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Dr. Valoo, Psychologist
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SERVICES
Dr. Valoo offers individual psychotherapy, couples
psychotherapy, psychoeducation, and psychological
assessments to individuals eighteen years and older. Dr.
Valoo’s emphasis of practice is in the assessment and
treatment of emotional and cognitive difficulties with
adults. A psychological assessment provides important
information about your social, emotional, behavioural,
and/or cognitive functioning and may entail clinical
interview/s, questionnaires, tests, and observations. A
comprehensive cognitive assessment involves an
investigation of your intellectual functioning, academic
skills, memory, attention, and executive functions and
includes a clinical interview/s, testing, scoring,
analysis, interpretation, report writing, and feedback.
The assessment information is presented in a written
psychological report. Treatment services address a range
of issues including trauma, chronic pain, acculturation,
anxiety, bereavement, childbirth, childhood abuse,
ethnicity and culture, disabilities, depression,
employment-related stress, ethnicity, grief,
interpersonal relationships, intimacy, loss, parenting,
pregnancy, stress, personality disorders, and
psychiatric issues. Dr. Valoo also provides supervision
and consultation to trainees in mental health.
APPROACH
Evidence-based assessments and treatments, current
empirical research findings, and guidelines and laws set
up by professional and regulatory organizations govern
Dr. Valoo’s practice. An effective therapeutic
relationship is a collaborative experience between
client/s and therapist that is marked by openness,
honesty and a commitment to change. Dr. Valoo’s role is
to facilitate the process as you seek to make changes
that you feel are important to your functioning. She
supports and encourages change in a safe and
confidential therapeutic atmosphere by using an
experiential treatment approach that encompasses
cognitive behavioural therapy, dialectical behavioural
therapy, emotion focused therapy, gestalt therapy,
redecision therapy, transactional analyses, and imago
relationship therapy. Dr. Valoo attends to the
uniqueness of your experiences and the cultural context
within which this uniqueness emerges. She endorses a
strong emphasis on cultural sensitivity in the practice
of psychology and attends to the complexities associated
with issues of difference, diversity, cultural identity,
sexual orientation, and the social-political-cultural
context in which psychological problems arise.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Dr. Valoo is registered with the College of
Psychologists of Ontario as a Clinical Psychologist and
is duly qualified to practice clinical psychology. She
holds a Master’s degree in Counselling from Gallaudet
University, Washington DC and a Master’s degree and a
Ph. D. degree in Psychology from Fielding Graduate
University. She is a member of the Ontario Psychological
Association and the Canadian Psychological Association.
She provides psychological services at Markham
Psychologists. She served as Contract Faculty in the
Department of Psychology at York University from
2008-2018. Dr. Valoo is a member of the College of
Psychologists of Ontario, the Ontario Psychological
Association, and the Canadian Psychological Association.
She is a Clinical member of The Institute for Imago
Relationship Therapy and Imago Canada International, and
she holds a certificate in Parent-Infant Mental Health.
As a psychologist, the Canadian Psychological
Association Code of Ethics and the Professional
Standards of the College of Psychologists in Ontario
governs her practice. She has provided psychological
services in academic and private practice settings for
over 10 years.
ABOUT
Dr. Valoo was born in South Africa. She began her career
as a teacher of deaf students in South Africa. She
provided mental health services in academic and social
service settings in South Africa, Canada, and the United
States, prior to obtaining her doctorate degree in
psychology. Dr. Valoo is passionate about lifelong
learning, personal growth, and work-life balance. She
enjoys physical/outdoor activities and travel with her
family, friends, and pet dog.
CONTACT
For more information or to arrange an appointment with
Dr. Valoo, please call: (905) 472-9658 Ext 250; or (905)
472-9658 Ext 204; or 647-885-4458; or send an email
message to drvaloo@rogers.com. The Intake Coordinator
will promptly respond to your request.
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