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Stéphanie Bédard, B.Ed., M.A.

Registered Psychotherapist

Clinical Associate*

Works Online & In-Person

50-minute sessions from

$195

Think:

Calm, curious, and highly practical. Especially great for anxiety, OCD, panic, perfectionism, and people whose lives have become increasingly organized around worry or avoidance.

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Anxiety Alchemist & Panic Pacifier

GREAT FIT IF YOU'RE...

Feeling trapped in anxiety, overthinking, panic, or endless “what if?” loops.

Dealing with OCD, intrusive thoughts, compulsions, health anxiety, or a constant need for certainty.

Avoiding situations, sensations, school, or everyday activities because they feel too frightening or overwhelming.

Struggling with perfectionism, chronic stress, burnout, academic pressure, or chronic pain.

Ready for practical, evidence-based support that helps you face fears and feel more in charge of your life.

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Meet Stéphanie

Calm, curious, anxiety-focused

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Stéphanie works with adults and post-secondary students navigating anxiety, OCD, panic, phobias, perfectionism, chronic pain, burnout, academic stress, and the exhausting cycle of worry, avoidance, and overthinking.

Her approach is calm, curious, and practical. She uses evidence-based strategies, including CBT and exposure-based therapies, to help clients understand what keeps anxiety going and gradually rebuild confidence, autonomy, and a sense of mastery.

You do not have to organize your whole life around anxiety. Let’s get curious, face what feels hard, and help you feel in charge again.

Areas of Support

Stéphanie works with people whose lives have become shaped by anxiety, fear, avoidance, perfectionism, or the exhausting search for certainty.

She uses evidence-based approaches, including CBT and exposure-based therapies, to help clients understand what keeps anxiety going and gradually rebuild confidence, mastery, and autonomy.

General and health anxiety

OCD and intrusive thoughts

Panic disorder

Phobias and fears

Social anxiety

Perfectionism

Academic and workplace stress

Chronic pain and burnout

What Therapy Feels Like

Supportive through discomfort

From avoidance to confidence

Calm and curious

Solution-based and focused

Practical and collaborative

Therapy with Stéphanie feels calm, curious, practical, and focused on helping you reclaim your life from anxiety.

Stéphanie helps clients understand the cycles keeping anxiety alive and take manageable, purposeful steps toward facing fears, tolerating uncertainty, and feeling more capable again.

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Questions People Often Ask Stéphanie

Anxiety can make your world feel smaller while convincing you that avoidance is the only way to stay safe. Here are a few common questions people ask before booking with Stéphanie.

1. Can Stéphanie help if anxiety is starting to control my life?

Help when anxiety is starting to run your life.

Yes. Stéphanie specializes in anxiety and works with people whose worry, panic, fear, or avoidance has started affecting school, work, relationships, health decisions, social situations, or everyday life. She helps clients understand what is keeping the anxiety going and begin taking practical steps toward feeling more capable and in control.

2. Can Stéphanie help with OCD, intrusive thoughts, or compulsive behaviours?

Evidence-based support for OCD and intrusive thoughts.

Absolutely. Stéphanie works with people experiencing OCD, intrusive thoughts, checking, reassurance-seeking, rumination, rituals, and the exhausting feeling that their brain keeps demanding certainty. She uses evidence-based approaches, including CBT and Exposure and Response Prevention, to help clients respond differently to these cycles.

3. What if I am embarrassed or frightened by my thoughts?

A calm place to discuss frightening or unwanted thoughts.

You do not need to hide, soften, or make your thoughts sound more reasonable before bringing them to therapy. Intrusive thoughts can feel disturbing precisely because they do not reflect what you want or who you are. Stéphanie approaches these concerns calmly and without judgment so you can understand what is happening and stop treating every thought like an emergency.

4. Can Stéphanie help if I avoid things because of anxiety or fear?

Helpful when fear and avoidance are shrinking your world.

Yes. Avoidance can provide short-term relief while gradually making anxiety stronger and your world smaller. Stéphanie uses exposure-based therapy to help clients approach feared situations, sensations, or uncertainties gradually and purposefully, at a pace that is challenging but manageable.

5. Can Stéphanie help with health anxiety or panic symptoms?

Support for health anxiety, panic, and body-focused worry.

Yes. Stéphanie works with people who feel preoccupied with physical symptoms, repeatedly fear that something is medically wrong, seek reassurance, monitor their bodies, or become frightened by panic sensations. Therapy can help you better understand the anxiety cycle and respond to uncertainty and bodily sensations with less fear.

6. Is Stéphanie a good fit for perfectionism, academic stress, or burnout?

Help for perfectionism, academic pressure, and burnout.

Very often, yes. Stéphanie supports students and adults who feel intense pressure to perform, fear making mistakes, procrastinate because tasks feel overwhelming, avoid school, or push themselves until they are exhausted. She helps clients understand the patterns beneath the pressure and develop more sustainable ways of moving forward.

7. Will therapy with Stéphanie be practical, or is it mostly talking?

Calm, practical therapy in English or French.

Stéphanie’s approach is warm and collaborative, but also structured and practical. She uses evidence-based strategies such as CBT and exposure therapy to help clients understand their anxiety, practise new responses, and build confidence through real-life change—not simply talk about the same fears each week. She can provide therapy in either English or French.
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