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Alyssa Di Bartolomeo
Office Location: Woodbridge

Alyssa Di Bartolomeo

M.A., Ph.D. (candidate)

Alyssa Di Bartolomeo is a PhD Candidate (dissertation defended) at York University and is currently completing her Pre-Doctoral Residency at the Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care. Alyssa’s research has focused on identifying key ingredients necessary for therapeutic change and how psychotherapy training can be improved to support client progress. Her clinical work at Vaughan Psychologists focuses on supporting adults and is supervised by Dr. Suzy Weidenfelder.

Alyssa prioritizes providing a safe and collaborative environment for clients to work through difficult emotions and experiences. She uses warmth, curiosity, authenticity, and humour to develop a strong therapeutic alliance with each of her clients – a key ingredient for therapy success.

Alyssa has experience working with clients with diverse concerns including relationship/interpersonal difficulties, trauma, identity concerns, life transitions, emotion dysregulation, anxiety and mood disorders, substance use, psychosis, and more. Her approach to psychotherapy is grounded within a humanistic framework where she firmly believes clients are the experts on their experiences. Alyssa draws from a variety of evidence-based modalities such as, Motivational Interviewing (MI), Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Alyssa is deliberate with her interventions, intentionally developing a collaborative and flexible treatment plan to meet the unique needs of each client.

Alyssa has gained significant experience across a wide range of clinical settings including the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s (CAMH) Therapeutic Neighbourhood (inpatient service) and their Complex Care and Recovery – CBT for Psychosis (outpatient service), the Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care’s Outpatient Assessment and Treatment Services, their Ontario Structured Psychotherapy Program (outpatient service), and their Georgianwood Concurrent Disorders (inpatient service), the York University Psychology Clinic, and private practice.

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