Therapists in L3R
You're holding a lot — and most of it isn't visible to anyone around you.
Maybe it's the low hum of anxiety that never fully goes away. The exhaustion of managing your emotions, your relationships, your life — while quietly wondering why it still feels this hard. Or a nervous system that stays braced, even when there's nothing left to brace for.
In-person in Toronto. Virtual across Ontario. Free 15-minute consultation — reach out to start.
You're holding a lot — and most of it isn't visible to anyone around you.
Maybe it's the low hum of anxiety that never fully goes away. The exhaustion of managing your emotions, your relationships, your life — while quietly wondering why it still feels this hard. Or a nervous system that stays braced, even when there's nothing left to brace for.
In-person in Toronto. Virtual across Ontario. Free 15-minute consultation — reach out to start.
Each Kalm Therapist is trained to provide personalized care, tailoring their approach to meet the unique needs of every individual. With an empathetic and holistic approach, the therapists foster a safe and nurturing environment where clients feel supported and heard. Whether through one-on-one sessions or group workshops, Kalm Therapists empower individuals to develop healthier coping strategies and create sustainable changes in their mental and emotional health.
Each Kalm Therapist is trained to provide personalized care, tailoring their approach to meet the unique needs of every individual. With an empathetic and holistic approach, the therapists foster a safe and nurturing environment where clients feel supported and heard. Whether through one-on-one sessions or group workshops, Kalm Therapists empower individuals to develop healthier coping strategies and create sustainable changes in their mental and emotional health.
We teach people how to treat us. If we don’t know how to love ourselves, to accept ourselves, to be compassionate with ourselves, how can we expect others to? If you struggle with issues such as people pleasing, guilt, shame, having high expectations of yourself but have low expectations of others then you have placed others’ needs over your own. If you have a hard time saying no because you worry that others will not like you or want to spend time with you, then working on boundaries assists you with experiencing clearer expectations of yourself and others. Work towards a healthier you.
We teach people how to treat us. If we don’t know how to love ourselves, to accept ourselves, to be compassionate with ourselves, how can we expect others to? If you struggle with issues such as people pleasing, guilt, shame, having high expectations of yourself but have low expectations of others then you have placed others’ needs over your own. If you have a hard time saying no because you worry that others will not like you or want to spend time with you, then working on boundaries assists you with experiencing clearer expectations of yourself and others. Work towards a healthier you.
I believe every person has strengths and every relationship has the potential to grow. I work with individuals navigating anxiety, relational difficulties, and the weight of shame or guilt—they often want insight, practical tools, and support to change patterns that no longer serve them. I do not see clients as flawed, but as unique individuals with stories, strengths, and relationships that shape them; I see their resilience, hope, and the possibility for growth, even when that feels hidden.
I believe every person has strengths and every relationship has the potential to grow. I work with individuals navigating anxiety, relational difficulties, and the weight of shame or guilt—they often want insight, practical tools, and support to change patterns that no longer serve them. I do not see clients as flawed, but as unique individuals with stories, strengths, and relationships that shape them; I see their resilience, hope, and the possibility for growth, even when that feels hidden.
I have over 17 years of experience working with people struggling with a broad range of issues, including anxiety, feeling low or depressed, trauma, relationship problems, family concerns, or parenting challenges. I will provide you with a comfortable and safe space to share your concerns and I would happily stand with you to reach your goals.
I have over 17 years of experience working with people struggling with a broad range of issues, including anxiety, feeling low or depressed, trauma, relationship problems, family concerns, or parenting challenges. I will provide you with a comfortable and safe space to share your concerns and I would happily stand with you to reach your goals.
My ideal clients are people who appear to be functioning well on the outside but feel overwhelmed, anxious, stuck, or emotionally strained on the inside. They may struggle with anxiety, anger, intrusive thoughts, relationship challenges, or long-standing patterns that feel hard to change. Often thoughtful and self-aware, they want more than quick coping strategies. They are looking for a safe, nonjudgmental space to better understand themselves, develop emotional flexibility, and respond to life’s challenges with greater clarity, confidence, and intention.
My ideal clients are people who appear to be functioning well on the outside but feel overwhelmed, anxious, stuck, or emotionally strained on the inside. They may struggle with anxiety, anger, intrusive thoughts, relationship challenges, or long-standing patterns that feel hard to change. Often thoughtful and self-aware, they want more than quick coping strategies. They are looking for a safe, nonjudgmental space to better understand themselves, develop emotional flexibility, and respond to life’s challenges with greater clarity, confidence, and intention.
David I. Ross, BSW, MSEd., RSW, OCT, RP, is a clinical Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist and regulated healthcare professional licensed to practice by the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) (Registration # 817027) as well as a member of the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW). Since the inception of his career in Social Work in 1997, he has obtained experience in a variety of community and clinical settings working with a wide range of cultures and ethnicities. Fees are largely reimbursed by most Extended Health Insurance plans. Please check with your specific plan.
David I. Ross, BSW, MSEd., RSW, OCT, RP, is a clinical Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist and regulated healthcare professional licensed to practice by the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) (Registration # 817027) as well as a member of the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW). Since the inception of his career in Social Work in 1997, he has obtained experience in a variety of community and clinical settings working with a wide range of cultures and ethnicities. Fees are largely reimbursed by most Extended Health Insurance plans. Please check with your specific plan.
People often come to therapy believing they should be coping better than they are. From the outside, their lives may look well-managed: they’re working, raising families, and meeting responsibilities, yet underneath, they’re exhausted and anxious. They overthink conversations, struggle with boundaries, or they carry an unexplained weight. If that sounds familiar, you’re exactly the kind of person I work with.
I previously practised medicine, which taught me that emotional struggles rarely stay confined to our thoughts. Stress, burnout, and anxiety show up in our bodies and relationships, quietly shaping our decisions and our lives.
People often come to therapy believing they should be coping better than they are. From the outside, their lives may look well-managed: they’re working, raising families, and meeting responsibilities, yet underneath, they’re exhausted and anxious. They overthink conversations, struggle with boundaries, or they carry an unexplained weight. If that sounds familiar, you’re exactly the kind of person I work with.
I previously practised medicine, which taught me that emotional struggles rarely stay confined to our thoughts. Stress, burnout, and anxiety show up in our bodies and relationships, quietly shaping our decisions and our lives.
Life’s journey can bring us to moments that feel overwhelming, unfair, or just too much to handle alone. Whether you’re dealing with stress, anxiety, low mood, or simply seeking a deeper understanding of yourself, I believe in each person’s innate ability to grow and thrive, and I am here to support these processes within you. My goal is to provide a safe, non-judgmental space where you can explore your emotions, make sense of your past experiences, and develop the tools and resilience to face life’s challenges with greater clarity and confidence.
Life’s journey can bring us to moments that feel overwhelming, unfair, or just too much to handle alone. Whether you’re dealing with stress, anxiety, low mood, or simply seeking a deeper understanding of yourself, I believe in each person’s innate ability to grow and thrive, and I am here to support these processes within you. My goal is to provide a safe, non-judgmental space where you can explore your emotions, make sense of your past experiences, and develop the tools and resilience to face life’s challenges with greater clarity and confidence.
Accepting NEW Clients - I often work with high-functioners who look capable on the outside but feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck on the inside. Many struggle with anxiety, burnout, people-pleasing, perfectionism, relationship challenges, or a persistent sense that life doesn't feel the way they hoped it would. Often, they've spent years meeting expectations, taking care of others, or pushing through without stopping to ask what they truly want. I help clients understand the patterns shaping their lives and build the awareness, safety, and confidence to make more aligned choices.
Accepting NEW Clients - I often work with high-functioners who look capable on the outside but feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck on the inside. Many struggle with anxiety, burnout, people-pleasing, perfectionism, relationship challenges, or a persistent sense that life doesn't feel the way they hoped it would. Often, they've spent years meeting expectations, taking care of others, or pushing through without stopping to ask what they truly want. I help clients understand the patterns shaping their lives and build the awareness, safety, and confidence to make more aligned choices.
Sharon Xiao-Rong Zong
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, RSW, MSW
5 Endorsed
Markham, ON L3R
Waitlist for new clients
It’s natural to encounter various forms of difficulties in life, such as feeling sad, anxious, angry, lonely, stuck, and depressed. Counselling and psychotherapy sessions can help you! These emotions are natural and temporary. I believe all of my clients have their own abilities and strengths to gradually overcome and improve. My role as your therapist is to be with you and walk alongside your journey; I am willing to help you to better handle life changes and to make more positive changes. As a member of Hopewoods Psychotherapy, we aim to provide professional mental health services for the Chinese community in Toronto.
It’s natural to encounter various forms of difficulties in life, such as feeling sad, anxious, angry, lonely, stuck, and depressed. Counselling and psychotherapy sessions can help you! These emotions are natural and temporary. I believe all of my clients have their own abilities and strengths to gradually overcome and improve. My role as your therapist is to be with you and walk alongside your journey; I am willing to help you to better handle life changes and to make more positive changes. As a member of Hopewoods Psychotherapy, we aim to provide professional mental health services for the Chinese community in Toronto.
Elden Chin Yu Leung
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, MA, MCMFT, ICEEFT
Markham, ON L3R
Waitlist for new clients
We understand that choosing to heal and recover can be one of the most important decisions that we make in our lives. Therefore, choosing the right person to walk with you and assist the process can be crucial. I have extensive experience in working with individuals, couples, and families on various issues, like relationship issues, traumas, life transitions, managing emotions, and more. I provide supervision to undergraduate and postgraduate students in different Universities and institutes. Thanks to my experience as a first-generation immigrant to Canada, I am devoted to working with clients with similar backgrounds..
We understand that choosing to heal and recover can be one of the most important decisions that we make in our lives. Therefore, choosing the right person to walk with you and assist the process can be crucial. I have extensive experience in working with individuals, couples, and families on various issues, like relationship issues, traumas, life transitions, managing emotions, and more. I provide supervision to undergraduate and postgraduate students in different Universities and institutes. Thanks to my experience as a first-generation immigrant to Canada, I am devoted to working with clients with similar backgrounds..
If you are tired of being the one who has it all together, you’re in the right place. Many of my clients are first-gen professionals, first-born daughters, and mothers who are experts at navigating high-pressure environments but feel increasingly disconnected from their own needs.
If you are tired of being the one who has it all together, you’re in the right place. Many of my clients are first-gen professionals, first-born daughters, and mothers who are experts at navigating high-pressure environments but feel increasingly disconnected from their own needs.
Christina Skoulos
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, TCHt, CFRC, RKin, RYT
6 Endorsed
Markham, ON L3R
Waitlist for new clients
Are you feeling overwhelmed, lost, stuck, down, anxious, stressed, or seeking answers? Would you like to improve your health and well-being and create deeper healing, improved relationships, lasting change, and transformation in your life? Perhaps you find yourself lacking time, focus, energy, drive, connection, and have no idea how to start improving things. We all have times in life when we may feel this way. With everything going on in the world these days, it's not easy to not feel this way. But you can finally stop trying to do it all alone now. Whatever your needs may be, I am here to offer support.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, lost, stuck, down, anxious, stressed, or seeking answers? Would you like to improve your health and well-being and create deeper healing, improved relationships, lasting change, and transformation in your life? Perhaps you find yourself lacking time, focus, energy, drive, connection, and have no idea how to start improving things. We all have times in life when we may feel this way. With everything going on in the world these days, it's not easy to not feel this way. But you can finally stop trying to do it all alone now. Whatever your needs may be, I am here to offer support.
Stacy Wen-Chiung Hsu
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
5 Endorsed
Markham, ON L3R
Waitlist for new clients
Do you feel anxious and frustrated when things do not work out? Do you have a hard time? You may feel lonely and isolated, and you don’t know who you can turn to. Do you have a safe and non-judgmental space to work with these emotions and challenges? It always takes encouragement and confidence to deal with these, and I believe my skills and experiences could empower you to work through these difficulties to make positive changes together. As a member of Hopewoods Psychotherapy, we aim to provide professional mental health services for the Chinese community in Toronto.
Do you feel anxious and frustrated when things do not work out? Do you have a hard time? You may feel lonely and isolated, and you don’t know who you can turn to. Do you have a safe and non-judgmental space to work with these emotions and challenges? It always takes encouragement and confidence to deal with these, and I believe my skills and experiences could empower you to work through these difficulties to make positive changes together. As a member of Hopewoods Psychotherapy, we aim to provide professional mental health services for the Chinese community in Toronto.
You may be someone who appears to have it all together, yet inside, you often feel stuck, anxious, overwhelmed, or disconnected—from others or even from yourself. You may find yourself caught in the same patterns in relationships, weighed down by emotions you can’t fully name, or carrying pain from the past that hasn’t been resolved. You might have tried to figure things out on your own, but something keeps resurfacing—grief, shame, anger, or confusion. If you’re looking for a deeper understanding of yourself and lasting emotional change, I invite you to reach out. This work is about you—your inner world, your story, your becoming.
You may be someone who appears to have it all together, yet inside, you often feel stuck, anxious, overwhelmed, or disconnected—from others or even from yourself. You may find yourself caught in the same patterns in relationships, weighed down by emotions you can’t fully name, or carrying pain from the past that hasn’t been resolved. You might have tried to figure things out on your own, but something keeps resurfacing—grief, shame, anger, or confusion. If you’re looking for a deeper understanding of yourself and lasting emotional change, I invite you to reach out. This work is about you—your inner world, your story, your becoming.
There may be times when your stress interferes with what you want in your life. You may be experiencing a mix of anxiety, panic, burnout, physical pain, sadness, anger or frustration with others and/or yourself. You may have noticed a pattern you're unhappy with or a specific situation that replays in your mind. The stress you're experiencing may be related to a difficult time in your past, your present, including injury, health anxiety, work or sport performance, anticipating the future, or a combination. It's not easy to reach out for help, so taking action by contacting a professional is you being courageous!
There may be times when your stress interferes with what you want in your life. You may be experiencing a mix of anxiety, panic, burnout, physical pain, sadness, anger or frustration with others and/or yourself. You may have noticed a pattern you're unhappy with or a specific situation that replays in your mind. The stress you're experiencing may be related to a difficult time in your past, your present, including injury, health anxiety, work or sport performance, anticipating the future, or a combination. It's not easy to reach out for help, so taking action by contacting a professional is you being courageous!
You send the text and then watch the phone, re-reading what you wrote, certain you said too much. You look for reassurance, and when it comes, part of you still does not quite believe it. You overthink, replay conversations, and brace for people to leave, often setting your own needs aside to keep them close. When something finally feels good, a quiet part of you goes looking for the crack. If you are here with a partner, you may know a different version of this: one of you reaches and protests when the distance grows, the other goes quiet and pulls away, and around it turns, with both of you feeling unseen.
You send the text and then watch the phone, re-reading what you wrote, certain you said too much. You look for reassurance, and when it comes, part of you still does not quite believe it. You overthink, replay conversations, and brace for people to leave, often setting your own needs aside to keep them close. When something finally feels good, a quiet part of you goes looking for the crack. If you are here with a partner, you may know a different version of this: one of you reaches and protests when the distance grows, the other goes quiet and pulls away, and around it turns, with both of you feeling unseen.
If you are experiencing anxiety, constant worries, fears and phobias, low-mood, stress, grief, insomnia, low self-esteem, school & career-related issues etc., my person-centered approach can help you work on your issues in a constructive way to guide you towards happiness, emotional health and well-being improvement. As a Counsellor, Mental Health Consultant, Clinical Hypnotherapist, & Certified Advanced EFT Practitioner. I incorporate a number of counselling and therapeutic techniques for an effective treatment outcome.
If you are experiencing anxiety, constant worries, fears and phobias, low-mood, stress, grief, insomnia, low self-esteem, school & career-related issues etc., my person-centered approach can help you work on your issues in a constructive way to guide you towards happiness, emotional health and well-being improvement. As a Counsellor, Mental Health Consultant, Clinical Hypnotherapist, & Certified Advanced EFT Practitioner. I incorporate a number of counselling and therapeutic techniques for an effective treatment outcome.
I believe you are the expert of your own life. My role is to walk alongside you, deepening self-understanding & working towards meaningful change. I’m a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology student and an RP (Qualifying) offering a collaborative, supportive, and nonjudgmental space informed by an integrative framework that centers strengths-based, anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, and decolonial principles to help clients feel understood, empowered, and better equipped to move forward with self-compassion.
I believe you are the expert of your own life. My role is to walk alongside you, deepening self-understanding & working towards meaningful change. I’m a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology student and an RP (Qualifying) offering a collaborative, supportive, and nonjudgmental space informed by an integrative framework that centers strengths-based, anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, and decolonial principles to help clients feel understood, empowered, and better equipped to move forward with self-compassion.
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How does your Counsellor compare?
Number of Counsellors in L3R
300+
Average cost per session
$170
Counsellors in L3R who prioritize treating:
| 95% | Anxiety |
| 95% | Social Anxiety |
| 95% | Health Anxiety |
| 95% | Driving Anxiety |
| 90% | Depression |
| 85% | Relationship Issues |
| 85% | Self Esteem |
Average years in practice
7 Years
Top 3 insurances accepted
| 92% | SunLife |
| 87% | Manulife |
| 83% | Green Shield Canada |
How Counsellors in L3R see their clients
| 65% | In Person and Online | |
| 35% | Online Only |
Gender breakdown
| 85% | Female | |
| 15% | Male |