Psychology

Learn More About Hypermobility Canada’s Services

Dr. Sawchuk is excited to join the Hypermobility Clinic, bringing over ten years of experience supporting patients through the mind-body challenges of EDS / HSD. He helps patients understand how their nervous system, emotions, and physical symptoms are connected, and works gently and collaboratively to make sense of what they’re experiencing. Patients can expect a calm, supportive environment where therapies like biofeedback can help ease that feeling of being “on edge” and bring the body back into a calmer, more regulated state. Dr. Sawchuk also offers cognitive-behavioral therapy to support common concerns such as anxiety and depression, providing tools that help patients feel more confident, grounded, and empowered in managing their health.

Behavioral Autonomic Nervous System (Biofeedback) Therapy

When your symptoms are real—but tests don’t explain them. Many people experience symptoms like dizziness, fatigue, heart racing, brain fog, or feeling constantly “on edge” even when standard medical tests come back normal. This doesn’t mean nothing is wrong. It often means your nervous system is dysregulated.

Our medical psychologist, Dr. Sawchuk, provides structured, evidence-informed care to help you understand and retrain how your brain and body respond to stress and internal signals.

Psychology Fee Schedule

Your first visit includes both a detailed assessment and your first treatment session with a fee of $300.

We use a behavioral autonomic assessment to measure how your nervous system is functioning in real time, specifically how your body responds to stress and recovery.

This allows us to:
  • Identify patterns of nervous system overactivation (fight/flight)
  • Understand how your symptoms are being generated and maintained
  • Create a targeted treatment plan based on your physiology
You will leave your first session with:
  • A clear explanation of your symptoms in plain language
  • Objective insights into your nervous system function
  • Your first guided treatment experience

Biofeedback-Assisted Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (bf-CBT) – $250 / session.

Treatment focuses on helping you recognize, regulate, and retrain your body’s responses.

Using biofeedback and structured therapy, you will learn how to:

  • Increase awareness of internal body signals (interoception)
  • Recognize early signs of nervous system overload
  • Regulate physiological responses in real time
  • Shift thought patterns that reinforce stress responses

Over time, this helps your system move out of chronic “high alert” and into a more stable, regulated state.

What to Expect:

Most patients benefit from a short course of 4-6 sessions, depending on symptom complexity and goals.

This is a skills-based, active treatment approach where you’ll learn practical techniques you can use outside of sessions to support ongoing recovery.

Who This May Help:

This service may be appropriate if you experience:

  • Dysautonomia (including POTS)
  • Migraine or chronic headache
  • Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)
  • Persistent physical symptoms without clear structural cause
  • Chronic stress, burnout, or nervous system overload
  • Difficulty regulating physical or emotional responses
A Different Approach:

This is not just symptom management. It is a structured approach to understanding and retraining the systems that drive those symptoms, with the goal of improving stability, resilience, and day-to-day function.

Ready to Get Started?

Book your initial assessment with Dr. Sawchuk to better understand what your body is doing and what you can do about it.