Your Road Forward

Niagara Falls, Ontario, CA
L2J 2H5

Practice Specialties

  • Blended Family Counseling
  • Counseling for Seniors
  • Divorce and Remarriage
  • Divorce Counseling
  • Divorce Recovery
  • Empty Nest Anxiety and Depression
  • Ex-Relationship Adjustments
  • Grief and Bereavement Counseling
  • Individual Counseling
  • Senior Counseling

About

Your Road Forward is a practice committed to journeying with people during life's most difficult transitions. Perhaps you are facing some difficult changes in your life due to expected or unexpected twists and turns.

About me: I am a therapist who happens to be a Christian and this gives me a unique lens in which to support my clients. I view each client as someone I am meant to meet and journey with for a time. The therapeutic relationship and bond is often the best predictor of success in therapy so it will be important that you feel connected in a meaningful way. As an existential therapist I focus on personal values, finding meaning, establishing belonging, and understanding purpose in whatever situation you are facing.

Life transitions, both anticipated or unexpected, create a deep sense of loss and identity. Even when we are forewarned, the reality is often difficult to navigate. Death of a loved one and divorce and separation are two of the most difficult life transitions you can face but any significant change or loss can unmoor us and require adjustment and a period of grieving. Life dreams which never materialize like job promotions, finding a romantic partner, or becoming a parent can also be devastating blows.

Psychotherapy helps you navigate significant life transitions and change. In therapy you will identify your internal strengths, external and social resources, and the proactive life-enhancing choices that are available to you. Regaining a sense of self and deeper meaning after loss is possible. All of our therapists have passion, training, and experience for helping clients navigate difficult life transitions.

Life transitions that can create a loss of self and meaning: death of a loved one, divorce and separation, long-term relationship break-up, leaving home for college, university, a new career, living on your own for the first time, empty nest & aging, caring for elderly parents, co-parenting, blended family dynamics, step-parenting, parental alienation or child estrangement, quarter-life crisis or mid-life crisis, physical injury, chronic & critical illness, parenting, becoming a parent, getting married, marital turmoil, job loss, work dissatisfaction, stress at work, career transition, unrealized dreams of job promotion, finding a loving partner, or becoming a parent, and pet loss.

Therapists on Staff

Janice Clarke
Janice Clarke

Janice Clarke

MA, RP
Janice Clarke, MA, Clinical Director
Registered Psychotherapist

I am not a stranger to facing difficult life transitions. As a teenager, I suffered the loss of my mother and as an adult, the pain of divorce. It is important to remember that these transitions are not what defines us but can become a catalyst for personal resilience and growth.

I have found significant meaning in parenting my two daughters. My daily work as a therapist, helping people in our community, is also very rewarding. However, as my young adult children move forward in life I experience both feelings of delight and sadness as I transition into the empty nest stage of life. Each life transition has challenged my own search for meaning and purpose.

One of the benefits of therapy is the bond that occurs between therapist and client. The strength of this bond will directly reflect in your progress and healing during therapy. When you find the right therapist and develop a trusting connection, it gives you a

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