A Community Partnership with Purpose
The Clubhouse recognizes traditional counselling environments don’t work for everyone. That’s why it partnered with Nipissing Counselling Solutions to make Range Therapy a reality.
Donating 10 hours of simulator time each month, The Clubhouse helps support Range Therapy and expand access to mental health services in our community. Together, we’re creating a more approachable path to support.
What is Range Therapy?
Range Therapy combines professional counselling with the relaxed setting of an indoor golf simulator. Instead of meeting in a traditional office, clients meet with a mental health professional in a private bay at The Clubhouse.
You can talk, hit balls, pause, reflect, or simply use the space to make the conversation feel less formal. At the range, the focus is still therapy, but the setting just makes it easier to start.
Who's It For?
Range Therapy is built for people who want support, but don't love the "therapy office feeling."
Many people find it easier to open up when they’re doing something familiar, active, or less formal.
Range Therapy was created for those who may feel more comfortable talking in a golf simulator environment than a traditional counselling office, making the first step into therapy feel more approachable.
What Happens in a Session?
Range Therapy combines counselling with a golf simulator environment. Whether you’re hitting balls or simply talking, the goal is to create a setting where conversation feels more natural.
You can expect a private simulator bay, one-on-one counselling, optional golf activity, and office-based follow-up when needed.
What Can This Help With?
Like other counselling approaches, Range Therapy can support concerns such as stress, burnout, confidence, anxiety, relationship challenges, emotional regulation, life transitions, work pressures, and first responder or military-related stress.
What's Better Suited to Office-Based Therapy?
Some concerns are better suited to office-based or virtual therapy, including EMDR, intensive trauma work, crisis intervention, and other therapies requiring a traditional clinical setting. When appropriate, clients can transition to office-based or virtual counselling through Nipissing Counselling Solutions.
Meet Your Range Therapists
Matt McGillvray, CD, MSW, RSW
Matt is a Registered Social Worker and Psychotherapist. He is not a golf instructor, swing coach, or PGA professional. In fact, if you came looking for golf tips, there’s a good chance you’ll leave with fewer than you started with.
What Matt does bring is extensive experience helping people navigate stress, burnout, anxiety, relationships, confidence, life transitions, and the challenges that come with being human.
Melissa Carmichael, BSW, RSW
Melissa is a Registered Social Worker and Psychotherapist, not a course record holder. Instead of helping clients improve their short game or drive the ball farther, she provides compassionate, trauma-informed counselling for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families.
Melissa also offers services in both French and English.
Melissa currently participates exclusively through Fairway Forward and is not available for general Range Therapy referrals.