Adrienne Richardson Psychotherapist...To be Trusted.

Adrienne Richardson's Training

With a PhD in Leadership & Policy, Masters in Science in Education, BA in Child Studies (child development and psychology), and five years of post-graduate training in gestalt psychotherapy from the Gestalt Institute of Toronto, Adrienne is a Registered Psychotherapist (RP) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). With various other gestalt trainings from the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland which included gestalt coaching, she is well versed in both classic and relational gestalt therapy. With a passion for gestalt therapy groups, advanced training in gestalt therapy group process under Jack Aylward and the late great Bud Feder who co-authored the seminal book Beyond the Hot Seat, was also completed.

It was a great honour for Adrienne to have Dr Feder serve on her dissertation committee supporting her research testing the effectiveness of a gestalt therapy group intervention she created for the reduction of stress in working informal caregivers of the elderly, a cause near and dear to her heart.

Adrienne is also completed training in Somatic Experiencing (SE) in San Diego, California. She believes the pairing of relational gestalt therapy with somatic work is a very powerful combination to help with the recovery of Trauma, PTSD, and Addictions.

In addition is is a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) & a Certified Partner Trauma Therapist (CPTT) trained through The Meadows in Wickenburg, Arizona a world renowned addictions treatment centre.

She is also trained in Pia Melody's Post Induction Therapy (PIT). PIT is a structured model that focuses on the “carried” emotions and survival patterns that can form in less-than-nurturing early environments, helping clients move toward steadier adult functioning, self-awareness, self-protection, self-containment, and more connected relationships.

Adrienne's last teaching assignment, was as an adjunct professor lecturing on Human Development, Learning & Motivation. While she is a certified teacher (OCT) for close to 20 years, she views herself more as a lifelong learner, and through her openness has found purpose in her pain, and hopes to inspire people how suffer to also find theirs.

In 2025, she completed mediation training through Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation (PON). She uses a structured, psychologically informed approach to help clients navigate conflict, clarify priorities, and reach practical agreements especially during periods of separation and major life transition.

"The hardest thing to learn, is how the be ones true and best self without giving a shit about what anyone else thinks!"

- Adrienne Richardson

Experience

Psychotherapist/executive coach with private practices held in both Toronto and the Niagara Region for over 10 years. Her unique training and a lifetime of personal experiences dealing with addictions, abuse, ADHD, anxiety, stress, depression, loss, grief, PTSD, and childhood trauma. allows her to provide you and/or your loved one(s) with a very different level of support.

NO BS approach!

One Stop Shop Psychotherapist & Executive Coach

Leadership Development

Give your employees the support they deserve and can trust with psychotherapist Adrienne Richardson. No need to stress.

Executive coaching paired with therapy can help YOU need BOTH get to the next level.

Research & Development

Leadership Development

Don't stress! Need support with research and development and/or strategic business planning?

Just Call!

Mindfulness @ Work

Leadership Development

Employee Selection Testing

Noticing your staff is stressed more and more? Are they requesting burn out leaves ? Do they need an executive coach also highly trained as a psychotherapist? Have you offered your staff a workshop on how to apply mindfulness techniques in the office and beyond?

Employee Selection Testing

Direct Instruction Tutoring

Employee Selection Testing

Hand over your stress to Adrienne Richardson PhD psychotherapist / Executive Coach. Our psychometric testing of your candidates can provide valuable insights into their potential. We can deliver highly valid predictions of the knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics of good job performance.

Outplacement Services

Direct Instruction Tutoring

Make the statement that your company truly cares about the future and well-being of your employees impacted by a layoff. We can provide no stress assistance with providing a personalized executive coach/psychotherapist who can also support things like résumé writing, job-search assistance and/or career-transition consulting.

Direct Instruction Tutoring

Direct Instruction is a method of teaching. It is a highly effective psychologist recommended evidenced based tutoring system of programs for children diagnosed with ADHD or who have formal IEP and require support in Reading & Spelling Mastery, Connecting Math Concepts, Essentials for Writing, and/or Expressive Writing. Take the stress out of homework time!

Adrienne Richardson
Individuals & Couples (Gottman Level 3)

Niagara Psychotherapist Couples Addictions PTSD Trauma& mEdiation

Adrienne Richardson Psychotherapist...To be Trusted.

Adrienne Richardson's Training

Experience

One Stop Shop Psychotherapist & Executive Coach

Leadership Development

Leadership Development

Leadership Development

Research & Development

Leadership Development

Leadership Development

Mindfulness @ Work

Leadership Development

Employee Selection Testing

Employee Selection Testing

Direct Instruction Tutoring

Employee Selection Testing

Outplacement Services

Direct Instruction Tutoring

Direct Instruction Tutoring

Direct Instruction Tutoring

Direct Instruction Tutoring

Direct Instruction Tutoring

Adrienne Richardson Individuals & Couples (Gottman Level 3)

Niagara Psychotherapist Couples Addictions PTSD Trauma& mEdiation

Adrienne Richardson Psychotherapist...To be Trusted.

Adrienne Richardson's Training

Experience

One Stop Shop Psychotherapist & Executive Coach

Leadership Development

Leadership Development

Leadership Development

Research & Development

Leadership Development

Leadership Development

Mindfulness @ Work

Leadership Development

Employee Selection Testing

Employee Selection Testing

Direct Instruction Tutoring

Employee Selection Testing

Outplacement Services

Direct Instruction Tutoring

Direct Instruction Tutoring

Direct Instruction Tutoring

Direct Instruction Tutoring

Direct Instruction Tutoring

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Adrienne Richardson
Individuals & Couples (Gottman Level 3)