Wei-Hao Wu, B.Ed, M.Ed, RP

I am a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO Reg. #13587). I hold a Master’s degree (M.Ed.) in Counselling Psychology from the University of Ottawa. I am a NARM Therapist and work with clients who had experienced complex and developmental trauma, which usually leads to varying presenting issues, including depression, anxiety, relationship/attachment difficulty, self-esteem and self-image issues, and so on. I also have particular interest in working with personality traits and “adaptations,” such as narcissistic, borderline, and schizoid personalities.

Before reaching out to me, you may wish to learn more about what to expect when we work together:

In my view, psychotherapy isn’t about merely “fixing” things or using strategies to solve problems. The ultimate aim of psychotherapy is to bring about psychological change, which is beyond “What we do.” When working with clients, I don’t rush or effort to get somewhere. If we go too fast and try too hard to achieve something, we will miss things that potentially can bring us learning about ourselves and opportunities for change.

When we take things slow, instead, we can uncover the root causes of your distress by exploring multiple dimensions of your experiences – cognitive, emotional, physical/somatic, relational, and spiritual. This gradual process helps us expand our capacity (“window of tolerance”, our ability to handle these feelings) and create room for all sorts of internal and external experiences. Eventually, we can have a different relationship with these experiences, from where we regain the Agency.

I primarily use NeuroAffective Relational Model® (NARM®) as an approach to therapy. In NARM® therapy, we focus on:

• Exploring our Heart’s Desire, which refers to those deeply suppressed, unseen needs that fuel our life energy.
• Understanding the underlying drives of “symptoms”, recognizing how they serve us in certain ways.
• Gaining insight into our internal experience, meaning how we organize and relate to our internal and external world.
• Working on Survival Strategies that once helped us adapt to early environmental challenges or failures but now hinder us from connecting to and actualizing our Heart’s Desire.
• Cultivating the capacity to contain intense, unpleasant, yet core and usually complicated emotions.
• Re-learning to feel embodied safety and security, enabling us to reconnect with ourselves and others.
• Experiencing how Self-Agency supports us in taking ownership and engaging with our internal and external experiences in a new way.

I also integrate psychodynamic and psychoanalytic perspectives and interventions in sessions, which support me to have comprehensive understanding of how clients organize and relate to their internal and external world.

If you have any curiosities before booking an appointment, I can offer a 15-minute video consult to answer any questions or concerns. You can also visit my website to learn more about me and my services: https://www.reconnect-mentalhealth.com.