Therapists in M5S
My approach is empathetic and client-centred and I work from an anti-oppressive framework. Whatever brings you to therapy, and whether it's easy or difficult to talk about, my intentions are to meet you where you are at with sensitivity and care and to co-create a way of exploring your thoughts and feelings, and what they mean to you.
My approach is empathetic and client-centred and I work from an anti-oppressive framework. Whatever brings you to therapy, and whether it's easy or difficult to talk about, my intentions are to meet you where you are at with sensitivity and care and to co-create a way of exploring your thoughts and feelings, and what they mean to you.
Michal (Michelle) Er-El
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5S
I support students and young professionals who deal with anxiety, depression, stress and other difficulties to navigate school, work and relationship challenges so that they better understand the roots of their struggles and feel calmer, more confident, and resilient. I provide a non-judgmental space where we can build upon the helpful strategies you have been using and examine patterns that may not be useful to you anymore. I will share tools that can help you address and manage your particular situation. Together, we can discover ways to enhance your insight, skills, abilities and well-being.
I support students and young professionals who deal with anxiety, depression, stress and other difficulties to navigate school, work and relationship challenges so that they better understand the roots of their struggles and feel calmer, more confident, and resilient. I provide a non-judgmental space where we can build upon the helpful strategies you have been using and examine patterns that may not be useful to you anymore. I will share tools that can help you address and manage your particular situation. Together, we can discover ways to enhance your insight, skills, abilities and well-being.
Are you experiencing ongoing difficulties in your daily life as a result of traumatic events you have endured? Do you struggle with self-esteem, attachment issues, emotion regulation, or a sense of identity? Symptoms of trauma can include anxiety, depression, hypervigilance, and intrusive memories, as well as difficulties with trust, intimacy, and relationships. You might not identify as having experienced trauma, but I’m confident in saying that we all can identify with experiencing some of the above. If this feels true to you, know that your not alone and I am here to help.
Are you experiencing ongoing difficulties in your daily life as a result of traumatic events you have endured? Do you struggle with self-esteem, attachment issues, emotion regulation, or a sense of identity? Symptoms of trauma can include anxiety, depression, hypervigilance, and intrusive memories, as well as difficulties with trust, intimacy, and relationships. You might not identify as having experienced trauma, but I’m confident in saying that we all can identify with experiencing some of the above. If this feels true to you, know that your not alone and I am here to help.
PEACE Psychotherapy
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, BEd, BFA, CDBT
Verified Verified
Toronto, ON M5S
PEACE Psychotherapy is a group of independent therapists committed to promoting empathy, acceptance and compassion for all. We understand that many people struggle with powerful negative emotions, impulses and behaviours, and we are prepared to fight the good fight, even when it gets messy. We will ask the difficult questions and support you in the process. We believe that no matter how hopeless one feels, everyone has the capacity for change and the desire for a life worth living. We have devoted our careers to helping people learn to accept what they cannot change, change what they can, and gain the wisdom to know the difference.
PEACE Psychotherapy is a group of independent therapists committed to promoting empathy, acceptance and compassion for all. We understand that many people struggle with powerful negative emotions, impulses and behaviours, and we are prepared to fight the good fight, even when it gets messy. We will ask the difficult questions and support you in the process. We believe that no matter how hopeless one feels, everyone has the capacity for change and the desire for a life worth living. We have devoted our careers to helping people learn to accept what they cannot change, change what they can, and gain the wisdom to know the difference.
My career as a therapist started as a career in theatre and film due to my love of narrative and storytelling. Over time, I became more interested in how the stories we believe about ourselves shape how we live our lives. I use scientifically supported treatments like CBT to explore these stories and see how helpful or not they are. Of course, we often already know that something isn't working, but it can be hard to believe anything different. To that end, our sessions usually include seeking out new experiences to develop new perspectives. My clients tell me they're surprised by how much more they can do than they first thought.
My career as a therapist started as a career in theatre and film due to my love of narrative and storytelling. Over time, I became more interested in how the stories we believe about ourselves shape how we live our lives. I use scientifically supported treatments like CBT to explore these stories and see how helpful or not they are. Of course, we often already know that something isn't working, but it can be hard to believe anything different. To that end, our sessions usually include seeking out new experiences to develop new perspectives. My clients tell me they're surprised by how much more they can do than they first thought.
Brendan McLarty
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
Toronto, ON M5S
Waitlist for new clients
Are you feeling stuck in life? Do you feel isolated? Are you having difficulty moving forward after a painful loss or life change? Are you looking for ways to better manage your emotions? It is my belief that our unique life experiences require a personalized approach to help us reach our goals in the face of pain. One size does not fit all. Sessions with me are experiential in nature, with a focus on developing present moment awareness of one’s inner and outer world. Through the cultivation of mindfulness and other skills, I aim to help individuals harness that self knowledge to find ways to engage in values-based living.
Are you feeling stuck in life? Do you feel isolated? Are you having difficulty moving forward after a painful loss or life change? Are you looking for ways to better manage your emotions? It is my belief that our unique life experiences require a personalized approach to help us reach our goals in the face of pain. One size does not fit all. Sessions with me are experiential in nature, with a focus on developing present moment awareness of one’s inner and outer world. Through the cultivation of mindfulness and other skills, I aim to help individuals harness that self knowledge to find ways to engage in values-based living.
Welcome/Bienvenue! Empowering Neurodiverse Minds for Nearly a Decade. My name is Krystina Raymond and am very passionate about counseling, coaching, social justice, developmental psychology and education. I provide individual counseling in English/French. I conduct sessions for personal, academic and ADHD counseling. I strive to create a collaborative space where you can explore concerns and learn strategies to cope. Together, we can enhance your skills and overcome your challenges through individualized Zoom and/or phone sessions. For more information visit: www.kraymondresearch.com
Welcome/Bienvenue! Empowering Neurodiverse Minds for Nearly a Decade. My name is Krystina Raymond and am very passionate about counseling, coaching, social justice, developmental psychology and education. I provide individual counseling in English/French. I conduct sessions for personal, academic and ADHD counseling. I strive to create a collaborative space where you can explore concerns and learn strategies to cope. Together, we can enhance your skills and overcome your challenges through individualized Zoom and/or phone sessions. For more information visit: www.kraymondresearch.com
Feeling burned-out, distracted, distanced from your life? I facilitate threshold therapy to restore your confidence, capacity, and energy. Concentrating on cultivating internal knowing, our work dismantles dependency on external conditions to be happy. We rewire unhelpful programming, clarify confusion and focus on perspectives that align with your goals and emerging self. My sliding-scale offers access to multi-layered care including physical, spiritual, and social treatments so your whole system can heal efficiently and safely. By just reading this, you’ve already taken the first step to returning to a more natural state of ease.
Feeling burned-out, distracted, distanced from your life? I facilitate threshold therapy to restore your confidence, capacity, and energy. Concentrating on cultivating internal knowing, our work dismantles dependency on external conditions to be happy. We rewire unhelpful programming, clarify confusion and focus on perspectives that align with your goals and emerging self. My sliding-scale offers access to multi-layered care including physical, spiritual, and social treatments so your whole system can heal efficiently and safely. By just reading this, you’ve already taken the first step to returning to a more natural state of ease.
I provide psychotherapy to children, adolescents, and adults for a wide range of concerns, including Depression, Anxiety, Low Self-Esteem, Relationship Issues, Loss and Grief, and Trauma. I also provide parent counselling and parent-child therapy to enhance the attachment relationship between parents and children of all ages, including infants and toddlers. I also work with parents who are expecting a baby and have concerns about becoming a parent. I have a special interest in working with adopted children and their parents. I welcome your call to discuss your situation to see if I can help.
I provide psychotherapy to children, adolescents, and adults for a wide range of concerns, including Depression, Anxiety, Low Self-Esteem, Relationship Issues, Loss and Grief, and Trauma. I also provide parent counselling and parent-child therapy to enhance the attachment relationship between parents and children of all ages, including infants and toddlers. I also work with parents who are expecting a baby and have concerns about becoming a parent. I have a special interest in working with adopted children and their parents. I welcome your call to discuss your situation to see if I can help.
It's so upsetting to feel like you're not in control of your mental health. Maybe you're struggling to manage your OCD compulsions, disordered eating, or your anger and emotions. These challenges can significantly impact you AND your relationships. You may struggle with feelings of guilt, shame and embarrassment. I offer a genuine, transparent approach to healing that allows me to support you in a way that is non-judgmental, validating, and personable. I am committed to supporting clients with OCD, emotional dysregulation, eating disorders and relationship issues using skills proven effective through evidence-based research.
It's so upsetting to feel like you're not in control of your mental health. Maybe you're struggling to manage your OCD compulsions, disordered eating, or your anger and emotions. These challenges can significantly impact you AND your relationships. You may struggle with feelings of guilt, shame and embarrassment. I offer a genuine, transparent approach to healing that allows me to support you in a way that is non-judgmental, validating, and personable. I am committed to supporting clients with OCD, emotional dysregulation, eating disorders and relationship issues using skills proven effective through evidence-based research.
I had been a medical doctor before I became a psychologist. I changed professions because I realized that our thoughts, feelings, and behavioural habits have a powerful effect on our health and happiness but their potential to aid healing is often neglected in medicine. I feel privileged to work with clients who are on the journey of recovery and self-growth during and after adversities. I work with clients who have sleep problems, fatigue, stress, low mood, depression, anxiety, panic, chronic worry, obsessive thinking, post-concussion syndrome, medical illnesses, or chronic pain.
I had been a medical doctor before I became a psychologist. I changed professions because I realized that our thoughts, feelings, and behavioural habits have a powerful effect on our health and happiness but their potential to aid healing is often neglected in medicine. I feel privileged to work with clients who are on the journey of recovery and self-growth during and after adversities. I work with clients who have sleep problems, fatigue, stress, low mood, depression, anxiety, panic, chronic worry, obsessive thinking, post-concussion syndrome, medical illnesses, or chronic pain.
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Hannah E. Peck | Psychotherapy And Supervision
Registered Psychotherapist, CCC, MEd
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Online Only
I help adults heal from trauma, childhood abuse and neglect, and bullying, allowing them to feel more connected to themselves, to others, and to the life they want to live. Low self-esteem, extreme emotions, intrusive thoughts, social anxiety, and negative body image don't have to get in the way of your relationships and life goals. With therapy, you can improve how you feel toward yourself, find inner calm, and learn how to feel safe and secure in the present.
I help adults heal from trauma, childhood abuse and neglect, and bullying, allowing them to feel more connected to themselves, to others, and to the life they want to live. Low self-esteem, extreme emotions, intrusive thoughts, social anxiety, and negative body image don't have to get in the way of your relationships and life goals. With therapy, you can improve how you feel toward yourself, find inner calm, and learn how to feel safe and secure in the present.
You may be looking for a space where you can be really heard and where you can be truthful and honest. Perhaps you hope to be both understood and also challenged to explore new ways to grapple with your challenges. You may be struggling with your relationships with yourself and others, or be caught in a dilemma where you face difficult choices. My approach is supportive and challenging, empathic and direct. Let's untangle your thoughts and feelings together and make sense of them so that you can navigate life with better clarity and ease.
You may be looking for a space where you can be really heard and where you can be truthful and honest. Perhaps you hope to be both understood and also challenged to explore new ways to grapple with your challenges. You may be struggling with your relationships with yourself and others, or be caught in a dilemma where you face difficult choices. My approach is supportive and challenging, empathic and direct. Let's untangle your thoughts and feelings together and make sense of them so that you can navigate life with better clarity and ease.
Marc Pereira
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), RP (Q)
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5S
Life’s challenges can be daunting, but they do not need to be faced alone. No two people are the same, each person requires their own unique approach to address events from the past, challenges in the present, or concerns about the future. I utilize a collaborative approach that incorporates various modalities into the therapeutic process.
Life’s challenges can be daunting, but they do not need to be faced alone. No two people are the same, each person requires their own unique approach to address events from the past, challenges in the present, or concerns about the future. I utilize a collaborative approach that incorporates various modalities into the therapeutic process.
Lavlet Forde
Registered Psychotherapist, MA , RP
Verified Verified
Online Only
Not accepting new clients
Are you feeling stuck or hopeless? Do you feel overwhelmed by your anxiety, stress, or anger? Life can be challenging at times and sometimes we need help along the way. As a therapist, I understand that each person’s life is unique and comes with its unique challenges. I provide clients with a safe and welcoming space to discuss and explore these challenges, and tailor skills and techniques for each individual to help make a healthy change.
Are you feeling stuck or hopeless? Do you feel overwhelmed by your anxiety, stress, or anger? Life can be challenging at times and sometimes we need help along the way. As a therapist, I understand that each person’s life is unique and comes with its unique challenges. I provide clients with a safe and welcoming space to discuss and explore these challenges, and tailor skills and techniques for each individual to help make a healthy change.
Andrea Blackler
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), RP(Q)
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5S
A warm welcome to you! Whether you know what you want to work on in therapy or you just have a general sense that you'd like to feel better and improve your life, I would be honoured to help. My integrative and holistic approach is informed by my personal mindfulness meditation practice (vipassana/insight tradition) and includes a deep appreciation for the power of the body-heart-mind connection. I use evidence-based trauma-informed mindfulness interventions, third wave behavioural therapies, and a somatic (body-centred) therapy called Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. I also have training in grief counselling (including non-death loss).
A warm welcome to you! Whether you know what you want to work on in therapy or you just have a general sense that you'd like to feel better and improve your life, I would be honoured to help. My integrative and holistic approach is informed by my personal mindfulness meditation practice (vipassana/insight tradition) and includes a deep appreciation for the power of the body-heart-mind connection. I use evidence-based trauma-informed mindfulness interventions, third wave behavioural therapies, and a somatic (body-centred) therapy called Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. I also have training in grief counselling (including non-death loss).
Isabel Mackenzie Lay
Registered Psychotherapist, MEd, RP
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5S
As a Registered Psychotherapist, the strength of my practice is in helping people living with depression/anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, childhood trauma, grief and mourning, eating disorders/body image issues, career stress, relationship issues and with those who are generally feeling 'stuck' in life. In my practice, I help clients to become 'directors' of their own experience and to understand how behaviours that were once part of creatively adjusting to past environments may be interfering with their ability to function fully in the present moment. I help clients deepen into calm and return to a sense of aliveness within.
As a Registered Psychotherapist, the strength of my practice is in helping people living with depression/anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, childhood trauma, grief and mourning, eating disorders/body image issues, career stress, relationship issues and with those who are generally feeling 'stuck' in life. In my practice, I help clients to become 'directors' of their own experience and to understand how behaviours that were once part of creatively adjusting to past environments may be interfering with their ability to function fully in the present moment. I help clients deepen into calm and return to a sense of aliveness within.
I counsel and support individuals, couples and families who feel stuck in life or who have mental health or marriage issues. Anxiety, depression, addiction and family issues are my main focus. My training in social work, addictions, family therapy and personal experience enables me to help families support each other. Mental health issues have been part of my life and our families. We know from experience what helps us recover.
I counsel and support individuals, couples and families who feel stuck in life or who have mental health or marriage issues. Anxiety, depression, addiction and family issues are my main focus. My training in social work, addictions, family therapy and personal experience enables me to help families support each other. Mental health issues have been part of my life and our families. We know from experience what helps us recover.
Transforming Emotions - Dr. Sarah Thompson & Assoc
Psychologist, CPsych, MSW, RSW, RP
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5S
Asking for help is a vulnerable and courageous act, and it’s the first step towards creating lasting change in your life. You may be feeling depressed, anxious, stressed, lonely, irritable, or just not your best self. You may want to feel more connected loves ones or communities in your life. Perhaps there are issues from your past that are holding you back–or you may be grappling with the impact of systemic discrimination. You may have recently lost someone dear to you and need some support. Whatever your reason for reaching out, we are here to help you move from feeling stuck to feeling more calm, connected, and confident.
Asking for help is a vulnerable and courageous act, and it’s the first step towards creating lasting change in your life. You may be feeling depressed, anxious, stressed, lonely, irritable, or just not your best self. You may want to feel more connected loves ones or communities in your life. Perhaps there are issues from your past that are holding you back–or you may be grappling with the impact of systemic discrimination. You may have recently lost someone dear to you and need some support. Whatever your reason for reaching out, we are here to help you move from feeling stuck to feeling more calm, connected, and confident.
We might be a good fit if you struggle with not feeling good enough and can't seem to escape that critical inner dialogue. I support people in building their self-worth. I integrate evidence-based therapeutic strategies with a casual, conversational approach. I offer a non-judgmental, safe environment that facilitates openness and encourages self-exploration. Together, we will explore the inter-relatedness between your thoughts, behaviours and emotions, identifying and adjusting unhelpful patterns. Through compassion and understanding, I'll help you make sense of things and ease your overwhelm.
We might be a good fit if you struggle with not feeling good enough and can't seem to escape that critical inner dialogue. I support people in building their self-worth. I integrate evidence-based therapeutic strategies with a casual, conversational approach. I offer a non-judgmental, safe environment that facilitates openness and encourages self-exploration. Together, we will explore the inter-relatedness between your thoughts, behaviours and emotions, identifying and adjusting unhelpful patterns. Through compassion and understanding, I'll help you make sense of things and ease your overwhelm.
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Number of Counsellors in M5S
300+
Average cost per session
$160
Counsellors in M5S who prioritize treating:
| 93% | Anxiety |
| 87% | Depression |
| 86% | Self Esteem |
| 85% | Relationship Issues |
| 76% | Stress |
| 75% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 74% | Life Transitions |
Average years in practice
10 Years
Top 3 insurances accepted
| 68% | Green Shield Canada |
| 62% | SunLife |
| 59% | Manulife |
How Counsellors in M5S see their clients
| 62% | In Person and Online | |
| 38% | Online Only |
Gender breakdown
| 79% | Female | |
| 17% | Male | |
| 4% | Non-Binary |