborate on a project - exciting!
The next step is to book a 30-minute free consultation using the booking page beside.
Appointments are managed using the Practice Better platform. You’ll be invited to enter some personal details and submit an appointment request. Lincoln will review and approve and your account will be set up and appointment confirmed.