Career Guidance Therapists in Kitchener, ON
Are you smart, driven, career-focused - and quietly falling apart?
As a overachieving empath of eastern European descent, I understand how hard it can be to focus on mental health in today's fast-paced culture. Having worked as a coach, real estate agent, and a career advisor, it's now my mission to help intelligent, driven, anxiety prone women manage big life transitions and slow their busy intellectualizing brains.
Are you smart, driven, career-focused - and quietly falling apart?
As a overachieving empath of eastern European descent, I understand how hard it can be to focus on mental health in today's fast-paced culture. Having worked as a coach, real estate agent, and a career advisor, it's now my mission to help intelligent, driven, anxiety prone women manage big life transitions and slow their busy intellectualizing brains.
With over 10 years of experience in career development and 4 years of specialized mental health practice, I offer a dual-lens approach that most traditional therapy lacks.
I partner with high-achieving professionals, newcomers, and individuals navigating the complex intersection of mental health and professional identity. My ideal clients are often "over-performers" who appear successful on the outside but are privately grappling with burnout, imposter syndrome, or a deep sense of being stuck. Whether you are navigating a high-pressure corporate environment, transitioning between industries, or feeling the weight of cultural and familial expectations, I help you reconcile your personal values with your professional ambitions.
With over 10 years of experience in career development and 4 years of specialized mental health practice, I offer a dual-lens approach that most traditional therapy lacks.
I partner with high-achieving professionals, newcomers, and individuals navigating the complex intersection of mental health and professional identity. My ideal clients are often "over-performers" who appear successful on the outside but are privately grappling with burnout, imposter syndrome, or a deep sense of being stuck. Whether you are navigating a high-pressure corporate environment, transitioning between industries, or feeling the weight of cultural and familial expectations, I help you reconcile your personal values with your professional ambitions.
On paper you are the one who has it together. You hit every target, answer every message, and carry the people who lean on you. What no one sees is the cost: the Sunday dread, the racing mind at night, the fear that if you slow down it all comes apart. Burnout rarely looks like falling apart in public. For high achievers it looks like doing everything right while feeling emptier by the week, driven by perfectionism, overworking, and the quiet worry of not being enough. If you are running on fumes and cannot remember when work last felt sustainable, you are not weak and you are not failing. You are exhausted, and that makes sense.
On paper you are the one who has it together. You hit every target, answer every message, and carry the people who lean on you. What no one sees is the cost: the Sunday dread, the racing mind at night, the fear that if you slow down it all comes apart. Burnout rarely looks like falling apart in public. For high achievers it looks like doing everything right while feeling emptier by the week, driven by perfectionism, overworking, and the quiet worry of not being enough. If you are running on fumes and cannot remember when work last felt sustainable, you are not weak and you are not failing. You are exhausted, and that makes sense.
Accepting NEW patients for therapy in English & Mandarin. Finding a balance between different cultural expectations, life transitions, or chronic health challenges can feel incredibly isolating. I provide a collaborative, culturally responsive space for adults navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, OCD & relationship or cross-cultural stressors. Whether you are dealing with the emotional impact of a long-term illness or trying to make sense of complex family and identity dynamics, your experiences are unique. Together, we will honor your existing strengths and resilience, working at a pace that feels safe and meaningful for you.
Accepting NEW patients for therapy in English & Mandarin. Finding a balance between different cultural expectations, life transitions, or chronic health challenges can feel incredibly isolating. I provide a collaborative, culturally responsive space for adults navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, OCD & relationship or cross-cultural stressors. Whether you are dealing with the emotional impact of a long-term illness or trying to make sense of complex family and identity dynamics, your experiences are unique. Together, we will honor your existing strengths and resilience, working at a pace that feels safe and meaningful for you.
Gillian Wells, Counselling & Coaching
Registered Social Worker, BSW, MSW, RSW
3 Endorsed
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
You are capable, motivated, and driven — yet something in your life or work feels stuck.
Gillian Wells Counselling & Coaching is for you if: You are motivated to make meaningful changes. You are struggling to identify and remove the barriers holding you back. You want to live with greater purpose, clarity, and fulfillment
You are capable, motivated, and driven — yet something in your life or work feels stuck.
Gillian Wells Counselling & Coaching is for you if: You are motivated to make meaningful changes. You are struggling to identify and remove the barriers holding you back. You want to live with greater purpose, clarity, and fulfillment
We also get practical about career uncertainty and burnout, so the future feels like something you can move toward instead of dread.
You are trying to build a future that keeps shifting under your feet. Will there even be jobs? Will AI make your degree pointless? Everyone online seems to have it figured out while you are still not sure what you are doing. That worry does not stay in your head. It shows up in your body: the nausea before emails, the headaches, the racing heart, the nights you cannot switch off, the way you start avoiding the things that scare you. If the future feels less exciting than it does frightening, you are not overreacting and you are not alone. For a lot of people right now, this is what anxiety looks like.
We also get practical about career uncertainty and burnout, so the future feels like something you can move toward instead of dread.
You are trying to build a future that keeps shifting under your feet. Will there even be jobs? Will AI make your degree pointless? Everyone online seems to have it figured out while you are still not sure what you are doing. That worry does not stay in your head. It shows up in your body: the nausea before emails, the headaches, the racing heart, the nights you cannot switch off, the way you start avoiding the things that scare you. If the future feels less exciting than it does frightening, you are not overreacting and you are not alone. For a lot of people right now, this is what anxiety looks like.
Are your thoughts and feelings impacting your daily routines? Have you felt stuck, or overwhelmed with family, friends, work and your home life? I am here to help you identify problematic thoughts and behaviours, by creating a plan to change. It takes courage to identify problem areas, and it takes dedication to work on changing them. We will work together to identify, change, and manage your presenting concerns. Understanding that we all have different worldviews, I use curiosity to understand how your cultural and intersecting identities contribute to your thoughts, feelings and change needs.
Are your thoughts and feelings impacting your daily routines? Have you felt stuck, or overwhelmed with family, friends, work and your home life? I am here to help you identify problematic thoughts and behaviours, by creating a plan to change. It takes courage to identify problem areas, and it takes dedication to work on changing them. We will work together to identify, change, and manage your presenting concerns. Understanding that we all have different worldviews, I use curiosity to understand how your cultural and intersecting identities contribute to your thoughts, feelings and change needs.
More cognitive approaches explore existential life-stage questions and career-change goals through coaching and CBT.
Putting the puzzle together is a metaphor to describe my method of gathering scattered memories, emotions, and experiences to make sense of the your life and promote healing. In early sessions, we'll explore your history, current symptoms, and background—much like dumping a box of puzzle pieces onto a table and turning them right-side up. Then I will strive to help you establish basic coping skills and stability, similar to finding the edge pieces to create a framework. Over time, you begin to see how past events, unconscious patterns, and present behaviors fit together to form a complete picture of your mental well-being.
More cognitive approaches explore existential life-stage questions and career-change goals through coaching and CBT.
Putting the puzzle together is a metaphor to describe my method of gathering scattered memories, emotions, and experiences to make sense of the your life and promote healing. In early sessions, we'll explore your history, current symptoms, and background—much like dumping a box of puzzle pieces onto a table and turning them right-side up. Then I will strive to help you establish basic coping skills and stability, similar to finding the edge pieces to create a framework. Over time, you begin to see how past events, unconscious patterns, and present behaviors fit together to form a complete picture of your mental well-being.
As the words “Spring” and “Wellness” suggest we at Spring Psychology and Wellness Centre aim to install hope, motivation and optimism when working with you. We work collaboratively with you when providing assessment, treatment and consultation services. At Spring Psychology and Wellness Centre we embrace inclusion and diversity and offer services in confidence with a warm, nonjudgmental, empathic approach that is also holistic. We welcome learning more about you, your experiences and perspectives and invite you to reach out to continue your journey of wellness and resilience.
As the words “Spring” and “Wellness” suggest we at Spring Psychology and Wellness Centre aim to install hope, motivation and optimism when working with you. We work collaboratively with you when providing assessment, treatment and consultation services. At Spring Psychology and Wellness Centre we embrace inclusion and diversity and offer services in confidence with a warm, nonjudgmental, empathic approach that is also holistic. We welcome learning more about you, your experiences and perspectives and invite you to reach out to continue your journey of wellness and resilience.
I see adult individuals and male/female couples (premaritally and maritally). I specialize in attachment, emotional maturation, and trauma recovery with individuals (primarily men) . I also do a sizeable amount of addictions recovery or relapse prevention work with men. Maritally, I often work from an Emotionally Focused approach. In Christian Counselling, I utilize The Life Model/Thrive/HeartSync/Immanuel processes in understanding & assessing brain skills and trauma recovery needs. I also help new private practitioners set up their businesses and develop their clientele successfully. Please call for a consultation.
I see adult individuals and male/female couples (premaritally and maritally). I specialize in attachment, emotional maturation, and trauma recovery with individuals (primarily men) . I also do a sizeable amount of addictions recovery or relapse prevention work with men. Maritally, I often work from an Emotionally Focused approach. In Christian Counselling, I utilize The Life Model/Thrive/HeartSync/Immanuel processes in understanding & assessing brain skills and trauma recovery needs. I also help new private practitioners set up their businesses and develop their clientele successfully. Please call for a consultation.
Lorena Krasnai - Executive Therapy
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MACP, MAL, PCC
1 Endorsed
Online Only
You may appear successful on the outside, capable, accomplished, and relied upon by others, yet something inside feels disconnected. Perhaps you've achieved many of your goals, but fulfillment still feels out of reach. You may find yourself repeating patterns that affect your relationships, sense of purpose, or connection to yourself. Beneath the surface, you may be carrying stress, self-doubt, loneliness, or responsibilities few people truly see. Deep down, you know something needs to change. You're seeking greater self-understanding, meaningful relationships, and a life that feels authentic and aligned.
You may appear successful on the outside, capable, accomplished, and relied upon by others, yet something inside feels disconnected. Perhaps you've achieved many of your goals, but fulfillment still feels out of reach. You may find yourself repeating patterns that affect your relationships, sense of purpose, or connection to yourself. Beneath the surface, you may be carrying stress, self-doubt, loneliness, or responsibilities few people truly see. Deep down, you know something needs to change. You're seeking greater self-understanding, meaningful relationships, and a life that feels authentic and aligned.
You may be navigating a major life transition, adjusting to motherhood, facing career challenges, or adapting to life in a new country while exploring questions of identity and belonging.
I offer warm, collaborative, and culturally responsive therapy tailored to your needs and goals. Drawing from CBT, DBT, ACT, and trauma-informed approaches, I support clients in understanding patterns, managing difficult emotions, strengthening boundaries, reducing self-criticism, and developing practical strategies for meaningful change.
You may be navigating a major life transition, adjusting to motherhood, facing career challenges, or adapting to life in a new country while exploring questions of identity and belonging.
I offer warm, collaborative, and culturally responsive therapy tailored to your needs and goals. Drawing from CBT, DBT, ACT, and trauma-informed approaches, I support clients in understanding patterns, managing difficult emotions, strengthening boundaries, reducing self-criticism, and developing practical strategies for meaningful change.
Hi, I’m Jessica. I support men and women who carry a lot; people who often appear capable and dependable on the outside, yet still feel anxious, overwhelmed, or emotionally stretched thin. I work with high-achievers and purpose-led individuals, caregivers, parents, first responders, entrepreneurs, therapists, and adults with ADHD who are navigating chronic stress, anxiety, high expectations, self-doubt, perfectionism, and the pressure to perform or please others. I also offer dedicated support for women navigating infertility, burnout, and postpartum mental health, experiences that can feel isolating even when surrounded by others.
Hi, I’m Jessica. I support men and women who carry a lot; people who often appear capable and dependable on the outside, yet still feel anxious, overwhelmed, or emotionally stretched thin. I work with high-achievers and purpose-led individuals, caregivers, parents, first responders, entrepreneurs, therapists, and adults with ADHD who are navigating chronic stress, anxiety, high expectations, self-doubt, perfectionism, and the pressure to perform or please others. I also offer dedicated support for women navigating infertility, burnout, and postpartum mental health, experiences that can feel isolating even when surrounded by others.
Navigating life’s challenges—especially as an immigrant, a person of colour, an Indigenous person, an LGBTQIA2S+ individual, or simply someone adjusting to a new life, new culture or new circumstances—can feel isolating. You don’t have to go through it alone. I provide a warm, compassionate space where you can explore your experiences, heal from past struggles, and build a future that aligns with your values and goals.
Navigating life’s challenges—especially as an immigrant, a person of colour, an Indigenous person, an LGBTQIA2S+ individual, or simply someone adjusting to a new life, new culture or new circumstances—can feel isolating. You don’t have to go through it alone. I provide a warm, compassionate space where you can explore your experiences, heal from past struggles, and build a future that aligns with your values and goals.
I’ve lived in 5 provinces and this is my 3rd career.
Navigating challenges in your relationships? Suffering from a concussion/ brain injury? Going through a difficult life transition? I can help you navigate these murky waters. I will empower you to reclaim the strength within yourself and to take each small step towards healing and recovery. Within your relationships, I can guide you towards improved communication and conflict resolution skills.
I’ve lived in 5 provinces and this is my 3rd career.
Navigating challenges in your relationships? Suffering from a concussion/ brain injury? Going through a difficult life transition? I can help you navigate these murky waters. I will empower you to reclaim the strength within yourself and to take each small step towards healing and recovery. Within your relationships, I can guide you towards improved communication and conflict resolution skills.
I am happy to work with an extensive range of clients and organize my practice around providing Client-Centred Therapy grounded in empirically-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Additionally, I have lived experience as a first responder and am passionate about addressing the unique challenges associated with fulfilling such roles. In my experience working with people over the last 10 years, I've found that often their challenges are best addressed first and foremost by being heard; this act of listening is a gift that unlocks the resources hidden within.
I am happy to work with an extensive range of clients and organize my practice around providing Client-Centred Therapy grounded in empirically-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Additionally, I have lived experience as a first responder and am passionate about addressing the unique challenges associated with fulfilling such roles. In my experience working with people over the last 10 years, I've found that often their challenges are best addressed first and foremost by being heard; this act of listening is a gift that unlocks the resources hidden within.
Have you ever found yourself wondering, “How did I get here?” Maybe life took a turn you didn’t expect, and now you’re trying to make sense of it all. You’re not alone, and you don’t have to figure it out alone either. Before I stepped into being a therapist, my life took many unexpected turns, from professional athlete, to pastor, to public speaker. My world used to revolve around performance, pressure, and pushing through. I understand what it’s like to live under high expectations, your own or other people’s. I know how it feels to be stuck in a version of yourself that no longer fits.
Have you ever found yourself wondering, “How did I get here?” Maybe life took a turn you didn’t expect, and now you’re trying to make sense of it all. You’re not alone, and you don’t have to figure it out alone either. Before I stepped into being a therapist, my life took many unexpected turns, from professional athlete, to pastor, to public speaker. My world used to revolve around performance, pressure, and pushing through. I understand what it’s like to live under high expectations, your own or other people’s. I know how it feels to be stuck in a version of yourself that no longer fits.
We work with adults who may look like they’re managing well on the outside but feel overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected from themselves. They may be navigating anxiety, overthinking, grief and loss, burnout, difficult relationships, people-pleasing, cultural pressures, or major life changes. Therapy offers space to understand what’s beneath these struggles, recognize patterns, process what has changed, and develop practical ways to cope, set boundaries, make decisions, and move forward with greater clarity.
We work with adults who may look like they’re managing well on the outside but feel overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected from themselves. They may be navigating anxiety, overthinking, grief and loss, burnout, difficult relationships, people-pleasing, cultural pressures, or major life changes. Therapy offers space to understand what’s beneath these struggles, recognize patterns, process what has changed, and develop practical ways to cope, set boundaries, make decisions, and move forward with greater clarity.
Life and relationships can be unpredictable and challenging, and you do not need to navigate these experiences alone. If you are feeling stressed, anxious, exhausted, or alone, I am here to help. I work with individuals and couples to make changes that bring more satisfaction and fulfillment to their lives. Working together, we will explore your areas of concern, identify your strengths, and create a plan that feels right for you while using therapeutic interventions to gain insight, learn skills, and create meaningful change.
Life and relationships can be unpredictable and challenging, and you do not need to navigate these experiences alone. If you are feeling stressed, anxious, exhausted, or alone, I am here to help. I work with individuals and couples to make changes that bring more satisfaction and fulfillment to their lives. Working together, we will explore your areas of concern, identify your strengths, and create a plan that feels right for you while using therapeutic interventions to gain insight, learn skills, and create meaningful change.
Do you often wonder if other people struggle with the challenges you are facing? Do you feel alone in your thoughts? My name is Leanne Wiese and as a former National-level and collegiate athlete, I can relate. Together, we can work through whatever it is that you feel is on your heart or mind that may be holding you back or weighing you down so you can live, train and compete feeling lighter, happier, fulfilled, and focused. We will approach your concerns holistically, considering the interplay of biological, psychological, and socio-environmental factors that create your unique circumstances and shape how you respond.
Do you often wonder if other people struggle with the challenges you are facing? Do you feel alone in your thoughts? My name is Leanne Wiese and as a former National-level and collegiate athlete, I can relate. Together, we can work through whatever it is that you feel is on your heart or mind that may be holding you back or weighing you down so you can live, train and compete feeling lighter, happier, fulfilled, and focused. We will approach your concerns holistically, considering the interplay of biological, psychological, and socio-environmental factors that create your unique circumstances and shape how you respond.
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How do I know if I need career counselling?
Determining whether a career counsellor is needed involves assessing one's current career and identifying what changes can be made to improve one's overall quality of life. In particular, feelings of loss of motivation, fatigue, anxiety, depression, procrastination, or ongoing levels of high stress can all be indicative of a need for career-related counselling. In addition, individuals changing jobs may want the decision-making support or self-reflection opportunities provided by a career counsellor.
Who can benefit from career counselling?
Anyone can benefit from the self-reflection, skill development, and stress management techniques that career counselling can provide. However, individuals who are feeling overwhelmed or burnt out with their current job and individuals considering a major career change may particularly benefit from career counselling to improve their wellbeing. Additionally, individuals who are facing issues in their current job, such as coworker relationship challenges or not meeting performance goals, may benefit from the perspective that a career counsellor can provide. College-age or young professionals may also uniquely benefit from career counselling as they make key decisions surrounding education and job training that will impact their career trajectory.
How long does career counselling typically last?
The length of career counselling can vary greatly depending on the needs of the individual and what type of support they are seeking Career coaching or advising services—which serve clients in a specific, goal-oriented capacity—often last for a shorter duration and are sometimes only a single session or a few sessions in length. In contrast, career counselling as part of a more integrative therapeutic relationship with a counsellor may last longer, particularly if the issues faced by the client are longstanding and/or more complex in nature; in such cases, individuals may expect therapy to last multiple months or longer.
How to prepare for career counselling?
Clients can prepare for career counselling sessions by outlining the specific topics they would like to address with the counsellor, such as current job challenges or hopes for the future of their career. Compiling one's thoughts on such topics often requires reflection on one's career and future goals, which in itself can be beneficial for session preparation. Clients may also want to put together a list of questions they would like to ask the counsellor, particularly if the career counsellor they are seeing has particular expertise in a given career area. Conducting research into potential future jobs, training opportunities, or support resources in one's area may also help clients prepare for career counselling by providing them with a background of what resources are available in their area.