Matthew Goetz is a Registered Psychotherapist. He loves to inject humour into counselling wherever possible while supporting people through complex life transitions. He is Autistic & ADHD himself, having been diagnosed later in life. He helps run The ADHD & Spectrum Centre and mostly works behind the scenes nowadays. In his spare time, he is most likely breaking in his new Switch, letting his tiny dog outside for the 15th time today to bark at birds, or on hour 4 of being on hold with the internet company trying not to rip out his remaining hair.
Matthew Goetz, MA, RP
Psychotherapist & Centre Owner
Location:The ADHD & Asperger's/ASD Centre at 55 Cork St. E., Unit 305, Guelph, ON.
Parking: Free 2hr parking is available out front and on nearby streets or use paid lot in Quebec St. Mall
Length: 5 weeks, 1.5 hours per session
Cost: 225 + tax per person or 298+tx per couple, 50 + tx for one session (out of five)
Kat Herbinson is a therapist specializing in ADHD & Asperger's Syndrome/ASD. Diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood, Kat has learned to embrace her own neurodiversity by replacing self-judgement with self-compassion and apathy for curiosity. She loves working with teens, adults, and seniors to help them reclaim their brains and learn to trust themselves again. Kat also has a lot of training in eating disorders, educational assistance, trauma support, sexuality/LGBTQ issues, and suicide prevention. Read more.
Kat Herbinson, MA (Cand.), AACC
Therapist & Coach
Matt Goetz specializes in ADHD & Asperger's, and has a lot of extra experience with eating addictions, men's issues, sex addictions, video game addiction, and burnout. He has a master's degree in counselling psychology and loves working with clients with neurodiversity to help them find and control even their most illusive of superpowers. Previous to joining The ADHD & Asperger's Centre, Matt worked as a behavioural therapist at the Ottawa Hospital for 5 years. Read more.
Matt Goetz, MA, RP
*NOT TAKING NEW CLIENTS
Psychotherapist & Coach
Supervised by a Psychologist
Stacey is a Social Worker specializing in ADHD and ASD and is also a mom with ADHD, raising two kids with spectrum-related conditions. She is comfortable working with families, parents, adults, couples, and with kids or teens.
Stacey earned her Masters in Social Work from the University of Toronto in 2011. She has worked in large hospitals in Toronto, in community outpatient centres, and private practice... Read more.
Stacey earned her Masters in Social Work from the University of Toronto in 2011. She has worked in large hospitals in Toronto, in community outpatient centres, and private practice... Read more.
Stacey Ivits, MSW, RSW
*NOT TAKING NEW CLIENTS
Therapist & Coach
Teen Social Group (13-16yrs) for Youth with ADHD & Asperger's/ASD- 5 Sessions
March 23rd to April 27th, 2019 from 3:00 - 5:00pm for 5 Saturdays
Your Instructor:
Alina Kislenko is an award winning psychotherapist, speaker, and writer. After a rocky childhood where she thought she was just awful at everything, Alina was diagnosed with ADHD & Asperger's. Since then, she has embraced her neurodiversity and feels that everyone has a special talent in at least one unique thing and lives to help people find theirs and share it with the world. She now spends her time managing The ADHD & Asperger's Counselling Centre, doing humanitarian work, and helping others find their entrepreneurial spirits by embracing their greatness, on their own terms.
Details
Date & Time: 8 Week Course on Fridays from 6-9pm, starting Sept 13th to Nov 1st, 2017. Each class is 3 hours long.
Tuition: 250+tx pp or $450 for two people
**Early Bird Rate until Sept 1st/17 - Save $25 on both ticket types. Also save $10 when you pay by sending an e-money transfer to [email protected]**
Location: The ADHD & Asperger's Centre, 221 Woolwich St., Guelph, ON.
Free two-hour parking available out front or unlimited parking in our parking lot off of Norwich St.
Alina Kislenko is an award winning psychotherapist, speaker, and writer. After a rocky childhood where she thought she was just awful at everything, Alina was diagnosed with ADHD & Asperger's. Since then, she has embraced her neurodiversity and feels that everyone has a special talent in at least one unique thing and lives to help people find theirs and share it with the world. She now spends her time managing The ADHD & Asperger's Counselling Centre, doing humanitarian work, and helping others find their entrepreneurial spirits by embracing their greatness, on their own terms.
Details
Date & Time: 8 Week Course on Fridays from 6-9pm, starting Sept 13th to Nov 1st, 2017. Each class is 3 hours long.
Tuition: 250+tx pp or $450 for two people
**Early Bird Rate until Sept 1st/17 - Save $25 on both ticket types. Also save $10 when you pay by sending an e-money transfer to [email protected]**
Location: The ADHD & Asperger's Centre, 221 Woolwich St., Guelph, ON.
Free two-hour parking available out front or unlimited parking in our parking lot off of Norwich St.
People with ADHD & Asperger's accumulate an amazing amount of expertise that will make the world richer - if it ever gets out of our heads and into the hands of those who need it! Get your ideas out into the world and work towards becoming your own boss by learning to make and sell video courses, which are touted by many experts to be the most efficient and risk free format for making money online.
One of the websites we'll be posting our finished work to reports that their instructors make an average of $10,000 per course per year, so….kinda cool. In this class, you will be supported through the filming, editing, and selling process, including help with figuring out your topic. By the end, you should have a full course released to the internet and a template for how to make as many of them as you want in the future.
You will also gain important skills such as entrepreneurial know-how, follow through, video filming/editing, online marketing, writing copy, and social media marketing. This course will also help teach you the skills to make a living even after robots have taken over many of the typical jobs we rely upon today (yep, we went there). You will receive a certificate upon completion. Open to anyone aged 14 to 140, as long as you're dedicated and have the time to do the work!
Must Have:
- Own laptop to work on in class
- A cell phone or camera with filming capabilities
- The ability to come weekly
- If you don't have filming equipment (we don't need much), it can be rented out from Ed Video in Guelph at a very low rate. We will discuss this in the first class.
- If you don't know your area of expertise (or course title), we'll help you find it.
- You don't have to be diagnosed with anything, but this class will be done in a format that is ADHD & Asperger's friendly
*One scholarship will be offered to a very dedicated person without the financial means to take this course. Email [email protected] to apply for this.
One of the websites we'll be posting our finished work to reports that their instructors make an average of $10,000 per course per year, so….kinda cool. In this class, you will be supported through the filming, editing, and selling process, including help with figuring out your topic. By the end, you should have a full course released to the internet and a template for how to make as many of them as you want in the future.
You will also gain important skills such as entrepreneurial know-how, follow through, video filming/editing, online marketing, writing copy, and social media marketing. This course will also help teach you the skills to make a living even after robots have taken over many of the typical jobs we rely upon today (yep, we went there). You will receive a certificate upon completion. Open to anyone aged 14 to 140, as long as you're dedicated and have the time to do the work!
Must Have:
- Own laptop to work on in class
- A cell phone or camera with filming capabilities
- The ability to come weekly
- If you don't have filming equipment (we don't need much), it can be rented out from Ed Video in Guelph at a very low rate. We will discuss this in the first class.
- If you don't know your area of expertise (or course title), we'll help you find it.
- You don't have to be diagnosed with anything, but this class will be done in a format that is ADHD & Asperger's friendly
*One scholarship will be offered to a very dedicated person without the financial means to take this course. Email [email protected] to apply for this.
Entrepreneur Skills Series
How to Make & Sell a Video Course
**DATE CHANGED!** 8 Week Course on Wednesdays, running from Sept 13th to Nov 1st, 2017
It's a mix of therapy and play, which helps open you up to others while building a healthy sense of self. This is a new, cutting-edge ADHD & Asperger's therapeutic modality that will rarely be found anywhere else in Canada as we are lucky to have Lauren, one of the originators of this art, to teach it for us.
Try our Improv Therapy classes if you'd like to experience these likely benefits:
As well as a therapist, your instructor Lauren Stein is an actor, public speaker, and professional improviser who has taught and performed improvisational theatre in ten countries on four continents, including clowning with Patch Adams himself. She earned her Master's in Expressive Arts Therapy, specializing in Improv methods and completing her thesis on Improv as Therapy, from the European Graduate School in Switzerland. She has used theatre and improv to overcome her own ADHD and Asperger's symptoms since childhood.
Try our Improv Therapy classes if you'd like to experience these likely benefits:
- Noticing patterns in your relationships and learning how to change them
- Decreasing social anxiety
- Understanding and processing your emotions
- Learning to recognize the emotions of others
- Improving your interactions/resourcefulness in stressful situations
- Building self-esteem
- Increasing your empathy, listening, and communication skills
- Having fun!
As well as a therapist, your instructor Lauren Stein is an actor, public speaker, and professional improviser who has taught and performed improvisational theatre in ten countries on four continents, including clowning with Patch Adams himself. She earned her Master's in Expressive Arts Therapy, specializing in Improv methods and completing her thesis on Improv as Therapy, from the European Graduate School in Switzerland. She has used theatre and improv to overcome her own ADHD and Asperger's symptoms since childhood.
Location: Park Mall Building, 2 Quebec St., Guelph, ON - Enter through Quebec St. entrance (not the Yarmouth entrance), follow the hallway until you see the elevator, go to the second floor, follow signs.
Length: 4 weekly classes, 1.5 hours per session
Cost: $120 + tax
Dates: April 19th - May 10th 2017, Wednesdays
NOTE: Diagnosis is not a requirement for this series. Even if you don't think you have ADHD or Asperger's, you are welcome to join this class.
Listen to our recent radio show where we interview our Improv Therapy facilitator, Lauren Stein, MA.
Length: 4 weekly classes, 1.5 hours per session
Cost: $120 + tax
Dates: April 19th - May 10th 2017, Wednesdays
NOTE: Diagnosis is not a requirement for this series. Even if you don't think you have ADHD or Asperger's, you are welcome to join this class.
Listen to our recent radio show where we interview our Improv Therapy facilitator, Lauren Stein, MA.
Improv Therapy for ADHD & Asperger's Class
Apr 19th to May 10th, 2017 from 8:00pm - 9:30pm
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Upcoming Events!
Guelph Adult ADHD Support Group
Every First Thursday of the month:from 6-7pm
@ The Guelph Counselling Centre, Unit 302, 55 Cork St. E.in the TD Building in Downtwn Guelph. Read more
Every First Thursday of the month:from 6-7pm
@ The Guelph Counselling Centre, Unit 302, 55 Cork St. E.in the TD Building in Downtwn Guelph. Read more
NEWS & UPDATES
Events
1:30-2:30pm Every Friday from Sept 14 to Nov 30th '12:
Frontal Lobe Yoga - Classes ideal for people with ADHD / Asperger's or who want to improve brain function. Read more
Frontal Lobe Yoga - Classes ideal for people with ADHD / Asperger's or who want to improve brain function. Read more
**Register ASAP as class may be cancelled if less than 5 participants**
Frontal Lobe Yoga is a mixture of Psychology, Neurochemistry, and Yoga, and is aimed towards boosting frontal lobe function and personal productivity. We'll be doing hand picked Yoga sequences targeting certain areas of the brain, as well as learning fun facts about the biology of our brains and moods. Though ideal for people with ADHD and Asperger's as these disorders are frontal lobe based, these classes will be fun for everyone.
Details: Beginners VERY welcome, Near Downtown Guelph at Groove Dance and Fitness Studios @ 155 Suffolk Street West, Suite 2A (up two flights of stairs),Guelph ON. To start improving your brain through these research-based yoga sequences,
Register here
Frontal Lobe Yoga is a mixture of Psychology, Neurochemistry, and Yoga, and is aimed towards boosting frontal lobe function and personal productivity. We'll be doing hand picked Yoga sequences targeting certain areas of the brain, as well as learning fun facts about the biology of our brains and moods. Though ideal for people with ADHD and Asperger's as these disorders are frontal lobe based, these classes will be fun for everyone.
Details: Beginners VERY welcome, Near Downtown Guelph at Groove Dance and Fitness Studios @ 155 Suffolk Street West, Suite 2A (up two flights of stairs),Guelph ON. To start improving your brain through these research-based yoga sequences,
Register here
- Frontal Lobe Yoga - Ideal for People with ADHD & Asperger's
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