- Anger
- Anxiety
- Career
- Couple and Marriage
- Depression
- Grief and Loss
- Relationships
- Self-Esteem
- Shame and Guilt
- Trauma
- Stress
- Men’s Issues
At Wellspring Counselling, lasting transformation requires more than surface-level insights. It demands a therapy that works directly with the deep, implicit memories shaping your emotions, relationships, and sense of self. That’s why we offer Adaptive Experiential Processing & Transformation Therapy (AXPT™)—an approach that changes maladaptive patterns into adaptive, life-affirming ones through embodied experiential techniques and transformational processing.
AXPT™ focuses on implicit memory—the unconscious, automatic emotional and relational patterns that influence daily experiences. These patterns often result from past events and remain unexamined, yet they play a significant role in current challenges.
Through AXPT™, simulated experiences and experiential processes are engaged to activate and transform these implicit memories. They make maladaptive patterns accessible, and adaptive AXPT™facilitates profound emotional and relational change.
Unlike therapies focusing on intellectual insight or analysis, AXPT™ engages your body, emotions, and lived experiences. It transforms these implicit patterns to more adaptive and constructive ways of being, integrating past, present, and future in a holistic, embodied manner.
Maladaptive to Adaptive Transformation: AXPT™ works directly with implicit memories, shifting old, maladaptive patterns into healthier, adaptive responses.
Embodied Experiential Techniques: AXPT™ Therapy incorporates embodied simulations to activate and process implicit memories, fostering real-time emotional transformation.
Implicit Memory Reconsolidation: AXPT™ facilitates change at the deepest levels, where relational and emotional patterns are stored, enabling lasting transformation.
Experiential Engagement: Simulated experiences and active engagement bring therapy to life, creating immediate, felt change opportunities.
Core Needs Fulfillment: Many struggles arise from unmet core needs. AXPT™ identifies and addresses these needs within the therapeutic process, leading to greater fulfillment.
AXPT™ is an adaptable psychotherapy designed to address a wide range of emotional, relational, and psychological challenges, including:
Whether you aim to heal from the past, transform your present, or build a brighter future, AXPT™ can help you achieve sustainable growth.
At Wellspring Counselling, we know that effective therapy addresses implicit emotional and relational dynamics in a way that feels embodied and transformative. AXPT™ is distinct because it integrates adaptive processing, experiential simulations, and embodied engagement. This creates changes that are not only understood but deeply felt and lived.
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Clients Say
Mr. Gordon is someone that captures the spirit and the heart of active engagement. He is empathic, genuine and incorporates action and creative problem solving into his practice. I have no hesitation in recommending Mr. Gordon as an effective career and personal counsellor.
I had no experience with therapy and was unsure of the whole process. Alistair made everything very accessible and unintimidating. It was clear that he puts quite a lot of effort and preparation into every session. I'm so glad that I decided to do this, and could not have asked for a better person to help me with this. I would highly recommend Alistair to anyone who has ever thought that they might benefit from talking to a professional.
I am a young professional which for a long time now, has struggled with anxiety, insecurity, and difficulty in finding effective life coping mechanisms. Alistair was referred to me by a friend and upon the first meeting, I found Alistair to be empathetic, compassionate and intuitive. I have now been seeing Alistair regularly for 6 months and through that time my anxiety has significantly decreased, I have found effective methods of dealing with stress, found support dealing with identity issues, as well as finding inner strength to get through a tough break up. Alistair again and again, went the extra mile -thank you Alistair for your candor, openness and a safe space to get support. Thank you for playing such a large role in keeping me healthy and positive.
I have been working with Alistair Gordon as my counsellor at Wellspring for almost 6 months now and cannot begin to tell you how far I have come with his help. I have tried working with other counsellors and therapists in the past but never really found one that clicked for me. I always felt judged, unsupported, and rushed at those appointments until I booked my first appointment with Wellspring and with Allistair. To anyone on the fence about booking an appointment or engaging in therapy: if you are willing to do the work, you couldn't ask for a better partner in your healing journey.
When I decided to find a counsellor, I tried to find someone that I could relate to, someone that is like-minded and down-to-earth and with Alistair I really found the right person. He uses an integrative approach, showed me techniques to relax and get aware of my emotions, and helped me see things in a new perspective. Of course this is an ongoing process but I enjoy meeting and working with Alistair every time. The downtown office is a very neutral place - not too intimate, not too clinical - which is helpful to overcome apprehension, especially the first couple of times. What I find remarkable is that Alistair almost always knows what I'm trying to say, even if I can't put it into words. Working with Alistair helped me a lot and it was the right decision to put my trust in him.
Alistair really cares about you the person, and I could really feel him trying to tackle my challenges. He was also very available for off-session contact via text and email. I think he did a great job with confronting me where I needed it. Alistair always could remember the important peoples' names in my personal life, which really helped with talking about my problems. I really felt like I was talking to a friend.
Alistair is an awesome counsellor. He has been so helpful in working with me through some tough times in my life. He's always been available to chat with me in-between sessions. I'd recommend Alistair to anyone - he's really the ideal counsellor in my view.
I enjoy how sessions are collaborative where I can take the lead for the direction of what we talk about, and at the same time I know that Alistair will offer helpful guidance and insight along the way. I also like how we focus on the future instead of just the past. I find this to be empowering and helpful to move forward in life.
Alistair is an awesome counsellor. He has been so helpful in working with me through some tough times in my life. He's always been available to chat with me in-between sessions. I'd recommend Alistair to anyone - he's really the ideal counsellor in my view.
I have always felt very comfortable with Alistair. He has a calming presence, and you can tell he cares about being the best counsellor for you. He helps you with all aspects of your concern, and is always able to help me find a solution to the problem I'm having.
Alistair is an exceptionally talented counsellor and has always demonstrated strong ethics, great compassion, wisdom and respect for others. I highly recommend him as a counselling practitioner.
Affiliations
AXPT Therapy: Adaptive Experiential Processing & Transformation Therapy
If you’re ready to engage in therapy that transforms your deepest patterns into adaptive and life-affirming experiences, Adaptive Experiential Processing and transformation Therapy (AXPT™) is for you. Contact Wellspring Counselling to begin your journey today.
Visit Wellspring Counselling to learn more, or schedule your first session today. Alistair, the primary psychotherapist offering AEEP™, is committed to helping you unlock your potential, heal deeply, and thrive.
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