Adoption Therapists in M5A
Suvi Mohanty
Registered Psychotherapist, MEd, RP, CCC
Verified Verified
7 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5A
Waitlist for new clients
In our lives, we often find ourselves stuck. We find it difficult to stop thinking, feeling, or behaving in ways that are no longer useful. Our interpretations of past experiences, beliefs about ourselves, others and the world, can sometimes hold us back from enjoying the present and imagining a better future. We want things to change but are uncertain how to change them. We need time, space, and guidance to transform ourselves and forge a new path. As a psychotherapist, I help facilitate your journey and guide you towards your personal goals by empowering you to remove emotional and psychological roadblocks.
In our lives, we often find ourselves stuck. We find it difficult to stop thinking, feeling, or behaving in ways that are no longer useful. Our interpretations of past experiences, beliefs about ourselves, others and the world, can sometimes hold us back from enjoying the present and imagining a better future. We want things to change but are uncertain how to change them. We need time, space, and guidance to transform ourselves and forge a new path. As a psychotherapist, I help facilitate your journey and guide you towards your personal goals by empowering you to remove emotional and psychological roadblocks.
I am a Toronto-based Registered Psychotherapist and I welcome you with a willingness to learn more about whatever might be holding you back in life or your relationship(s). I am a South Asian, gay/queer, cisgender man, immigrant/settler, & I have extensive experience working with heterosexual & queer/2SLGBTQ+ individuals & couples. My approach to therapy is client-centred and collaborative. I strive to explore solutions that work in your environment. Let’s connect for a 15-minute consult to discuss your therapy goals and start your journey toward growth and healing.
I am a Toronto-based Registered Psychotherapist and I welcome you with a willingness to learn more about whatever might be holding you back in life or your relationship(s). I am a South Asian, gay/queer, cisgender man, immigrant/settler, & I have extensive experience working with heterosexual & queer/2SLGBTQ+ individuals & couples. My approach to therapy is client-centred and collaborative. I strive to explore solutions that work in your environment. Let’s connect for a 15-minute consult to discuss your therapy goals and start your journey toward growth and healing.
I offer personalized psychodynamic psychotherapy for adults and adolescents (11 to 18 years old). Psychodynamic psychotherapy is an approach focused on alleviating psychological distress and symptoms. Clients seek this form of therapy for a variety of reasons, often to overcome challenging emotions, behaviors, thoughts, or relationship issues. Central to my approach is a mindful and empathetic style of listening. Within our sessions, you'll be encouraged to engage in free association, a process of unrestricted self-expression.
I offer personalized psychodynamic psychotherapy for adults and adolescents (11 to 18 years old). Psychodynamic psychotherapy is an approach focused on alleviating psychological distress and symptoms. Clients seek this form of therapy for a variety of reasons, often to overcome challenging emotions, behaviors, thoughts, or relationship issues. Central to my approach is a mindful and empathetic style of listening. Within our sessions, you'll be encouraged to engage in free association, a process of unrestricted self-expression.
Susan Leopold Studios
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, MPS, RPsych, ATR-BC
Verified Verified
9 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5A (Online Only)
Do you wish things were different? I work with diverse clients facing life's transitions and challenges. My theoretical framework is relational, using both talk therapy and/or creative/expressive arts modalities. Following your lead, I listen/witness and attune carefully in order to attend to your specific need. We start with where you are most comfortable, which means that talking, imagery, dreamwork and silence are all welcome. Although I work flexibly between short term talk therapy (psychodynamic psychotherapy) and expressive/creative arts, we safely build our relationship, while co-creating in our therapeutic studio space.
Do you wish things were different? I work with diverse clients facing life's transitions and challenges. My theoretical framework is relational, using both talk therapy and/or creative/expressive arts modalities. Following your lead, I listen/witness and attune carefully in order to attend to your specific need. We start with where you are most comfortable, which means that talking, imagery, dreamwork and silence are all welcome. Although I work flexibly between short term talk therapy (psychodynamic psychotherapy) and expressive/creative arts, we safely build our relationship, while co-creating in our therapeutic studio space.
I'm here to listen. I understand that talking about personal challenges can be difficult, and reaching out for support is not always easy. My ultimate goal is to increase your well-being and life satisfaction by helping you understand what is standing in the way of your happiness. I work with individuals who struggle with relationship issues, anxiety, low self esteem, post-traumatic stress and anger management issues.
I'm here to listen. I understand that talking about personal challenges can be difficult, and reaching out for support is not always easy. My ultimate goal is to increase your well-being and life satisfaction by helping you understand what is standing in the way of your happiness. I work with individuals who struggle with relationship issues, anxiety, low self esteem, post-traumatic stress and anger management issues.
Shelly Zebedee -Psychotherapist (Q)
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), RPQ, BA, SSW, GIT Dip
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5A
Hello. My name is Shelly Zebedee. Welcome to my therapy practice. If you are reading this, you are likely suffering and looking for help. I am here for you. Are you needing support? I am currently accepting new clients. I will work with you to uncover your core strengths and your ability to tackle and win at life’s challenges. We will build a relationship based on trust and honesty. We will work to uncover the healing power under your anxiety, pain and frustration. I have 30 years of experience in counselling. I assist the client to experience their true inner self, to find their own solutions, empowerment and self-love.
Hello. My name is Shelly Zebedee. Welcome to my therapy practice. If you are reading this, you are likely suffering and looking for help. I am here for you. Are you needing support? I am currently accepting new clients. I will work with you to uncover your core strengths and your ability to tackle and win at life’s challenges. We will build a relationship based on trust and honesty. We will work to uncover the healing power under your anxiety, pain and frustration. I have 30 years of experience in counselling. I assist the client to experience their true inner self, to find their own solutions, empowerment and self-love.
Providing a balance of support and challenge, my approach to healing is holistic and comprehensive. I believe that each individual has all of the inner resources they need to achieve a sense of balance and equanimity. My role is merely to provide a safe, non-judgmental container in which they can reach their own integration - cognitively, emotionally and somatically. I aim to assist the individual's journey-making process through offering new ways at looking through the lens which often gets obscured by many mitigating factors. Clarity is the goal.
Providing a balance of support and challenge, my approach to healing is holistic and comprehensive. I believe that each individual has all of the inner resources they need to achieve a sense of balance and equanimity. My role is merely to provide a safe, non-judgmental container in which they can reach their own integration - cognitively, emotionally and somatically. I aim to assist the individual's journey-making process through offering new ways at looking through the lens which often gets obscured by many mitigating factors. Clarity is the goal.
I work with individuals, couples, and families who are experiencing emotional and/or relationship distress and would like to heal and learn positive ways to cope with life's inevitable challenges. I help people face the difficulties within their experience and to heal from negative impacts they have experienced. People and families that I work with often struggle with various symptoms like depression, anxiety, conflict, trouble at school, and are seeking ways to live a more fulfilling and meaningful life. People I work well with are not just interested in reducing symptoms but in positive transformational growth.
I work with individuals, couples, and families who are experiencing emotional and/or relationship distress and would like to heal and learn positive ways to cope with life's inevitable challenges. I help people face the difficulties within their experience and to heal from negative impacts they have experienced. People and families that I work with often struggle with various symptoms like depression, anxiety, conflict, trouble at school, and are seeking ways to live a more fulfilling and meaningful life. People I work well with are not just interested in reducing symptoms but in positive transformational growth.
Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Is it intolerable to be around people yet painful to be alone? Are you in awe of your own circumstances? If these are some of your thoughts and fears I am here to listen and help. We become powerless and hopeless with our perceived loss of choice. Reaching out can be the first step to untangle the myths that you have created about yourself, others and the world around you. Through sharing and finding a new voice, curiosity can be renewed and with that journey - hope. You no longer have to be held hostage by your feelings, actions, thoughts or relationships. Compassion is key.
Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Is it intolerable to be around people yet painful to be alone? Are you in awe of your own circumstances? If these are some of your thoughts and fears I am here to listen and help. We become powerless and hopeless with our perceived loss of choice. Reaching out can be the first step to untangle the myths that you have created about yourself, others and the world around you. Through sharing and finding a new voice, curiosity can be renewed and with that journey - hope. You no longer have to be held hostage by your feelings, actions, thoughts or relationships. Compassion is key.
Karen A. Smith
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5A (Online Only)
Are you overwhelmed by challenges in life and looking for ways to manage your anxiety and stress? You are not alone. We live in a complex world that is increasingly difficult to navigate, and this can leave you feeling isolated and can impact your mental health. I’m a Registered Social Worker and passionate about helping people on their journey of grief and loss, trauma, anxiety and stress related to work and life. Reaching out for help takes courage and is the first step to finding the support you need to overcome the barriers that you are facing and be empowered to live a meaningful life.
Are you overwhelmed by challenges in life and looking for ways to manage your anxiety and stress? You are not alone. We live in a complex world that is increasingly difficult to navigate, and this can leave you feeling isolated and can impact your mental health. I’m a Registered Social Worker and passionate about helping people on their journey of grief and loss, trauma, anxiety and stress related to work and life. Reaching out for help takes courage and is the first step to finding the support you need to overcome the barriers that you are facing and be empowered to live a meaningful life.
Naomi Ruth Counselling
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, PhD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5A
About You: You may have worked with a counsellor before, or this may be the first time, but it’s time to make room for personal growth, or face a challenge head on. You may be comfortable seeking support, or used to keeping it all in; but it’s time to try something new. We may have a lot in common, or a little; but it’s time to find out. I’ve learned that oftentimes the situations we find ourselves in, have much more to do with the outside world than our inner one. So many of our challenges arise when we are unable to differentiate the two, and determine where our own perspectives and power lie.
About You: You may have worked with a counsellor before, or this may be the first time, but it’s time to make room for personal growth, or face a challenge head on. You may be comfortable seeking support, or used to keeping it all in; but it’s time to try something new. We may have a lot in common, or a little; but it’s time to find out. I’ve learned that oftentimes the situations we find ourselves in, have much more to do with the outside world than our inner one. So many of our challenges arise when we are unable to differentiate the two, and determine where our own perspectives and power lie.
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I have a formidable passion for helping you build and energize a joyful, loving & creative life. My clients are high functioning, gifted, and imaginative individuals, plus HSPs. I am naturally engaged, authentic & direct. Unlike therapists who are silent and write on a pad, aloof & distant, I listen with curiosity & empathy to provide ample feed-back when you request it. You will feel at ease. I will provide you with personalized therapy interventions that can help you with imagination, intuition, warmth, & effectiveness. I draw from Narrative, image-based, Psychodynamic, CBT, DBT therapies, & Mindfulness modalities.
I have a formidable passion for helping you build and energize a joyful, loving & creative life. My clients are high functioning, gifted, and imaginative individuals, plus HSPs. I am naturally engaged, authentic & direct. Unlike therapists who are silent and write on a pad, aloof & distant, I listen with curiosity & empathy to provide ample feed-back when you request it. You will feel at ease. I will provide you with personalized therapy interventions that can help you with imagination, intuition, warmth, & effectiveness. I draw from Narrative, image-based, Psychodynamic, CBT, DBT therapies, & Mindfulness modalities.
Nowadays, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are leaning on spiritual healers to attend to our mental health needs and more. While there is a lot of potential in alternative medicine, the chances of falling into the hands of the wrong healers where re-trauma occurs or even abuse, I offer Baraka Divine Healing as a corrective measure. Since 2013 after years of research and working with other consciousness experts worldwide, I developed Baraka Heart Activation. Inspired by my healing journey, I offer a safe and loving space much like a "mother's womb," hearkening the Arabic word Arahman (Ultimate Mercy) one of Allah's 99 names.
Nowadays, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are leaning on spiritual healers to attend to our mental health needs and more. While there is a lot of potential in alternative medicine, the chances of falling into the hands of the wrong healers where re-trauma occurs or even abuse, I offer Baraka Divine Healing as a corrective measure. Since 2013 after years of research and working with other consciousness experts worldwide, I developed Baraka Heart Activation. Inspired by my healing journey, I offer a safe and loving space much like a "mother's womb," hearkening the Arabic word Arahman (Ultimate Mercy) one of Allah's 99 names.
Are you going through a transition in your life? Do you want something different for yourself or for your relationships? Are you having racing thoughts, worrying about the future, feeling stuck and don't know where to go? Having the courage to ask for help is the first step. Beginning therapy can be a daunting task but here you are. You have made that first step toward healing and sometimes; that one step is all it takes. My goal as a therapist is to empower adults and seniors with the skills to overcome anger, fear, grief, pain, trauma, anxiety and depression.
Are you going through a transition in your life? Do you want something different for yourself or for your relationships? Are you having racing thoughts, worrying about the future, feeling stuck and don't know where to go? Having the courage to ask for help is the first step. Beginning therapy can be a daunting task but here you are. You have made that first step toward healing and sometimes; that one step is all it takes. My goal as a therapist is to empower adults and seniors with the skills to overcome anger, fear, grief, pain, trauma, anxiety and depression.
Are you experiencing something difficult and seeking new ways to approach this challenge? Are you pursuing personal growth and looking for support? Maybe you'd like more insight into yourself? I believe therapy can help. Working together, we can identify effective ways to manage difficult thoughts and emotions, ways to live a life that is guided by your values, and help you understand yourself on a deeper level. I believe that you are the expert of your life and experiences - I would be honoured to support you as you explore who you are and how you want to show up in your life.
Are you experiencing something difficult and seeking new ways to approach this challenge? Are you pursuing personal growth and looking for support? Maybe you'd like more insight into yourself? I believe therapy can help. Working together, we can identify effective ways to manage difficult thoughts and emotions, ways to live a life that is guided by your values, and help you understand yourself on a deeper level. I believe that you are the expert of your life and experiences - I would be honoured to support you as you explore who you are and how you want to show up in your life.
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Adoption Counsellors
Does my adopted child need therapy?
Not every adopted child needs therapy. However, many can benefit from seeing an adoption-informed therapist, especially if they were victims of abuse or neglect, appear withdrawn or disconnected, have behavioural or developmental issues (which may or may not be related to their adoption), are struggling with feelings of grief or loss surrounding their birth parents, or find it difficult to establish an identity, a challenge that often becomes most apparent during adolescence.
When should adoptive parents seek therapy?
Prospective parents can benefit from therapy even before an adoption—for example, to voice worries and fears; to reconcile infertility struggles, if relevant; or simply to prepare themselves for parenthood. After the adoption, parents who are struggling to bond with their child; are unsure how to talk about adoption or related issues, such as race; or whose child is dealing with developmental, behavioural, or psychiatric concerns can address these and other issues with the help of an adoption-competent therapist.
Is family therapy appropriate for adoptive families?
Family therapy can be invaluable for strengthening the bond between adoptive parents and children, helping the latter feel more secure in their place in the family. Family therapy can also help adoptive families navigate complex communication issues—for example, parents who feel uncomfortable discussing race with their child, who in turn feels invalidated by their silence, or a child who has questions about his birth parents but avoids asking them out of fear of hurting his adoptive parents’ feelings.
What therapy is not appropriate for adoption issues?
A discredited therapy known as “attachment therapy” (sometimes called “holding therapy” or “rebirthing therapy”) should not be used to treat adopted and foster children, though it was largely designed for this population. Attachment therapy involves restraining, coercing, and punishing the child in order for them to “release” negative emotions and attach to their new caregivers—techniques that are abusive and dangerous and have even proven fatal in some cases.