Parenting Therapists in North York, ON

I am Registered Clinical Social Worker who specializes in working with children and their parents in what I believe is the hardest job – parenting ! It takes real courage and sacrifice to reach out and ask for help. Whether you are looking to help yourself or your child, this process brings up many challenging feelings. My hope is to support you and/or your child to look inward and navigate these emotions and identify the feelings that have been getting in the way. Instead of avoiding these feelings, we will work together to process them with the ultimate goal of experiencing real change, for yourself and your relationships

I am a Clinical and Counselling Psychologist with over twenty years of experience. I compassionately work with individuals, couples, and groups on their journey to healing. I believe that psychotherapy is based on providing a warm, safe and supportive environment where clients feel comfortable expressing their emotions and needs. I have created various programs to creatively unlock our innate wisdom and navigate life with greater ease and flow. With a special interest in parenting , fertility, and inner child work, I believe our journey is to awaken the possibility in each of us.

COVID-19 has changed lives. We need a self care ToolKit to help manage our mental health challenges with the added layers of WINTER, COVID AND SOCIAL DISTANCING. I provide *EVIDENCE-BASED, ON-LINE CLINICAL HYPNOTHERAPY, MINDFULNESS, CBT & YOGA PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, RELATIONSHIPS etc* As a Cognitive Behaviour (CBT), Mindfulness Based (MBCT), Yoga Therapist (evidence based therapies and practices), it is my goal to help you identify and change your thought patterns and behaviours, and to provide you with effective coping strategies to assist you with difficult feelings and challenging situations present in your life.

My work with clients is a priority in my daily life, and I have many years of experience in couples, family, and child counselling. I truly believe that if we can help children and youth address their challenges early, we will build for their future success and well-being. If you are parents, a couple, or an individual and are not sure how to address a challenge you are facing, please feel free to contact me. My work is based on an anti-oppressive, strength-based, and trauma-informed framework. The focus of my practice includes attachment models, childhood trauma, relationship challenges, anxiety, and behaviour management.

Are you or your child struggling? Are you concerned about handling your emotions? Does your child have difficulty regulating their emotions, controlling anger, or having social difficulties? Perhaps you are worried about how your child is coping with recent changes in the family, such as separation or divorce? You don’t have to be alone! Parenting is the most invested relationship one can partake in. There are many challenges involved in guiding little people towards becoming adults and life can force families to face events that impact children's ability to function successfully within their daily environments.

Renew’s counselling services offer therapeutic support to parents dealing with the anxieties and stressors of marital problems. I counsel parents experiencing separation or divorce; in high-conflict relationships; involved in family court, dealing with custody issues, or have children involved in supervised access visits. Additionally, I offer anger management and parenting classes that provide a certification of completion. Through personal goal-setting and a combined application of Behaviour Management, CBT, DBT and Emotionally Focused Family Therapy, I have helped families navigate life’s transitions.

Parenting is hard. Being a child/youth can be hard too. Looking to balance out your family's needs? Hoping to improve parent /child communication? Thinking about how you can enhance your family's overall mental health? Consider how therapy can support your family in moving towards positive change. A non-judgmental and outside perspective can help your family really listen to each other, consider differing perspectives in a new way, and offer unique strategies to direct you towards your goals. Please reach out today to start this journey.

At the best of times, there are challenges – and COVID-19 has amplified many of those and created new ones. Perhaps you are feeling anxious about what feels safe, fearful about finances, more lockdowns, and variants, or angry about decisions that individuals, institutions, and governments are making. Children, teens and adults in their 20s and 30s feel particularly robbed of opportunities, milestones, and social connections. Mixed in with this is the normal range of issues that occurred pre-COVID: conflicts, frustrations, lack of self-confidence, loss, grief, parenting struggles, separation & divorce, loneliness, and school issues.

Whatever goes up, usually comes down. But sometimes, when life’s challenges come, you wonder if they will ever go away. Life comes in stages, one can swing between thriving and surviving. The challenges of life can be overwhelming and steal our joy. How are you feeling today? Anxious? Afraid? Are you going through a life transition such as divorce, immigration, breakup, grief, job loss, parenting stress, or just simply weighed down? What’s keeping you awake at night? Sometimes one just needs to talk to someone who understands. Regardless of your circumstances, a fulfilling life is still possible. Let's work together to get there.

Over the years I have specialized in working with adults to help them thrive in relationships and social situations. My goal is to help individuals and couples achieve, and most importantly, sustain healthy relationships. Specializing in social anxiety and assertiveness, dating and relationships, as well as family planning and parenting . My number one objective is to provide you with the proper strategies to have successful interactions with the important people in your life. My practice includes Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Based Approaches, Young Schema Therapy and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).

We are committed to helping individuals overcome the numerous struggles which are personal injury such as car accident or work injury, chronic pain, depression and anxiety, the overwhelming effects of grief and loss, separation and divorce and the many other crisis of life. Our goal is to empower our clients to realize the potential they have been given for success, happiness, and build healthy coping skills. During times like this, we provide psychological assessment and intervention to use of a digital platform that provides secure, encrypted, audio-video conferencing to communicate with a client.

Dr. Susan Walker Kennedy is a registered psychologist in private practice providing comprehensive psycho-educational assessments, parenting plans (custody/access assessments) and psychotherapy for children, adolescents and adults. She fosters well-being through compassionate and empathic therapy and counselling. Dr. Walker Kennedy has extensive clinical experience regarding the impact that separation and divorce has on families.

Carrie Mazzei, RP, and Sareen Cagliuzun, RSW, together have over 18 years of experience working with individuals, and families struggling with a spectrum of mental health challenges. Our goal is to help clients shift from a mindset of ‘just getting by’ to actively living a more balanced and meaningful life. We don’t believe in a one size fits all approach and believe that you are the expert of yourself and your needs. You know where you hope to end up, and our job is to help you get there. Please note counselling is provided virtually, or in the comfort of your own home or community. Private spaces are available upon request.

I have been in practice as a clinical social worker for over thirty years. I graduated with a Masters degree in Social Work from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1979. I also have an undergraduate degree in social work . I specialize in individual marital and family counselling. Counselling is offered but not limited to issues of grief,loss,anger,anxiety,depression, post traumatic stress ,life transitions, separation and divorce, infidelity, child care issues, parenting and relationship issues. I also offer ante and post natal counselling such as post partum and ante natal issues of depression and anxiety. My clinical approach is eclectic.

Are you struggling in certain areas in your life? Maybe you are having anxious thoughts and generally feeling as if something is not right at present or for a long while. Do you occasionally feel a sense of helplessness? Do family dynamics or caring for an elderly parent add to your daily stress? Are you continually dealing with racial trauma, workplace harassment and/or gender-based violence? Are you grieving the loss of a partner, family member or a friend? I will provide a non-judgmental space to talk through challenges that continue to plague your mind and wear you down physically and emotionally.

Shahrzad Hazrati Registered psychotherapist and Registered Social worker (MA, MSW, RSW, RP). Shahrzad is member of the Canadian Association of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CACBT) with years of experience of providing counselling to individuals, couples and families deal with problems such as depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, parental issues.

Using a strengths-based, person-centred approach, my team and I support autistic individuals and their loved ones to better understand and accept neurodiversity. Different not less. We help individuals cope with the mental health effects of living in a neurotypical world and co-create a roadmap that supports their wellbeing. Partners and family members are given tools to understand communication differences so relationships can flourish. Clinicians are experienced working with girls, women, non-binary, and LGBTQA+ individuals.

Hello, and welcome to my site. Are you feeling depressed, isolated, stressed, anxious, low self esteem or suicidal? Are you having relationship problems, with partners, co-workers, family members(children)? I provide therapy for everyone but especially for those struggling with issues of divorce , anxiety and conflictive family relationship. I work with individuals, couples and families. I work in both languages Spanish and English . I am a member of Ontario College of Social Workers.

Becoming a parent is one of the most exciting times in a person’s life; however, parents face challenges that can be frustrating and even overwhelming. With over ten years’ experience in child and Youth psychotherapy, I can accompany you to understand your child and adolescent and enter their world. My play based methods readily put children at ease resulting in greater cooperation which supports the children in meeting treatment goals. Through different activities, I empower adolescents to know themselves, identify their strengths, set meaningful goals, and develop new skills to take control of their life and make brighter future.

I am here offering therapeutic services to children, adolescents, and their families. I support clients who are experiencing challenges with anxiety, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD), Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD), Parent -child conflict, self-harm, trauma, and other child-related adjustment difficulties. Individualized depression, trauma, and anxiety treatment for adults are also offered.