About Us
Founder and Clinical Director Kim Sargent launched the practice in 1997 at St. Joseph’s Hospital Peterborough ON. It grew rather quickly and with it, our approach, which was later coined Neural Network Therapy®.
We provide individual, couple and family counselling services for children, adolescents and adults.
We know more about the brain than ever before. It only makes sense that as neuroscience evolves, we do too.
Learning to get on the right side of science means working with the brain’s habit-forming ways. It means harnessing motivation, and knowing when to give yourself some room to breathe.
Most people approach behavioural change by employing self-discipline, which is both time-consuming and exhausting. Self-discipline is fleeting, at best.
Neural Network Therapy® supports you in creating structural changes to the hardwiring of your brain. We want for this process to become effortless and therefore, permanent.
We have a team of Counsellors known as Emotional Health Practitioners, and each have their respective areas of expertise. Finding the right person for you is our first order of business. To speak to someone directly, contact our offices at 705-740-8360 or grow@canadianfamilyhealth.ca. To choose between our Emotional Health Practitioners on your own, visit our online booking system.
“If you’ve got bucket-loads of cash and want to take up navel-gazing for sport, talk therapy might make sense. But neither are necessary to achieve emotional well-being.”
~Kim Sargent Founder of Neural Network Therapy® and Clinical Director of Canadian Family Health Counselling
Do your research…
Finding the right practitioner and approach can feel a bit overwhelming. Shop around for what makes sense to you. Be selective and trust your instincts.
Awards and Recognition
Best Marriage Counsellor, Kawartha Lakes
Quality Business Awards 2024
Best Business of 2025
Best Business of 2024
Best Business of 2022
Top Marriage Counsellors in Peterborough,
Three Best Rated
Platinum Winner - Marriage, Family and Individual Counselling
Peterborough This Week,
Reader’s Choice 2022
Gold Winner 2024
Gold Winner 2023
Gold Winner 2022
Platinum Winner 2021
Community Votes Peterborough, Psychology Clinic
It was a great honour to be the 2021 Business Excellence Award recipient for Health and Wellness from the Peterborough Chamber of Commerce. Watch Emotional Health Practitioner, Rachel Allison, accept this award on behalf of our team. Emotional health takes centre stage. It’s time.
Not ever before has it been more important to care for our mental well-being. We thank you.
Teaching Model
We believe it takes an immersive experience to build new skills. We provide Masters level supervision for Social Work students to gain experience in their field and, coupled with the Emotional Heath Practitioner Program, begin the practical application of mental health care services.