Ron Kellestine

In office ( Main Street, Ottawa)

• Tuesday and Thursday: daytime and evening

Online Hours: any day except Sunday

• Young Adults, Mature Adults, Senior Citizens, LGBTQ
• Career Change
• Life Change (including  Retirement, Relationship Change, Grief Issues)
• Addiction Counselling, including Alcohol; Substances, Digital Compulsions)
• Behavioral Compulsions & Addictions
• Anger Issues
• Anger Management
• Addictions and Codependency Issues
• Addictions to the internet
• Adult search for meaning
• Substance Abuse

• American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
• The Addictions & Mental Health Network of Champlain (AMHN)
• International Psychotherapy Institute (IPI)

I practice Individual Psychology.  I look at the person, not at a pre-conceived, existing diagnosis from elsewhere.  Each person has their own life story, and their own personal makeup and circumstances, which results in the challenges they are facing.  I am trained in doing addiction assessments but sometimes an addiction does not explain very much about why a person’s situation has developed.  I believe in the ability of every person to use their potential and existing skills to life a happier, more fulfilling life.  Change is always possible, and  the reasons for a situation need to be discovered and understood, before lasting  life improvements can result.  Thoughts and behaviors can be adjusted, but without self-knowledge and on-going commitment and confidence, changes can result in only short-term gain.  I see my role as a collaborator and advisor, to help someone become who they wish to be.

• Alfred Adler Graduate School, Master’s Degree in Adlerian Psychotherapy & Addiction Counseling (Concurring Disorders) (Minneapolis St. Paul)
• University of Waterloo, Master’s Degree in History.
• Prior Learning Assessment Recognition (PLAR) Advisor.