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Allison Wood MSW RSW, BSW, MSW, RSW
Offers
Virtual appointments only
- Social Worker
- Woman
Accepting new patients
Provider's hours
Sunday
Closed
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
9:30 am
-
4:30 pm
Wednesday
9:30 am
-
4:30 pm
Thursday
9:30 am
-
4:30 pm
Friday
9:30 am
-
12:00 pm
Saturday
Closed
Description
Specializing in perinatal (postpartum and pregnancy) mental health. Worked for 12 years in a hospital based reproductive mental health clinic. Issues include postpartum/pregnancy depression and anxiety, adjustment to motherhood, infant and pregnancy grief and loss, infertility issues, and trauma informed therapy related to traumatic births.
Conditions
- Adjustment disorder
- Adoption
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Body Image
- Codependency
- Communication
- Depression
- Domestic Abuse or Violence
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating disorders
- Emotion Regulation
- Fears / Phobias
- Grief, loss, bereavement
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infertility or Adoption
- Insomnia
- Loneliness
- Mental Disorders
- Mood disorders
- Obsessive- Compulsive (OCD)
- Panic disorder
- Parenting
- Personality Disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Relationship Issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Esteem
- Self-harming or suicidal behavior
- Sex, sexuality, intimacy
- Sleep Disorder
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Social Isolation
- Stress
- Suicidal Thoughts
- Thinking Disorders
- Trauma
- Women's Issues
- Workplace stress
Services
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Humanistic therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Strength-based therapy
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
Clientele
- Adults (18+)
- LGBTQ2+
Languages spoken
- English
Professional designations
- Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)
- Master of Social Work (MSW)
- Registered Social Worker (RSW)
Education
- 1992-1996- B.A. Honors Psychology Mt. Allison University
- 1996-1998 BSW York University
- 2000-2001- MSW Wilfrid Laurier University
Professional associations
- Nova Scotia College of Social Workers #1815
Facility Information
Nest Therapy
Summary
Allison Wood has been a clinical social worker for over 20 years and has extensive experience in the areas of perinatal mental health. Allison provides virtual psychotherapy for concerns such as postpartum and pregnancy depression/anxiety/OCD, adjustment to becoming a parent, infant and pregnancy loss, fertility challenges, parenting young children, relationship issues and birth trauma.
Business hours
Sunday
Closed
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
9:30 am
-
4:30 pm
Wednesday
9:30 am
-
4:30 pm
Thursday
9:30 am
-
4:30 pm
Friday
9:30 am
-
12:00 pm
Saturday
Closed
Services & supplies
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Humanistic therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Strength-based therapy
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
