Regain Control, Reduce Anxiety, Reclaim Peace

At Dr. Kaploun and Associates, we provide evidence-based treatments to ensure optimal care. Our primary method of treatment is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), which is a structured, short-term, goal-directed, and problem-focused form of treatment. It is a collaborative approach in which the client and therapist work together in a supportive and respectful manner to help you reach your goals. This is achieved by the therapist teaching the client how to recognize patterns of behaviour and distorted thoughts, and to learn and practice new ways of thinking about, feeling about, and acting towards different situations and events in a more realistic and balanced way. Treatment is tailored to an individual’s needs, allowing for other types of intervention and techniques to be drawn in as necessary.
Treatment services are available across the lifespan, from childhood through adolescence and into adulthood and geriatrics.

Dr. Kaploun work with adults 18+ and seniors, using CBT, mindfulness and acceptance and commitment therapy in her sessions. Dr. Kaploun specializes in the treatment of anxiety and anxiety-related issues and disorders, including:

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
• Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)
• Panic attacks / Panic Disorder
• Specific Phobias
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Sleep issues / insomnia
• Difficulty with worry, stress and coping
• Self-esteem and self-confidence
• Prenatal and Postpartum Anxiety (i.e., perinatal anxiety)

Dr. Kaploun also works with seniors and geriatric populations in the community who may be struggling with the major life changes that come with advancing age. This could include such things as the loss of a partner, issues related to retirement, loss of independence, or moving into residential living, as well as such issues as memory loss or changes to physical and emotional well-being.

Dr. DeClerico works with children, adolescents, adults, seniors, and couples. Her primary method of treatment is CBT, but she also has training in Gestalt Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Treatment (DBT), and mindfulness. When working with couples, Dr. DeClerico uses the Gottman method. Dr. DeClerio’s primary areas of treatment include:

• Anxiety Disorders
• Health Concerns
• Depressive Disorders
• Relationship and Interpersonal Difficulties
• Couples Therapy
• Play therapy

Perinatal anxiety (also sometimes referred to as prenatal or postpartum anxiety) is very common. Although postpartum depression is more commonly talked about, prenatal anxiety is experienced much more commonly than is postpartum depression. While it is natural to be worried about the health and well-being of your baby in both the prenatal and postpartum phase, sometimes anxiety can begin to interfere with daily life and affect your ability to care for yourself or your baby. Although many new or expectant mothers are warned that they will be tired, that the baby will cry, and that seemingly simple tasks such as completing laundry, eating a hot meal, or taking a hot shower will become increasingly difficult, few moms are aware that anxiety may impact sleep (even if the baby is sleeping fine), or result in constant worries about if the baby gets sick or is meeting developmental milestones. Unhealthy social comparison practices (i.e., comparing your baby to those of friends, relatives or other children you may have) also results in increased anxiety, as can unwanted input from others about how you “should” do things with your baby.

Many seniors notice that their daily lives, routines and means of interacting with others begin to change over time (or all of a sudden) but they are uncertain about how to begin reversing those changes. Just as often, it is a family member reaching out due to concern for a parent’s cognitive or emotional well-being.

The most common things that may be noticed include:

• Changes to memory (repeating things, forgetting things)
• Reduced attention or concentration
• Loss of interest or pleasure in previously enjoyed activities
• Less interest in going out into the community and engaging with others socially (i.e., seeming more withdrawn, quiet or depressed)
• Loss of inhibition or changes to personality
• Increased anxiety or agitation (including OCD-like symptoms)

Such changes often lead to questions about what is normal aging, and whether there are mental health issues (e.g., anxiety or depression) at play.

Changes to mental health in seniors can also arise from major life changes that come with advancing age, such as:

• the loss of a partner, family or friends
• issues related to retirement
• loss of independence, or moving into residential living
• changes to physical functioning and mobility.