Attachment-based Therapists in Mississauga, ON
Jessica Charles | CPTSD | Depression | Addiction
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
1 Endorsed
Online Only
New April 2026 - Are you between 25-35 years old and find yourself grappling with the past, were raised by emotionally immature (or narcissistic) parents, struggle with setting boundaries, are in a codependent relationship, or feel responsible for the emotions of others while neglecting your own? Is your body constantly in fight, flight or freeze mode, and you can't seem to break the unhealthy patterns that keep you stuck? It's infuriating to intellectually know what to do and not be able to DO it (or stick to it)
New April 2026 - Are you between 25-35 years old and find yourself grappling with the past, were raised by emotionally immature (or narcissistic) parents, struggle with setting boundaries, are in a codependent relationship, or feel responsible for the emotions of others while neglecting your own? Is your body constantly in fight, flight or freeze mode, and you can't seem to break the unhealthy patterns that keep you stuck? It's infuriating to intellectually know what to do and not be able to DO it (or stick to it)
Are you ready to go deep and make the unconscious conscious? Ivona is here to provide a safe, empathetic, and non-judgmental space where you can embark on your journey of self-discovery and well-being. Ivona is more than a therapist; she's a dedicated partner in your healing journey. With over 20 years of experience working with diverse populations as an Ontario high school teacher, Ivona understands the unique emotional needs of people. Ivona holds two Masters' degrees: one in Education and one in Counselling Psychology. In both programs, she graduated on top of her classes with awards and distinctions
Are you ready to go deep and make the unconscious conscious? Ivona is here to provide a safe, empathetic, and non-judgmental space where you can embark on your journey of self-discovery and well-being. Ivona is more than a therapist; she's a dedicated partner in your healing journey. With over 20 years of experience working with diverse populations as an Ontario high school teacher, Ivona understands the unique emotional needs of people. Ivona holds two Masters' degrees: one in Education and one in Counselling Psychology. In both programs, she graduated on top of her classes with awards and distinctions
Millennial & Couples Psychotherapist. You find yourself regretting your life decisions, whether in your career or relationships. You feel overwhelmed and are overthinking, overreacting, and lashing out. Or you are isolating, staying quiet, and not communicating your needs. You don't understand your feelings and think you are weak for having them. You feel vulnerable to share your feelings with others. Your mood is constantly shifting between feeling sad, irritable, anxious, and angry. You often feel stuck in life. These regrets and unexpressed feelings lead to challenges in relationships and in achieving personal and career goals.
Millennial & Couples Psychotherapist. You find yourself regretting your life decisions, whether in your career or relationships. You feel overwhelmed and are overthinking, overreacting, and lashing out. Or you are isolating, staying quiet, and not communicating your needs. You don't understand your feelings and think you are weak for having them. You feel vulnerable to share your feelings with others. Your mood is constantly shifting between feeling sad, irritable, anxious, and angry. You often feel stuck in life. These regrets and unexpressed feelings lead to challenges in relationships and in achieving personal and career goals.
I work with a wide range of people, approaching each person with curiosity, attentiveness, and care through a trauma-informed, attachment-based lens.
My work is grounded in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), inner child work, and somatic practices. These approaches support healing through relationship, compassionate work with protective parts, reconnection with younger parts, and awareness of how emotion is held in the body.
I work with a wide range of people, approaching each person with curiosity, attentiveness, and care through a trauma-informed, attachment-based lens.
My work is grounded in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), inner child work, and somatic practices. These approaches support healing through relationship, compassionate work with protective parts, reconnection with younger parts, and awareness of how emotion is held in the body.
Nicole Beltran | ADHD | Anxiety | Burnout
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Are you a woman in your 20's or 30's with ADHD, anxiety and/or depression? Do you have a hard time saying no, regulating big emotions, or saying what you mean? You're exhausted from putting on a mask and faking it just to get through each day, only to collapse into doom scrolling until you fall asleep at night. You have a hard time making decisions, and feel like your body is stuck in fight-or-flight. You've tried all the things - exercise, meditation, affirmations, daily planners - but nothing seems to help. It's starting to impact your most important relationships - be it romantically, with family, friends, school or work
Are you a woman in your 20's or 30's with ADHD, anxiety and/or depression? Do you have a hard time saying no, regulating big emotions, or saying what you mean? You're exhausted from putting on a mask and faking it just to get through each day, only to collapse into doom scrolling until you fall asleep at night. You have a hard time making decisions, and feel like your body is stuck in fight-or-flight. You've tried all the things - exercise, meditation, affirmations, daily planners - but nothing seems to help. It's starting to impact your most important relationships - be it romantically, with family, friends, school or work
Welcome. You may have landed here because you're feeling a bit lost or stuck. You know something needs to change but you're not sure where or how to start. Let’s work together to (re)discover your strengths, values, and goals and chart your path forward. I offer individual counselling for challenges including anxiety, depression, stress, grief, life transitions, self-esteem, relationship struggles, and perfectionism. I offer couples' counselling to help couples identify unhelpful patterns in their relationship and build more adaptive patterns to deepen their bond.
Welcome. You may have landed here because you're feeling a bit lost or stuck. You know something needs to change but you're not sure where or how to start. Let’s work together to (re)discover your strengths, values, and goals and chart your path forward. I offer individual counselling for challenges including anxiety, depression, stress, grief, life transitions, self-esteem, relationship struggles, and perfectionism. I offer couples' counselling to help couples identify unhelpful patterns in their relationship and build more adaptive patterns to deepen their bond.
ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS. My practice services individuals, children, youth, families, and groups. We provide psychotherapy to support emotional distress, but not limited to anxiety, lack of motivation, sadness or depression, grief, feeling overwhelmed, feeling stuck in your life and relationship issues. Taking the first step can be difficult, we understand. If you are struggling with mental health issues, the team at Support & Growth Counselling Services can help. We offer a variety of counselling and psychotherapy services to ensure that you and your loved ones can build happy and healthy lives.
ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS. My practice services individuals, children, youth, families, and groups. We provide psychotherapy to support emotional distress, but not limited to anxiety, lack of motivation, sadness or depression, grief, feeling overwhelmed, feeling stuck in your life and relationship issues. Taking the first step can be difficult, we understand. If you are struggling with mental health issues, the team at Support & Growth Counselling Services can help. We offer a variety of counselling and psychotherapy services to ensure that you and your loved ones can build happy and healthy lives.
I believe that each individual has the capacity for growth through self-awareness and acceptance. I have supported individuals to recognize their optimal potential, develop and maintain healthy meaningful relationships, while making choices that are in the interest of oneself and others. I help my clients free themselves from disabling assumptions and attitudes so they can live fuller lives. As a trauma-informed therapist, I aim to create a warm, non-judgmental environment to facilitate growth and change.
I believe that each individual has the capacity for growth through self-awareness and acceptance. I have supported individuals to recognize their optimal potential, develop and maintain healthy meaningful relationships, while making choices that are in the interest of oneself and others. I help my clients free themselves from disabling assumptions and attitudes so they can live fuller lives. As a trauma-informed therapist, I aim to create a warm, non-judgmental environment to facilitate growth and change.
The Centre for Psychodynamic Insights is a virtual clinic specializing in psychodynamic psychotherapy. This approach explores the root causes of symptoms by uncovering and understanding underlying emotions through evidence-based treatment. Through collaborative dialogue, we examine unconscious thoughts and emotions shaped from childhood to the present. We work to relieve symptoms by understanding how these patterns affect current experiences, and create targeted strategies for meaningful change long-term.
The Centre for Psychodynamic Insights is a virtual clinic specializing in psychodynamic psychotherapy. This approach explores the root causes of symptoms by uncovering and understanding underlying emotions through evidence-based treatment. Through collaborative dialogue, we examine unconscious thoughts and emotions shaped from childhood to the present. We work to relieve symptoms by understanding how these patterns affect current experiences, and create targeted strategies for meaningful change long-term.
Jonathan Storr - Men’s & Couples
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MACP
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Ending up in the same relationship patterns, no matter how hard you try to change? Overthinking everything, or feeling like you’re never enough? I work with men and couples who feel stuck in these cycles and don’t know how to get out. Therapy helps you understand what’s actually driving it so you can stop going in circles and start showing up differently.
Ending up in the same relationship patterns, no matter how hard you try to change? Overthinking everything, or feeling like you’re never enough? I work with men and couples who feel stuck in these cycles and don’t know how to get out. Therapy helps you understand what’s actually driving it so you can stop going in circles and start showing up differently.
I believe there is good in everyone. I also trust in the power of unconditional positive regard and I aim to provide you with a safe, judgement-free place to explore who you are and who you want to be. Our past and present can affect us deeply, but we can also draw on them to improve our future. My approach is eclectic, integrative, and collaborative, and I view things holistically, incorporating your strengths and values into therapy. I believe that therapy is not a one-size-fits-all solution, and you do not need to be “fixed;” I am here to walk with you on your healing journey, and to shape therapy into whatever you need it to be.
I believe there is good in everyone. I also trust in the power of unconditional positive regard and I aim to provide you with a safe, judgement-free place to explore who you are and who you want to be. Our past and present can affect us deeply, but we can also draw on them to improve our future. My approach is eclectic, integrative, and collaborative, and I view things holistically, incorporating your strengths and values into therapy. I believe that therapy is not a one-size-fits-all solution, and you do not need to be “fixed;” I am here to walk with you on your healing journey, and to shape therapy into whatever you need it to be.
Life can be challenging. At times, it can feel overwhelming, messy and unpredictable.
We might find ourselves feeling stuck, disconnected or unsure of how to navigate the situations life throws our way – whether it’s relationships, stress, self-doubt or major life transitions. While it’s easy to get caught up in feeling like we should have it all figured out, the reality is – being human is hard sometimes.
Life can be challenging. At times, it can feel overwhelming, messy and unpredictable.
We might find ourselves feeling stuck, disconnected or unsure of how to navigate the situations life throws our way – whether it’s relationships, stress, self-doubt or major life transitions. While it’s easy to get caught up in feeling like we should have it all figured out, the reality is – being human is hard sometimes.
If you are are going through a tough time or difficult life circumstance and can’t find the right person to talk to - someone with “Lived Experience” in mental health, addiction and trauma could make a world of difference. I discovered the power of Peer Support having lived through some of those not-so-nice experiences myself. It was a healing like no other: It saved my life and put me on a path towards growth & self-discovery. I spent 10+ years participating in peer groups, various therapy modalities, and pursued ongoing education in the field. I combine these experiences to deliver a unique type of therapy and valuable resources.
If you are are going through a tough time or difficult life circumstance and can’t find the right person to talk to - someone with “Lived Experience” in mental health, addiction and trauma could make a world of difference. I discovered the power of Peer Support having lived through some of those not-so-nice experiences myself. It was a healing like no other: It saved my life and put me on a path towards growth & self-discovery. I spent 10+ years participating in peer groups, various therapy modalities, and pursued ongoing education in the field. I combine these experiences to deliver a unique type of therapy and valuable resources.
Jenna Swadzba | People Pleasing & Boundaries
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), Anxiety, Athlete, HSP, Trauma, Type A
1 Endorsed
Online Only
New April 2026 - Are you a highly-sensitive, Type A, perfectionistic overachieving woman with a tendency to people please, who has a difficult relationship with your mom, who appears to have it all together but inside is feeling anxious and burned out? You know you need to relax and do some self-care, but nothing helps for very long. You've done the things you're "supposed to" do: meditation, self-help, read "Let Them Theory" you know your attachment style - intellectually you know it all, but your overthinking brain won't slow down and it's starting to impact your relationships, romantically, with friends or at work
New April 2026 - Are you a highly-sensitive, Type A, perfectionistic overachieving woman with a tendency to people please, who has a difficult relationship with your mom, who appears to have it all together but inside is feeling anxious and burned out? You know you need to relax and do some self-care, but nothing helps for very long. You've done the things you're "supposed to" do: meditation, self-help, read "Let Them Theory" you know your attachment style - intellectually you know it all, but your overthinking brain won't slow down and it's starting to impact your relationships, romantically, with friends or at work
Life can be overwhelming sometimes, and we may need support in exploring and understanding our concerns from a different perspective to cope with life challenges and move forward. I am dedicated to fostering a safe and nurturing environment where individuals can explore their thoughts and feelings, make sense of their experiences and work towards healing and growth. I provide support to youth, adults, couples, and families experiencing diverse range of mental health challenges including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, parenting, relationship issues, verbal and emotional abuse, anger management, and personal growth.
Life can be overwhelming sometimes, and we may need support in exploring and understanding our concerns from a different perspective to cope with life challenges and move forward. I am dedicated to fostering a safe and nurturing environment where individuals can explore their thoughts and feelings, make sense of their experiences and work towards healing and growth. I provide support to youth, adults, couples, and families experiencing diverse range of mental health challenges including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, parenting, relationship issues, verbal and emotional abuse, anger management, and personal growth.
Hi there! I’m Tavneet, the eldest daughter of an immigrant family. My identity was shaped around the role I played in my family. As a Registered Psychotherapist I offer in-person and virtual at Himmat Counselling Centre. I have experience in supporting individuals (8 years old and up) and couples. I view therapy as a collaborative approach where we work together to best help you and the relationships in your life. I hope to create an environment that is safe, non-judgmental, and empathetic for you to share in. In our work together, you will come to find my approach is rooted in cultural sensitivity, consideration and collaboration.
Hi there! I’m Tavneet, the eldest daughter of an immigrant family. My identity was shaped around the role I played in my family. As a Registered Psychotherapist I offer in-person and virtual at Himmat Counselling Centre. I have experience in supporting individuals (8 years old and up) and couples. I view therapy as a collaborative approach where we work together to best help you and the relationships in your life. I hope to create an environment that is safe, non-judgmental, and empathetic for you to share in. In our work together, you will come to find my approach is rooted in cultural sensitivity, consideration and collaboration.
There was a time in my own life when I realized how deeply people long not just to be heard but to be truly seen. That realization changed the way I listen, the way I show up, and the way I walk alongside those in pain. I’m a Registered Psychotherapist with over 16 years of experience helping individuals and couples heal from trauma, reconnect in relationships, and rediscover their God-given worth. Whether you’re carrying wounds from the past, feeling stuck in cycles you don’t know how to break, or longing to repair a strained connection, my role is to walk with you, not ahead of you. “Once in a while, everyone needs a helping hand”
There was a time in my own life when I realized how deeply people long not just to be heard but to be truly seen. That realization changed the way I listen, the way I show up, and the way I walk alongside those in pain. I’m a Registered Psychotherapist with over 16 years of experience helping individuals and couples heal from trauma, reconnect in relationships, and rediscover their God-given worth. Whether you’re carrying wounds from the past, feeling stuck in cycles you don’t know how to break, or longing to repair a strained connection, my role is to walk with you, not ahead of you. “Once in a while, everyone needs a helping hand”
Now accepting new clients! Do you feel disconnected from your partner, your community, or even from yourself? You may be navigating challenges with intimacy, communication, identity, or noticing how neurodivergence and past experiences continue to shape your life. I offer a supportive, non-judgmental space where all parts of you are welcome. Whether you’re exploring who you are, healing old wounds, or seeking deeper ease and connection in your relationships, you don’t have to do it alone.
Now accepting new clients! Do you feel disconnected from your partner, your community, or even from yourself? You may be navigating challenges with intimacy, communication, identity, or noticing how neurodivergence and past experiences continue to shape your life. I offer a supportive, non-judgmental space where all parts of you are welcome. Whether you’re exploring who you are, healing old wounds, or seeking deeper ease and connection in your relationships, you don’t have to do it alone.
Rockell Ferguson | Anxiety, Autism, Relationships
Pre-Licensed Professional, AuDHD, ADHD, Autism, Women, Purpose
1 Endorsed
Online Only
NEW April 2026: You're a deep feeler, an empath, somebody who has been told they're "too sensitive" and should "just relax" your entire life. You absorb other people's emotions, but feel totally alone and confused about your own. Your brain jumps from hyperfocus to worry while you feel deeply lonely inside. You long for connection, but feel exhausted by people. Your relationship with your parents (often mom) is complex, feeling like a wound that never heals. You hide it well most of the time, and when people ask what's wrong you say "nothing", because you know they won't understand and you'll just end up feeling even worse.
NEW April 2026: You're a deep feeler, an empath, somebody who has been told they're "too sensitive" and should "just relax" your entire life. You absorb other people's emotions, but feel totally alone and confused about your own. Your brain jumps from hyperfocus to worry while you feel deeply lonely inside. You long for connection, but feel exhausted by people. Your relationship with your parents (often mom) is complex, feeling like a wound that never heals. You hide it well most of the time, and when people ask what's wrong you say "nothing", because you know they won't understand and you'll just end up feeling even worse.
You’ve been holding it all together for everyone else, but lately it feels like you’re barely staying afloat. Maybe the stress is piling up, your relationships feel strained, or you’re exhausted from trying to meet everyone’s expectations—including your own. You don’t have to keep pushing through alone. In our work together, you’ll have a space where you can be real, let go of the pressure, and start making sense of what’s really going on beneath the surface. Whether you’re seeking relief from anxiety, clarity in your relationships, or simply space to breathe again—I’m here to walk alongside you and help you reconnect to you.
You’ve been holding it all together for everyone else, but lately it feels like you’re barely staying afloat. Maybe the stress is piling up, your relationships feel strained, or you’re exhausted from trying to meet everyone’s expectations—including your own. You don’t have to keep pushing through alone. In our work together, you’ll have a space where you can be real, let go of the pressure, and start making sense of what’s really going on beneath the surface. Whether you’re seeking relief from anxiety, clarity in your relationships, or simply space to breathe again—I’m here to walk alongside you and help you reconnect to you.
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Is attachment-based therapy the same as attachment therapy?
Attachment-based therapy may be confused with what is called “attachment therapy” (sometimes called “holding therapy”), a discredited and dangerous approach to treating children with attachment disorders, autism, or other mental health concerns. Attachment therapy—not attachment-based therapy—may involve restraining a child, forcing eye contact, and other coercive or abusive techniques. None of these practices are used in attachment-based therapy and the two modalities are in no way related.
What should I expect from attachment-based therapy?
Attachment-based therapy is based on attachment theory, which posits that children’s early relationships with their caregivers strongly influence their ability to navigate the world later in life. Thus, adults who seek attachment-based therapy should expect to deeply explore their childhood, identifying the dynamics or experiences that disrupted their attachment and the steps necessary to overcome challenges that arose as a result. Parents and children should expect to explore the possible factors that disrupted the parent-child relationship and work toward restoring trust and connection.
How long does attachment-based therapy last?
Certain forms of attachment-based therapy, especially those designed for parents and children, last for a set number of sessions; for example, Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up, a specific attachment-based approach for young children who have undergone early adversity, unfolds over 10 one-hour sessions. When attachment-based therapy is practiced on adults or combined with other modalities, it may not last a specific length of time; clients may wish to ask prospective therapists how long they expect treatment to take.
Does attachment-based therapy work?
Most of the research on attachment-based therapy focuses on children and adolescents. Some of this research shows a positive effect, especially for attachment-based family therapy (ABFT). Other studies, however, have found that attachment-based therapy is no more effective than other approaches to childhood depression, anxiety, or suicidality. Less is known about the therapy’s efficacy on adult populations.