Trauma and PTSD Therapists in Brampton, ON
I incorporate various techniques such as IFS, DBT and trauma-informed therapy.
Now welcoming new clients for both in-person and virtual sessions - If you're navigating feelings of sadness or finding daily life particularly tough, you're not alone. Whether you're seeking a deeper understanding of your childhood or looking for support in managing the complexities of life, taking that first step towards reaching out is a brave and important move. Welcome to a therapeutic journey where your well-being is the priority, and each session is a collaborative and engaging exploration towards healing.
I incorporate various techniques such as IFS, DBT and trauma-informed therapy.
Now welcoming new clients for both in-person and virtual sessions - If you're navigating feelings of sadness or finding daily life particularly tough, you're not alone. Whether you're seeking a deeper understanding of your childhood or looking for support in managing the complexities of life, taking that first step towards reaching out is a brave and important move. Welcome to a therapeutic journey where your well-being is the priority, and each session is a collaborative and engaging exploration towards healing.
Whether you're navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship struggles, or life transitions, we are here to walk alongside you with empathy and understanding.
I have extensive experience working with non-profit organizations, supporting marginalized populations. In addition to my private practice, I am committed to serving the community as a counsellor with Fraser Health. We celebrate diversity and support individuals from all backgrounds, cultures, and identities.
Whether you're navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship struggles, or life transitions, we are here to walk alongside you with empathy and understanding.
I have extensive experience working with non-profit organizations, supporting marginalized populations. In addition to my private practice, I am committed to serving the community as a counsellor with Fraser Health. We celebrate diversity and support individuals from all backgrounds, cultures, and identities.
Are you feeling disconnected from yourself and those around you? Are you a parent concerned about how your teen is coping? Perhaps you’re questioning whether life should feel more satisfying or joyful. In today's fast-paced world, many people are experiencing heightened levels of stress, anxiety, and uncertainty, struggling to find balance in their relationships, careers, and personal lives. Ignoring your own needs can lead to long-term consequences for your mental and physical well-being. At Vita Psychology Centre, we believe it shouldn’t be this challenging to live a fulfilling life.
Are you feeling disconnected from yourself and those around you? Are you a parent concerned about how your teen is coping? Perhaps you’re questioning whether life should feel more satisfying or joyful. In today's fast-paced world, many people are experiencing heightened levels of stress, anxiety, and uncertainty, struggling to find balance in their relationships, careers, and personal lives. Ignoring your own needs can lead to long-term consequences for your mental and physical well-being. At Vita Psychology Centre, we believe it shouldn’t be this challenging to live a fulfilling life.
Bacchiochi's clinical work includes assessment and treatment, with particular emphasis on mental health in the workplace and psychological trauma.
He completed his Ph.D. in 2005, graduating from the University of Toronto. Much of his clinical training took place at Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). He has co-authored publications in the areas of personality and psychopathology and the impact on response style distortion on psychological testing.
Bacchiochi's clinical work includes assessment and treatment, with particular emphasis on mental health in the workplace and psychological trauma.
He completed his Ph.D. in 2005, graduating from the University of Toronto. Much of his clinical training took place at Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). He has co-authored publications in the areas of personality and psychopathology and the impact on response style distortion on psychological testing.
Relationship Challenges, Relational Trauma -Alexia
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
2 Endorsed
Online Only
Relational trauma can leave you guarded, drained, and questioning your worth.
I work with adults navigating relationship trauma, attachment wounds, anxiety, and relationship challenges. Together, we explore how past experiences shape your patterns today and begin shifting what keeps repeating. We focus on boundaries, communication, self trust, and reducing people pleasing so connection can feel safer and more balanced.
Relational trauma can leave you guarded, drained, and questioning your worth.
I work with adults navigating relationship trauma, attachment wounds, anxiety, and relationship challenges. Together, we explore how past experiences shape your patterns today and begin shifting what keeps repeating. We focus on boundaries, communication, self trust, and reducing people pleasing so connection can feel safer and more balanced.
As an EMDR trained trauma therapist my area of proficiency is in providing exceptional support to individuals dealing with trauma and PTSD, grief, anxiety, depression, phobias, OCD, stress management, abuse, and relationship issues.
Assisting individuals in discovering their inner strengths and providing them with the tools to achieve their life objectives is a passion of mine. My compassionate nature allows me to create a supportive and empathetic environment for those seeking personal growth and healing.
As an EMDR trained trauma therapist my area of proficiency is in providing exceptional support to individuals dealing with trauma and PTSD, grief, anxiety, depression, phobias, OCD, stress management, abuse, and relationship issues.
Assisting individuals in discovering their inner strengths and providing them with the tools to achieve their life objectives is a passion of mine. My compassionate nature allows me to create a supportive and empathetic environment for those seeking personal growth and healing.
I work with adults experiencing anxiety, OCD, trauma, depression, relationship difficulties, and chronic stress.
My primary approach is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), integrated with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). These evidence-based therapies are strongly supported by scientific research and are among the most effective treatments for anxiety, OCD, depression, and related concerns.
I work with adults experiencing anxiety, OCD, trauma, depression, relationship difficulties, and chronic stress.
My primary approach is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), integrated with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). These evidence-based therapies are strongly supported by scientific research and are among the most effective treatments for anxiety, OCD, depression, and related concerns.
I work with adults who have experienced trauma, PTSD, and occupational stress injury.
My approach to therapy is grounded in empathy, respect and a genuine desire to build your inner strength in navigating life’s challenges. Trauma can leave people feeling overwhelmed, disconnected and unsure of where to turn. I strive to create a safer space where we can engage in curiosity about your thoughts, emotions, and experiences.
I work with adults who have experienced trauma, PTSD, and occupational stress injury.
My approach to therapy is grounded in empathy, respect and a genuine desire to build your inner strength in navigating life’s challenges. Trauma can leave people feeling overwhelmed, disconnected and unsure of where to turn. I strive to create a safer space where we can engage in curiosity about your thoughts, emotions, and experiences.
I practice through a lens of lived experience with trauma and mental illness.
If you are struggling with anxiety, depression, addiction, stress, relationship issues or other concerns then finding the right therapist is a step towards finding solutions and increased skills to dealing with these problems. My approach to therapy focuses on helping you become comfortable and confident in your own abilities, while introducing new strategies from evidence-based approaches to help you create a healthier and happier life. Being able to understand your own story and explore the background of your struggles often gives new meaning and an ability to see new solutions to difficult problems. This is what I work towards.
I practice through a lens of lived experience with trauma and mental illness.
If you are struggling with anxiety, depression, addiction, stress, relationship issues or other concerns then finding the right therapist is a step towards finding solutions and increased skills to dealing with these problems. My approach to therapy focuses on helping you become comfortable and confident in your own abilities, while introducing new strategies from evidence-based approaches to help you create a healthier and happier life. Being able to understand your own story and explore the background of your struggles often gives new meaning and an ability to see new solutions to difficult problems. This is what I work towards.
I work extensively with grief and trauma in their many expressions: bereavement, relational loss, identity transitions, and complex or ambiguous loss.
My approach is grounded in Adlerian psychotherapy attending to your values, relationships, and sense of belonging alongside your presenting concerns. I integrate CBT, ACT, EFT, Attachment-Based, and Mindfulness approaches with care and intention. In person in Hamilton or virtually across Ontario.
I work extensively with grief and trauma in their many expressions: bereavement, relational loss, identity transitions, and complex or ambiguous loss.
My approach is grounded in Adlerian psychotherapy attending to your values, relationships, and sense of belonging alongside your presenting concerns. I integrate CBT, ACT, EFT, Attachment-Based, and Mindfulness approaches with care and intention. In person in Hamilton or virtually across Ontario.
I specialize in couples and interracial couples therapy, pre-marital counselling, individual therapy, trauma, older adults, and caregivers.
Welcome to Meaningful Connections! I’m Yasmeen Rafiq (MSW, RSW), a registered social worker servicing the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). I have been practicing for over a decade. As a mom of three kids and a partner in an interracial marriage, I have had my fair share of struggles on the therapist’s couch. I’m passionate about genuinely giving back to others and myself, and I actively work on diversity and inclusion in mental health.
I specialize in couples and interracial couples therapy, pre-marital counselling, individual therapy, trauma, older adults, and caregivers.
Welcome to Meaningful Connections! I’m Yasmeen Rafiq (MSW, RSW), a registered social worker servicing the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). I have been practicing for over a decade. As a mom of three kids and a partner in an interracial marriage, I have had my fair share of struggles on the therapist’s couch. I’m passionate about genuinely giving back to others and myself, and I actively work on diversity and inclusion in mental health.
Struggling with trauma, discrimination, gender-based violence, sexual assault, or the stresses of immigration and resettlement?
Through trauma-informed psychodynamic therapy, we explore your experiences from an intersectional perspective, process difficult emotions, and rebuild inner strength. Support is provided for stress, anxiety, depression, racial trauma, gender-based harm, and life transitions—helping you reclaim control, joy, and meaning.
Struggling with trauma, discrimination, gender-based violence, sexual assault, or the stresses of immigration and resettlement?
Through trauma-informed psychodynamic therapy, we explore your experiences from an intersectional perspective, process difficult emotions, and rebuild inner strength. Support is provided for stress, anxiety, depression, racial trauma, gender-based harm, and life transitions—helping you reclaim control, joy, and meaning.
Nicole Franklin
Registered Social Worker, BSW, MSW, RSW
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
When you choose Live Free, you can expect professional, high quality, trauma-informed, anti-oppressive services that help move you forward.
I am Nicole Franklin, Owner of Live Free CS. I am a Masters Level, Registered Social Worker & Psychotherapist with over 12 years of experience supporting diverse individuals, children/youth and families. I have also received recognition from the University of Toronto as a Social Work Clinical Supervisor.
When you choose Live Free, you can expect professional, high quality, trauma-informed, anti-oppressive services that help move you forward.
I am Nicole Franklin, Owner of Live Free CS. I am a Masters Level, Registered Social Worker & Psychotherapist with over 12 years of experience supporting diverse individuals, children/youth and families. I have also received recognition from the University of Toronto as a Social Work Clinical Supervisor.
As a therapist in London Ontario, I support individuals, couples, teens, children, and families navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and relationship stress.
Many people begin therapy when relationship stress, anxiety, or emotional overwhelm start affecting daily life and connection with the people they care about most. You may feel pressure to have it all together while quietly feeling exhausted, disconnected, or unsure where to turn. You might notice patterns in your relationships that feel hard to change, or find yourself feeling distant from others or from yourself.
Whether you’re navigating conflict in your relationship, parenting stress or anxiety, you don’t have to do this alone. Therapy can be a space to slow down, feel understood, and begin rebuilding confidence and stability.
As a therapist in London Ontario, I support individuals, couples, teens, children, and families navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and relationship stress.
Many people begin therapy when relationship stress, anxiety, or emotional overwhelm start affecting daily life and connection with the people they care about most. You may feel pressure to have it all together while quietly feeling exhausted, disconnected, or unsure where to turn. You might notice patterns in your relationships that feel hard to change, or find yourself feeling distant from others or from yourself.
Whether you’re navigating conflict in your relationship, parenting stress or anxiety, you don’t have to do this alone. Therapy can be a space to slow down, feel understood, and begin rebuilding confidence and stability.
I support individuals and couples (monogamous or otherwise) in navigating life with compassion and curiosity via a blend of Narrative Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Somatic Therapy, Attachment Theory, feminist therapy, and trauma-informed and anti-oppressive care.
Maybe you've spent years trying to understand yourself. You've read the books, listened to the podcasts, talked yourself through your emotions, and still find yourself caught in the same patterns. Your mind knows you're safe, but your body doesn't seem to believe it. You overthink conversations, second-guess yourself, feel responsible for everyone else, or don't trust your own needs. If that sounds familiar, I don't see someone who's broken. I see someone whose nervous system adapted to survive. Therapy isn't about fixing you; it's about helping you understand those adaptations with compassion, so you no longer carry them alone.
I support individuals and couples (monogamous or otherwise) in navigating life with compassion and curiosity via a blend of Narrative Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Somatic Therapy, Attachment Theory, feminist therapy, and trauma-informed and anti-oppressive care.
Maybe you've spent years trying to understand yourself. You've read the books, listened to the podcasts, talked yourself through your emotions, and still find yourself caught in the same patterns. Your mind knows you're safe, but your body doesn't seem to believe it. You overthink conversations, second-guess yourself, feel responsible for everyone else, or don't trust your own needs. If that sounds familiar, I don't see someone who's broken. I see someone whose nervous system adapted to survive. Therapy isn't about fixing you; it's about helping you understand those adaptations with compassion, so you no longer carry them alone.
Blending neuroscience and practical counselling, I help individuals navigate burnout, anxiety, and relationship stress, particularly where complex family and cultural expectations intersect. By understanding the brain's role in emotional patterns, I guide clients to break through overwhelm, build resilience, and establish healthier, grounded lives.
Blending neuroscience and practical counselling, I help individuals navigate burnout, anxiety, and relationship stress, particularly where complex family and cultural expectations intersect. By understanding the brain's role in emotional patterns, I guide clients to break through overwhelm, build resilience, and establish healthier, grounded lives.
My approach is trauma-informed, culturally sensitive and client-centred.
I’m Samira Alam, a Registered Psychotherapist who provides a warm, empathetic, and non-judgmental space where you can feel truly heard and understood as we explore your challenges and struggles together. You may be balancing personal, cultural, and spiritual challenges and struggling with anxiety, burn-out, self-doubt, depression, people-pleasing, life transitions, or complex family dynamics. Maybe you've spent so long being strong for everyone else that you feel disconnected from yourself. As a Muslim, you may be seeking therapy that aligns with your faith and values, a space where your spirituality is understood., not explained.
My approach is trauma-informed, culturally sensitive and client-centred.
I’m Samira Alam, a Registered Psychotherapist who provides a warm, empathetic, and non-judgmental space where you can feel truly heard and understood as we explore your challenges and struggles together. You may be balancing personal, cultural, and spiritual challenges and struggling with anxiety, burn-out, self-doubt, depression, people-pleasing, life transitions, or complex family dynamics. Maybe you've spent so long being strong for everyone else that you feel disconnected from yourself. As a Muslim, you may be seeking therapy that aligns with your faith and values, a space where your spirituality is understood., not explained.
We help with a wide range of difficulties such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief/loss, trauma, illness, stress, parenting, workplace injury (WSIB), and informed care for First Responders.
Our Clinic Director, Ann Merton, has been providing comprehensive Psychoeducational Assessments for 20 years for children, teens and adults. Ann works with her skilled assistant to understand the learning & emotional needs of each child in order to help plan the right supports, programs, and treatment for that unique child.
We help with a wide range of difficulties such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief/loss, trauma, illness, stress, parenting, workplace injury (WSIB), and informed care for First Responders.
Our Clinic Director, Ann Merton, has been providing comprehensive Psychoeducational Assessments for 20 years for children, teens and adults. Ann works with her skilled assistant to understand the learning & emotional needs of each child in order to help plan the right supports, programs, and treatment for that unique child.
I worked for the last 9 years with adults to process and overcome the far-reaching impacts of trauma on the mind and body.
I am Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) trained, and draw from various other approaches including Internal Family Systems, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Somatic Experiencing and Emotion Focused Therapy. I also provide supervision for therapists that meets the CRPO standards.
I worked for the last 9 years with adults to process and overcome the far-reaching impacts of trauma on the mind and body.
I am Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) trained, and draw from various other approaches including Internal Family Systems, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Somatic Experiencing and Emotion Focused Therapy. I also provide supervision for therapists that meets the CRPO standards.
We provide a compassionate, holistic path to healing trauma - drawing on parts work, somatic therapy, brainspotting, and emotion-focused therapy, we create a safe space to explore your experiences, reconnect with yourself, and process what has been held inside.
We believe that all persons are inherently good. When provided with the right support and encouragement, all persons seek to develop relationships and lead lives that are supportive and caring of others. Change is a continual process that is part of living. If we take the time to examine our lives, we can learn from our experiences and make changes that result in improved quality of life and relationships.
We provide a compassionate, holistic path to healing trauma - drawing on parts work, somatic therapy, brainspotting, and emotion-focused therapy, we create a safe space to explore your experiences, reconnect with yourself, and process what has been held inside.
We believe that all persons are inherently good. When provided with the right support and encouragement, all persons seek to develop relationships and lead lives that are supportive and caring of others. Change is a continual process that is part of living. If we take the time to examine our lives, we can learn from our experiences and make changes that result in improved quality of life and relationships.
