About Andre Campbell

Andre came to psychology from a background in competitive sport, where he found he was drawn to supporting the people around him through setbacks and hard stretches. That interest in how people grow led him to three years of clinical research on human development at the University of Guelph and to executive functioning programs for young people with ADHD at the Learning Disabilities Association of Wellington County. He is now an intern therapist completing his Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology under the supervision of Clinical Director Mark Nixon.

In session, Andre is collaborative, relaxed and honest, and he meets you where you are. He works from a simple idea: that meaningful change starts with awareness, and you can only shift the parts of your life you have slowed down enough to see. Outside of the office, he stays grounded through sport, the writing of Viktor Frankl, and time with his partner.

Anxiety, Student Stress & Depression

Anxiety does not always look like anxiety. Sometimes it looks like refreshing your phone at 1 a.m., replaying a conversation from three days ago, or measuring yourself against people you barely know and calling it motivation. In school it shows up as perfectionism, the procrastination, and the quiet dread that everyone else has it figured out and you are behind on a schedule nobody actually handed you. Sometimes that pressure hardens into something heavier: flatness, exhaustion, and going through motions that used to feel automatic. Andre helps you understand what is actually driving it, so you can find a way through that does not run on fear, and take small, real steps back toward the things and people that matter to you.

 Panic Attacks

A panic attack can be terrifying while it happens, but often the harder part is what follows, the constant worry about the next one and the way your world starts to narrow to avoid it. Andre understands how frightening that is, both from his training and from his own experience. Together you work on practical ways to settle your nervous system in the moment, and on understanding why panic arrived when it did, which can be just as valuable as learning to manage it.

 Meaning, Purpose & Life Transitions

Sometimes the difficulty is not that something is wrong, but that nothing feels like it matters the way it used to. Underneath that can sit harder questions with no clean answer: what is this all for, and what do you want to do with the time you have. Andre is drawn to these bigger questions and welcomes them rather than rushing past them, helping you get clear on what you actually value.

Transitions ask that same question in a new form: who am I now? Starting university, finishing it, landing a first job that does not feel the way you pictured, moving out or moving back. Andre helps you make sense of these shifts so you are choosing your next step on purpose rather than drifting toward whatever is expected.

Addiction & Changing Harmful Habits

Many of us turn to substances or behaviors, whether it is alcohol, drugs, spending, gambling or pornography, as a way to cope with stress or to let loose after a hard day. However, over time those habits can become hard to control, leaving guilt, shame, or real strain on your life and relationships behind them.

If you are starting to question your relationship with a particular substance or habit, Andre offers a compassionate space, free of judgment, to explore the reasons underneath it and look honestly at how it affects you, your life and your relationships. He helps you understand the stress, hurt, or emptiness driving the pattern, so you can work toward better ways of coping and start building a life that feels meaningful and truly your own.

Athletes

Andre knows sport from the inside, including the pressure to perform, the identity built around a game, and the strange quiet that arrives when you step away from it. Whether you are carrying the weight of competition, working through an injury, or figuring out who you are once the season ends, he offers a space that understands what the game gave you, what it asked of you and who you are outside of the game.

Email: andre.campbell@mylifecounselling.ca
Phone: 1-800-828-9484 (ext. 107)