Bridge to Balance Inc.

My experience with B2B has been a safe and nurturing place for my daughter to begin therapy. The office environment is warm and welcoming and the therapist she was matched with was a perfect fit. I appreciate her therapists approach in helping her articulate her feelings, create healthy boundaries to grow more confident and secure.

The approach of this group toward life issues—major and minor—is thoughtful, careful, and, while deep, also has immediate use value in everyday life. Sand tray therapy not a methodology that you find in a lot of places, and it's a really interesting approach to understanding how we think and why we act.
I have been really impressed with the information that Bridge to Balance offers in their online articles and postings—they give a helpful and manageable perspective with practical advice on issues like parenting, anxiety, and self-care. I have taken away a lot of good food for thought—and action—in my own life from what they share.
This group of therapists approaches well-being as multi-faceted and does a wonderful job of balancing deep theoretical knowledge with helpful and straightforward tools for self-development. I highly recommend them!

I have had excellent guidance from Kim Finnie for diagnosing the sources of my child's anxiety, and she has connections to the most effective network of professionals to assist with the personal needs of each child.

I did not know how to help my own kid. I can now advocate for her in a public school setting. Even my child can advocate for herself now, which did not seem possible before, she is stronger emotionally and better with schoolwork. Kim can empathize with deep understanding of the relationship between cognitive skills and mental health.

The treatment that my children had received from Bridge to Balance was life changing. My daughter had struggled for years with school avoidance and intense anxiety related to school. After a few sessions, her therapist asked my daughter to do some reading with her. Minutes later,the therapist pulled me aside and asked if she had been screened for dyslexia. After years of struggling, and further evaluation, we found that she indeed had severe dyslexia. We were then able to address her specific learning needs. Between the therapists keen ability to pick up on this, and her working with my daughter on mindfulness and sandplay, my daughter is finally a happy and confident child.

My son was very quiet and introverted. The goal was to get him to communicate his feelings. In using sandplay and mindfulness, this goal was achieved. He speaks with great articulation and confidence. He no longer feels it necessary to internalize his emotions.

I appreciate how the practice includes the family in helping to address the needs of your children. Parents are taught strategies and supports that can be used at home. They encourage continuity between what is taught in therapy and enable parents to use these same strategies at home. I don't find this to be true of all practices, but this one is special. A very caring environment where the therapist truly care.

I've recently recommended Bridge to Balance to a few parents of children struggling in school, and was surprised when one contacted me to say she saw a couple of negative reviews and what did I think? It occurred to me that people mostly complete reviews after a negative experience but don't generally do so when they are happy. So I decided to write my own and encouraged others whom I've recommended the practice to, to do the same so that the online evaluations accurately represent the personal experience!
I've attended therapy at b2b for the past year and a half when I needed help managing my son who was struggling in school and battling with my husband (both him and me). I had already been to a therapist and left because the recommendations weren't realistic and in short, the therapist didn't seem to "get it". My therapist at B2B gave me concrete EFFECTIVE advice for managing conflict in my home and the emotions of my struggling son. I used caps for effective because I was at my wits and end, both emotionally and physically, and NOTHING was working. Despite having expertise in the field myself, I was depleted and out of ideas. I needed direction. My b2b therapist was both an excellent listener and pragmatic advice giver. I leave every appointment with renewed motivation and a plan. This is why I continue to recommend b2b, particularly to those I encounter with similar circumstances.