Primary Areas of Practice:
Anger Management Issues
Anxiety and/or Panic
Depression
Marriage / Couples Issues
Sexuality


Approaches Used:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Communication Skills Training
Focusing
Marriage and Couples Counselling
Psychoanalytic Therapy
Psychodynamic Therapy
Sex Therapy


Brian Ferris, Ph.D. R.Psych

Main Counselling Office    (Map)

145 West 15th Street, Suite 303
North Vancouver
V7M 1R9



Counsellor's Contact Info:

Phone 1: 604 985-5877
Facsimile: 604 987-8162


Fees for Individuals:

$175.00 per hour

Fees for Couples/Families:

$175.00 per hour

Additional Information about this counsellor or psychologist:

Dr. Brian Ferris is a Registered Psychologist with his office in North Vancouver. Besides doing Relationship Counselling, he focuses on Psychotherapy with adults who are determined to change their lives. In this, he uses the Psychodynamic approach of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (I S-T D P). I S-T D P is effective in permanently changing life long behavioral patterns. Emotions aroused during these sessions alter the client's understanding of their past, present, and future. This process resolves underlying emotional conflicts that interfere in daily life.

BACKGROUND AND TRAINING

Dr. Brian Ferris is a Canadian born in North Bay, Ontario. Both his Masters degree and his Ph D. were from The University Of Texas in Austin, Texas. He opened his International Vocational Testing Service in Burnaby in 1976. While he was the owner / manager with the testing firm until 1992, he continued his post-doctoral studies in psychological therapeutic techniques and expanded his clinical practice.

His first post-doctoral internship was in Rational-Emotive Therapy (a form of Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy) at the Institute For Rational Living in Seattle. Over the next years, he added training in Brief Therapy, Transformational Therapy, and Neuro-Linguistic Programming to his skill set to aid his clients. In the late 90’s, he began as a patient and then studied Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy. He continued these studies with Dr. Habib Davanloo, the developer of I S-T D P, in Montreal and returns each October to Montreal to study with Dr. Davanloo to continue to upgrade his skills and knowledge.



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