Divorce Therapists in Cumberland, ON
As your therapist, my greatest priority is to create an accepting and compassionate space where you can feel safe to be yourself, exactly as you are. My wish is that you leave our sessions feeling heard, valued, and hopeful that change is possible. Together, we can gently unpack your burdens, and explore what is keeping you from living a more comfortable and fulfilling life. Should you be seeking deeper healing, we can integrate holistic, evidence-based trauma treatments (such as EMDR) into our work together in a manner that honours your pace/timing. Through collaboration, we can also find creative ways to build upon your strengths!
As your therapist, my greatest priority is to create an accepting and compassionate space where you can feel safe to be yourself, exactly as you are. My wish is that you leave our sessions feeling heard, valued, and hopeful that change is possible. Together, we can gently unpack your burdens, and explore what is keeping you from living a more comfortable and fulfilling life. Should you be seeking deeper healing, we can integrate holistic, evidence-based trauma treatments (such as EMDR) into our work together in a manner that honours your pace/timing. Through collaboration, we can also find creative ways to build upon your strengths!
You’ve been strong for so long, for everyone else, through everything. And somewhere along the way, you may have lost the thread back to yourself.
The individuals (16+) I work with often feel like they’re done just getting through it. They’re grieving, healing from trauma, carrying anxiety, or rebuilding after rupture. Many are navigating life between cultures, holding identities that don’t always fit neatly into the spaces they’re given. Many live with ADHD or neurodivergence in systems that were never designed for them.
They are resilient. And they deserve support that actually sees them.
You’ve been strong for so long, for everyone else, through everything. And somewhere along the way, you may have lost the thread back to yourself.
The individuals (16+) I work with often feel like they’re done just getting through it. They’re grieving, healing from trauma, carrying anxiety, or rebuilding after rupture. Many are navigating life between cultures, holding identities that don’t always fit neatly into the spaces they’re given. Many live with ADHD or neurodivergence in systems that were never designed for them.
They are resilient. And they deserve support that actually sees them.
Are you feeling emotionally overwhelmed, reactive, or stuck in painful relationship patterns? You may notice anxiety that won’t settle, conflict that escalates quickly, or a growing sense of disconnection from yourself or your partner. I work with adults and couples navigating anxiety, burnout, relationship strain, and life-stage transitions. Many clients want to better understand their emotional reactions, communicate more effectively, and feel steadier in their relationships, including women experiencing midlife shifts and mood changes associated with perimenopause.
Are you feeling emotionally overwhelmed, reactive, or stuck in painful relationship patterns? You may notice anxiety that won’t settle, conflict that escalates quickly, or a growing sense of disconnection from yourself or your partner. I work with adults and couples navigating anxiety, burnout, relationship strain, and life-stage transitions. Many clients want to better understand their emotional reactions, communicate more effectively, and feel steadier in their relationships, including women experiencing midlife shifts and mood changes associated with perimenopause.
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Beyond that, I work with adults navigating divorce and separation, painful family estrangements, and the grief that comes with losing relationships that once defined them.
Hi, I’m Patricia. Some wounds don't announce themselves, they show up as patterns. A relationship that keeps going wrong. A childhood you've never fully made sense of. A version of yourself you lost somewhere along the way. I specialize in helping adults heal from the lasting impact of painful relationships. Much of my work focuses on survivors of toxic relationships, people who often spend years questioning their own reality before they find their footing again.
Beyond that, I work with adults navigating divorce and separation, painful family estrangements, and the grief that comes with losing relationships that once defined them.
Hi, I’m Patricia. Some wounds don't announce themselves, they show up as patterns. A relationship that keeps going wrong. A childhood you've never fully made sense of. A version of yourself you lost somewhere along the way. I specialize in helping adults heal from the lasting impact of painful relationships. Much of my work focuses on survivors of toxic relationships, people who often spend years questioning their own reality before they find their footing again.
Accepting NEW patients for low-cost therapy individual and couples therapy in English and Mandarin. Whether you’re navigating stress, relationship challenges, health concerns, or questions of identity and belonging. My sessions are tailored to your unique needs and goals, helping you uncover patterns, build coping strategies, and move toward meaningful change. As an ethnic minority female therapist, I bring both personal and professional awareness to the ways culture, identity, and lived experiences shape who we are. I value and respect diversity, and I aim to meet you with cultural sensitivity and openness.
Accepting NEW patients for low-cost therapy individual and couples therapy in English and Mandarin. Whether you’re navigating stress, relationship challenges, health concerns, or questions of identity and belonging. My sessions are tailored to your unique needs and goals, helping you uncover patterns, build coping strategies, and move toward meaningful change. As an ethnic minority female therapist, I bring both personal and professional awareness to the ways culture, identity, and lived experiences shape who we are. I value and respect diversity, and I aim to meet you with cultural sensitivity and openness.
Some losses change us forever. When someone you love dies, or life unfolds in a way you never expected, the world can feel unfamiliar. The future you imagined may no longer exist, and the weight of that loss can be overwhelming. You may find yourself trying to make sense of a life that no longer feels like the one you knew. Grief asks us to learn to live a life we never wanted to have. Whether you are grieving the death of someone important, the end of a relationship, a life transition, or another profound loss, you deserve a place where your grief is met with understanding rather than expectations.
Some losses change us forever. When someone you love dies, or life unfolds in a way you never expected, the world can feel unfamiliar. The future you imagined may no longer exist, and the weight of that loss can be overwhelming. You may find yourself trying to make sense of a life that no longer feels like the one you knew. Grief asks us to learn to live a life we never wanted to have. Whether you are grieving the death of someone important, the end of a relationship, a life transition, or another profound loss, you deserve a place where your grief is met with understanding rather than expectations.
Deborah Lynne Brooks
Registered Psychotherapist, RP
1 Endorsed
Ottawa, ON K1S
Waitlist for new clients
I work in person, with people in need of support and guidance from a neutral person outside of their life. This can be a life transition such as a separation, or death, to living with a chronic or terminal illness. As well as neurodiversity such as learning differences, ADD/ADHD/ASD with or without a formal diagnosis. Addictions and trauma make up a large part of my practice and I favor psychotherapy combined with a self help group approach. Through individual assessment, psychoeducation and psychotherapy, I support you to achieve your goals and measurably improving the quality of your life.
I work in person, with people in need of support and guidance from a neutral person outside of their life. This can be a life transition such as a separation, or death, to living with a chronic or terminal illness. As well as neurodiversity such as learning differences, ADD/ADHD/ASD with or without a formal diagnosis. Addictions and trauma make up a large part of my practice and I favor psychotherapy combined with a self help group approach. Through individual assessment, psychoeducation and psychotherapy, I support you to achieve your goals and measurably improving the quality of your life.
You may have been ruminating about the same issues over and over: your relationship, your life's goals, your hopes for the future. You're feeling stuck and so frustrated! And what about that social anxiety? Or the feeling that the world is burning? You just want to figure out how to be a good person and be happy! Or maybe just content? Or, how about less lonely?
You may have been ruminating about the same issues over and over: your relationship, your life's goals, your hopes for the future. You're feeling stuck and so frustrated! And what about that social anxiety? Or the feeling that the world is burning? You just want to figure out how to be a good person and be happy! Or maybe just content? Or, how about less lonely?
Sandbox Family Solutions
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP Acc, MSW, RSW, AccFM
Stittsville, ON K2S
Our divorce clinic offers family mediation, separation planning, parenting coordination, Voice of the Child reports and collaborative divorce support to families inside and outside of court -all while keeping the kids at the center of each conversation.
Not only do we specialize in divorce and separation, we also help clients with a wide array of concerns. We want everyone to thrive! Whether it is about starting over or trying to get through life, we can help by offering practical, thoughtful and nurturing solutions for you and your family.
Our divorce clinic offers family mediation, separation planning, parenting coordination, Voice of the Child reports and collaborative divorce support to families inside and outside of court -all while keeping the kids at the center of each conversation.
Not only do we specialize in divorce and separation, we also help clients with a wide array of concerns. We want everyone to thrive! Whether it is about starting over or trying to get through life, we can help by offering practical, thoughtful and nurturing solutions for you and your family.
What you can get here: EMPATHY: to understand what you are going through. CONTEXT: Why are you stuck there? GUIDANCe: How to go forward from here. My approach is supportive and nonjudgmental. I use my life and work experience to help families, couples and individuals from diverse, multicultural backgrounds find the best version of themselves and overcome the challenges preventing them from living an abundant life. For more information, please visit alinameloyan.com.
What you can get here: EMPATHY: to understand what you are going through. CONTEXT: Why are you stuck there? GUIDANCe: How to go forward from here. My approach is supportive and nonjudgmental. I use my life and work experience to help families, couples and individuals from diverse, multicultural backgrounds find the best version of themselves and overcome the challenges preventing them from living an abundant life. For more information, please visit alinameloyan.com.
You’ve spent years holding everything together for your family, but now your relationship feels heavy—maybe you’re facing divorce, or simply living in a partnership that no longer feels like home.
Together, we’ll create a safe, nonjudgmental space where you can unpack your story at your own pace. Using trauma-informed approaches like EMDR, mindfulness, and grounding techniques, we’ll process painful experiences, rebuild self-worth, and help you feel more grounded and confident as you step into the next chapter of your life.
You’ve spent years holding everything together for your family, but now your relationship feels heavy—maybe you’re facing divorce, or simply living in a partnership that no longer feels like home.
Together, we’ll create a safe, nonjudgmental space where you can unpack your story at your own pace. Using trauma-informed approaches like EMDR, mindfulness, and grounding techniques, we’ll process painful experiences, rebuild self-worth, and help you feel more grounded and confident as you step into the next chapter of your life.
For others, it is grief, divorce, custody stress, or the emotional whiplash of a life transition that has turned everything upside down.
I support adults navigating anxiety, chronic illness, medical trauma, grief, stress, divorce, custody concerns, and major life changes. Many people come in feeling overwhelmed, emotionally drained, or like fear has been running the show for too long. Together, we work on the stress of what is happening now and how it is affecting daily life.
For others, it is grief, divorce, custody stress, or the emotional whiplash of a life transition that has turned everything upside down.
I support adults navigating anxiety, chronic illness, medical trauma, grief, stress, divorce, custody concerns, and major life changes. Many people come in feeling overwhelmed, emotionally drained, or like fear has been running the show for too long. Together, we work on the stress of what is happening now and how it is affecting daily life.
I am a Reg. Psychotherapist/Clinical Trauma Specialist and an Accredited Family Mediator. I am passionate about the work that I do which includes working with children, adolescents and their families. I have extensive experience in working with children from separated and divorced families. I have been called as an expert witness in our family court system several times over the past 25 + years. I often work in collaboration with other professionals to best support families. I am an Accredited Family Mediator with the Ontario Association of Family Mediators. I assist families that are separating to develop a solid Parenting plan.
I am a Reg. Psychotherapist/Clinical Trauma Specialist and an Accredited Family Mediator. I am passionate about the work that I do which includes working with children, adolescents and their families. I have extensive experience in working with children from separated and divorced families. I have been called as an expert witness in our family court system several times over the past 25 + years. I often work in collaboration with other professionals to best support families. I am an Accredited Family Mediator with the Ontario Association of Family Mediators. I assist families that are separating to develop a solid Parenting plan.
I provide trauma-informed clinical supervision and case consultation for therapists working with narcissistic abuse recovery, coercive control, intimate partner violence, post-separation abuse, high-conflict divorce, and complex co-parenting dynamics.
I offer RP and RP Qualifying supervision for clinicians seeking support with attachment trauma, relational trauma, high-conflict separation, parenting disputes, and parallel parenting concerns. Supervision focuses on ethical decision-making, treatment planning, documentation, professional boundaries, and building clinical confidence in complex cases.
I provide trauma-informed clinical supervision and case consultation for therapists working with narcissistic abuse recovery, coercive control, intimate partner violence, post-separation abuse, high-conflict divorce, and complex co-parenting dynamics.
I offer RP and RP Qualifying supervision for clinicians seeking support with attachment trauma, relational trauma, high-conflict separation, parenting disputes, and parallel parenting concerns. Supervision focuses on ethical decision-making, treatment planning, documentation, professional boundaries, and building clinical confidence in complex cases.
I provide individual, couples & family therapy to children, youth & adults. Deciding to seek therapy is an important step forward & I look forward to supporting you on your journey of personal growth. Whether you desire to make strides in your emotional, personal, social, or mental health, I will facilitate positive changes to improve your quality of life. I believe that safely & openly exploring your emotions in a positive & helpful environment is crucial. We will collaboratively create treatment plans & goals together, according to your unique needs, preferences & values. I apply an intersectional lens to promote cultural safety.
I provide individual, couples & family therapy to children, youth & adults. Deciding to seek therapy is an important step forward & I look forward to supporting you on your journey of personal growth. Whether you desire to make strides in your emotional, personal, social, or mental health, I will facilitate positive changes to improve your quality of life. I believe that safely & openly exploring your emotions in a positive & helpful environment is crucial. We will collaboratively create treatment plans & goals together, according to your unique needs, preferences & values. I apply an intersectional lens to promote cultural safety.
Understanding feelings of CONFusion, EXHAUstion, or ISOLATion in relationships requires examining early attachment patterns. Codependent behaviors, such as suppressing your true self for approval/validation, prioritizing others’ needs over your own, or focusing solely on another person, create unhealthy dynamics. These patterns frequently attract individuals with narcissistic, dismissive/avoidant or patriarchally dominant personalities, leading to emotionally tough relationships.
Over time, this can result in feelings of betrayal, abandonment, triggering depression or harmful coping mechanisms (substance abuse-alcohol, overeating)
Understanding feelings of CONFusion, EXHAUstion, or ISOLATion in relationships requires examining early attachment patterns. Codependent behaviors, such as suppressing your true self for approval/validation, prioritizing others’ needs over your own, or focusing solely on another person, create unhealthy dynamics. These patterns frequently attract individuals with narcissistic, dismissive/avoidant or patriarchally dominant personalities, leading to emotionally tough relationships.
Over time, this can result in feelings of betrayal, abandonment, triggering depression or harmful coping mechanisms (substance abuse-alcohol, overeating)
I work from a place that values and acknowledges the need for connection and right relationship in all facets of life, including the therapeutic relationship. The desire to feel heard, understood, known and safe is an inherent need we all desire and I aspire to create this dynamic in all my therapeutic working relationships. I am strength-based clinician, drawing on each individual unique gifts, talents and experiences. I understand and feel privileged to witness the triumph over one's challenges through this therapeutic process. I am a RP, with 35 years in Mental Health, working with children, youth, adults, couples and families.
I work from a place that values and acknowledges the need for connection and right relationship in all facets of life, including the therapeutic relationship. The desire to feel heard, understood, known and safe is an inherent need we all desire and I aspire to create this dynamic in all my therapeutic working relationships. I am strength-based clinician, drawing on each individual unique gifts, talents and experiences. I understand and feel privileged to witness the triumph over one's challenges through this therapeutic process. I am a RP, with 35 years in Mental Health, working with children, youth, adults, couples and families.
I became a therapist because, just like you, I am human and have had my fair share of battles. It took a long time for me to get to where I am today. I recognize that in moments of hopelessness, it is hard to find determination, that depression can be scary, that anxiety can be overwhelming, and that traumatic experiences can leave one feeling emotionally exhausted and drained out. I acknowledge the stigma associated with mental health and in going to therapy. For this reason, I know how crucial it is to provide therapy that is client-centered, empathetic, and unique to each person’s needs.
I became a therapist because, just like you, I am human and have had my fair share of battles. It took a long time for me to get to where I am today. I recognize that in moments of hopelessness, it is hard to find determination, that depression can be scary, that anxiety can be overwhelming, and that traumatic experiences can leave one feeling emotionally exhausted and drained out. I acknowledge the stigma associated with mental health and in going to therapy. For this reason, I know how crucial it is to provide therapy that is client-centered, empathetic, and unique to each person’s needs.
First Step Men's Therapy (In-Person +
Registered Psychotherapist, MACP, EMDR, ASAT
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
It is never too late to seek help. Our mission is dedicated to supporting men as they navigate life's challenges, offering a safe space to explore emotions, heal wounds, and rediscover strength. We specialize in addressing issues like anxiety, depression, relationships, and self-worth, empowering men to break free from stigma and embrace the full potential of their mental health. Your courage to seek help is the first step—let us guide you through the rest. Offering in-person therapy to men in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bownmanville, and online across Durham Region.
It is never too late to seek help. Our mission is dedicated to supporting men as they navigate life's challenges, offering a safe space to explore emotions, heal wounds, and rediscover strength. We specialize in addressing issues like anxiety, depression, relationships, and self-worth, empowering men to break free from stigma and embrace the full potential of their mental health. Your courage to seek help is the first step—let us guide you through the rest. Offering in-person therapy to men in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bownmanville, and online across Durham Region.
I support clients (4+) experiencing anxiety, depression, difficult life transitions, complex interpersonal relationships, bullying, self-esteem, body image issues, self-harm, trauma, and parenting issues such as navigating divorce or separation, and behaviour guidance.
Together we can explore your goals for therapy and identify some of the underlying issues of why you or your child may be struggling. My practice includes CBT, ACT, DBT, CPT and mindfulness-based techniques. Alternately, my training as an ECE has shown me that the use of therapeutic play creates a safe space for children to explore big feelings and thoughts.
I support clients (4+) experiencing anxiety, depression, difficult life transitions, complex interpersonal relationships, bullying, self-esteem, body image issues, self-harm, trauma, and parenting issues such as navigating divorce or separation, and behaviour guidance.
Together we can explore your goals for therapy and identify some of the underlying issues of why you or your child may be struggling. My practice includes CBT, ACT, DBT, CPT and mindfulness-based techniques. Alternately, my training as an ECE has shown me that the use of therapeutic play creates a safe space for children to explore big feelings and thoughts.
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Divorce Counsellors
How does therapy for people affected by a divorce work?
Individuals may feel a number of emotions following a divorce, such as shock, guilt, grief, anger, and fear. Therapists offer a non-judgmental space for individuals to talk about what they’ve experienced and process their emotions. Therapists will help clients develop coping strategies. They can also help a client rebuild their sense of self and self-worth and talk about what a happier future might look like.
What’s the most common type of therapy following a divorce?
There are several types of therapy that may be useful for divorce, including cognitive behavioural, acceptance and commitment, solution-focused brief, and mindfulness-based therapies. Many therapy types are talk-therapy based, which is typically the most popular option for individuals dealing with divorce. Cognitive behavioural therapy is a widely-used talk therapy, however, there’s no specific therapy type that’s designed to help people with divorce, and different types will work depending on the person.
When should an individual seek help due to a divorce?
When the feelings of a divorced individual, or an individual going through the process of divorce, begin to disrupt healthy daily functioning, it may be a good time to look into therapy. If a person finds that they are not performing at work due to problems with anxiety or motivation, if they’re no longer seeing friends due to feelings of shame, or if they’re not properly taking care of themselves as a result of depression, speaking to a professional could help.
How do you encourage someone to go to therapy due to a divorce?
It’s helpful to express concern and love for the individual while framing therapy as a tool for improving their life. Sharing how the individual appears to be suffering, and what effects it has on them or on their children, should be done with compassion and empathy. It may be useful to devise a game plan—breaking the process down into parts, such as finding a therapist, making appointments, and looking into insurance coverage.