Grief Therapists in M6J

New clients welcome. I am a registered psychotherapist with over 25 years' experience. I create a compassionate space in which you can reclaim your strengths, and develop tools to move through challenges in life. Therapy can help you gain perspective on your current situation,know yourself more deeply, and reclaim the joy, confidence, and self-love that are your birthright. I am person-centred and collaborative in my approach. I use a variety of modalities to support my clients. Sessions are in-person or online for support with anxiety, grief, depression, life-transitions, recent or childhood trauma and burn-out.

Whether you or someone you care about is dealing with the shock of a new diagnosis, the stress of an ongoing chronic condition, the challenges in facing end of life concerns or the struggles in coping with grief or loss, I’m here to support you in finding your way forward. If you’re a healthcare provider, I’m also equipped to support you in managing the unique stresses you face in your caregiving role and in working to create a healthy balance in life.

Are you grieving the loss of someone or something special in your life? Do you feel alone and lost in your grief? Grief can be incredibly painful, disruptive, and confusing. You may feel “broken” or think you are doing it all wrong. Maybe you are unsure of how to heal from such deep pain and how to manage this difficult, often isolating, experience. I’m Andrea (she/her), a Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist in Toronto who can support you to navigate this painful time. Together we can find a way for you to heal and to integrate your grief into your life.

I am a Registered Psychotherapist and Grief Recovery Specialist with over 10 years of professional experience working in the Violence against Women sector. I support caregiving women, individuals, and groups struggling through trauma, grief, loss, and other life transitions to establish and maintain a fulfilling life now and leave a lasting legacy for their loved ones.

Supporting you through life transitions, coming to terms with previous traumas (including sexual assault), concerns related to gender and sexuality, struggling with anxiety, depression, meaning, relationship challenges, and complex grief (including childhood loss). The process is truly collaborative; we work together to consider your current patterns and explore how they may be connected to various times or parts of your life. In gaining an understanding of how you experience things and your characteristic ways of engaging with the world, treatment is tailored to work best for you and the results you'd like to see in therapy.

For individuals with prolonged histories of emotional abuse, its common to develop high level skills in self-awareness and self-reflection. Maybe you're aware of your own triggers, where they come from, and your patterns of responses (e.g., people-pleasing, conflict-avoidance, self-criticism, rejection sensitivity). Having this awareness can make it all the more frustrating when we can't change our responses. Its common to feel weak and self-blame. Alternatively, maybe you only suspect you've been exposed to emotional or narcissistic abuse and you need help making sense of the confusion and uncertainty you're experiencing.

Are you feeling overwhelmed, stressed, anxious, depressed? Struggling to cope or manage? Perhaps you have experienced a traumatic event such as family violence, abuse, relationship challenges, grief or loss. I am a trauma-informed Cinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist who understands the complex impact trauma and life’s challenges can have on an individual’s well-being, mental health, sense of worth, and how it can shape a person’s ability to cope. If you're an adult or adolescent, I would love to work alongside you, co-creating a unique path to your healing and wellness in a way that’s meaningful and effective for you.

Therapy takes courage. My approach is supportive, collaborative, and genuine. I balance my knowledge of theory and technique with a non-judgemental, compassionate and affirming environment to support goals and work towards where you want to be in life. I work with adults of various ages, ethnicities, races, religions, sexual orientations, and gender identities. I have extensive experience working with and supporting LGBTQIA+ individuals. I am also proficient in both English and Arabic. Having lived in the Middle East a significant part of my life, I am familiar with the cultural issues.

I believe that the most worthwhile challenges are those that we encounter within ourselves; ones that we may feel stuck in from time-to-time because they require us to face our greatest fears. Many people seek therapy because they are not sure how to move forward. My goal is to help you find solid ground, and also to discover the sense of freedom, joy, and equanimity that can come with greater self-knowledge and personal growth. I work with adults of all backgrounds on issues related to self-esteem, life transitions, occupational stress and burnout, depression, anxiety and grief.

Seeking help and finding the right therapist can be overwhelming especially if you are feeling out of balance, facing changes in relationships, managing symptoms of anxiety or depression, or if life has lost meaning for you. I work with clients to create strategies, develop tools, and uncover personal strengths that bring the healthy balance back into their lives. I bring a depth of experience from years of work in a tertiary mental health and addiction hospital in Toronto, Ontario. I am privileged to be a therapist. My clients describe me as "easy to connect, open, warm, genuine, real, and effective."

My approach for providing psychological services is empathic, genuine, and honest. I believe in tailoring my treatment approach to individual client need. The issues I deal with are anxiety, depression, interpersonal and relationship difficulties, stress management, trauma, grief, and life transitions. I draw upon many evidenced-based approaches including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), internal family systems (IFS), mindfulness, dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), and interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT). I provide individual psychotherapy to adults and adolescents.

At our core we all know who we are, what we believe, the kind of relationships we want to have and the kind of life we want to build. Trauma, anxiety, grief, loss and relationship problems can take up so much mental space that it can feel impossible to envision that life. These experiences can be isolating and it may be hard to reach out for help at the times you need it the most. Everyone deserves time and space to be listened to and supported

I am a registered psychotherapist and a certified expressive arts therapist. I have been a practicing psychotherapist for over 15 years and am interested in promoting self healing, relationships, growth and change. I have trained extensively in expressive arts, gestalt and developmental somatic psychotherapy and have pursued professional training in emotionally focused couples therapy (EFT), trauma informed therapy, narrative therapy and child and play therapy. I create a safe and interactive therapeutic atmosphere, and work from a resource oriented, somatic awareness based perspective, focussing on both short and long term needs.

My experience includes years of advanced training in Counselling Psychology, Narrative Therapy and, providing trauma-informed interventions for clients with anxiety, depression, grief, addiction and trauma. I work collaboratively with clients, to examine the issues which have become obstacles in the path of living a content life in a compassionate and safe therapeutic environment for my clients.

What do you think when you think of therapy? Are you looking for a therapist who is warm, open, and wants to support you exactly where you are at? When you think of connecting with a therapist, what are some of your hopes? My name is Adrian and I want to provide an open and collaborative space where we can connect about issues you are facing. Things such as grief, depression, anxiety, systemic oppression, not feeling accepted, transitions, and maybe an overall feeling that things are harder than they could be.

In therapy, you will explore “what's wrong for you” instead of “what's wrong with you”. There is enormous potential for self-awareness and self-growth with help from a listening, caring, and attuned therapist. I provide Relational Therapy, which holds that there is great potential for healing, growth and change from within a therapeutic relationship. I meet my clients with great respect, as a fellow traveler in the therapeutic journey. My wish is to cultivate a safe space for my clients to experience their emotions and encounter their beliefs about themselves.

Congratulations on taking your first steps to improving your psychological wellness! Starting treatment is often daunting and scary, which is why I make it my top priority to foster a comfortable and secure connection between myself and the client, as this relationship becomes the foundation for support and healing. To foster this bond, I do my best to provide a compassionate and non-judgmental space to explore one’s concerns and challenges. As your therapist, I strive to create a safe environment to process and explore challenging emotions, traumas, and events with the goal of navigating towards a better future.

M.B Counselling works to provide a safe, collaborative & supportive counselling environment where individuals are empowered to explore and foster change. M.B Counselling has a particular focus assisting adults with anxiety, depression, general mood concerns & overall mental health & wellness goals. M.B Counselling also works with individuals processing various life transitions, wanting to achieve work-life balance, stress management & personal goal setting. M.B Counselling provides supportive counselling around loss & grief, relationship concerns & general self exploration.

My goal as a therapist is to provide a relationship with each client that gives space to explore the impact of external stories and your internal worlds. I work mostly with neurodivergent individuals – people who self-identify as Autistic, ADHD, gifted, highly sensitive etc. – with interest in navigating the harmful impact of dominant social norms. My approaches are borrowed from Narrative Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Schema Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Mindfulness and Religion, with some influence from CBT and Art Therapy.