Male Therapists in Toronto, ON

Are you feeling overwhelmed? Do you ever just feel stuck? Unresolved past experience? Feeling alone and isolated? These life challenges can be overwhelming and difficult to navigate through them by ourselves. Let me partner with you in navigating through these challenges. In this partnership, I will bring my skills to create an atmosphere of safety, warmth, and respect. That will supports you to courageously tell your own story, face difficult emotions, learn new ways of coping, transform the impact of trauma, and move toward the positive change you might be seeking.

Hey! I am Aleef. I have a deep understanding of intrusive thoughts/Pure-OCD, breakups, depression, OCD, death anxiety not just because I learned about them in some textbook when I went to psychotherapy school but because I have experienced these things in my own life.

Do you continue to relive or think about a traumatic experience that affects your relationships and work? Do you feel exhausted, overwhelmed, or irritated by work demands or responsibilities in life? Do you question whether your experience is normal or things could be different? Now more than ever, first responders feel overwhelmed, frustrated, and burned out due to the intense demands and expectations placed upon them.

Have you or a loved one struggled with OCD for a long time? Has the OCD either worsened or continued to significantly interfere with functioning in daily life? Being tormented by excessive thoughts that go against one’s personal values and attempting to stop, control or neutralize these thoughts with compulsive behaviours or mental rituals is the cycle of OCD. The good news is that breaking this cycle is possible. Common emotions that you are probably feeling are anxiety, distress, frustration, guilt, shame, depression, anger, and hopelessness. Please understand that you are not alone as OCD affects 2% of the entire population.

As a psychotherapist, my job is first of all to listen closely: to learn what the world looks like through your eyes, and how some things are currently not working for you. Being able to "tune in" in this way to each person's unique experience is one of the most important things I can offer, and I have been told throughout my career that I am very good at it. It is the foundation that allows trust to develop between us, so you feel comfortable enough to explore painful or difficult issues together.

Wayne supports youth and adults seeking help rediscovering their self-worth, fortifying challenging relationships, removing hurdles that intensify substance dependence, or living with a mental health diagnosis. With over a decade of experience in community mental health and substance use, Wayne is able to address addiction, chronic stress, insecurity, depression and anxiety, and other mental health challenges. Couples therapy work has also been a particular passion for Wayne. He can support you in exploring and refining communication, context, compromise, and chemistry.

I believe that what happens to us is not as important as how we respond to what happens to us. Whatever it is that you are going through it can have meaning for you. Choosing to listen to your suffering and what it is trying to tell you can guide you back to authenticity and a life that is conscious and connected. I do not use techniques. The sessions are spontaneous and client centred. :

A good fit between a therapist and a client is conducive to positive outcomes. Extraordinary changes are possible by harnessing the power and numinosity of an authentic relationship between therapist and client. Andrew’s approach is honest, and mindful, and aims to reveal and heal the deep implicit forces that have a tenacious and negative hold on people and their lives. Andrew pays particular attention to healing the pains, patterns, and traumas lodged in our bodies and minds. Andrew is an integral therapist. He practices in the emotional, somatic, cognitive, and spiritual realms. Andrew works with the whole person and their parts

I practice within a psychodynamic framework with an emphasis on early life trauma and attachment, internal working models and states as well as somatic awareness and integration. I work with a broad range of clients in terms of social locations, identities and experiences. I understand developmental and complex trauma, structural violence and systemic/social oppression and the ways that they can impact a person's experiences. This work is longer term process work to gain a deeper understanding of self.

Undisturb yourself! Using CBT, Existential, and Mindfulness forms of psychotherapy, I help clients (in-person/ telephone/ on-line) develop the tools in order that they think, act and feel better. Sometimes the realities of life understandably leave us susceptible to certain anxieties, despair and general existential concern. All too often we find ourselves developing unhelpful irrational thoughts and behaviours that can seem impossible to change. But they aren't. If you are interested in investigating and changing your assumptions and behaviours, if you want to modify the lens through which you view and experience the world, my therapeutic modality could be well suited to you.

What does it feel like to be stuck, worried, or uncertain of your life's direction? You've hoped that somewhere inside you there's tremendous potential, but right now you aren't certain how to connect with it. Feeling this way can be especially scary when it impacts your ability to fulfill, or even identify, your heart's desires. Getting in touch with difficult feelings can be transformative, and it often feels more meaningful when you explore them with a trusted therapist. Together, we will softly challenge those feelings and beliefs, while mapping out a clear path towards renewed harmony with the world.

Reality can bite, hard. I believe people can bite back - and learn to be nourished. The trouble is, we develop patterns of relating and being in the world where we remain stuck, no matter how hard we try to adapt. With a lifetime of accumulated armour and coping strategies, some having become sources of stress rather than relief, we can come to feel alienated, alone with difficulties, without a sense of hope for something better. Coming out of conditioned isolation and into meaningful contact with others can be tremendously uncomfortable, and profoundly liberating. Individual psychotherapy is one tool to help with that process.

I'm here to support anyone struggling with life's various challenges. Coming from a highly mobile education industry and music-focused background, I endeavour to provide reflection through various lenses - with a combination of self-exploration and creativity. If you are looking for someone who is open and eclectic in their approach, while maintaining a focus on your development, we could be a wonderful fit!

Accepting New Clients As someone who has been to therapy before, I understand how difficult it is to find the right therapist that helps you overcome the issues you face. You are here because you're ready for change, tackling challenges, and to seek a fulfilling life. Feeling stuck or lost is common, but you're not alone. A compassionate, safe space awaits where you can explore these feelings and rediscover your purpose. Together, we'll face life's hurdles, encouraging growth and self-discovery. You're supported with empathy and without judgment, easing feelings of loneliness and anxiety as we aim for impactful life transformations.

I help my clients through various challenges and transitions in their personal and professional lives. Most are smart and interesting people who have experienced various levels of success, but currently they could be: 1: Having difficulty accomplishing certain things due to executive functioning challenges such as organization, planning, focus and time management .2: Feeling overwhelmed, anxious, unmotivated or depressed and unable to balance conflicting demands and priorities. 3: Feeling stuck and unsure of what's holding them back. 4: Experiencing leadership or relationship challenges

You've spent years hiding your emotional pain away from yourself, struggling with life's challenges, and experiencing a sense of "stuckness." As someone who has been on my own path to healing, I recognize the courage and strength it takes to reach out to someone for help. I will meet you where you are - be another human being in the room. You've felt isolated and alone in your feelings of unworthiness of love, belonging and connection. You deserve a compassionate space to effectively pinpoint the emotional pain that you've so effectively hidden away. Together, we will work together to build up your coping and resilience.

I offer Jungian / Psychodynamic Psychotherapy to people with a wide range of backgrounds, mental health issues and concerns. Whether you are looking for support through a difficult time or to embark on a deeper healing journey, my aim is to help you more fully meet, explore, feel, and process the root causes of the issues that get in your way - those blocks, patterns and wounds that keep you from moving towards realizing who you truly are and are longing to become. We work through this together within the context of a genuine, creative and secure therapeutic relationship that develops as we meet for the purposes of your healing.

We're all in this together. We all need someone to talk to, to confide in. We are social beings and connection is a vital element of healthy living. We can talk. Perhaps the big questions in life ("Why am I here?", "What's the point?", "What now?") might be keeping you up at night, or perhaps stress with relationships, work, or family feels overwhelming. The world can be a lot sometimes, it can all feel overwhelming, but you are resilient. Together, we can grow, adapt and learn to navigate all of this. I offer online-therapy and have some spots left!

I’m an individual, couples, and family therapist. I value authenticity, curiosity, a non-judgemental stance, warmth and compassion. These values are integral to the way I approach working with clients. I believe in creating a safe space where people of all backgrounds are welcome, and where clients feel seen, heard, valued, and supported. I work together with clients to capitalize on their inherent strengths and skills, and to cultivate greater feelings of connection, authenticity, understanding, curiosity, compassion, and mindfulness in their lives.