Therapists in N3L
Wading through therapist profiles seems like an exhausting chore with no guaranteed pay-off. But so, too, does white-knuckling it through another week. You're "on," buzzing with anticipation, racing to stay two steps ahead of an impending yet unnameable fear that's nearly always in your chest. Then, you're "off," floating in a sea of numbness, viewing your loved ones as if through a wall of plexiglass. You've analyzed your past and you're doing life "right," so why does it feel like an unending performance of "I'm fine"?
Wading through therapist profiles seems like an exhausting chore with no guaranteed pay-off. But so, too, does white-knuckling it through another week. You're "on," buzzing with anticipation, racing to stay two steps ahead of an impending yet unnameable fear that's nearly always in your chest. Then, you're "off," floating in a sea of numbness, viewing your loved ones as if through a wall of plexiglass. You've analyzed your past and you're doing life "right," so why does it feel like an unending performance of "I'm fine"?
Do you ever feel alone in the world, or like no one understands you? Are you wondering if a difficult experience in your past has not been healed? Feelings of fear, guilt and shame prevent you from speaking your truth. You may be anxious about the future or feel hopeless but are afraid to talk to others about it.
Do you ever feel alone in the world, or like no one understands you? Are you wondering if a difficult experience in your past has not been healed? Feelings of fear, guilt and shame prevent you from speaking your truth. You may be anxious about the future or feel hopeless but are afraid to talk to others about it.
Feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or pulled between your own needs and family or cultural expectations? You may seem fine on the outside while feeling tense, disconnected, or unsure inside. I work with teens and adults — including those from culturally diverse backgrounds — who feel stuck between who they are and who they’re expected to be. Many feel exhausted from people-pleasing, self-doubt, or pressure to “get it right,” unsure how to be themselves without losing connection. Together, we gently explore what it means to feel more like yourself, with greater clarity, confidence, and self-trust.
Feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or pulled between your own needs and family or cultural expectations? You may seem fine on the outside while feeling tense, disconnected, or unsure inside. I work with teens and adults — including those from culturally diverse backgrounds — who feel stuck between who they are and who they’re expected to be. Many feel exhausted from people-pleasing, self-doubt, or pressure to “get it right,” unsure how to be themselves without losing connection. Together, we gently explore what it means to feel more like yourself, with greater clarity, confidence, and self-trust.
If you’re a parent looking for the right service for your child/youth, then look no further! My compassionate and playful nature shines in my work with children and teens, where I integrate a variety of evidence-based therapies through their natural language of play and curiosity. I also bring these skills into my work with adults who are processing childhood trauma.
I specialize in play-based therapy, trauma processing, skill development, and identity work. Whether you're navigating anxiety, depression, PTSD, or early life challenges, I’m here to support you on your healing journey.
If you’re a parent looking for the right service for your child/youth, then look no further! My compassionate and playful nature shines in my work with children and teens, where I integrate a variety of evidence-based therapies through their natural language of play and curiosity. I also bring these skills into my work with adults who are processing childhood trauma.
I specialize in play-based therapy, trauma processing, skill development, and identity work. Whether you're navigating anxiety, depression, PTSD, or early life challenges, I’m here to support you on your healing journey.
Welcome — I’m really glad you’re here. If you’ve found your way here, you may be feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or exhausted from carrying so much on your own. Whether you’re a first responder, living with chronic pain or illness, navigating the impacts of childhood trauma, or struggling with relationships or sexuality, you deserve support that feels safe, respectful, and effective. I bring over 20 years of experience as a therapist and social worker. I’m deeply committed to walking alongside people ready to explore their inner world and move toward healing.
Welcome — I’m really glad you’re here. If you’ve found your way here, you may be feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or exhausted from carrying so much on your own. Whether you’re a first responder, living with chronic pain or illness, navigating the impacts of childhood trauma, or struggling with relationships or sexuality, you deserve support that feels safe, respectful, and effective. I bring over 20 years of experience as a therapist and social worker. I’m deeply committed to walking alongside people ready to explore their inner world and move toward healing.
Welcome to Therapy Heals! Specializing in working with teenagers, adolescents, and adults, I am eager to support you in your wellness journey. I am well-versed in guiding individuals through a spectrum of mental health challenges, including depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, interpersonal challenges, life transitions, and more. My approach is rooted in empathy, with a genuine commitment to understanding the unique needs of each client.
Welcome to Therapy Heals! Specializing in working with teenagers, adolescents, and adults, I am eager to support you in your wellness journey. I am well-versed in guiding individuals through a spectrum of mental health challenges, including depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, interpersonal challenges, life transitions, and more. My approach is rooted in empathy, with a genuine commitment to understanding the unique needs of each client.
Our lives are not entirely defined by what has happened to us but rather by how we choose to make sense of it and who we choose to become as a result. My vocation and commitment to supporting individuals to overcome adversity, trauma, and problems in living are rooted in the Ubuntu philosophy. Providing support across all age groups, I promote inner self-discovery and self-mastery. I offer unique individual-specific approaches to empower self-actualization by challenging unhelpful beliefs, improving self-concept, working through painful experiences, accessing resources, and changing unhealthy habits to live more authentically.
Our lives are not entirely defined by what has happened to us but rather by how we choose to make sense of it and who we choose to become as a result. My vocation and commitment to supporting individuals to overcome adversity, trauma, and problems in living are rooted in the Ubuntu philosophy. Providing support across all age groups, I promote inner self-discovery and self-mastery. I offer unique individual-specific approaches to empower self-actualization by challenging unhelpful beliefs, improving self-concept, working through painful experiences, accessing resources, and changing unhealthy habits to live more authentically.
Many of us come to periods in our lives when we feel overwhelmed, confused or immobilized by our circumstances and our feelings. Or we reach a point in life when we know in our gut that something has to change, but we just don’t know where to begin. Doubt and negative self-talk can make us feel stuck. Sometimes we struggle with feelings of sadness, anger, shame or anxiety and can feel very alone in that struggle. Having a safe place to talk and a safe, non-judgmental person to talk to is key to healing and moving beyond the “stuck place”.
Many of us come to periods in our lives when we feel overwhelmed, confused or immobilized by our circumstances and our feelings. Or we reach a point in life when we know in our gut that something has to change, but we just don’t know where to begin. Doubt and negative self-talk can make us feel stuck. Sometimes we struggle with feelings of sadness, anger, shame or anxiety and can feel very alone in that struggle. Having a safe place to talk and a safe, non-judgmental person to talk to is key to healing and moving beyond the “stuck place”.
Melissa Ptok (Therapy for Anxiety &
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), PhD
2 Endorsed
Online Only
Hi, I’m Melissa. I know how exhausting it can feel when your mind won’t slow down and life starts to feel overwhelming. My goal is to offer a warm, thoughtful space where you can speak openly and feel understood. Together, we look beyond surface coping strategies to understand the patterns beneath anxiety, burnout, overthinking, and relationship struggles. In our work, we explore how past experiences, attachment patterns, and nervous system responses shape how you think, feel, and relate to others. I take a collaborative approach, helping you gain clarity around what’s keeping you stuck so you can move toward lasting change.
Hi, I’m Melissa. I know how exhausting it can feel when your mind won’t slow down and life starts to feel overwhelming. My goal is to offer a warm, thoughtful space where you can speak openly and feel understood. Together, we look beyond surface coping strategies to understand the patterns beneath anxiety, burnout, overthinking, and relationship struggles. In our work, we explore how past experiences, attachment patterns, and nervous system responses shape how you think, feel, and relate to others. I take a collaborative approach, helping you gain clarity around what’s keeping you stuck so you can move toward lasting change.
Throughout my practice, I have developed a particular interest and expertise in working with individuals dealing with obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, and anxiety disorders, as well as assisting clients navigate various life transitions. I am dedicated to helping clients build effective strategies to challenge the thoughts, feelings, and behaviours that sustain these disorders and help them cultivate resilience. My approach to psychotherapy is warm, kind, and deeply rooted in empathy, understanding, and collaboration.
Throughout my practice, I have developed a particular interest and expertise in working with individuals dealing with obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, and anxiety disorders, as well as assisting clients navigate various life transitions. I am dedicated to helping clients build effective strategies to challenge the thoughts, feelings, and behaviours that sustain these disorders and help them cultivate resilience. My approach to psychotherapy is warm, kind, and deeply rooted in empathy, understanding, and collaboration.
If you’re struggling with your career, feeling lost, or facing stress or burnout, it can be challenging to see a positive path forward. Modifi Career Counselling and Psychotherapy welcomes you and your story. Modifi offers career psychotherapy and career counselling programs to help you with your career challenges. Let’s make a plan and focus on your unique goals and strengths to determine where you want to go and who you want to be. Let's reduce your stress and create more space for building self esteem, confidence, and resilience. Perhaps you've been in therapy before, but are looking for something different. Let's talk about it.
If you’re struggling with your career, feeling lost, or facing stress or burnout, it can be challenging to see a positive path forward. Modifi Career Counselling and Psychotherapy welcomes you and your story. Modifi offers career psychotherapy and career counselling programs to help you with your career challenges. Let’s make a plan and focus on your unique goals and strengths to determine where you want to go and who you want to be. Let's reduce your stress and create more space for building self esteem, confidence, and resilience. Perhaps you've been in therapy before, but are looking for something different. Let's talk about it.
A warm welcome to my clinical practice, Avenue Psychologist. Are you having personal difficulties or perhaps concerned about your child? Is there a family issue you're hoping to resolve? I am a Registered Psychologist and I work with children, adolescents, adults, and families. I use individual therapy for anxiety, depression and various psychological disorders, and I use individual counselling and family-based therapeutic approaches to help you cope with life transitions, behavioural problems, grief and loss. My practice is located in West Brant, but currently I am using online services and not holding any sessions in person.
A warm welcome to my clinical practice, Avenue Psychologist. Are you having personal difficulties or perhaps concerned about your child? Is there a family issue you're hoping to resolve? I am a Registered Psychologist and I work with children, adolescents, adults, and families. I use individual therapy for anxiety, depression and various psychological disorders, and I use individual counselling and family-based therapeutic approaches to help you cope with life transitions, behavioural problems, grief and loss. My practice is located in West Brant, but currently I am using online services and not holding any sessions in person.
I offer online sessions exclusively through Strength Counselling Services. I firmly believe that everyone has the capacity for healing and growth—no matter where they are in life. I work with individuals aged 13 and up, supporting clients through a wide range of challenges including mood-related concerns, relationship difficulties, life transitions, and personal development. Whether you’re navigating addiction, trauma, C-PTSD, Borderline Personality Disorder, grief and loss, attachment wounds, criminality, or religious, cult, or spiritual abuse, you don’t have to face it alone.
I offer online sessions exclusively through Strength Counselling Services. I firmly believe that everyone has the capacity for healing and growth—no matter where they are in life. I work with individuals aged 13 and up, supporting clients through a wide range of challenges including mood-related concerns, relationship difficulties, life transitions, and personal development. Whether you’re navigating addiction, trauma, C-PTSD, Borderline Personality Disorder, grief and loss, attachment wounds, criminality, or religious, cult, or spiritual abuse, you don’t have to face it alone.
I am a therapist dedicated to supporting women and adolescents as they navigate emotional dysregulation, chronic stress, anxiety, depression, and the behavioural challenges that often accompany these experiences. I believe that many struggles are rooted in overwhelming life experiences, unmet emotional needs, and patterns that developed as ways of coping. My goal is to create a safe, compassionate space where individuals feel heard, understood, and empowered to explore these challenges.
Through our work together, I help clients develop practical tools for emotional regulation while strengthening resilience and self-compassion.
I am a therapist dedicated to supporting women and adolescents as they navigate emotional dysregulation, chronic stress, anxiety, depression, and the behavioural challenges that often accompany these experiences. I believe that many struggles are rooted in overwhelming life experiences, unmet emotional needs, and patterns that developed as ways of coping. My goal is to create a safe, compassionate space where individuals feel heard, understood, and empowered to explore these challenges.
Through our work together, I help clients develop practical tools for emotional regulation while strengthening resilience and self-compassion.
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How does your Counsellor compare?
Number of Counsellors in N3L
50+
Average cost per session
$150
Counsellors in N3L who prioritize treating:
| 100% | Anxiety |
| 100% | Social Anxiety |
| 100% | Health Anxiety |
| 100% | Driving Anxiety |
| 93% | Stress |
| 91% | Self Esteem |
| 89% | Depression |
Average years in practice
7 Years
Top 3 insurances accepted
| 72% | Manulife |
| 72% | Canada Life | Great-West Life |
| 69% | Blue Cross |
How Counsellors in N3L see their clients
| 87% | In Person and Online | |
| 13% | Online Only |
Gender breakdown
| 98% | Female | |
| 2% | Male |