Anxiety Therapists in Burlington, ON
Matt works mostly with men, teen boys (13+) and neurodiverse adults
If you feel overwhelmed, stuck, or alone, Matt can support you with:
• Regulating emotions (anger, anxiety, depression)
• Reframing self-worth to foster resilience and motivation
• Building healthy relationships (family, friends, partner, colleagues)
• Replacing unhelpful coping mechanisms with helpful approaches
• Reducing problem behaviours (pornography, gaming, etc
Matt meets you where you are with respect and authenticity.
We may use:
• Motivational Interviewing: readiness for change
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: challenge unhelpful thoughts
• Emotion-Focused Therapy: validate, understand & regulate your feelings
• Narrative Therapy: reframe your story
• Solutions-Focused Therapy: clarify your goals
• More...
Matt works mostly with men, teen boys (13+) and neurodiverse adults
If you feel overwhelmed, stuck, or alone, Matt can support you with:
• Regulating emotions (anger, anxiety, depression)
• Reframing self-worth to foster resilience and motivation
• Building healthy relationships (family, friends, partner, colleagues)
• Replacing unhelpful coping mechanisms with helpful approaches
• Reducing problem behaviours (pornography, gaming, etc
Matt meets you where you are with respect and authenticity.
We may use:
• Motivational Interviewing: readiness for change
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: challenge unhelpful thoughts
• Emotion-Focused Therapy: validate, understand & regulate your feelings
• Narrative Therapy: reframe your story
• Solutions-Focused Therapy: clarify your goals
• More...
I can help build your resilience to stress, manage anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and reduce the worry and fear that arise with many of life's challenges.
I have a special interest in working with anxiety, worry, panic, and OCD. I approach these areas with kindness, compassion and empathy and I aim to support you from where you are today; whether you need someone to simply listen to your current struggles, or to work more practically by building coping skills and strategies to improve your functioning.
I can help build your resilience to stress, manage anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and reduce the worry and fear that arise with many of life's challenges.
I have a special interest in working with anxiety, worry, panic, and OCD. I approach these areas with kindness, compassion and empathy and I aim to support you from where you are today; whether you need someone to simply listen to your current struggles, or to work more practically by building coping skills and strategies to improve your functioning.
Welcome to my profile! For one reason or another, you may be feeling off-balance or have goals for self-improvement. If this is you, I applaud your initiative and courage to seek assistance. I would be honoured to help you find your balance and achieve your goals. I think every individual is unique, and it is that uniqueness that draws me to want to help you make sense of your neurodiversity so you can function optimally. I use a varied background in teaching, performance, sports, counselling, and psychotherapy training to offer evidence-based therapies/treatment options to support your mental health and wellness needs.
Welcome to my profile! For one reason or another, you may be feeling off-balance or have goals for self-improvement. If this is you, I applaud your initiative and courage to seek assistance. I would be honoured to help you find your balance and achieve your goals. I think every individual is unique, and it is that uniqueness that draws me to want to help you make sense of your neurodiversity so you can function optimally. I use a varied background in teaching, performance, sports, counselling, and psychotherapy training to offer evidence-based therapies/treatment options to support your mental health and wellness needs.
With over a decade of experience in psychotherapy, I have worked with individuals from diverse backgrounds, addressing issues such as burnout, communication improvement, relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, ADHD, & trauma.
Feeling overwhelmed by your emotions, thoughts, and needs can be challenging, but you don't have to navigate this alone. Whether you're dealing with stress, relationship issues, or seeking a deeper understanding of yourself, I'm here to help. As an experienced and compassionate professional, I can guide you through these difficulties and support your journey to well-being.
With over a decade of experience in psychotherapy, I have worked with individuals from diverse backgrounds, addressing issues such as burnout, communication improvement, relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, ADHD, & trauma.
Feeling overwhelmed by your emotions, thoughts, and needs can be challenging, but you don't have to navigate this alone. Whether you're dealing with stress, relationship issues, or seeking a deeper understanding of yourself, I'm here to help. As an experienced and compassionate professional, I can guide you through these difficulties and support your journey to well-being.
In addition to my extensive background in relationship work, I am skilled at working with issues surrounding anger, trauma, anxiety, depression and addictions.
With almost fifteen years’ experience working with diverse populations in both England and Canada, I have been educated on some of the complex challenges we encounter on a day to day basis. I walk with my clients towards change, encouraging a safe space, conducive to the development of impactful tools and strategies and the cultivation of achievable goals.
In addition to my extensive background in relationship work, I am skilled at working with issues surrounding anger, trauma, anxiety, depression and addictions.
With almost fifteen years’ experience working with diverse populations in both England and Canada, I have been educated on some of the complex challenges we encounter on a day to day basis. I walk with my clients towards change, encouraging a safe space, conducive to the development of impactful tools and strategies and the cultivation of achievable goals.
I work with clients who may be struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, or grief related difficulties.
I provide psychological services to adolescents, adults, couples, and families. With over 10 years of experience working in a range of settings—including hospitals and private practice—I bring a depth of clinical knowledge and a compassionate approach to my work. I completed my Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa, where I also conducted research on parental bereavement—an area that continues to shape my interest in supporting individuals and families navigating grief.
I work with clients who may be struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, or grief related difficulties.
I provide psychological services to adolescents, adults, couples, and families. With over 10 years of experience working in a range of settings—including hospitals and private practice—I bring a depth of clinical knowledge and a compassionate approach to my work. I completed my Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa, where I also conducted research on parental bereavement—an area that continues to shape my interest in supporting individuals and families navigating grief.
I employ a person-centred and solution-focused approach, specializing in areas such as anxiety, life transitions, caregiver burnout, parenting stress, new diagnoses, grief, and bereavement.
You do not have to navigate life’s challenges alone. Whether you are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, facing a major transition, or simply wanting to better understand yourself, therapy can offer a space for support, growth, and change.
Seeking support is a meaningful step toward understanding yourself, creating change, and building a life that feels more aligned with your values and goals.
As a therapist, I commit to establishing a compassionate and emotionally secure space where you can receive the support needed to move confidently toward creating the life and relationships you aspire to.
I employ a person-centred and solution-focused approach, specializing in areas such as anxiety, life transitions, caregiver burnout, parenting stress, new diagnoses, grief, and bereavement.
You do not have to navigate life’s challenges alone. Whether you are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, facing a major transition, or simply wanting to better understand yourself, therapy can offer a space for support, growth, and change.
Seeking support is a meaningful step toward understanding yourself, creating change, and building a life that feels more aligned with your values and goals.
As a therapist, I commit to establishing a compassionate and emotionally secure space where you can receive the support needed to move confidently toward creating the life and relationships you aspire to.
Accepting new clients - Seeking therapy is never an easy decision and may come with fear, hesitation, or shame.
I strive to create an environment that feels non-judgemental, empathetic, and culturally informed. My approach is person-centred and integrates a range of modalities, including CBT, DBT, ACT, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, somatic approaches, and trauma-informed and culturally informed practices.
Accepting new clients - Seeking therapy is never an easy decision and may come with fear, hesitation, or shame.
I strive to create an environment that feels non-judgemental, empathetic, and culturally informed. My approach is person-centred and integrates a range of modalities, including CBT, DBT, ACT, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, somatic approaches, and trauma-informed and culturally informed practices.
Maybe you're carrying anxiety that never really lets up, or work has become emotionally exhausting, maybe your relationships feel harder than they used to, or you've gotten so good at holding everything together that no one realizes how much you're struggling.
Therapy will help to identify what is making you anxious, draining your energy, frustrating you and interrupting your sleep. Let's help you recognize your triggers and understand what is keeping you on edge. Learn helpful coping skills and different thought patterns to get you living the way you want with more stability.
Maybe you're carrying anxiety that never really lets up, or work has become emotionally exhausting, maybe your relationships feel harder than they used to, or you've gotten so good at holding everything together that no one realizes how much you're struggling.
Therapy will help to identify what is making you anxious, draining your energy, frustrating you and interrupting your sleep. Let's help you recognize your triggers and understand what is keeping you on edge. Learn helpful coping skills and different thought patterns to get you living the way you want with more stability.
I love working with children, teens, and adults facing anxiety, depression, low mood, lack of motivation and purpose, complex trauma, abusive relationships, suicide & self harm, as well as ADHD & ASD and personality disorders.
I am so excited you are here! Therapy for me has been a place of safety, growth, and healing, and my passion is to provide the same for you. I believe we are born with an intuitive sense of knowing, and as we grow up, our experiences can either drown out, or confuse our own intuition. My goal is for you to find a place of safety in which you can heal, and gently tune back in to your own voice & intuition to guide you. Your unique experiences and pain deserve to be given attention and care, and through this process we can discover and heal what is hindering you from living your life to the fullest.
I love working with children, teens, and adults facing anxiety, depression, low mood, lack of motivation and purpose, complex trauma, abusive relationships, suicide & self harm, as well as ADHD & ASD and personality disorders.
I am so excited you are here! Therapy for me has been a place of safety, growth, and healing, and my passion is to provide the same for you. I believe we are born with an intuitive sense of knowing, and as we grow up, our experiences can either drown out, or confuse our own intuition. My goal is for you to find a place of safety in which you can heal, and gently tune back in to your own voice & intuition to guide you. Your unique experiences and pain deserve to be given attention and care, and through this process we can discover and heal what is hindering you from living your life to the fullest.
I have experience supporting individuals facing anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship challenges, stress, life transitions, and emotional overwhelm.
Life can feel overwhelming when you're facing stress, uncertainty, relationship challenges, health concerns, or major life transitions. You may find yourself overthinking, feeling emotionally exhausted, or carrying the weight of everything on your own. Therapy offers a supportive space to better understand your experiences, develop effective coping strategies, and perhaps make meaning from your pain. While I work with a broad range of concerns, I also have a special interest in supporting individuals through reproductive and women's health challenges, including perimenopause, menopause, postpartum adjustment, and infertility.
I have experience supporting individuals facing anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship challenges, stress, life transitions, and emotional overwhelm.
Life can feel overwhelming when you're facing stress, uncertainty, relationship challenges, health concerns, or major life transitions. You may find yourself overthinking, feeling emotionally exhausted, or carrying the weight of everything on your own. Therapy offers a supportive space to better understand your experiences, develop effective coping strategies, and perhaps make meaning from your pain. While I work with a broad range of concerns, I also have a special interest in supporting individuals through reproductive and women's health challenges, including perimenopause, menopause, postpartum adjustment, and infertility.
Many of the people I work with have been managing for a long time before they reach out—holding things together, pushing through, waiting to feel better. When they finally get here, I take that seriously.
I'm a Registered Psychotherapist with 15 years of experience working with children, youth, adults, and families. My approach draws on CBT, DBT, emotion-focused and somatic methods—but more than any technique, I pay attention to how each person experiences things, not just what they say about them. Some people need to understand what's happening. Others need to actually feel something shift. Most need both.
Many of the people I work with have been managing for a long time before they reach out—holding things together, pushing through, waiting to feel better. When they finally get here, I take that seriously.
I'm a Registered Psychotherapist with 15 years of experience working with children, youth, adults, and families. My approach draws on CBT, DBT, emotion-focused and somatic methods—but more than any technique, I pay attention to how each person experiences things, not just what they say about them. Some people need to understand what's happening. Others need to actually feel something shift. Most need both.
Accepting new clients in the Burlington/Oakville Region- Do you feel anxious, overwhelmed, or burned out?
I provide therapy for women navigating anxiety, stress, burnout, and life transitions, including motherhood, career shifts, peri-menopause and menopause. I provide a calm, supportive space where you can set down the pressure, break patterns that no longer serve you and build resilience using evidenced based approaches.
Accepting new clients in the Burlington/Oakville Region- Do you feel anxious, overwhelmed, or burned out?
I provide therapy for women navigating anxiety, stress, burnout, and life transitions, including motherhood, career shifts, peri-menopause and menopause. I provide a calm, supportive space where you can set down the pressure, break patterns that no longer serve you and build resilience using evidenced based approaches.
Over the years, I have helped Individuals, Couples and Families with issues such as Anxiety, Trauma, Eating disorders, OCD, PTSD, Grief, Identity Issues, Family Conflicts, Life Transitions, Relationship issues, Gender Dysphoria, Autism Spectrum, Self-Harm, Abuse, Stress, Depression etc.
I use a Trauma-informed, culturally sensitive and compassionate approach to therapy where I enable clients to gain a fresh, more helpful perspective on their issues, realize their inner strengths and empower them with the necessary skills to effectively overcome difficult times and create a fulfilling, rewarding life for themselves.
Over the years, I have helped Individuals, Couples and Families with issues such as Anxiety, Trauma, Eating disorders, OCD, PTSD, Grief, Identity Issues, Family Conflicts, Life Transitions, Relationship issues, Gender Dysphoria, Autism Spectrum, Self-Harm, Abuse, Stress, Depression etc.
I use a Trauma-informed, culturally sensitive and compassionate approach to therapy where I enable clients to gain a fresh, more helpful perspective on their issues, realize their inner strengths and empower them with the necessary skills to effectively overcome difficult times and create a fulfilling, rewarding life for themselves.
Many adults I work with appear to have things together on the outside, but internally struggle with anxiety, low self-esteem, and a persistent negative inner voice.
Together, we’ll explore the roots of your anxiety and the patterns shaping how you see yourself. I help clients build emotional regulation skills, quiet the inner critic, and develop greater self-trust using conversation, somatic practices, and self-awareness tools to support greater confidence and calm.
Many adults I work with appear to have things together on the outside, but internally struggle with anxiety, low self-esteem, and a persistent negative inner voice.
Together, we’ll explore the roots of your anxiety and the patterns shaping how you see yourself. I help clients build emotional regulation skills, quiet the inner critic, and develop greater self-trust using conversation, somatic practices, and self-awareness tools to support greater confidence and calm.
With more than 20 years of experience, I've supported people through challenges such as ADHD, anxiety, grief, burnout, stress, and life transitions.
Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, stuck, grieving, anxious, or facing a major life change, you don't have to figure it all out on your own. I don't believe in a one-size-fits-all approach to therapy. Together, we'll explore what's happening in your life and find practical strategies that fit your unique needs.
With more than 20 years of experience, I've supported people through challenges such as ADHD, anxiety, grief, burnout, stress, and life transitions.
Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, stuck, grieving, anxious, or facing a major life change, you don't have to figure it all out on your own. I don't believe in a one-size-fits-all approach to therapy. Together, we'll explore what's happening in your life and find practical strategies that fit your unique needs.
I work with teens and adults navigating anxiety, stress, life transitions, relationship challenges, or that foggy feeling that something is not quite right.
Things might look fine on the outside, but inside, you feel off. Maybe you’re overwhelmed, shut down, overthinking everything, or stuck in a loop you can’t quite explain. You don’t need to have it all figured out before coming to therapy. Sometimes, you just need somewhere to start.
I work with teens and adults navigating anxiety, stress, life transitions, relationship challenges, or that foggy feeling that something is not quite right.
Things might look fine on the outside, but inside, you feel off. Maybe you’re overwhelmed, shut down, overthinking everything, or stuck in a loop you can’t quite explain. You don’t need to have it all figured out before coming to therapy. Sometimes, you just need somewhere to start.
When overthinking and anxiety take over, I’m here to help you build confidence, navigate uncertainty, and feel more present.
My approach draws from evidence- based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). The aim isn’t to eliminate intrusive thoughts or feelings, but to help you respond to them with more flexibility while strengthening self-trust over time.
When overthinking and anxiety take over, I’m here to help you build confidence, navigate uncertainty, and feel more present.
My approach draws from evidence- based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). The aim isn’t to eliminate intrusive thoughts or feelings, but to help you respond to them with more flexibility while strengthening self-trust over time.
You’ve learned to hold it all together. To be dependable, thoughtful, and strong for everyone else. But underneath that, you might feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure how to slow things down. I work with adults who feel stuck in patterns like overthinking, people-pleasing, and difficulty expressing their needs. You might notice yourself replaying conversations, worrying about how you come across, or feeling responsible for others’ emotions while your own needs get pushed aside.
You’ve learned to hold it all together. To be dependable, thoughtful, and strong for everyone else. But underneath that, you might feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure how to slow things down. I work with adults who feel stuck in patterns like overthinking, people-pleasing, and difficulty expressing their needs. You might notice yourself replaying conversations, worrying about how you come across, or feeling responsible for others’ emotions while your own needs get pushed aside.
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I view therapy as a collaborative partnership rooted in trust, curiosity, and compassion. My goal is to create a safe, supportive, judgement free space where meaningful and impactful conversations can unfold This approach allows clients to explore their inner strengths, deepen self-understanding, and work toward your therapeutic goals.
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I view therapy as a collaborative partnership rooted in trust, curiosity, and compassion. My goal is to create a safe, supportive, judgement free space where meaningful and impactful conversations can unfold This approach allows clients to explore their inner strengths, deepen self-understanding, and work toward your therapeutic goals.
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- Grimsby
- Hamilton
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- Oakville
- Smithville
- Stoney Creek
Anxiety Counsellors
When should I seek treatment for anxiety?
Everyone feels anxious at times, but when anxiety causes disruption to your daily life, it may be time to seek help. Such disruption can be mental, physical, or both: having fear dominate your thoughts, avoiding situations or objects that bring on feelings of anxiety, or experiencing shortness of breath, sweating, dizziness, or panic attacks. When these symptoms are recurrent and distressing, it may be time to talk to someone.
What are the most common types of treatment for anxiety?
Talk therapy, particularly cognitive behavioural therapy, is the most common treatment for anxiety. Studies have shown it is equally effective as medication. Other forms of therapy are popular, depending on a patient’s experience. Exposure therapy, for instance, can be useful for people dealing with fears and phobias, or who have experienced traumatic events. Dialectical Behavioural Therapy may be useful for patients who need help with emotion regulation. Anxiolytic medications, like benzodiazepines, can also help with calming a person enough to focus on the skills they’ve learned, and physical exercise has been shown to help symptoms of anxiety across the board.
How long does therapy for anxiety take to work?
The amount of time needed to alleviate symptoms depends on the severity of a person’s condition. Some therapies may take 5-20 weekly sessions to show results. Anti-depressant medications typically take two to four weeks before a benefit is felt. Anti-anxiety medications are felt typically within 20-30 minutes. Medications are best used to offer a patient a better headspace in which to work on techniques learned in therapy. Exercise, improved sleep habits, and meditation are effective, but takes weeks or months to show results.
How effective is treatment for anxiety?
Treatment for anxiety has been shown to be moderately to highly effective, according to a large body of psychology studies and analyses. For some people, treatment using CBT or exposure therapy alone is effective. Others respond best to a combination of medication and therapy.