Borderline Personality (BPD) Therapists in East York, ON
My clients either directly experience or love someone who experiences “ BPD / BPD traits,” DID / dissociative “disorders,” suicidal behaviours, and/or impulsive behaviours that get in the way of relationships and daily life.
Do you or a loved one need more stability in your safety, relationships, or day to day life? Maybe that out-of-control urge exploded again, and you wish you could find that kind of relief without all the mess afterward. Maybe it exploded in one or more of your relationships, and you don’t know what to do, but you feel unspeakably lost or lonely about it. Maybe at times you’ve given up on life being worth living. Maybe other times you put on a game face, and folks have no idea what you're (not really), holding together. Or maybe it's your partner or kiddo going through this, and you need support yourself. I'm here to help.
My clients either directly experience or love someone who experiences “ BPD / BPD traits,” DID / dissociative “disorders,” suicidal behaviours, and/or impulsive behaviours that get in the way of relationships and daily life.
Do you or a loved one need more stability in your safety, relationships, or day to day life? Maybe that out-of-control urge exploded again, and you wish you could find that kind of relief without all the mess afterward. Maybe it exploded in one or more of your relationships, and you don’t know what to do, but you feel unspeakably lost or lonely about it. Maybe at times you’ve given up on life being worth living. Maybe other times you put on a game face, and folks have no idea what you're (not really), holding together. Or maybe it's your partner or kiddo going through this, and you need support yourself. I'm here to help.
Toula Kourgiantakis
Registered Social Worker, PhD, MSW, CFT
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Online Only
I also support families of youth and young adults with mental health challenges, such as psychosis, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, and borderline personality disorder, as well as substance use issues and behavioural addictions.
I am a social worker and a couple and family therapist with 30 years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families. In couple therapy, my approach often involves helping couples repair and strengthen their relationships, reduce conflict, improve communication, and enhance emotional and physical intimacy. For families supporting a loved one with mental health and/or addiction-related concerns, I can help strengthen coping skills, self-care, communication, and boundaries.
I also support families of youth and young adults with mental health challenges, such as psychosis, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, and borderline personality disorder, as well as substance use issues and behavioural addictions.
I am a social worker and a couple and family therapist with 30 years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families. In couple therapy, my approach often involves helping couples repair and strengthen their relationships, reduce conflict, improve communication, and enhance emotional and physical intimacy. For families supporting a loved one with mental health and/or addiction-related concerns, I can help strengthen coping skills, self-care, communication, and boundaries.
Life can be a lot. Maybe you feel like your emotions are running the show, or maybe you’re so focused on keeping everything together that joy feels like an afterthought. Either way, you’re not alone—and you don’t have to figure it all out by yourself. At Open Concepts Therapy, we’re here to support you with a thoughtful, personalized approach that meets you where you are. We work with people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected. Using Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Radically Open DBT (RO DBT), and other therapeutic models, we help you figure out what’s working, what’s not, and how to move forward in a way that feels meaningful. No cookie-cutter solutions, just real conversations and practical strategies.
Life can be a lot. Maybe you feel like your emotions are running the show, or maybe you’re so focused on keeping everything together that joy feels like an afterthought. Either way, you’re not alone—and you don’t have to figure it all out by yourself. At Open Concepts Therapy, we’re here to support you with a thoughtful, personalized approach that meets you where you are. We work with people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected. Using Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Radically Open DBT (RO DBT), and other therapeutic models, we help you figure out what’s working, what’s not, and how to move forward in a way that feels meaningful. No cookie-cutter solutions, just real conversations and practical strategies.
Jane Wiltsie
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, CYW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
Please contact to be placed on my waitlist for Individual sessions. DBT skills group for 14-17 year olds on Thursday 6:30pm now open for referrals.
Life events impact us. Some more than others. Psychotherapy treatment can focus on stories of what has happened, the ways in which we have been affected, and how our perspectives can change.
Please contact to be placed on my waitlist for Individual sessions. DBT skills group for 14-17 year olds on Thursday 6:30pm now open for referrals.
Life events impact us. Some more than others. Psychotherapy treatment can focus on stories of what has happened, the ways in which we have been affected, and how our perspectives can change.
Eating Dynamiks & Psychotherapy
Registered Social Worker, RD, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
Serves Area
I am a Master of Social Work, psychotherapist, and Dietitian. For over 20 years, I have specialized in helping individuals and families to successfully move beyond the effects of a range of mental health and dietary challenges including eating disorders. Our journey together is paced as we attend to mental health, emotional, &/or eating management skills-building needs. Along the way, it is often necessary to identify "taken-for-granted" thought patterns, emotions, and behaviours that no longer align with your evolving life goals. Together, we rebuild your skills, confidence, hope, life, and important relationships.
I am a Master of Social Work, psychotherapist, and Dietitian. For over 20 years, I have specialized in helping individuals and families to successfully move beyond the effects of a range of mental health and dietary challenges including eating disorders. Our journey together is paced as we attend to mental health, emotional, &/or eating management skills-building needs. Along the way, it is often necessary to identify "taken-for-granted" thought patterns, emotions, and behaviours that no longer align with your evolving life goals. Together, we rebuild your skills, confidence, hope, life, and important relationships.
Hello! I’m Mona, co-owner of A to Z Psychotherapy. I work with teens, adults, and couples, blending trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, and evidence-based approaches to therapy. I’m passionate about building a strong therapeutic alliance with you, by creating a safe, non-judgmental space where we can explore your thoughts, feelings, and emotions, together. My goal is to help you tap into your strengths and collaborate with you on finding meaningful solutions.
Hello! I’m Mona, co-owner of A to Z Psychotherapy. I work with teens, adults, and couples, blending trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, and evidence-based approaches to therapy. I’m passionate about building a strong therapeutic alliance with you, by creating a safe, non-judgmental space where we can explore your thoughts, feelings, and emotions, together. My goal is to help you tap into your strengths and collaborate with you on finding meaningful solutions.
Whether you have been in therapy at different points in your life or are considering therapy for the first time, we will work collaboratively for you to gain a better sense of overall well-being. Working together we can identify unhelpful patterns and learn more effective ways of coping as you may find yourself experiencing challenges in life including managing relationships, regulating difficult emotions, dealing with family conflict/issues, struggling with self worth, and adapting to change.
Whether you have been in therapy at different points in your life or are considering therapy for the first time, we will work collaboratively for you to gain a better sense of overall well-being. Working together we can identify unhelpful patterns and learn more effective ways of coping as you may find yourself experiencing challenges in life including managing relationships, regulating difficult emotions, dealing with family conflict/issues, struggling with self worth, and adapting to change.
Farah Bektashi
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, BSc, GIT Dip, OSRP
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Online Only
I offer a warm, relational space where you can land — just as you are. Together, we’ll explore what’s present, what hurts, what longs to be seen. I’m here to support you in meeting your challenges with honesty, care, and curiosity. Healing isn’t always easy, but you don’t have to go through it alone.
We’ll bring attention back to your body — to sensation, breath, feeling, and emotion — the places where truth lives. So often, we get caught in our heads and forget the wisdom that lives inside us. I’m here to help you remember.
You deserve to feel alive, connected, and at home in yourself!
I offer a warm, relational space where you can land — just as you are. Together, we’ll explore what’s present, what hurts, what longs to be seen. I’m here to support you in meeting your challenges with honesty, care, and curiosity. Healing isn’t always easy, but you don’t have to go through it alone.
We’ll bring attention back to your body — to sensation, breath, feeling, and emotion — the places where truth lives. So often, we get caught in our heads and forget the wisdom that lives inside us. I’m here to help you remember.
You deserve to feel alive, connected, and at home in yourself!
Are you seeking support to work through distress, navigate life changes, develop coping strategies, explore goals, build positive mental health habits, or increase your understanding of self and others? Whether you have experience with therapy or are trying therapy for the first time, I would like for us to join forces.
Are you seeking support to work through distress, navigate life changes, develop coping strategies, explore goals, build positive mental health habits, or increase your understanding of self and others? Whether you have experience with therapy or are trying therapy for the first time, I would like for us to join forces.
Zahra Jamal - Psychotherapy Services
Occupational Therapist, MSc OT, OT(Reg)
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Serves Area
Life can feel challenging at times, leaving you feeling overwhelmed or stuck. You may be experiencing feelings of sadness, worry, anger, shame, fear, grief or despair. Struggling with difficult emotions can take away from living in the present moment. Instead you may find yourself dealing with anxiety, self-criticism, over-thinking, reliving painful memories and stuck in patterns that no longer serve you. Together we will slow things down so we can explore your experiences and the parts of you that may be hard to understand.
Life can feel challenging at times, leaving you feeling overwhelmed or stuck. You may be experiencing feelings of sadness, worry, anger, shame, fear, grief or despair. Struggling with difficult emotions can take away from living in the present moment. Instead you may find yourself dealing with anxiety, self-criticism, over-thinking, reliving painful memories and stuck in patterns that no longer serve you. Together we will slow things down so we can explore your experiences and the parts of you that may be hard to understand.
Hi! I am a registered social worker and psychotherapist with Hope Leads Mental Health Care in Ontario. Throughout my clinical practice, I have had the privilege of working in women’s mental health, general psychiatry, and gerontology, helping individuals, couples and families navigate significant life transitions, trauma, racial trauma, microaggressions, grief, conflict, interpersonal relationships, and low self-esteem.
Hi! I am a registered social worker and psychotherapist with Hope Leads Mental Health Care in Ontario. Throughout my clinical practice, I have had the privilege of working in women’s mental health, general psychiatry, and gerontology, helping individuals, couples and families navigate significant life transitions, trauma, racial trauma, microaggressions, grief, conflict, interpersonal relationships, and low self-esteem.
Bethany has experience working with individuals who have struggled with unexpected setbacks or challenges associated with relationship changes, family changes, loss and grief. Additionally, she has experience supporting individuals with neurodevelopmental traits/ diagnoses, such as ASD, ADHD, learning exceptionalities Gifted and LD. Bethany has experience supporting people with complex emotional and behavioural difficulties such as anxiety, depression, self-harm, suicidal ideation, histories of developmental trauma, and those with diagnoses of mood and personality disorders, PTSD, and Complex PTSD.
Bethany has experience working with individuals who have struggled with unexpected setbacks or challenges associated with relationship changes, family changes, loss and grief. Additionally, she has experience supporting individuals with neurodevelopmental traits/ diagnoses, such as ASD, ADHD, learning exceptionalities Gifted and LD. Bethany has experience supporting people with complex emotional and behavioural difficulties such as anxiety, depression, self-harm, suicidal ideation, histories of developmental trauma, and those with diagnoses of mood and personality disorders, PTSD, and Complex PTSD.
I’d love to work with you if you're going through a big life change, like becoming a parent or figuring out who you are in this next chapter. If you are ready to heal from family patterns and intergenerational trauma, or who are finding it hard to manage emotions and relationships, whether with caregivers, parents, partners, or others. If you're navigating the balance between cultural expectations and shaping your own identity, I’m here to support you through that journey, too. Together, we can explore what feels most true for you and how to move forward with more confidence and peace.
I’d love to work with you if you're going through a big life change, like becoming a parent or figuring out who you are in this next chapter. If you are ready to heal from family patterns and intergenerational trauma, or who are finding it hard to manage emotions and relationships, whether with caregivers, parents, partners, or others. If you're navigating the balance between cultural expectations and shaping your own identity, I’m here to support you through that journey, too. Together, we can explore what feels most true for you and how to move forward with more confidence and peace.
I am a passionate therapist with over 11 years of counselling, crisis intervention, and case management experience. It is my privilege to support and guide you on your journey as you gain deeper insight into your life and your needs. You may be going through a change or a difficult time in your life, I can help you through it. Self-awareness and self-acceptance lead to growth and balance. Explore. Express. Evolve.
I am a passionate therapist with over 11 years of counselling, crisis intervention, and case management experience. It is my privilege to support and guide you on your journey as you gain deeper insight into your life and your needs. You may be going through a change or a difficult time in your life, I can help you through it. Self-awareness and self-acceptance lead to growth and balance. Explore. Express. Evolve.
My approach and style of therapy is non judgemental and involves the provision of a safe, nurturing, warm and professional environment.
I work to help people explore and gain insight into their life challenges, behaviours and problems.I bring my personal and professional knowledge and experiences to all I do in an open and caring manner.
I have been practing for 8 years and worked in a variety of mental health settings. Call me, together we are going to gently approach the most difficult or painful subjects that you are going through and work out strategies and techniques to overcome them.
My approach and style of therapy is non judgemental and involves the provision of a safe, nurturing, warm and professional environment.
I work to help people explore and gain insight into their life challenges, behaviours and problems.I bring my personal and professional knowledge and experiences to all I do in an open and caring manner.
I have been practing for 8 years and worked in a variety of mental health settings. Call me, together we are going to gently approach the most difficult or painful subjects that you are going through and work out strategies and techniques to overcome them.
Andreea Brabete
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), PhD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Life frequently confronts us with moments of overwhelming uncertainty, leaving us feeling stuck, anxious, and unsure about our next moves. The decision to embark on a therapeutic journey often arises from such encounters with life’s challenges. These challenges may manifest as obstacles in our daily lives or when interacting with people, and make us feel persistent anxiety or depression or perhaps just a vague sense of unease, the contemplation of something still taking form – a lingering, unarticulated question residing in our minds.
Life frequently confronts us with moments of overwhelming uncertainty, leaving us feeling stuck, anxious, and unsure about our next moves. The decision to embark on a therapeutic journey often arises from such encounters with life’s challenges. These challenges may manifest as obstacles in our daily lives or when interacting with people, and make us feel persistent anxiety or depression or perhaps just a vague sense of unease, the contemplation of something still taking form – a lingering, unarticulated question residing in our minds.
Andrea Sadler
Occupational Therapist, OT Reg, (ONT)
Verified Verified
East York, ON M4J
Not accepting new clients
I am a Psychotherapist/ Occupational Therapist, graduating from Queen's University in 1994. I have spent my career building an expertise in the field of Mental Health working in hospital, community and private practice settings. I have received additional training and certificates in treatment modalities such as Emotion Focused Therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Narrative therapy, PGAP and have offered treatment both in individual and group settings.
I am a Psychotherapist/ Occupational Therapist, graduating from Queen's University in 1994. I have spent my career building an expertise in the field of Mental Health working in hospital, community and private practice settings. I have received additional training and certificates in treatment modalities such as Emotion Focused Therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Narrative therapy, PGAP and have offered treatment both in individual and group settings.
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I work primarily with adults who struggle with borderline personality, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief and substance abuse.
I have a special interest in working to empower people to achieve their potential and enhance their strengths. Often this is done by learning new skills to cope with life's challenges or becoming aware of patterns of behaviours or ways of thinking.
I work primarily with adults who struggle with borderline personality, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief and substance abuse.
I have a special interest in working to empower people to achieve their potential and enhance their strengths. Often this is done by learning new skills to cope with life's challenges or becoming aware of patterns of behaviours or ways of thinking.
Wise Mind Psychological Services, Toronto
Psychologist, MEd, CPsych
Verified Verified
Toronto, ON M6S
At Wise Mind, we assist clients with a wide range of concerns but have a particular focus on providing assessment and treatment for eating disorders (such as anorexia and bulimia nervosa, ARFID, and binge eating), trauma (for example, PTSD and CPTSD), Borderline Personality Disorder ( BPD) and difficulties with regulating emotions, Anxiety Disorders (including panic attacks, social anxiety, GAD, and phobias), Depression, and OCD.
How do we help? We use evidence-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), and Prolonged Exposure.
At Wise Mind, we assist clients with a wide range of concerns but have a particular focus on providing assessment and treatment for eating disorders (such as anorexia and bulimia nervosa, ARFID, and binge eating), trauma (for example, PTSD and CPTSD), Borderline Personality Disorder ( BPD) and difficulties with regulating emotions, Anxiety Disorders (including panic attacks, social anxiety, GAD, and phobias), Depression, and OCD.
How do we help? We use evidence-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), and Prolonged Exposure.
Mindful Milestones Psychotherapy
Registered Psychotherapist, CCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Serves Area
I work with individuals and couples navigating relational challenges, attachment wounds, BPD, infidelity, betrayal, narcissistic dynamics, CPTSD, anxiety, depression, sexual abuse, and LGBTQ+ concerns.
My practice is informed by evidence-based approaches: EMDR, IFS, CBT, DBT, EFT, CPT, attachment therapy, and somatic and mindfulness-based interventions. While I bring clinical expertise to our work together, I also bring my authentic self, often using gentle humour, compassion, and genuine connection to create a safe and supportive therapeutic space.
I work with individuals and couples navigating relational challenges, attachment wounds, BPD, infidelity, betrayal, narcissistic dynamics, CPTSD, anxiety, depression, sexual abuse, and LGBTQ+ concerns.
My practice is informed by evidence-based approaches: EMDR, IFS, CBT, DBT, EFT, CPT, attachment therapy, and somatic and mindfulness-based interventions. While I bring clinical expertise to our work together, I also bring my authentic self, often using gentle humour, compassion, and genuine connection to create a safe and supportive therapeutic space.
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What is the most successful approach to treating borderline personality disorder?
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is considered the gold standard of treatment for borderline personality disorder. An evidence-based treatment, it addresses the extreme emotional reactivity, the relationship difficulties, and the acts of self-harm that create so much distress for BPD patients. DBT is a comprehensive program that includes both regular individual psychotherapy sessions and weekly group sessions of skills training.
What happens in treatment of borderline personality disorder?
Treatment typically consists of weekly individual therapy sessions that last an hour and group skill-focused instructional sessions that may last up to two hours. Patients are typically given homework “assignments” in which they are asked to practice in their daily life the skills they acquire in therapy. Patients also keep a diary tracking their emotions and impulses as a way to know which situations are most problematic and to help them gain control over their own behavior. Difficult situations and feelings are typically reviewed in therapy sessions and more constructive solutions found.
What kinds of problems does BPD treatment help with?
DBT was initially developed to dampen the self-destructive impulses of chronically suicidal patients. It is now the treatment of choice for borderline personality disorder, a serious condition marked by extreme emotional reactivity, relationship instability, and self-injurious behaviors. Treatment of BPD helps patients tolerate the flux of emotions without acting on them, often with a specific focus on tolerating negative emotions. DBT addresses the core problems of BPD—fear of abandonment, low self-esteem, and impulsivity.
What is the goal of treatment in borderline personality disorder?
The goal of treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD) is to relieve the extreme emotional distress that patients experience—to curb their emotional reactivity, to minimize their inclination to self-harm, and to reduce their impulsivity. Toward these ends, patients are not only taught an array of new coping skills and techniques for emotional regulation, they are given opportunities to practice them. Another major goal of treatment is interpersonal effectiveness; patients learn and problem-solve ways to effectively communicate in relationships, especially how to ask for what they need as a way to minimize hurt feelings.