Children & Youth Mental Health Support

Therapy can play a significant role in supporting youth mental health by helping children and adolescents manage emotional, behavioural, and cognitive challenges that interfere with their ability to engage in everyday activities. Our therapists work with youth to enhance their self-regulation, social skills, coping mechanisms, and overall mental well-being, all while promoting participation in school, home, and community life.

Interventions focus on improving function and independence through psychosocial, psychoeducational, cognitive, as well as sensory, mindfulness, and exercise based approaches.

Our therapists use a combination of approaches and concepts, including those found within the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Behavioural Activation, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy frameworks.

Common areas therapists can assist with are, but not limited to:

  • Managing ADHD and Executive Functioning Challenges
  • Anxiety
  • Challenging Behaviour & Social Communication Difficulties
  • Depression
  • Emotional Regulation & Sensory Processing
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Life Skills Training and Support
  • Parenting Consultation
  • Phobias
  • Return to School and Post Secondary Education
  • School Organization and Post-Secondary Readiness
  • Stress Management
  • Substance Dependence and Addictions
  • Trauma and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)


Virtual Appointments Available.

Did you know that you can access a mental health support virtually through our online booking system? These appointments with our experienced mental health therapists are conducted on a confidential virtual health platform. All you need is a private, safe place and a computer or phone to connect to the platform.

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We offer flexible support options to meet you and your family's individual needs

How We Work

We bring the
practice
to the
place
— clinic, home, school, work.
At The Clinic

Our Bayers Rd, Bedford, Annapolis, and Kentville rooms are calm, sensory-friendly, and stocked with the practical things real therapy needs.

At Home

Our Bayers Rd, Bedford, Annapolis, and Kentville rooms are calm, sensory-friendly, and stocked with the practical things real therapy needs.

At Work or School

Our Bayers Rd, Bedford, Annapolis, and Kentville rooms are calm, sensory-friendly, and stocked with the practical things real therapy needs.

At The Clinic

Our Bayers Rd, Bedford, Annapolis, and Kentville rooms are calm, sensory-friendly, and stocked with the practical things real therapy needs.

Why Choose Us

Serving
individuals
and
families
across Nova Scotia

Thrive Therapy was built on a simple belief: everyone deserves the support they need to fully participate in life.

Plain-spoken

No jargon, no acronyms, no euphemisms. If we wouldn't say it at your kitchen table, we don't say it in the clinic.

Whole Family

We treat the person and the people around them. Parents get coached. Partners get included. Caregivers get supported.

Evidence Based

We don't promise quick fixes. We promise real progress — measured in the things you can do this month that you couldn't last month.

Locally Owned

Proudly owned and operated in Nova Scotia, Thrive Therapy is honored to support our community through every stage of life.

Where we stand

We are an inclusive practice

We serve LGBTQ+ families, Indigenous clients, Veterans, and kids of every ability.

Safe & Welcoming

LGBTQ+ Friendly

We Believe

Every Child Matters

VAC Approved

Veteran Friendly

Visit Us

Empowering
lives
across Nova Scotia

Halifax

Suite 329, 7071 Bayers Road

Our home base — three therapy rooms, a sensory gym kids can climb in, and a quiet counselling suite. Easy parking across from the Halifax Shopping Centre.

Bedford

Unit 210, 1550 Bedford Hwy

Our pediatric-leaning satellite. Calmer waiting room for sensory-sensitive kids, after-school slots, and a stroller-friendly entry.

Annapolis, Queens & Tri-County

Mobile + partner clinics

We come to you — home visits, school visits, and partner-clinic days in Yarmouth, Digby, Shelburne, and Liverpool. 

Kentville

Mobile + partner clinics

We come to you — home visits, school visits, and partner-clinic days in Kentville, Greenwood, Berwick, New Minas, and Wolfville.