Therapists in M6R
Whether you’ve been diagnosed or suspect you have ADHD, I can help you create a healthy relationship with time management, realistic routines, sustainable relationships, and intense emotions.
My goal is to provide a safe and supportive landing space for my clients amongst their busy weeks. I know that a strong therapeutic relationship is the key to successful therapy and I connect with my clients by taking a realistic, personable, and collaborative approach to therapy. I work with clients struggling with anxiety and ADHD. I provide effective strategies to reduce anxiety symptoms by getting to the root of the intrusive thoughts, encouraging you to separate them from grounded thinking, and offering coping strategies that bring your anxiety down. My goal is to help you free up mental space that the anxiety is filling!
Whether you’ve been diagnosed or suspect you have ADHD, I can help you create a healthy relationship with time management, realistic routines, sustainable relationships, and intense emotions.
My goal is to provide a safe and supportive landing space for my clients amongst their busy weeks. I know that a strong therapeutic relationship is the key to successful therapy and I connect with my clients by taking a realistic, personable, and collaborative approach to therapy. I work with clients struggling with anxiety and ADHD. I provide effective strategies to reduce anxiety symptoms by getting to the root of the intrusive thoughts, encouraging you to separate them from grounded thinking, and offering coping strategies that bring your anxiety down. My goal is to help you free up mental space that the anxiety is filling!
Allison McColl Brooks
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP, DipSSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M6R
I work with adults and youth (14+) on a diverse range of mental health issues, often related to anxiety, trauma, ADHD, neurodivergence, stress management, perfectionism and low self esteem. Some have lived with significant mental health symptoms for years, and others are newly suffering due to a loss or other big life change. Most are frustrated by thoughts, emotions and impulses that pull them away from living a more intentional life. They are stuck or lost and seeking a place that feels safe inside and out.
I work with adults and youth (14+) on a diverse range of mental health issues, often related to anxiety, trauma, ADHD, neurodivergence, stress management, perfectionism and low self esteem. Some have lived with significant mental health symptoms for years, and others are newly suffering due to a loss or other big life change. Most are frustrated by thoughts, emotions and impulses that pull them away from living a more intentional life. They are stuck or lost and seeking a place that feels safe inside and out.
The clients that I connect with are often sensitive and reflective. They may feel somehow different or misunderstood. I work well with teenagers and young adults; queer clients of all ages; people navigating ADHD; folks who have been confined to institutions; and "over-thinkers" who are interested in becoming more connected with themselves, their bodies, and the world around them. My background in critical mental health research grounds my practice in compassion, justice, and freedom.
The clients that I connect with are often sensitive and reflective. They may feel somehow different or misunderstood. I work well with teenagers and young adults; queer clients of all ages; people navigating ADHD; folks who have been confined to institutions; and "over-thinkers" who are interested in becoming more connected with themselves, their bodies, and the world around them. My background in critical mental health research grounds my practice in compassion, justice, and freedom.
My expertise is related to working through mental health conditions, ADHD, navigating significant life events/changes, self-esteem and fostering relationships.
Going through life can be challenging and everyone and anyone could benefit from someone to talk too! My aim is to make therapy as resourceful, relatable and enjoyable as possible. I believe that therapy is a proactive approach, and ensure that my clients feel supported throughout and after our work together. Anxiety, ADHD, relationships and stress management are my primary focuses as my personal and professional experience allow me to empathize with those experiencing these issues. I specialize in working with young women (ages 17-25) although welcome everyone to reach out!
My expertise is related to working through mental health conditions, ADHD, navigating significant life events/changes, self-esteem and fostering relationships.
Going through life can be challenging and everyone and anyone could benefit from someone to talk too! My aim is to make therapy as resourceful, relatable and enjoyable as possible. I believe that therapy is a proactive approach, and ensure that my clients feel supported throughout and after our work together. Anxiety, ADHD, relationships and stress management are my primary focuses as my personal and professional experience allow me to empathize with those experiencing these issues. I specialize in working with young women (ages 17-25) although welcome everyone to reach out!
Jae Steele
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MACP, BHSc, RP(Q), RHN
Verified Verified
Toronto, ON M6R (Online Only)
I welcome clients looking for support related to ADHD/neurodivergence (including management, identity, masking, and burnout), anxiety, grief/loss, LGBTQ+ identity, pregnancy, parenting, relationships (dating, partnership, ethical nonmonogamy, separation), and other life transitions. I delight in working collaboratively with clients in holistic and trauma-informed ways, incorporating humour and mindfulness. I endeavour to be humble, with a decolonized, intersectional and otherwise anti-oppressive stance. I value individual identity and collectivism/community and support diverse genders, harm-reduction and various recovery pathways.
I welcome clients looking for support related to ADHD/neurodivergence (including management, identity, masking, and burnout), anxiety, grief/loss, LGBTQ+ identity, pregnancy, parenting, relationships (dating, partnership, ethical nonmonogamy, separation), and other life transitions. I delight in working collaboratively with clients in holistic and trauma-informed ways, incorporating humour and mindfulness. I endeavour to be humble, with a decolonized, intersectional and otherwise anti-oppressive stance. I value individual identity and collectivism/community and support diverse genders, harm-reduction and various recovery pathways.
As well as, children/youth and adults who live with symptoms of trauma, depression, anxiety, emotional dysregulation, low self-esteem, separation/divorce, ADHD, school difficulty and self harm.
I am a family systems therapist who works with youth, parents and couples who have experienced various mental health challenges or are facing stress and anxiety due to relationship conflict. The families I tend to support are often feeling disconnected from one another and stuck in patterns of relating that often intensify their existing challenges. The foundation of my work is in building relationships where clients feel seen, heard and understood, allowing them to draw on their internal strengths. My role as a social worker is to help clients understand themselves and their relationships in a way that supports authentic growth.
As well as, children/youth and adults who live with symptoms of trauma, depression, anxiety, emotional dysregulation, low self-esteem, separation/divorce, ADHD, school difficulty and self harm.
I am a family systems therapist who works with youth, parents and couples who have experienced various mental health challenges or are facing stress and anxiety due to relationship conflict. The families I tend to support are often feeling disconnected from one another and stuck in patterns of relating that often intensify their existing challenges. The foundation of my work is in building relationships where clients feel seen, heard and understood, allowing them to draw on their internal strengths. My role as a social worker is to help clients understand themselves and their relationships in a way that supports authentic growth.
My practice offers counselling to young people, adults and specialized separation/parenting services for families. Challenges experienced by clients may include: navigating family change, stress, anxiety, peer/romantic relationships, self-regulation, and managing behaviours ( ADHD, OCD, ODD). As a Collaborative Family Professional, I work with parents wanting to minimize conflict for their family as they go through transition and change. I provide emotional support throughout the out-of-court process, help caregivers build skills to co-parent, and neutrally facilitate meetings during the collaborative process.
My practice offers counselling to young people, adults and specialized separation/parenting services for families. Challenges experienced by clients may include: navigating family change, stress, anxiety, peer/romantic relationships, self-regulation, and managing behaviours ( ADHD, OCD, ODD). As a Collaborative Family Professional, I work with parents wanting to minimize conflict for their family as they go through transition and change. I provide emotional support throughout the out-of-court process, help caregivers build skills to co-parent, and neutrally facilitate meetings during the collaborative process.
Lucy Alguire
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), BFA, MA
Verified Verified
Toronto, ON M6R
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Life is full of contradictions: We can have close relationships yet still feel isolated, have the desire for change but feel attached to the past, and have the hunger to live creatively with the need for stability. As human beings, relationships are central to our lives. Painful patterns and repetitions can exist within our own internal relationship and with others. This can lead to symptoms of anxiety, depression, or lowered self-esteem. My passion is to provide a safe, honest, inviting and collaborative therapeutic space to explore and work through these inner conflicts.
Life is full of contradictions: We can have close relationships yet still feel isolated, have the desire for change but feel attached to the past, and have the hunger to live creatively with the need for stability. As human beings, relationships are central to our lives. Painful patterns and repetitions can exist within our own internal relationship and with others. This can lead to symptoms of anxiety, depression, or lowered self-esteem. My passion is to provide a safe, honest, inviting and collaborative therapeutic space to explore and work through these inner conflicts.
Anhad Kaur
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), BSc, MA
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M6R (Online Only)
Do you struggle with a fear of abandonment, challenging relationships and ruminating thoughts that affects your everyday life? Do you feel overwhelmed and desperate for change by the thought that there is no light at the end of the tunnel? Do you question that your coping skills, relationships and life could be better? Now more than ever, both individuals and couples are feeling disconnected, lonely, anxious and overwhelmed about navigating the stressors of life.
Do you struggle with a fear of abandonment, challenging relationships and ruminating thoughts that affects your everyday life? Do you feel overwhelmed and desperate for change by the thought that there is no light at the end of the tunnel? Do you question that your coping skills, relationships and life could be better? Now more than ever, both individuals and couples are feeling disconnected, lonely, anxious and overwhelmed about navigating the stressors of life.
Back-to-school time! Let's build resilience, motivation, self-esteem, and coping skills by unpacking your past experiences, examining current life factors, and finding a healthy path forward. Challenges like anxiety, depression, family conflict, addiction, or legal issues can be deeply overwhelming and isolating. You don't have to do it alone. You deserve a supportive space to vent and process without judgement.
Back-to-school time! Let's build resilience, motivation, self-esteem, and coping skills by unpacking your past experiences, examining current life factors, and finding a healthy path forward. Challenges like anxiety, depression, family conflict, addiction, or legal issues can be deeply overwhelming and isolating. You don't have to do it alone. You deserve a supportive space to vent and process without judgement.
Are you feeling overwhelmed by a difficult situation in your life? You may not feel like your usual self or you're going through change or loss that has impacted you in unexpected ways. I’m a trauma specialist focusing on depression, anxiety, grief, and relationships to self and others. I will help you shift out of negative thinking patterns and limiting beliefs about yourself. You'll begin to understand the connections between your thoughts, emotions and actions, and be supported to live life fully, aligned to your highest values. You may be searching for meaning and purpose or wanting to feel more satisfied in your relationships.
Are you feeling overwhelmed by a difficult situation in your life? You may not feel like your usual self or you're going through change or loss that has impacted you in unexpected ways. I’m a trauma specialist focusing on depression, anxiety, grief, and relationships to self and others. I will help you shift out of negative thinking patterns and limiting beliefs about yourself. You'll begin to understand the connections between your thoughts, emotions and actions, and be supported to live life fully, aligned to your highest values. You may be searching for meaning and purpose or wanting to feel more satisfied in your relationships.
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If you work with me, you will find that I am warm, receptive, and engaging. I will offer practical tools and new ways of thinking that you can use right away to cope with the present and make plans for the future. Together we can dive into issues such as work life integration, communication with loved ones, routines and organization, and creating a meaningful, values oriented life.
If you work with me, you will find that I am warm, receptive, and engaging. I will offer practical tools and new ways of thinking that you can use right away to cope with the present and make plans for the future. Together we can dive into issues such as work life integration, communication with loved ones, routines and organization, and creating a meaningful, values oriented life.
I work with children, youth, adults, couples and families. Along with my Master of Social Work, I have additional training in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused Therapy (TF-CBT), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Narrative Therapy, Brief Solution-Focused Therapy and Mindfulness-based approaches.
I work with children, youth, adults, couples and families. Along with my Master of Social Work, I have additional training in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused Therapy (TF-CBT), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Narrative Therapy, Brief Solution-Focused Therapy and Mindfulness-based approaches.
As a Trauma-Informed Therapist, Educator, and Mentor with over 19 years of experience, I offer a compassionate, client-centered approach rooted in education and empowerment. My goal is to guide you on your healing journey, helping you access your innate healing abilities and fostering your independence, growth, and well-being. Together, we will prioritize your unique needs, experiences, and goals, placing you at the centre of the therapeutic process.
As a Trauma-Informed Therapist, Educator, and Mentor with over 19 years of experience, I offer a compassionate, client-centered approach rooted in education and empowerment. My goal is to guide you on your healing journey, helping you access your innate healing abilities and fostering your independence, growth, and well-being. Together, we will prioritize your unique needs, experiences, and goals, placing you at the centre of the therapeutic process.
Life is beautiful but it is also hard, exhausting, sad, messy and temperamental. Coping with the intense pressures and stress we face can be very challenging and isolating. I believe therapy is about having a relationship where we can safely and authentically explore and discover where we tend to hide parts of ourselves, run away, and hold back our truth from the world. Together we will explore this in a manner that welcomes and supports your whole being to foster an ongoing process of self-awareness, healing and self development - and towards you moving in the world with greater resiliency, authenticity and a deeper sense of self.
Life is beautiful but it is also hard, exhausting, sad, messy and temperamental. Coping with the intense pressures and stress we face can be very challenging and isolating. I believe therapy is about having a relationship where we can safely and authentically explore and discover where we tend to hide parts of ourselves, run away, and hold back our truth from the world. Together we will explore this in a manner that welcomes and supports your whole being to foster an ongoing process of self-awareness, healing and self development - and towards you moving in the world with greater resiliency, authenticity and a deeper sense of self.
Overthinking about the past and worrying about the future can get in the way of connecting with our true selves and the present world. As your therapist, I will help you to overcome these barriers to living a happier, more fulfilled life. In my therapeutic approach, I bring my compassion and enthusiasm to help you explore your experiences that contribute to your difficulties. Together we will draw on your strengths to create positive and lasting changes. I draw on culturally-sensitive and trauma-informed models to make sure we address your specific needs and goals.
Overthinking about the past and worrying about the future can get in the way of connecting with our true selves and the present world. As your therapist, I will help you to overcome these barriers to living a happier, more fulfilled life. In my therapeutic approach, I bring my compassion and enthusiasm to help you explore your experiences that contribute to your difficulties. Together we will draw on your strengths to create positive and lasting changes. I draw on culturally-sensitive and trauma-informed models to make sure we address your specific needs and goals.
Feelings are hard to talk about. I understand that. It can be scary and unfamiliar. It can feel too vulnerable to bring to the surface what you have been carrying within yourself for so long. Maybe you don't know what you're feeling - that's okay, and it's also incredibly valuable to explore difficulty accessing feelings in and of itself. Maybe you're accustomed to talking about your feelings but you're stuck in old patterns that don't feel good. However you come to therapy, I will try to meet you where you are, with warmth, acceptance and curiosity.
Feelings are hard to talk about. I understand that. It can be scary and unfamiliar. It can feel too vulnerable to bring to the surface what you have been carrying within yourself for so long. Maybe you don't know what you're feeling - that's okay, and it's also incredibly valuable to explore difficulty accessing feelings in and of itself. Maybe you're accustomed to talking about your feelings but you're stuck in old patterns that don't feel good. However you come to therapy, I will try to meet you where you are, with warmth, acceptance and curiosity.
I imagine you have read many of these profiles trying to find the right therapist for yourself or someone you care about. This can be an overwhelming experience, however, the relationship between the client and therapist is vital to the therapeutic process. I believe in each client trusting their own gut feeling when choosing the person they feel connected to and are drawn to work with. This is something I will talk about in the first session as we begin to build rapport and safety. Trusting your gut today is a step towards strengthening the relationship with yourself.
I imagine you have read many of these profiles trying to find the right therapist for yourself or someone you care about. This can be an overwhelming experience, however, the relationship between the client and therapist is vital to the therapeutic process. I believe in each client trusting their own gut feeling when choosing the person they feel connected to and are drawn to work with. This is something I will talk about in the first session as we begin to build rapport and safety. Trusting your gut today is a step towards strengthening the relationship with yourself.
Loss, Grief, Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Life transitions, Parenting Challenges and Relationship Conflicts impact self-esteem, identity and overall well- being. I support clients to make sense of their journey and to understand how their past experiences can influence their present challenges. I apply a person-centered approach in supporting both individuals and couples. My goal is to support you to learn new ways of coping, gain perspective on your life and develop insights that empower you to take the next steps on your path towards healing.
Loss, Grief, Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Life transitions, Parenting Challenges and Relationship Conflicts impact self-esteem, identity and overall well- being. I support clients to make sense of their journey and to understand how their past experiences can influence their present challenges. I apply a person-centered approach in supporting both individuals and couples. My goal is to support you to learn new ways of coping, gain perspective on your life and develop insights that empower you to take the next steps on your path towards healing.
Blue Rabbit Therapy
Registered Psychotherapist, MEd, RP
Verified Verified
7 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M6R
If you are struggling to feel better on your own. Living with anxiety, depression, neurodiversity, stress, relationship issues, trauma or other challenges - we are here and we can help. Our therapists work with people who need a client-focused approach to therapy. Using modern, evidence-led methods such as the attachment lens, EMDR, internal family systems (IFS), somatic modalities, and many others, we create a custom plan with you to support your wellness goals. At Blue Rabbit Therapy, we consider your humanity first and, using a non-judgmental, relational style, offer authentic connection as our best treatment method.
If you are struggling to feel better on your own. Living with anxiety, depression, neurodiversity, stress, relationship issues, trauma or other challenges - we are here and we can help. Our therapists work with people who need a client-focused approach to therapy. Using modern, evidence-led methods such as the attachment lens, EMDR, internal family systems (IFS), somatic modalities, and many others, we create a custom plan with you to support your wellness goals. At Blue Rabbit Therapy, we consider your humanity first and, using a non-judgmental, relational style, offer authentic connection as our best treatment method.
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ADHD Counsellors
When should I seek treatment for ADHD?
You should seek treatment for ADHD if you consistently have difficulty with attention, hyperactivity, or impulsivity that interferes with your daily life. Symptoms of ADHD include the inability to sustain attention during tasks, difficulty organizing tasks and activities, being easily distracted, frequent fidgeting or squirming, and talking or interrupting excessively. If these symptoms interfere with your career, academics, or relationships—for example, consistently failing to complete professional projects on time—you should seek an evaluation for ADHD.
How does treatment for ADHD work?
Effective treatment for ADHD often consists of medication, behavioral therapy, and lifestyle changes. Stimulant medications such as Adderall and Ritalin work by altering levels of neurotransmitters in the brain; higher levels of dopamine and norepinephrine are known to improve attention and focus. Therapy works by helping people with ADHD understand the condition, discuss their areas of difficulty, and develop behavioral strategies to manage their symptoms. In some cases, modifying one’s diet and exercise can also help improve symptoms.
Are there specific medications for ADHD?
Medications to treat ADHD are generally stimulants, the most common are Adderall and Ritalin. There are two categories of stimulants: Amphetamines include Adderall, Dyanavel, Vyvanse, and Dexedrine, and methylphenidates include Ritalin, Concerta, Daytrana, Focalin, Quillichew, Quillivant, and Metadate. Non-stimulants and antidepressants may be used as an alternative if stimulants aren’t effective or viable for a particular patient.
How long does treatment for ADHD take?
It’s tough to give an exact time frame because everyone varies. In terms of medications, stimulants begin to work very soon after you take them, generally within the hour. It may take time to identify the right medication and dosage, but the medication itself is fast-acting. In terms of therapy, it takes time to develop skills and put them into practice, but you will likely see improvements within a few weeks or months.