Aetna Therapists in Barrie, ON
Financial constraints sometimes determine how mental health support is pursued.
In using a sliding scale I work with individuals having financial constraints. When faced with challenges which could include children with disabilities, family issues, personal traumas or other aspects of traumas I will support you. With guidance and support these challenges can divert to empowerment and strength. My experience comes from working in the medical and mental health field providing support to those in crisis. Having this experience provides me unique insight, empathy, and a drive to assist individuals struggling with mental health.
Financial constraints sometimes determine how mental health support is pursued.
In using a sliding scale I work with individuals having financial constraints. When faced with challenges which could include children with disabilities, family issues, personal traumas or other aspects of traumas I will support you. With guidance and support these challenges can divert to empowerment and strength. My experience comes from working in the medical and mental health field providing support to those in crisis. Having this experience provides me unique insight, empathy, and a drive to assist individuals struggling with mental health.
Many of the people I work with feel exhausted by their relationship with food, their body, or their own mind. They may be struggling with an eating disorder, disordered eating, body image concerns, anxiety, perfectionism, or ADHD-related challenges such as emotional dysregulation, impulsivity, and difficulty managing daily demands. Others are athletes or high achievers who appear to have everything together on the outside while privately feeling overwhelmed by self-criticism, guilt, shame, or the pressure to constantly perform.
Therapy is about more than reducing symptoms, it's about understanding what keeps these patterns going.
Many of the people I work with feel exhausted by their relationship with food, their body, or their own mind. They may be struggling with an eating disorder, disordered eating, body image concerns, anxiety, perfectionism, or ADHD-related challenges such as emotional dysregulation, impulsivity, and difficulty managing daily demands. Others are athletes or high achievers who appear to have everything together on the outside while privately feeling overwhelmed by self-criticism, guilt, shame, or the pressure to constantly perform.
Therapy is about more than reducing symptoms, it's about understanding what keeps these patterns going.
We are a Canadian virtual mental healthcare clinic offering comprehensive, interdisciplinary care across psychotherapy, psychiatry, family medicine, psychological assessments, and neurological assessments. No referral is required for psychodynamic psychotherapy. OHIP-covered services, including psychiatric assessments, medication support, and therapy, are available by a family doctor or nurse practitioner referral.
We are a Canadian virtual mental healthcare clinic offering comprehensive, interdisciplinary care across psychotherapy, psychiatry, family medicine, psychological assessments, and neurological assessments. No referral is required for psychodynamic psychotherapy. OHIP-covered services, including psychiatric assessments, medication support, and therapy, are available by a family doctor or nurse practitioner referral.
Feeling low? Feeling unlike your usual self? Wondering what your purpose is? Are you stressed and fearful of your next chapter in life? Perhaps your children are having school issues and you're turning for help. Maybe you find yourself to be a people pleaser and need support identifying boundaries. Help is here and you are welcomed to join. You have chosen not to give up. You have chosen to conduct research and find the best therapist suited for you. I believe you're already on the track to choosing to making choices that are in the betterment of yourself.
Feeling low? Feeling unlike your usual self? Wondering what your purpose is? Are you stressed and fearful of your next chapter in life? Perhaps your children are having school issues and you're turning for help. Maybe you find yourself to be a people pleaser and need support identifying boundaries. Help is here and you are welcomed to join. You have chosen not to give up. You have chosen to conduct research and find the best therapist suited for you. I believe you're already on the track to choosing to making choices that are in the betterment of yourself.
Do you feel stuck? Are you experiencing low mood and lack of motivation? Do you have a vision of where you would like to be in your life.. I would love to get you there! I am driven by my passion for supporting and empowering you as you navigate through life challenges. My promise to you is to provide a safe, non-judgmental space to ensure you feel heard, supported and validated. It is my goal to help you feel, and heal - to uncover your strengths, clarify your objectives, and explore your true potential. I can help you identify where your feelings and thoughts have stemmed from and provide you with tools to overcome your obstacles.
Do you feel stuck? Are you experiencing low mood and lack of motivation? Do you have a vision of where you would like to be in your life.. I would love to get you there! I am driven by my passion for supporting and empowering you as you navigate through life challenges. My promise to you is to provide a safe, non-judgmental space to ensure you feel heard, supported and validated. It is my goal to help you feel, and heal - to uncover your strengths, clarify your objectives, and explore your true potential. I can help you identify where your feelings and thoughts have stemmed from and provide you with tools to overcome your obstacles.
You may be feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected from yourself lately. Even when life looks “together” from the outside, underneath there might be anxiety, self-doubt, overthinking, or the feeling that something just isn’t quite right. I don’t see these parts of you as problems that need to be fixed. I see a person shaped by their experiences, relationships, and the things they’ve had to navigate along the way. Together, we can create a space where you feel genuinely heard and comfortable talking through what’s been coming up, while finding your way back to yourself with greater compassion and understanding.
You may be feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected from yourself lately. Even when life looks “together” from the outside, underneath there might be anxiety, self-doubt, overthinking, or the feeling that something just isn’t quite right. I don’t see these parts of you as problems that need to be fixed. I see a person shaped by their experiences, relationships, and the things they’ve had to navigate along the way. Together, we can create a space where you feel genuinely heard and comfortable talking through what’s been coming up, while finding your way back to yourself with greater compassion and understanding.
Are you anxious? Do you feel stuck? Perhaps you can’t find the right words for what’s going on in your marriage right now? Are you stressed or depressed about life in general? Then it may be time for you to chat with someone like me. Life is hectic every day, but when you have someone who is ready to walk the journey with you, life becomes more enjoyable. My name is Ibukun Ogunsina, and I’d love to give you my shoulders to lean on. I have walked some miles in other people’s shoes. I have also worked with diverse populations and in many settings.
Are you anxious? Do you feel stuck? Perhaps you can’t find the right words for what’s going on in your marriage right now? Are you stressed or depressed about life in general? Then it may be time for you to chat with someone like me. Life is hectic every day, but when you have someone who is ready to walk the journey with you, life becomes more enjoyable. My name is Ibukun Ogunsina, and I’d love to give you my shoulders to lean on. I have walked some miles in other people’s shoes. I have also worked with diverse populations and in many settings.
Elliott Kemmet - Infidelity & Betrayal Trauma
Registered Social Worker, MSW, BSW, RSW
4 Endorsed
Barrie, ON L4M
Reeling from an affair or betrayal trauma? Whether you discovered your partner's infidelity or you were the one who was unfaithful, the pain can feel unbearable — and deciding what comes next can feel impossible. I help couples and individuals heal from physical, emotional, financial, and online infidelity. Together we'll find clarity, process the hurt, and work toward your next step: rebuilding trust, or parting with peace. Healing after an affair is possible, even when it feels out of reach right now.
Reeling from an affair or betrayal trauma? Whether you discovered your partner's infidelity or you were the one who was unfaithful, the pain can feel unbearable — and deciding what comes next can feel impossible. I help couples and individuals heal from physical, emotional, financial, and online infidelity. Together we'll find clarity, process the hurt, and work toward your next step: rebuilding trust, or parting with peace. Healing after an affair is possible, even when it feels out of reach right now.
Accepting new clients - Are you tired of living in constant alert mode, waiting for something bad to happen or feeling disconnected from your own body/emotions? Maybe anxiety, OCD, or ADHD makes everyday life feel overwhelming, or you’re healing from narcissistic abuse and struggling to trust yourself again. You might notice parts of you that feel stuck in the past, carrying heavy emotions you can’t seem to shake. I help youth ages 11 and up, as well as adults, who feel exhausted by survival mode and ready for deeper healing. My work integrates EMDR and IFS to support trauma recovery, emotion regulation, and nervous system balance.
Accepting new clients - Are you tired of living in constant alert mode, waiting for something bad to happen or feeling disconnected from your own body/emotions? Maybe anxiety, OCD, or ADHD makes everyday life feel overwhelming, or you’re healing from narcissistic abuse and struggling to trust yourself again. You might notice parts of you that feel stuck in the past, carrying heavy emotions you can’t seem to shake. I help youth ages 11 and up, as well as adults, who feel exhausted by survival mode and ready for deeper healing. My work integrates EMDR and IFS to support trauma recovery, emotion regulation, and nervous system balance.
You're exhausted from managing thoughts that won't quit, emotions that feel too big, or pain you've been carrying longer than you'd like to admit. Maybe you've tried to figure it out on your own and it's just not working anymore. I specialize in trauma, anxiety, OCD, and relationship stress, using approaches like ERP, EMDR, CBT, DBT, and Gottman Method, matched to what you actually need. You don't have to keep pushing through alone. I can help you get there.
You're exhausted from managing thoughts that won't quit, emotions that feel too big, or pain you've been carrying longer than you'd like to admit. Maybe you've tried to figure it out on your own and it's just not working anymore. I specialize in trauma, anxiety, OCD, and relationship stress, using approaches like ERP, EMDR, CBT, DBT, and Gottman Method, matched to what you actually need. You don't have to keep pushing through alone. I can help you get there.
If you’re exhausted from constant worry, navigating big emotions at home, or feeling unsure how to best support your child, you’re not alone. With a background in social work and education, I specialize in supporting parents raising children with autism and other unique needs. I offer practical guidance, emotional support, and tools to help you respond with confidence. I also work with couples to strengthen communication and rebuild connection, creating a respectful space where your family can feel calmer, more understood, and supported.
If you’re exhausted from constant worry, navigating big emotions at home, or feeling unsure how to best support your child, you’re not alone. With a background in social work and education, I specialize in supporting parents raising children with autism and other unique needs. I offer practical guidance, emotional support, and tools to help you respond with confidence. I also work with couples to strengthen communication and rebuild connection, creating a respectful space where your family can feel calmer, more understood, and supported.
In my practice, I create a safe, inclusive, and affirming environment for all clients. I ensure to create safe spaces where each client is respected, valued, and free to express themselves without the feeling of fearfulness or judgement. I work with clients in having growth be their mission, and healing be their reward. There is nothing more fulfilling than making internal changes and seeing the external impact on yourself.
In my practice, I create a safe, inclusive, and affirming environment for all clients. I ensure to create safe spaces where each client is respected, valued, and free to express themselves without the feeling of fearfulness or judgement. I work with clients in having growth be their mission, and healing be their reward. There is nothing more fulfilling than making internal changes and seeing the external impact on yourself.
Are you or someone you care for looking to heal from the past, enjoy the present, grow into a positive future, or maybe all three? I believe that every person has the potential to engage with life in a way that brings them fulfillment and joy. You may feel life's challenges are uniquely difficult to you, and that's valid! The story does not end there because the ability to overcome these challenges is also beautifully unique to you and your positive future.
I'm experienced in supporting the neurodivergent community, children, and adults. I'm a passionate advocate for men's mental health and holistic mental health for all people.
Are you or someone you care for looking to heal from the past, enjoy the present, grow into a positive future, or maybe all three? I believe that every person has the potential to engage with life in a way that brings them fulfillment and joy. You may feel life's challenges are uniquely difficult to you, and that's valid! The story does not end there because the ability to overcome these challenges is also beautifully unique to you and your positive future.
I'm experienced in supporting the neurodivergent community, children, and adults. I'm a passionate advocate for men's mental health and holistic mental health for all people.
If therapy hasn’t worked for you before, it may be because conditions like personality disorders, chronic anxiety, and emotional dysregulation require highly specialized treatment. I provide dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) delivered as it was intended. I take a client-centered approach, tailoring therapy to each individual’s unique needs and goals. As my work is rooted from an integrative approach, I use multiple evidence-based modalities including CBT, and ACT to provide flexible and individualized care. I work with adults experiencing trauma, anxiety, depression, relational issues and many other problems. Reach out today!
If therapy hasn’t worked for you before, it may be because conditions like personality disorders, chronic anxiety, and emotional dysregulation require highly specialized treatment. I provide dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) delivered as it was intended. I take a client-centered approach, tailoring therapy to each individual’s unique needs and goals. As my work is rooted from an integrative approach, I use multiple evidence-based modalities including CBT, and ACT to provide flexible and individualized care. I work with adults experiencing trauma, anxiety, depression, relational issues and many other problems. Reach out today!
Depression, Burnout, Life Transitions, Erin Pellow
Pre-Licensed Professional
1 Endorsed
Barrie, ON L4N
Updated Sept 2026 - You've done the personality test, the career inventory, the 5am routine and the podcast everyone recommended. You have a note on your phone called "ideas" but haven't been able to implement any of them. Maybe you're up at 12:40am reading about ADHD in adults and career changes in the same sitting, trying to work out whether you're burnt out, wired differently, or in the wrong life. You replay the meeting on the drive home - the way your manager said "interesting," and how fast you agreed with it. After the year you've had, there's a question you can't put down: who were you before this, and is she still there?
Updated Sept 2026 - You've done the personality test, the career inventory, the 5am routine and the podcast everyone recommended. You have a note on your phone called "ideas" but haven't been able to implement any of them. Maybe you're up at 12:40am reading about ADHD in adults and career changes in the same sitting, trying to work out whether you're burnt out, wired differently, or in the wrong life. You replay the meeting on the drive home - the way your manager said "interesting," and how fast you agreed with it. After the year you've had, there's a question you can't put down: who were you before this, and is she still there?
Nathan Walton | Anxiety | ADHD | Giftedness
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), ADHD, Gifted, Anxiety, CBT DBT
1 Endorsed
Online Only
May 2026 - You are walking on eggshells. Always on high alert, your highly sensitive neurodivergent brain is always scanning the room to make sure everything is okay. You over-apologize, over-explain, over-share or disconnect and push your emotions deep down. You feel different - too emotional, too “much”. A sense of loneliness and longing for something you can’t describe looms in the background. No matter what you try the feeling that there’s “something wrong with you” just won’t let up. You try to feel better - you have journaled, meditated, tried therapy, medication, breathwork…but nothing seems to help for long
May 2026 - You are walking on eggshells. Always on high alert, your highly sensitive neurodivergent brain is always scanning the room to make sure everything is okay. You over-apologize, over-explain, over-share or disconnect and push your emotions deep down. You feel different - too emotional, too “much”. A sense of loneliness and longing for something you can’t describe looms in the background. No matter what you try the feeling that there’s “something wrong with you” just won’t let up. You try to feel better - you have journaled, meditated, tried therapy, medication, breathwork…but nothing seems to help for long
ADHD / Anxiety / Burnout / Purpose - Ashley
Pre-Licensed Professional, Low-Fee
1 Endorsed
Barrie, ON L4N
◇ NEW Sept 8 - Are you a woman in your 30s or 40s who has always been told you're too sensitive, too intense, too much - and at some point you started to agree? You try to be more "chill" , taking deep breaths, listen to podcasts on school drop-off - and you do feel a bit steadier, but it doesn't last. Then you reread the email four times before sending it, second guess what you said in the meeting, and sit in the car in the driveway for ten minutes before you can walk in. The field trip form surfaced at 11pm again. And at 1am you're googling whether this is burnout, anxiety, ADHD or just what everybody feels and nobody talks about.
◇ NEW Sept 8 - Are you a woman in your 30s or 40s who has always been told you're too sensitive, too intense, too much - and at some point you started to agree? You try to be more "chill" , taking deep breaths, listen to podcasts on school drop-off - and you do feel a bit steadier, but it doesn't last. Then you reread the email four times before sending it, second guess what you said in the meeting, and sit in the car in the driveway for ten minutes before you can walk in. The field trip form surfaced at 11pm again. And at 1am you're googling whether this is burnout, anxiety, ADHD or just what everybody feels and nobody talks about.
Tessie Pulla Chin | Trauma | ADHD | Empaths
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), ADHD, Anxiety, Trauma, BPD, Empaths
1 Endorsed
Online Only
On the outside you look unstoppable: confident, independent, the one who always keeps it together. But no one sees that beneath the surface, you feel like you drowning in a secret struggle. You’re exhausted from fighting invisible battles. Perhaps you grapple with trust issues, irritability, grief, inexplicable anxiety, feelings of detachment from those around you, or even yourself. Or maybe you are stuck in cycles of high adrenaline followed by exhaustion, relying on caffeine, sleep aids, or binge eating just to get through the day. What once helped you to survive has now become a pattern that is seriously keeping you stuck
On the outside you look unstoppable: confident, independent, the one who always keeps it together. But no one sees that beneath the surface, you feel like you drowning in a secret struggle. You’re exhausted from fighting invisible battles. Perhaps you grapple with trust issues, irritability, grief, inexplicable anxiety, feelings of detachment from those around you, or even yourself. Or maybe you are stuck in cycles of high adrenaline followed by exhaustion, relying on caffeine, sleep aids, or binge eating just to get through the day. What once helped you to survive has now become a pattern that is seriously keeping you stuck
Emily Berriman | ADHD, Burnout & Neurodiversity
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), ADHD, Burnout, Anxiety, Empaths, Type A
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Sep 2026 - Accepting New Clients! Are you an intelligent, hardworking, empathic person - but you feel so stuck? You know the problem: people pleasing, not asking for help, overapologizing, perfectionism, overworking, putting everybody elses’ needs above your own. Your anxiety is relentless, your inner critic berates your every word, and you’re on a constant self-improvement mission. You wonder if you have anxiety, late-diagnosed ADHD, or maybe even depression or trauma. You've read the self-help books, tried meditation, mental health walks, journaling...You know at the core you need to "love yourself", but don't know how
Sep 2026 - Accepting New Clients! Are you an intelligent, hardworking, empathic person - but you feel so stuck? You know the problem: people pleasing, not asking for help, overapologizing, perfectionism, overworking, putting everybody elses’ needs above your own. Your anxiety is relentless, your inner critic berates your every word, and you’re on a constant self-improvement mission. You wonder if you have anxiety, late-diagnosed ADHD, or maybe even depression or trauma. You've read the self-help books, tried meditation, mental health walks, journaling...You know at the core you need to "love yourself", but don't know how
Many people have already talked their stories through. The goal here isn’t to endlessly process - it’s to heal. We go beneath coping and analysis, carefully deconstruct what’s holding you in place and rebuild from the foundation up. I am a Registered Psychotherapist (Q) supporting adults, couples, and adolescents through trauma, neurodivergence, self-esteem issues, trauma, life transitions, abuse, and attachment-based challenges. My approach is grounded in evidence-based practices. Many of my clients have experienced therapy before but are ready for a deeper layer of healing. I provide a comforting space to heal while growing.
Many people have already talked their stories through. The goal here isn’t to endlessly process - it’s to heal. We go beneath coping and analysis, carefully deconstruct what’s holding you in place and rebuild from the foundation up. I am a Registered Psychotherapist (Q) supporting adults, couples, and adolescents through trauma, neurodivergence, self-esteem issues, trauma, life transitions, abuse, and attachment-based challenges. My approach is grounded in evidence-based practices. Many of my clients have experienced therapy before but are ready for a deeper layer of healing. I provide a comforting space to heal while growing.
