Dr. Isabelle Bauer C.Psych.
Virtual Services
-
College of Psychologists of Ontario
Canadian Psychological Association
Dr. Isabelle Bauer is a registered clinical psychologist, with over 15 years of experience in delivering evidence-based psychological treatments to older adolescents and adults experiencing a range of mental health difficulties. She received training in evidenced-based treatments, including Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), and CBT-I (for insomnia).
At EBT3, Dr. Bauer provides assessment and treatment focused on mood and anxiety disorders, including but not limited to depression, Social Anxiety, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Illness Anxiety, and Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia. She also works with individuals experiencing insomnia, relationship or work stress, navigating major life changes and transitions, seeking help in the management of ADHD symptoms, as well as those dealing with loss/grief, or difficulties with emotion regulation and stress management. She helps individuals to overcome various self-limiting patterns such as those related to perfectionism, people pleasing, procrastination, avoidance, and self-doubt. Dr. Bauer believes that to live a rich and meaningful life is to experience the full range of emotions. She is passionate about helping clients develop skills that can lessen the impact of negative thoughts and emotions and that can allow them to keep showing up in their lives with courage, purpose, and authenticity.
Dr. Bauer seeks to create a safe and non-judgmental space in which she can join with clients on the path towards greater awareness, lead them into and through difficult emotions and experiences, while equipping them with skills to effect positive change out in the world. She strives to meet individuals where they are at and to gently move them towards change with curiosity, kindness, compassion, and collaboration.
Dr. Bauer received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Concordia University. She completed her clinical internship and worked as a clinical psychologist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in the Mood and Anxiety Program. She subsequently worked at the University of Toronto counselling centre, providing CBT to students dealing with a variety of mental health difficulties. She is a member of the College of Psychologists & Behaviour Analysts of Ontario (CPBAO), the Ontario Psychological Association (OPA), and the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA).