Care for the Whole Person
Where psychological health, physical well-being, and meaningful change come together.
Your emotional experiences do not exist separately from your body, relationships, daily patterns, or sense of meaning. At Mind Soul and Strength, care is personalized to the whole of who you are. Psychotherapy, intentional movement, and evidence-informed wellness practices are brought together to help you understand what you are carrying, reconnect with yourself, and create change that is both meaningful and sustainable.
You Are More Than a Set of Symptoms
I believe effective care begins with seeing the person before the problem. What brings you to therapy may be emotional, relational, behavioural, physical, or connected to a season of change. Often, these experiences overlap. My role is to help you understand those connections and develop an approach that reflects your history, your values, your strengths, and the life you are working toward.
Our work may include traditional psychotherapy, attention to the body’s responses, intentional movement, practical changes in daily life, or space to explore faith and spirituality when these are meaningful to you. The process is collaborative and paced with care. You do not need to have everything figured out before you begin.
DaLissa Alzner, RP, MACP
Founder and Registered Psychotherapist
The Marriage of All Things Empowering
Whole-Person Wellness Is Interconnected
Mental health can shape how we move, rest, connect, and care for ourselves. Our physiological state can influence mood, energy, concentration, and our capacity to respond to stress. Relationships, culture, environment, identity, and spirituality also affect how wellness is experienced.
Mind Soul and Strength was created in response to these connections. Rather than separating the psychological from the physical, we consider how each dimension of health may be influencing the others. Care is therefore not built from a standard formula. It is developed with you—around your needs, your readiness, and the forms of support that are most relevant to your life.
The Psychokinetic Model of Health
Movement as a Pathway for Change
The Psychokinetic Model of Health is an emerging, evidence-informed framework developed through DaLissa Alzner’s doctoral research. It begins with a simple but important premise: psychological and physiological health are bidirectional. How we feel can change how we move, and how we move can change how we feel.
Within this model, movement is more than an outcome of feeling better. Used intentionally and appropriately, it can become part of the therapeutic process—supporting awareness, emotional and physiological regulation, confidence, behavioural change, and a renewed sense of capability. Movement is never approached as punishment, a demand for performance, or a measure of personal worth. It is adapted to the individual and integrated only when it supports the goals of care.
The model also recognizes that lasting wellness is shaped by more than mind and body alone. Behaviour, relationships, environment, identity, culture, and meaning all influence the way health is experienced and sustained.
“How you move can change how you feel, and how you feel can change how you move.”
Ways to Work Together
A Personalized Pathway to Wellness
There is no single pathway to wellness. Each service is grounded in a personalized, relationship-centred approach and can stand on its own or form part of a broader plan of care.
Understand what you are carrying and create space for meaningful change.
Psychotherapy
Individual and couples psychotherapy offers a supportive space to explore emotional distress, relationship concerns, difficult transitions, recurring patterns, identity, and the experiences that may be keeping you from feeling grounded or connected. Therapy is collaborative, culturally responsive, and guided by your goals. Together, we work toward greater understanding, emotional flexibility, and choices that feel more aligned with who you are and how you want to live.
Available virtually and in person. Group services may be offered when scheduled.
An integrated approach to psychological and physiological well-being.
Psychokinetic Therapy
Psychokinetic Therapy brings psychotherapy and intentional movement into one coordinated therapeutic process. It may include emotional exploration, body-based awareness, regulation practices, and individualized movement selected to support the goals identified in therapy. This service is informed by the Psychokinetic Model of Health and is designed for people who would benefit from care that attends to both psychological experience and physiological functioning.
Movement is introduced thoughtfully and collaboratively. No particular fitness level is required, and the work is adapted to your comfort, abilities, health considerations, and readiness.
Reconnect with your body through safe, intentional movement.
Mindful Movement Therapy
Mindful Movement Therapy uses accessible movement and focused awareness to strengthen the connection between body and mind. Sessions may support stress regulation, body awareness, confidence, and a more compassionate relationship with movement. The emphasis is not on performance or appearance. It is on noticing, responding, and developing ways of moving that feel supportive and sustainable.
Begin with a conversation about what support could look like for you.
Consultation and Wellness Planning
If you are unsure which service best fits your needs, a consultation offers space to discuss what is bringing you to care, what you hope will change, and whether Mind Soul and Strength is an appropriate fit. When helpful, we can consider how psychological, behavioural, relational, spiritual, and physical factors may be interacting and identify a thoughtful starting point.
The Marriage of All Things Empowering
Integrated Holistic Pillars
Mind Soul and Strength operates on the conviction that physical vigor, emotional wellness, and inner peace are fundamentally interconnected.
Mind
Equip Your Mind
Develop a clearer understanding of your emotions, relationships, patterns, and responses. Through psychotherapy, we create space for reflection, honest exploration, and new ways of responding that are grounded in your values and strengths.
Soul
Revive Your Soul
Reconnect with meaning, identity, rest, relationships, and the parts of yourself that may have become quiet beneath responsibility or distress. Faith and spirituality can be welcomed into care when they are important to you, without assumptions or pressure.
Strength
Reveal Your Strength
Strength is not limited to physical performance. It can be the capacity to remain present, listen to your body, make an intentional choice, or begin again. Through Psychokinetic Therapy and mindful movement, we explore how movement can support regulation, confidence, and sustainable well-being.
Your Wellness Does Not Need to Be Divided
Mind, soul, and strength are not separate destinations. They are interrelated parts of your lived experience. Our work honours those connections and helps you build a form of wellness that can be understood, practised, and sustained in everyday life.
PhD Candidate
Trent University Interdisciplinary Social Research
Clinical Care Informed by Psychology, Movement, and the Whole Person
I am DaLissa Alzner, a Registered Psychotherapist, Professor, researcher, member of the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiologists, and the founder of Mind Soul and Strength Psychotherapy & Physical Wellness. My work is grounded in the understanding that people do not experience mental and physical health in isolation. Emotional distress can be felt throughout the body, just as physiology, movement, daily routines, and relationships can shape psychological well-being.
My professional background spans counselling psychology, kinesiology, exercise physiology, and health psychology. This interdisciplinary foundation allows me to approach care with both clinical depth and an appreciation for the body as part of the therapeutic story. I work relationally and collaboratively, drawing from evidence-informed psychotherapy while remaining attentive to culture, identity, faith, context, and the individual ways people experience change.
Alongside my clinical practice, I am a PhD Candidate in Interdisciplinary Social Research at Trent University. My doctoral work is developing the Psychokinetic Model of Health and examining movement as a therapeutic mechanism within the interconnected treatment of depression and obesity. The aim is not to reduce wellness to exercise or weight. It is to challenge approaches that separate mind from body and to contribute to more integrated, humane, and sustainable models of care.
I also teach at the university level, supporting students in connecting research, theory, and practice. Across each of these roles, my commitment remains the same: to offer care that recognizes the whole person and helps individuals access the insight, agency, and strength already present within them.
You do not have to become someone else to move toward wellness. Our work begins with understanding who you are, what you have lived through, and what support will allow you to move forward with greater intention.
Credentials
- Registered Psychotherapist, College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario
- Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology, Yorkville University
- Member of Canadian Society of Exercise Physiologists
- Honours Bachelor of Health Sciences in Kinesiology, Ontario Tech University
- Honours Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of Toronto
- PhD Candidate in Interdisciplinary Social Research, Trent University
- Adjunct Professor, Adler University
- Associate Professor, City University
- Sessional Lecturer, Trent University
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You Do Not Have to Navigate This Alone
Reaching out can feel like a significant first step. Whether you are seeking psychotherapy, curious about Psychokinetic Therapy, or unsure which form of support may fit, you are welcome to begin with a consultation.
We will talk about what is bringing you to care, what you hope will be different, and whether my approach is aligned with your needs. There is no pressure to have the right words. You can start where you are.
Virtual and in-person appointments are available. Inquiries are typically answered within 24–48 business hours.