Grief Therapists in Oakville, ON
Therapy with me is about addressing anything that stands in your way of living your best life. These barriers may be past trauma, current life transitions or the pressures of capitalism which manifest as depression, anxiety, burnout or unskillful coping patterns. In our work together, you will learn to befriend yourself unconditionally, while being accountable to yourself for the changes you would like to see. My approach is holistic and synthesizes the mind, body and spirit. I specialize in decolonized therapy that is queer-allied, pro-fat, and anti-racist.
Therapy with me is about addressing anything that stands in your way of living your best life. These barriers may be past trauma, current life transitions or the pressures of capitalism which manifest as depression, anxiety, burnout or unskillful coping patterns. In our work together, you will learn to befriend yourself unconditionally, while being accountable to yourself for the changes you would like to see. My approach is holistic and synthesizes the mind, body and spirit. I specialize in decolonized therapy that is queer-allied, pro-fat, and anti-racist.
My practice is designed to address a wide range of complex mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, anger management, grief, trauma, relationship challenges, and addictions.
I provide therapy in both English and Mandarin. I am proficient in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Psychodynamic approaches, and Mindfulness, among other modalities tailored to meet my clients' needs. My specialty lies in integrating mindfulness techniques into various therapeutic approaches to create a holistic and tailored treatment plan for each client.
My practice is designed to address a wide range of complex mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, anger management, grief, trauma, relationship challenges, and addictions.
I provide therapy in both English and Mandarin. I am proficient in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Psychodynamic approaches, and Mindfulness, among other modalities tailored to meet my clients' needs. My specialty lies in integrating mindfulness techniques into various therapeutic approaches to create a holistic and tailored treatment plan for each client.
I offer interventions/supports related to depression, anxiety, stress management, grief, bereavement, social isolation, family and workplace conflict, self-esteem and women’s issues.
A holistic approach is taken in offering life coaching, coping skills and effective stress management techniques. Phone, virtual and in person counselling services are available.
I offer interventions/supports related to depression, anxiety, stress management, grief, bereavement, social isolation, family and workplace conflict, self-esteem and women’s issues.
A holistic approach is taken in offering life coaching, coping skills and effective stress management techniques. Phone, virtual and in person counselling services are available.
Whether you are dealing with the loss of a marriage or trying to cope with the death of a loved one, times of change are confusing and filled with uncertainty.
Deciding to engage in therapy means being prepared to ask and answer challenging questions. You will learn to acknowledge that you have choices to make and discover that often they are not easy ones. Through this process you will also learn to love and accept yourself and discover that there is always hope.
Whether you are dealing with the loss of a marriage or trying to cope with the death of a loved one, times of change are confusing and filled with uncertainty.
Deciding to engage in therapy means being prepared to ask and answer challenging questions. You will learn to acknowledge that you have choices to make and discover that often they are not easy ones. Through this process you will also learn to love and accept yourself and discover that there is always hope.
In my professional experience, I have worked with children, youth, and adults experiencing mental health challenges, developmental disabilities, behavioural issues, emotional disturbances, trauma, and grief.
I specialize in working with children and families experiencing emotional, developmental, and social challenges. I specialize in working with children and youth, with a deep understanding of challenges associated with childhood grief, neurodivergence, and emotional dysregulation. I am also passionate about incorporating creativity and humour into sessions.
In my professional experience, I have worked with children, youth, and adults experiencing mental health challenges, developmental disabilities, behavioural issues, emotional disturbances, trauma, and grief.
I specialize in working with children and families experiencing emotional, developmental, and social challenges. I specialize in working with children and youth, with a deep understanding of challenges associated with childhood grief, neurodivergence, and emotional dysregulation. I am also passionate about incorporating creativity and humour into sessions.
Are you in a challenging season in life, experiencing disappointment or loss?
My goal is to provide a safe and compassionate space for you to heal from emotional turmoil, build skills, increase your confidence, and better understand yourself and those most important to you - free to live your best life. I practice through a trauma-informed lens, utilizing the tools of somatic, IFS, cognitive behavioral & EMDR therapies.
Are you in a challenging season in life, experiencing disappointment or loss?
My goal is to provide a safe and compassionate space for you to heal from emotional turmoil, build skills, increase your confidence, and better understand yourself and those most important to you - free to live your best life. I practice through a trauma-informed lens, utilizing the tools of somatic, IFS, cognitive behavioral & EMDR therapies.
Balance is the key to wellbeing. Life brings its ups and downs and there are times we struggle to keep our balance and harness our inner strength. If you or someone else in your life is going through a difficult time, emotionally or in relationships, I am able to provide therapeutic support. I use a combination of evidence based and creative approaches, that are effective in addressing a variety of concerns.
Balance is the key to wellbeing. Life brings its ups and downs and there are times we struggle to keep our balance and harness our inner strength. If you or someone else in your life is going through a difficult time, emotionally or in relationships, I am able to provide therapeutic support. I use a combination of evidence based and creative approaches, that are effective in addressing a variety of concerns.
I use an integrated mind-body-spirit approach to support you in processing grief, managing life transitions, navigating relationships, understanding emotions, healing from trauma, and coping with life's stressors.
Life can bring immense challenges and losses that shake us to the core, shatter our worldview, and leave us questioning our beliefs and purpose. During these profound difficulties, we may feel lost, stuck and isolated. You don't have to walk this path alone, together we can navigate the way forward. Working together will provide you with a compassionate space to safely support you in nurturing your inner resilience. Together, we'll explore your personal values, beliefs, and life experiences to collaboratively create a care plan that resonates with who you are and meets you where you are at.
I use an integrated mind-body-spirit approach to support you in processing grief, managing life transitions, navigating relationships, understanding emotions, healing from trauma, and coping with life's stressors.
Life can bring immense challenges and losses that shake us to the core, shatter our worldview, and leave us questioning our beliefs and purpose. During these profound difficulties, we may feel lost, stuck and isolated. You don't have to walk this path alone, together we can navigate the way forward. Working together will provide you with a compassionate space to safely support you in nurturing your inner resilience. Together, we'll explore your personal values, beliefs, and life experiences to collaboratively create a care plan that resonates with who you are and meets you where you are at.
Are you struggling with relationships, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, illness, or facing pressures at work, home, or school?
It is time you put your self-care needs first. I will work with you every step of the way. Finding your voice, transforming relationships, and learning new strategies takes courage. I see clients for depression, anxiety, relationships, grief, trauma, body image, stress, and mental health. The greatest gift we give ourselves is time to heal.
Are you struggling with relationships, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, illness, or facing pressures at work, home, or school?
It is time you put your self-care needs first. I will work with you every step of the way. Finding your voice, transforming relationships, and learning new strategies takes courage. I see clients for depression, anxiety, relationships, grief, trauma, body image, stress, and mental health. The greatest gift we give ourselves is time to heal.
Harjeet K. Badwall
Registered Social Worker, PhD, MSW, RSW
3 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
I’ve had the privilege to connect with people from many walks of life, across a broad range of concerns, including, grief and loss, depression and anxiety, intimate partner violence, relationship concerns, and social inequities.
Achieving our dreams may be affected by systemic oppression such as racism, colonialism, cis-heteropatriarchy, homophobia, transphobia, and capitalism. Systemic discrimination can effect our lives materially and how we see ourselves and others. My approach links our histories and larger societal narratives together to create meaningful changes.
I’ve had the privilege to connect with people from many walks of life, across a broad range of concerns, including, grief and loss, depression and anxiety, intimate partner violence, relationship concerns, and social inequities.
Achieving our dreams may be affected by systemic oppression such as racism, colonialism, cis-heteropatriarchy, homophobia, transphobia, and capitalism. Systemic discrimination can effect our lives materially and how we see ourselves and others. My approach links our histories and larger societal narratives together to create meaningful changes.
Therapy Bee Inc. Grief & Trauma Therapy
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, CCTP
1 Endorsed
Online Only
You didn't plan on needing a grief and trauma therapist.
We work with all kinds of grief - the 'normal' kind after losing someone you loved deeply, and the messy kind where your feelings are complicated.
You didn't plan on needing a grief and trauma therapist.
We work with all kinds of grief - the 'normal' kind after losing someone you loved deeply, and the messy kind where your feelings are complicated.
You may be trying to conceive, undergoing fertility treatments, coping with pregnancy loss, or questioning what comes next.
I specialize in fertility counselling, offering compassionate, evidence-based support for individuals and couples. I help you understand the connection between thoughts, emotions, and stress, while building tools to manage anxiety, navigate treatment decisions, and cope with loss. My approach is supportive, practical, and tailored to your unique journey.
You may be trying to conceive, undergoing fertility treatments, coping with pregnancy loss, or questioning what comes next.
I specialize in fertility counselling, offering compassionate, evidence-based support for individuals and couples. I help you understand the connection between thoughts, emotions, and stress, while building tools to manage anxiety, navigate treatment decisions, and cope with loss. My approach is supportive, practical, and tailored to your unique journey.
Are you a perfectionist or people pleaser? Do you have a high tolerance for stress? Well you are not alone and we would like to help you carry the mental load through therapy. Honu Mental Health is a clinic for individual therapy built on the power of connection, kindness, and personalized care. Sachi is our most recent addition to the team who's therapeutic style is warm, intuitive, and centered around understanding each client as a whole person, with their own story, strengths, and goals. If you're looking for a safe space to be understood and gain insight, book with Sachi today!
Are you a perfectionist or people pleaser? Do you have a high tolerance for stress? Well you are not alone and we would like to help you carry the mental load through therapy. Honu Mental Health is a clinic for individual therapy built on the power of connection, kindness, and personalized care. Sachi is our most recent addition to the team who's therapeutic style is warm, intuitive, and centered around understanding each client as a whole person, with their own story, strengths, and goals. If you're looking for a safe space to be understood and gain insight, book with Sachi today!
An individual seems to function on the surface, while internally carrying a sense of loss, incompleteness, or grief that “does not show
I’m a Registered Clinical and School Psychological Associate (Registered by CPBAO) with 20+ years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in outpatient and inpatient settings. From a psychodynamic perspective, I offer a different kind of listening so clients may find space and words for what lies beneath their suffering and process it.
An individual seems to function on the surface, while internally carrying a sense of loss, incompleteness, or grief that “does not show
I’m a Registered Clinical and School Psychological Associate (Registered by CPBAO) with 20+ years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in outpatient and inpatient settings. From a psychodynamic perspective, I offer a different kind of listening so clients may find space and words for what lies beneath their suffering and process it.
Andrea O'Reilly - Grief, Loss, & Trauma Support
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, CCTP, CPG
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Grief can feel isolating — especially when the loss is sudden, traumatic, or something others don’t fully understand.
I work with adults navigating grief, trauma, and difficult life transitions. Many of the people I support are living with sudden or complicated loss, anxiety connected to trauma, relationship challenges, or the feeling of being stuck while others seem to move forward.
Grief can feel isolating — especially when the loss is sudden, traumatic, or something others don’t fully understand.
I work with adults navigating grief, trauma, and difficult life transitions. Many of the people I support are living with sudden or complicated loss, anxiety connected to trauma, relationship challenges, or the feeling of being stuck while others seem to move forward.
I also work with clients around grief, ambiguous loss, anxiety, depression, chronic illness, and dementia.
All behavior has meaning. I will honor your experience with zero judgement. Instead of looking for what is wrong and how to fix it, we will look for what is right and use it. We will nurture self-compassion, develop practical coping skills, learn to live within our limits, build our relationship love umbrella, and enjoy a new sense of confidence and hope.
I also work with clients around grief, ambiguous loss, anxiety, depression, chronic illness, and dementia.
All behavior has meaning. I will honor your experience with zero judgement. Instead of looking for what is wrong and how to fix it, we will look for what is right and use it. We will nurture self-compassion, develop practical coping skills, learn to live within our limits, build our relationship love umbrella, and enjoy a new sense of confidence and hope.
But sometimes it’s something deeper - trauma, loss, pressure, or the slow accumulation of everything you’ve been holding.
I've sat with individuals who thought they were falling apart and helped them see they were carrying more than anyone should carry alone. Twenty years in clinical work in trauma, loss and adjustment has taught me one thing: when hormonal shifts, trauma, and life pressure collide, you don't need a checklist. You need someone who understands the weight.
But sometimes it’s something deeper - trauma, loss, pressure, or the slow accumulation of everything you’ve been holding.
I've sat with individuals who thought they were falling apart and helped them see they were carrying more than anyone should carry alone. Twenty years in clinical work in trauma, loss and adjustment has taught me one thing: when hormonal shifts, trauma, and life pressure collide, you don't need a checklist. You need someone who understands the weight.
Stress, trauma, loss, and ongoing pressures can quietly build over time, affecting your emotional well-being, relationships, and sense of purpose.
I work with adults experiencing trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, and other mood and emotional concerns. I also work to support professionals who are struggling with burnout, secondary trauma, and compassion fatigue, particularly those in healthcare and other high responsibility roles.
Stress, trauma, loss, and ongoing pressures can quietly build over time, affecting your emotional well-being, relationships, and sense of purpose.
I work with adults experiencing trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, and other mood and emotional concerns. I also work to support professionals who are struggling with burnout, secondary trauma, and compassion fatigue, particularly those in healthcare and other high responsibility roles.
Tiny Therapy Collective
Registered Social Worker, RP (Q), RN, RSW, MACP, MSW
3 Endorsed
Oakville, ON L6H
Are you struggling to navigate the pain of grief, facing challenges with body image, or feeling out of control with your emotions?
Healing doesn’t have to feel overwhelming. Our approach is tailored to meet your unique needs. We work collaboratively with you to develop a plan that empowers you to take steps toward growth and well-being. Some of the therapies we utilize include cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) & cognitive processing therapy (CPT).
Are you struggling to navigate the pain of grief, facing challenges with body image, or feeling out of control with your emotions?
Healing doesn’t have to feel overwhelming. Our approach is tailored to meet your unique needs. We work collaboratively with you to develop a plan that empowers you to take steps toward growth and well-being. Some of the therapies we utilize include cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) & cognitive processing therapy (CPT).
At Your Road Forward, we walk alongside you through grief, loss, and profound change—whether from death, divorce, an empty nest, or other life-altering experiences.
We offer a grounded, compassionate space where your story and grief are truly witnessed. As fellow travellers, we walk alongside you—supporting you to grieve fully while staying engaged with life, meaning, and what you value.
At Your Road Forward, we walk alongside you through grief, loss, and profound change—whether from death, divorce, an empty nest, or other life-altering experiences.
We offer a grounded, compassionate space where your story and grief are truly witnessed. As fellow travellers, we walk alongside you—supporting you to grieve fully while staying engaged with life, meaning, and what you value.
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How long does therapy take for grief?
There is no exact timeline for grief counseling. Some people may start to feel better after just a few sessions, while others may take months or longer to feel relief. Some specific approaches, including some types of CBT, may involve a set number of sessions, or therapy may be open-ended until the patient determines they are ready to wrap up. Just as there is no right or wrong way to grieve, there is no right or wrong way to seek therapy for grief.
When should you seek therapy for grief?
Many people mistakenly believe that their grief needs to be debilitating or all-encompassing to warrant therapy. This is not the case. While people who experience severe, prolonged grief—particularly those who are considering self-harm or engaging in unhealthy substance use—are especially likely to benefit from therapy, so too are people whose grief is less intense but still interfering with well-being or daily functioning. In practice, almost anyone struggling to process a loss could benefit from grief counseling.
Can grief be managed without therapy?
Oftentimes, yes. Grief is a near-universal part of being human, and many find that their grief, while profound, does not stop them from participating in day-to-day life and steadily eases over time without outside help. For others, however, the harsh pain of early grief persists for months or years or leaves them unable to function. This group is especially likely to benefit from seeing a therapist, who can guide them through their grief and help them reconnect with the world.
What happens if grief is left untreated?
Because grief does not in itself necessitate therapy, untreated grief will often resolve on its own. However, for some people—particularly those who would qualify for a diagnosis of prolonged grief disorder—untreated grief can be a source of seemingly endless pain or lead them to withdraw from the world. In such cases, treatment can be indispensable, as it can help an individual adapt to the loss and start living again.