I have been coming to see Dr. Norm on an ongoing basis for over 2 years. When I had first come to see him, I was in an extremely vulnerable spot with both my personal and professional life. I also had never been to a psychologist before and was skeptical of what I would get out of the experience. However, immediately after the first session, he had given me tools and ideas to start pushing past my struggles and we built a road map of strategies for how I was going to move ahead forward. Norm is an excellent guide, he will guide you through your thought patterns and our discussions will often arrive at an awareness that I hadn't previously consciously expressed. With this new awareness, he gave me tools for how I could utilize the awareness I had achieved with techniques to manage thought patterns and to manage my mindset. Norm helped me navigate my struggles over a span of a year. Now, I see him regularly every couple of months as a check-in to make sure that my outlook is sound and for advice, insights and guidance on new life events, ongoing ones and challenges. Having a discussion with Norm on a regular basis is one of the best hours I can spend on my personal wellbeing.

Thank you!

Submitted Sept. 11, 2021

“I’m lost in the woods and I need help finding my way out.” That was the subject line of my first email I sent to Norm Wellington. His response came within the hour. I had just gone through a harrowing experience in my life. I now found myself filled with rage. An enormous rage and I didn’t have the room inside my body to hold it anymore—it was overtaking me, it was making me physically ill and it was alien to me. I am naturally cheerful but I found myself, now in my mid-fifties, with something I believed had manifested inside of me and I did not have the ability to identify it. I needed a Guide. Norm spoke to me on the telephone and we arranged a time to meet in person. After my initial consultation I left feeling lighter and reflective. I was keen for the next week. Each session I turned a new corner to progress. Sure, it’s not easy. It takes an emotional deep dive but I had Norm with me to go down into that depth. Trust, knowledge and competence. I have been seeing him now for over a month and something has shifted inside of me—I allowed myself to make space, but not for rogue emotions of rage, just space; room. That feeling of sitting in an empty room and contemplating “what am I going to fill this up with?” The best thing I have done for myself in a very long time was contacting Dr Wellington. God Bless you Norm Wellington.

Submitted June 4, 2021

ive known Dr. Wellington as a client since the 1980,s . Ispeak with him on average , once a year, ever since. he has always shown interest in my commitment to my family, my professions .and community . As there has been a cornucopia of psychological content that involve a great variety and numbers of individuals. These professions were rife dealing with traumatic and the media. I am the father of 4 children who have now completed their post secondary education. I wish to comment on my experience with Dr, Wellington . Our relationship led to years of investigation for my family.Yet in the face of constant ambiguity, I witnessed excellence from Norms ability to unravel a tapestry of perversion in order to arrive at a reasonable understanding and conclusion of what is in the best interest of my children.For this i have remained indepted to his commitment and expertise. I must say the design Dr. Wellington put forth for resolve was based on Love and Grace , the likes of little I have seen before. I Will close by saying , the time spent in Dr. Wellingtons office with my children has proved its worth repeatedly throughout all our lives .gratitude is insufficient , Grace , made all the difference.

Submitted May 12, 2021

I highly recommend Dr. Norm Wellington to anyone needing guidance in life.

I found Norm when I was searching for how to find happiness in life. It was after a tough divorce and I just felt lost.
Norm’s the only therapist I’ve seen aside from a couple of sessions with a marriage counsellor. Right away I felt like I was in a safe environment. Norm took a very kind approach with me. To answer the question of happiness we talked about things I didn’t expect. I had so many “ah hah” moments along the way. I learned so much about myself and why I did the things I did. I learned why my marriage failed at a deep level. I learned about my relationship with money. I learned about my relationship with my family. Ultimately, Norm gave me a more complete understanding of myself.

Norm is wonderful story teller, a great listener, and asks great questions.

Finally, I got the initial answer I was looking for. I also got an answer to a question I didn’t originally ask. Norm helped me find my purpose in life and that has completely changed the way I see my existence.

Norm, thank you for caring and helping.

Submitted May 12, 2021

I don’t know where I would be without my sessions with Norm. Well, actually I do - and it isn’t anywhere positive. He is respectful, kind, compassionate, consistent, and professional.

I have tried multiple therapists and he is far and away the best I’ve seen. He helped me work through a still relatively new mental health diagnosis, talked to me about different medications, and was incredibly valuable in helping me with resources for this - printing off handouts for me prior to multiple sessions, making notes for me, etc.

I feel safe and heard in his office and he has never pressured me to either do or not do anything - it’s all been up to me. There have been days/topics/sessions with him that were difficult, but in the end these were things that needed to be said in order for me to grow and heal. When the subject of therapy/mental health comes up in my outside life I honestly rave about how awesome my therapist is and openly recommend him to anyone looking for help.

Submitted April 7, 2021

Norm is such a kind and compassionate professional with many years of experience under his belt. I have visited other psychologists in the past but the insights and perspectives offered during sessions with him are like no other. He has worked with our family for over two years now and will continue to be a trusted professional/advisor to our family for years to come.

Submitted March 31, 2021

Norm has been an integral part of helping me put meaning into what is in my head. He’s helped me bring to light my ADHD and realize the hurdles that come with it. Since I can remember, I’ve been self-critical and introspective. Discussions with Norm have contextualized my thoughts and feelings in my head by verbalizing them and making them real, hence putting proper perspective on them. Talking with him gave me the motivation to push away from places of self-distraction helping me focus on trusting what I want and not what others want from me. I’m still a work in progress but am thankful for Norm for giving me the tools to better myself.

Submitted March 31, 2021

Dr. Wellington or Norm as he prefers to be called, is a patient, extremely knowledgeable professional that helps you see the big picture. I was in a downward spiral, extremely depressed and the sense of indifference with life had taken over and was increasing by the day. I had lost my wife at this point and on the brink of losing my job, the 2 most important things in my life. While my relationship is gone, thanks to Norm I was able to get back on track and regain my old sense of passion and drive. He got me back on my feet and helped me see how I got there and how I can prevent this from ever happening again. Thank you Norm for your wisdom, support and life changing help :)

Submitted Nov. 17, 2020

Dr Norm is fantastic: he very good uncovering the issues and problems. He is a very good communicators and has the ability to explain concepts and mechanisms to help/solve the issues. I would highly recommend Norm to help anyone.

Submitted Sept. 19, 2020

Norm is great; I am so incredibly grateful I found him. I started seeing Norm during my separation from my ex-partner after a 14-year marriage with two kids (a pre-teen, and a teen). My counselling objective was to better support my children as they navigated the realities of the divorce and some ugly fallouts from it. Norm zoomed into the issues right away and his advice has been invaluable. It is obviously a process and Norm and I work together with a long game in mind, but in one area, the changes that I implemented resulted in a huge positive shift for my younger child (I now call it a ‘landslide’ – this is how meaningful and impactful that shift was). It is important to add that as a result of my work with Norm, I feel so much more empowered than before I started seeing him, which was just a meager 3 months ago (which points to how effective Norm is). Also I greatly appreciate Norm's responsiveness: there were times when I needed to speak with Norm on a short notice (there were some moments of crisis that I needed support getting through), and Norm was very gracious by getting on the phone with me in off-hours, or on a short notice, which I was incredibly grateful for.
And finally, a comment regarding the negative comments that I have read on this site: the sessions may be raw and conversations difficult (which may not be for everyone) but Norm is always professional respectful of my boundaries.
Norm you are an important part of my support system - thank you for this.

Submitted Sept. 7, 2020