Psychological Services for Youth, Young Adults, and Families in BC - Dr. Robert Selles, R. Psych (#2352)
Areas of Treatment
Dr. Selles works with youth, families, and young adults who are struggling with unhelpful thoughts, feelings, sensations, and/or behaviors. Dr. Selles has the most expertise in helping people whose primary difficulties relate to:
Anxiety (e.g., fears around health, safety, situations, or experiences)
Avoidance (e.g., staying away or running from situations, objects, people, thoughts, or feelings)
Compulsions (e.g., needing to wash, order, check, repeat, or rigidly complete activities)
Obsessions (e.g., experiencing unwanted and uncomfortable thoughts, urges, or images)
Not-Right Sensations (e.g., feeling incomplete, uneven, contaminated, or imperfect)
Worry (e.g., thinking a lot about things; feeling unsure, doubtful, or stressed)
Where needed, Dr. Selles provides support to caregivers (e.g., parents, partners) around:
Communication (e.g., discussing feelings and behaviors, setting expectations)
Impacts (e.g., on work, relationships, home life, and emotional well-being)
Involvement (e.g., getting drawn in to resolving or managing the problem)
Reactions (e.g., worry, frustration, guilt, criticism)
Relationships (e.g., improving dynamics, building trust)
Structures (e.g., rules, reinforcement, consistency)
Dr. Selles can also help address difficulties relating to:*
Tics (e.g., uncontrolled movements or noises)
Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviours (BFRBs) (e.g., skin picking, hair pulling)
Big Emotions (e.g., anger, distress, often losing control, trying to control other)
Low Mood (e.g., feeling down, inactive, negative, insecure)
Attention (e.g., trouble listening, disorganization, procrastination)
*If these are the primary areas of concern, you may be better served by other treatment providers
Dr. Selles is not well suited for helping with:
Extreme reactivity, dangerous behaviors, manipulation and persistent lying, intellectual disorders, excessive rigidity, eating disorders, severe depression, active suicidality and self-harm, complex family problems, complex trauma, substance problems, mania, or psychosis.