Our Team
Exploring Faith, Meaning, and Spiritual Wounds Through Counselling and Psychotherapy
Spirituality is deeply personal. For some, it’s rooted in cultural traditions or religion. For others, it’s a quiet sense of connection to something greater, purpose, or wonder. But wherever you are on your spiritual journey, you don’t have to walk it alone.
Many of our clients at Prince Edward County Counselling and Psychotherapy (PECCP) come to therapy carrying spiritual wounds which may include pain from experiences that left them feeling disconnected from their community, faith, or even themselves.
Christopher Hayden (he/him)
MSW, Registered Social Worker
Dana Ddoge (she/her)
Doctoral-Level Student Clinician
Maria Aurora Zimmerling (she/her)
Registered Psychotherapist
Mitchell Manicone (he/him)
MSW, Registered Social Worker
Spencer Wheeler (he/they)
MSW, Registered Social Worker
We honour all beliefs and backgrounds.
Your beliefs, culture, spirituality, and values can have a profound influence on how you understand yourself, make sense of life's challenges, and navigate healing. For some people, faith and spirituality are an important source of strength and resilience. For others, religious experiences may have been painful, confusing, or even traumatic. Many people find themselves questioning old beliefs, exploring new perspectives, or simply searching for meaning.
At Prince Edward County Counselling and Psychotherapy (PECCP), we believe therapy should be a space where every part of your identity is welcomed and respected. We work with individuals from all spiritual, religious, agnostic, atheist, and cultural backgrounds without judgment.
Our role is not to promote, challenge, or change your beliefs. Instead, we support you in exploring your experiences, questions, and values that are most meaningful to you. Whether spirituality plays a central role in your life or isn't part of your worldview at all, therapy is always guided by your goals, your values, and what feels authentic to you.
What do we support our clients with?
Building inner clarity, peace, and self-trust
Life's challenges can sometimes leave you questioning yourself, your direction, or what truly matters to you. Therapy can provide space to slow down, reconnect with your values, and strengthen your ability to trust your own thoughts, emotions, and decisions.
Exploring life's big questions
Questions about meaning, purpose, identity, mortality, grief, suffering, and what gives life significance are part of the human experience. These conversations often arise during periods of loss, major life transitions, illness, or personal growth.
Whether you're searching for purpose, making sense of difficult experiences, or exploring what brings fulfillment to your life, therapy offers a supportive space to reflect on these questions without needing to have immediate answers.
Integrating spiritual practices into your healing (if aligned with your values)
For many people, spirituality is an important source of comfort, resilience, and healing. If spiritual practices are meaningful to you, we can thoughtfully incorporate them into therapy in ways that align with your beliefs and preferences.
This may include exploring mindfulness, meditation, prayer, gratitude, rituals, forgiveness, compassion, or other practices that support emotional wellbeing. Any integration of spirituality is always collaborative, optional, and guided by your comfort level and personal values.
Navigating faith deconstruction or spiritual transition
Questioning beliefs that have shaped your life can be both liberating and deeply unsettling. You may be re-evaluating your faith, leaving a religious community, exploring a different spiritual path, or trying to reconcile past beliefs with your current values and identity.
Faith deconstruction often brings complicated emotions, including grief, fear, guilt, relief, anger, loneliness, and uncertainty. Therapy provides a non-judgmental space to process these experiences while supporting you in building a worldview that feels authentic and personally meaningful.
Processing religious exclusion or religious trauma
For some individuals, religious communities or spiritual experiences have been sources of pain rather than comfort. Experiences of exclusion, shame, spiritual abuse, discrimination, identity-based rejection, or harmful religious teachings can leave lasting emotional wounds that affect self-esteem, relationships, trust, and mental health.
Our clinicians provide trauma-informed, compassionate support to help you process these experiences, rebuild a sense of safety, and move forward in a way that honours both your experiences and your autonomy.
How To Get Started
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FIND THE RIGHT THERAPIST
Browse our clinicians page to find a therapist whose experience and approach resonate with you.
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SCHEDULE A SESSION
Schedule a time that works for you, no referral needed. Choose between in-person or virtual sessions.
Book your appointment here.
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BEGIN YOUR SESSIONS
Start your therapy journey with support tailored to your goals, at your own pace.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Resources
Helpful Resources
A few places to learn more about trauma, healing, and mental health.
In-Person and Online Sessions Available
We offer flexible options to meet your needs, whether that means visiting our clinic at Armory Mall in Picton or connecting virtually from anywhere in Ontario. Your comfort comes first.
Our Location
Our clinic is located inside the Armoury Mall, via the Main Street entrance, within the vibrant community of Picton. Our space is designed to be welcoming, affirming, and comfortable, whether you're visiting us in person or connecting virtually from anywhere in Ontario.
Address: Armoury Mall, Unit 2N, 206 Picton Main St, Picton, ON K0K 2T0
Get in touch!
Feel free to email us or simply send your question using the contact form below.
📞 613-476-8850
📧 info@peccp.ca