About Us
Our Mission
At Evolution Psychology Center, our Primary Mission is to support and guide you in your mental health journey. We will work together to improve your overall psychological well-being, quality of life, create positive changes, and heal emotionally.
Who We Are
We are a team that is committed to self-reflection and awareness as a unique person, as well as in our practice. We continually strive to recognize how our own identity, life experiences, history, strengths, and biases impact our work in psychotherapy practice. We are open to discuss any impact our own experiences and identities may have during our work together.
We work from a non-pathologizing approach to health and wellness. Our focus in not on mental illness and disorder, but rather on the promotion of mental health, strengths, resiliency, preventative medicine mindset, and empowerment. We don’t see you as set of symptoms, we see you as a human being, a whole person within a life context.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are at the core of our mission.
Our commitment to you is to create a safe environment where you will feel comfortable being your authentic self. At Evolution Psychology Center we acknowledge that traditional psychotherapies and assessment tools were developed within a specific cultural context that has limitations and does not apply to everyone. We recognize the diverse and broad array of each of our lived experiences, and the complex nature our identities play in our lives. We make it a priority to maintain a self-reflective practice as therapists and to work from a wider lens of intersectionality, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
What is Intersectionality?
Intersectionality describes the concept wherein each aspect of our identity plays a role in our experiences with discrimination. The Oxford Dictionary defines intersectionality as “the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage”.
At Evolution Psychology Center, we acknowledge that everyone has their own unique experiences of discrimination and oppression. As such, we are committed to give equal importance to all parts of your identity, to consider everything and anything that can marginalize people – gender, race, socioeconomic class, sexual orientation, ability, divergence etc. – and consider how they interact with one another.
What is Inequality?
Inequalities exist in our society. They are prejudices, assumptions, and biases based on identity, appearance, gender, race, religion, weight, age, sexuality, ability, neurodivergence, power differences, privilege, and mental health stigma.
Our commitment to you:
- We acknowledge the impacts of sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism and more on each individual. We strive to challenge oppression in all it’s forms.
- We actively work to destigmatize mental health and mental health services.
- We recognize the inherent power differential between therapist and client and strive to reduce this power differential by using a collaborative and consenting approach.
What makes EPC different from other centers?
At Evolution Psychology Center we believe in a ‘whole person’ approach. We don’t simply look at symptoms or focus on one aspect of any given problem. Instead, we see you as a complete person and employ an intersectional approach to assess every facet of your identity, creating lasting positive change. We work synchronously with your body and mind, while considering external factors that might contribute to your overall health and well-being.
We also believe in working collaboratively with other professionals on our team as well as in the community. With your consent, we can talk to your doctor or other healthcare professionals to ensure we’re all working together to provide you with the best care possible.
Our Team
Land Acknowledgement
Evolution Psychology Center is situated on the traditional land and unceded territory of the Kanien’kehà:ka, Tiohti:áke (Montreal) and Turtle Island (North America). The Kanien’kehà:ka are the custodians of the lands and waters, a place which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst many First Nations.
We recognize and respect the Kanien’kehà:ka as the traditional custodians of the lands and waters on which we will be meeting. EPC is committed to supporting the Kanien’kehà:ka and Haudenosaunee Peoples, among other Indigenous and First Nations Peoples. We aim to maintain and foster new partnerships with Indigenous communities, to provide care that reflect their values and needs.
The purpose of this land acknowledgement is to express deep respect, to advocate for changes to existing systemic racism, and to recognize the traumatic history of colonization and genocide of Indigenous peoples.
This is not enough, however, and there is more work to do.