about broadleaf health
Broadleaf Health is a multi-disciplinary emotional and behavioural care clinic based in Guelph and Waterloo, Ontario.
Our team of compassionate clinicians are actively involved in multiple aspects of the fight to improve the lives of those suffering from emotional difficulties.
our focus
Our DBT clinic provides therapeutic mental health care for adults, adolescents, families, and groups.
We specialize in personality disorders, behavioural difficulties, addictions, mood disorders, suicide, self-injury and trauma.
While the staff at Broadleaf Health are qualified to respond to a number of emotional and behavioural difficulties, our practice has expertise in the provision of evidence-based treatment.
Dr. Andrew Ekblad, Broadleaf Health’s Founder and Clinic Director, is one of few clinicians in Canada certified by the Linehan Board of Certification in the provision of DBT.
Additionally, Broadleaf Health is one of two Linehan Board of Certification
BROADLEAF HEALTH IS ONE OF TWO LINEHAN BOARD OF CERTIFICATION CERTIFIED DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOUR THERAPY PROGRAMS IN CANADA.
IT IS THE ONLY PROGRAM IN CANADA TO HAVE REACHED THIS CERTIFICATION STATUS, AND HAVE CLINICIANS REGISTERED TO PROVIDE CLINICAL CARE IN MULTIPLE CANADIAN PROVINCES.
core principles
Hope
We are committed to helping clients build a life worth living.
We believe that healthy and meaningful change is possible for all who struggle.
People with profound difficulties and those with more moderate challenges deserve effective care.
Compassion & Respect
Compassion and respect for our clients as equals are core elements of our work at Broadleaf Health.
Aware of how challenging it is simply to seek care for emotional and behavioural difficulties we are committed to "go the extra mile" for our clients. For example, we are willing to be available by phone outside of office hours when that may be beneficial for client’s treatment.
We are also deeply committed to individuals who seek our care and to working with clients who may have been turned away by previous care providers due to complicated or severe difficulties.
Excellence & Evidence
At Broadleaf Health we are committed to excellence. We provide Evidence Based Treatments (EBTs) which have a strong research base and are proven to be more effective than other therapies.
While this does not necessarily mean that the benefits of these treatments will be entirely predictable, research results clearly show that both clinicians and clients alike can have the most confidence in EBTs in terms of their likelihood to be effective.
Simply put, our commitment is to exclusively offer treatments that work.
OUR TEAM
All clinicians at Broadleaf Health have extensive training in evidence-based treatments which they received directly from renowned experts who either developed the treatments or are internationally recognized experts in the field.