Psychodynamic Therapists in Mississauga, ON
I support clients who feel stuck in painful relationship patterns, self-doubt, anxiety, depression, or family conflict. Many of my clients are trying to understand why they feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or hard on themselves, even when they are doing their best. My approach is warm, collaborative, and trauma-informed. Together, we make sense of your story, identify the patterns shaping your life, and build the insight, emotional tools, and confidence needed for meaningful change.
I support clients who feel stuck in painful relationship patterns, self-doubt, anxiety, depression, or family conflict. Many of my clients are trying to understand why they feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or hard on themselves, even when they are doing their best. My approach is warm, collaborative, and trauma-informed. Together, we make sense of your story, identify the patterns shaping your life, and build the insight, emotional tools, and confidence needed for meaningful change.
I specialize in healing relational and trauma wounds with Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic & trauma-informed Somatic/EFT/EMDR/IFS therapy, for immigrants, professionals, LGBTQ+, ADHDers, CPTSD/NPD/sexual abuse survivors, and adoption parents.
Many clients come feeling like they or their relationships “should be fine”, but deep down they feel confused, disconnected, overwhelmed, or burdened, just not knowing why. Unprocessed past experiences can be stored in our body, causing anxiety, depression, self esteem issue, tougher life transitions, or disturbed relationships. In our sessions, no matter if you come as an individual, a couple, or a family, we'll gently reconnect the parts that have been shut down by stress, anger, fear, shame, or grief, make sense of everything that's important to you, help you to express yourself freely, and rediscover your authentic self.
I specialize in healing relational and trauma wounds with Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic & trauma-informed Somatic/EFT/EMDR/IFS therapy, for immigrants, professionals, LGBTQ+, ADHDers, CPTSD/NPD/sexual abuse survivors, and adoption parents.
Many clients come feeling like they or their relationships “should be fine”, but deep down they feel confused, disconnected, overwhelmed, or burdened, just not knowing why. Unprocessed past experiences can be stored in our body, causing anxiety, depression, self esteem issue, tougher life transitions, or disturbed relationships. In our sessions, no matter if you come as an individual, a couple, or a family, we'll gently reconnect the parts that have been shut down by stress, anger, fear, shame, or grief, make sense of everything that's important to you, help you to express yourself freely, and rediscover your authentic self.
I support individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, stress, grief, trauma, emotional regulation difficulties, mood disorders, relationship concerns, and the emotional impact of chronic illness. I also provide inclusive, affirming care for LGBTQ+ and transgender clients, as well as key and priority populations who are at increased risk of HIV or who are living with, affected by, or supporting someone with HIV. Together, we will explore your experiences, identify your goals, and develop practical, compassionate strategies that promote healing, resilience, improved well-being, and meaningful change.
I support individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, stress, grief, trauma, emotional regulation difficulties, mood disorders, relationship concerns, and the emotional impact of chronic illness. I also provide inclusive, affirming care for LGBTQ+ and transgender clients, as well as key and priority populations who are at increased risk of HIV or who are living with, affected by, or supporting someone with HIV. Together, we will explore your experiences, identify your goals, and develop practical, compassionate strategies that promote healing, resilience, improved well-being, and meaningful change.
Do you want to maintain and deepen intimacy and that special feeling of closeness for life? Even loving, intelligent, self-aware people can get caught in painful patterns they cannot “think” their way out of. Our closest relationships often trigger our deepest fears, hurts, longings, and self-protection. In Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, we slow the cycle down so you can access what is happening underneath conflict and begin creating new experiences of safety, repair, and closeness together.
Do you want to maintain and deepen intimacy and that special feeling of closeness for life? Even loving, intelligent, self-aware people can get caught in painful patterns they cannot “think” their way out of. Our closest relationships often trigger our deepest fears, hurts, longings, and self-protection. In Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, we slow the cycle down so you can access what is happening underneath conflict and begin creating new experiences of safety, repair, and closeness together.
Thank you for taking this courageous step in reaching out. I have been supporting individuals including adults and young people for over 40 years My extensive experience is grounded mental health well-being impacted by the challenges of life events including, loss and traumatic events. I work from an attachment and trauma informed lens and trained in strength based approaches including attachment focused EMDR, self compassion, mindfulness practice and somatic approaches. I offer a compassionate welcoming atmosphere. If you are experiencing stress that is causing you distress, please do not hesitate in contacting me.
Thank you for taking this courageous step in reaching out. I have been supporting individuals including adults and young people for over 40 years My extensive experience is grounded mental health well-being impacted by the challenges of life events including, loss and traumatic events. I work from an attachment and trauma informed lens and trained in strength based approaches including attachment focused EMDR, self compassion, mindfulness practice and somatic approaches. I offer a compassionate welcoming atmosphere. If you are experiencing stress that is causing you distress, please do not hesitate in contacting me.
Welcome! I'm Sadhna, a therapist who believes in your innate ability to heal, grow, and thrive. In our work together, my goal is to create a safe, compassionate, and non-judgmental space for you to explore thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that may be standing in the way of becoming the best version of yourself. I take an integrative, holistic approach to therapy because healing is not one-size-fits-all. I believe that true growth begins with cultivating deep self-awareness, and I’m here to help you gain insight into your inner world—so you can make empowered choices that align with your values and goals.
Welcome! I'm Sadhna, a therapist who believes in your innate ability to heal, grow, and thrive. In our work together, my goal is to create a safe, compassionate, and non-judgmental space for you to explore thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that may be standing in the way of becoming the best version of yourself. I take an integrative, holistic approach to therapy because healing is not one-size-fits-all. I believe that true growth begins with cultivating deep self-awareness, and I’m here to help you gain insight into your inner world—so you can make empowered choices that align with your values and goals.
Life is hard, and the challenges we meet in our relationships, work, and daily tasks can create tremendous stress and uncertainty. I provide a warm and comfortable environment where you and I can work as a team to unpack issues troubling you – I am non-judgmental, have a good sense of humour, and I thrive in supporting people through challenging times. As a mature woman, I have faced my own issues with anxiety, relationship stress, and parenting difficulties, and through my personal and professional experiences I have come to understand how powerful the psychotherapy process is at fostering self-awareness and emotional resilience.
Life is hard, and the challenges we meet in our relationships, work, and daily tasks can create tremendous stress and uncertainty. I provide a warm and comfortable environment where you and I can work as a team to unpack issues troubling you – I am non-judgmental, have a good sense of humour, and I thrive in supporting people through challenging times. As a mature woman, I have faced my own issues with anxiety, relationship stress, and parenting difficulties, and through my personal and professional experiences I have come to understand how powerful the psychotherapy process is at fostering self-awareness and emotional resilience.
You made it home, but part of you is still on alert. You clock every exit, sleep in broken pieces, and go numb just to get through the day. Then you snap at the people you love over nothing and hate yourself for it. Underneath are the parts that don't fit the story everyone expects: the guilt over what happened or what you couldn't stop, the shame you can't say out loud, and the quiet question of who you are now that the uniform is off. None of this means you're broken. It means you carried things most people never will, and it's still with you.
You made it home, but part of you is still on alert. You clock every exit, sleep in broken pieces, and go numb just to get through the day. Then you snap at the people you love over nothing and hate yourself for it. Underneath are the parts that don't fit the story everyone expects: the guilt over what happened or what you couldn't stop, the shame you can't say out loud, and the quiet question of who you are now that the uniform is off. None of this means you're broken. It means you carried things most people never will, and it's still with you.
Do you feel “numb”, overwhelmed, or emotionally checked-out? Do these feelings make it hard to show up for the people you care about in your life? Feeling like you don't have it “figured out” while you struggle can lead to feeling confused, angry, and ashamed that you're not “good enough”. These harmful feelings can result in addictions, workaholism, low self-esteem, relationship/family issues, and hopelessness. Talking with a therapist can help calm overthinking, provide a sense of hope, and gives you the chance to share what's really on your mind. Click the "Email" button for your free 20 minute consultation call today.
Do you feel “numb”, overwhelmed, or emotionally checked-out? Do these feelings make it hard to show up for the people you care about in your life? Feeling like you don't have it “figured out” while you struggle can lead to feeling confused, angry, and ashamed that you're not “good enough”. These harmful feelings can result in addictions, workaholism, low self-esteem, relationship/family issues, and hopelessness. Talking with a therapist can help calm overthinking, provide a sense of hope, and gives you the chance to share what's really on your mind. Click the "Email" button for your free 20 minute consultation call today.
Accepting New Clients:
I know reaching out can be a big step, and I’m honoured you’re considering sharing part of your journey with me.
My choice to become a therapist grew from the recognition that everyone, including myself, carries invisible weights. Working with adolescents, university students, and adults has shown me that stress may look different yet feel equally heavy, whether it stems from school pressures, career uncertainty, or shifting family roles. Combined with my own experience navigating cultural and generational expectations, these lessons have deepened my respect for the courage it takes to reach out.
Accepting New Clients:
I know reaching out can be a big step, and I’m honoured you’re considering sharing part of your journey with me.
My choice to become a therapist grew from the recognition that everyone, including myself, carries invisible weights. Working with adolescents, university students, and adults has shown me that stress may look different yet feel equally heavy, whether it stems from school pressures, career uncertainty, or shifting family roles. Combined with my own experience navigating cultural and generational expectations, these lessons have deepened my respect for the courage it takes to reach out.
My work is reflective, collaborative, and psychodynamic, with an attachment-oriented and trauma-aware lens that helps clients understand patterns and create meaningful change.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, depressed, or disconnected from yourself or others? You might be juggling school, work, relationships, or family responsibilities while quietly carrying stress, emotional fatigue, or relationship patterns that feel hard to change. Even if things look fine on the outside, you may feel stuck or tired of feeling the way you do and want a better understanding of yourself and your relationships. I can help.
My work is reflective, collaborative, and psychodynamic, with an attachment-oriented and trauma-aware lens that helps clients understand patterns and create meaningful change.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, depressed, or disconnected from yourself or others? You might be juggling school, work, relationships, or family responsibilities while quietly carrying stress, emotional fatigue, or relationship patterns that feel hard to change. Even if things look fine on the outside, you may feel stuck or tired of feeling the way you do and want a better understanding of yourself and your relationships. I can help.
Feeling torn between family expectations, cultural values, and your own needs? Late-diagnosed ADHD adding masking, overwhelm, or burnout? Or both? You're not alone. I specialize in helping you navigate your identity, culture, and belonging while understanding intergenerational patterns, and in creating space for your voice, self-advocacy, and direction. Whether through cultural identity work, ADHD-informed therapy and coaching, or the unique intersection of both. Allow me to help you start your next chapter, one full of possibilities, hope and growth.
Feeling torn between family expectations, cultural values, and your own needs? Late-diagnosed ADHD adding masking, overwhelm, or burnout? Or both? You're not alone. I specialize in helping you navigate your identity, culture, and belonging while understanding intergenerational patterns, and in creating space for your voice, self-advocacy, and direction. Whether through cultural identity work, ADHD-informed therapy and coaching, or the unique intersection of both. Allow me to help you start your next chapter, one full of possibilities, hope and growth.
No referral is required for psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Our clinic is rooted in psychodynamic therapy, helping patients uncover underlying emotions, unconscious patterns, and root causes of symptoms to create long-term change. We support children, teens, adults, couples, and families with anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, identity, eating disorders, and complex mental health concerns and disorders.
No referral is required for psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Our clinic is rooted in psychodynamic therapy, helping patients uncover underlying emotions, unconscious patterns, and root causes of symptoms to create long-term change. We support children, teens, adults, couples, and families with anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, identity, eating disorders, and complex mental health concerns and disorders.
Carolina is a Registered Social Worker (RSW) and Psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience in health care and mental health. She holds a Master of Science in Public Health and offers compassionate, client-centered therapy to individuals and families navigating emotional and life challenges.
Carolina is a Registered Social Worker (RSW) and Psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience in health care and mental health. She holds a Master of Science in Public Health and offers compassionate, client-centered therapy to individuals and families navigating emotional and life challenges.
Vivian Noehring Psychotherapy & Associates
Registered Psychotherapist
3 Endorsed
Mississauga, ON L4W
I believe everyone deserves a space where they feel seen, heard, and supported—especially during life’s most overwhelming moments. Healing happens through connection, trust, and compassion, and together we create a space where you can explore your experiences openly and move toward meaningful change at your own pace.
Clients often describe me as genuine, warm, and thoughtful, with a touch of humour that helps lighten heavy moments. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, trauma, burnout, relationship challenges, or major life transitions, I’m here to guide you with tools that build clarity, resilience, and emotional balance.
I believe everyone deserves a space where they feel seen, heard, and supported—especially during life’s most overwhelming moments. Healing happens through connection, trust, and compassion, and together we create a space where you can explore your experiences openly and move toward meaningful change at your own pace.
Clients often describe me as genuine, warm, and thoughtful, with a touch of humour that helps lighten heavy moments. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, trauma, burnout, relationship challenges, or major life transitions, I’m here to guide you with tools that build clarity, resilience, and emotional balance.
Accepting New Clients! Are you exhausted, overwhelmed, or running on empty — caring for everyone else while quietly losing yourself? Whether you're navigating pregnancy, postpartum challenges, caregiver burnout, or chronic illness, you don't have to do this alone.
I'm Ashley, and I bring 18 years of hospital nursing experience to my therapy practice. I've sat with people in their most vulnerable moments — and that shapes everything about how I show up for my clients. Warm, grounded, and genuinely human.
Accepting New Clients! Are you exhausted, overwhelmed, or running on empty — caring for everyone else while quietly losing yourself? Whether you're navigating pregnancy, postpartum challenges, caregiver burnout, or chronic illness, you don't have to do this alone.
I'm Ashley, and I bring 18 years of hospital nursing experience to my therapy practice. I've sat with people in their most vulnerable moments — and that shapes everything about how I show up for my clients. Warm, grounded, and genuinely human.
Are you struggling to manage a growing sense of anxiety, or having difficulty finding joy in your life? Do you need support in dealing with conflict in your relationships and building your self-esteem? I understand that it isn’t easy taking the first step in seeking help and talking with someone unfamiliar. I'm here to help you work on making the changes you would like to see happen in your life.
Are you struggling to manage a growing sense of anxiety, or having difficulty finding joy in your life? Do you need support in dealing with conflict in your relationships and building your self-esteem? I understand that it isn’t easy taking the first step in seeking help and talking with someone unfamiliar. I'm here to help you work on making the changes you would like to see happen in your life.
Victoria Namuli-Okoukoni
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MA, RN, BScN
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Problems often leave us feeling stuck and isolated, so it takes tremendous courage to seek for help. I am honored to help individuals and families work through issues such as depression, anxiety, stress, burnout, life transitions, relationship issues, and more.
Problems often leave us feeling stuck and isolated, so it takes tremendous courage to seek for help. I am honored to help individuals and families work through issues such as depression, anxiety, stress, burnout, life transitions, relationship issues, and more.
I always say - life has 3 guarantees: constant work, pain and change/uncertainty. We are all going to experience these things at one point or another, and when it's present, it's not uncommon to feel disconnected and overwhelmed. I'm here to help you rediscover your way back to balance and well-being. My philosophy is simple: many of our struggles, whether they're related to trauma, relationships, life transitions, family conflicts, or anxiety, can often be traced back to disconnection - from yourself and from others.
I always say - life has 3 guarantees: constant work, pain and change/uncertainty. We are all going to experience these things at one point or another, and when it's present, it's not uncommon to feel disconnected and overwhelmed. I'm here to help you rediscover your way back to balance and well-being. My philosophy is simple: many of our struggles, whether they're related to trauma, relationships, life transitions, family conflicts, or anxiety, can often be traced back to disconnection - from yourself and from others.
Welcome! If you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure of your next steps, you’re in the right place. I’m Mena Ibrahim, a psychotherapist passionate about helping individuals navigate life’s challenges with clarity, confidence, and resilience. With over 8 years of experience in mental health, I’ve supported countless individuals in overcoming obstacles, strengthening relationships, and building meaningful lives. I believe in the power of therapy to foster growth, healing, and self-discovery, and I am here to guide you every step of the way.
Welcome! If you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure of your next steps, you’re in the right place. I’m Mena Ibrahim, a psychotherapist passionate about helping individuals navigate life’s challenges with clarity, confidence, and resilience. With over 8 years of experience in mental health, I’ve supported countless individuals in overcoming obstacles, strengthening relationships, and building meaningful lives. I believe in the power of therapy to foster growth, healing, and self-discovery, and I am here to guide you every step of the way.
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Is psychodynamic therapy evidence-based?
Studies have found psychodynamic therapy to be effective in treating conditions like social anxiety, eating disorders, chronic pain, some personality disorders, and depression; indeed, some studies have found it to be just as effective as CBT or medication. What’s more, several studies have found that the benefits of psychodynamic therapy tend to endure—even grow—long after treatment has ended.
How long does psychodynamic therapy last?
Unlike CBT and other more structured forms of therapy, psychodynamic therapy tends to be open-ended and may not be limited to a set number of sessions. It is common for clients to be in therapy for a year or longer and to see their therapist one to three times a week, though the exact schedule and timeline may vary depending on a client’s challenges and progress. However, brief psychodynamic therapy is available, which tends to be more goal-oriented and typically unfolds over 16 to 30 sessions.
Does psychodynamic therapy work?
Research finds that psychodynamic therapy can help someone manage or reduce symptoms of diagnosable mental health conditions like depression or anxiety. The modality may also offer a range of benefits that are harder to measure but just as valuable—such as increased self-worth or healthier relationships. While no therapy type will work for everyone, research and anecdotal evidence suggest that psychodynamic therapy can be highly effective.
What are the limitations of psychodynamic therapy?
Some meta-analyses have concluded that there is little evidence to suggest that psychodynamic therapy can effectively treat certain mental health conditions such as PTSD, OCD, or psychosis, though it is sometimes used to do so. More broadly, the open-ended, free-association structure of psychodynamic therapy may be frustrating for clients who prefer a more structured, time-limited, or goal-oriented approach.