Substance Use Therapists in Sharon, ON
Alexia is an integrative, holistic & passionate psychotherapist committed to providing clients with a support, and safe environment to explore, learn, release and grow. Alexia's goal is to assist clients in gaining insight and personal awareness, discovering and accepting their total self, learning methods of self-care, setting boundaries with self and others, processing emotions as well as trauma(s), and transforming pain into healing. There is tremendous healing power in having a safe, confidential and non judgmental space to release and express what we have gone through, or are currently going through in our lives.
Alexia is an integrative, holistic & passionate psychotherapist committed to providing clients with a support, and safe environment to explore, learn, release and grow. Alexia's goal is to assist clients in gaining insight and personal awareness, discovering and accepting their total self, learning methods of self-care, setting boundaries with self and others, processing emotions as well as trauma(s), and transforming pain into healing. There is tremendous healing power in having a safe, confidential and non judgmental space to release and express what we have gone through, or are currently going through in our lives.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, it can be hard to know where to start. Whether you’re facing a difficult situation and looking for better ways to cope, struggling with a relationship, or navigating something you can’t quite name, I’m here to help. My aim is to offer a supportive space where you can process what’s happening, and together we can explore practical ways to reduce stress, strengthen resilience, and help you feel more at ease.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, it can be hard to know where to start. Whether you’re facing a difficult situation and looking for better ways to cope, struggling with a relationship, or navigating something you can’t quite name, I’m here to help. My aim is to offer a supportive space where you can process what’s happening, and together we can explore practical ways to reduce stress, strengthen resilience, and help you feel more at ease.
Life's tough. We all need help sometimes. Seeking help is often the hardest step, so good for you even being here! If your current strategies aren't working, if you aren't getting results, or if you're not sure how to change, it might be time to seek some support. Joelle is a Registered Psychotherapist who specializes in trauma (both PTSD and Complex PTSD), dissociation, and eating/body concerns. Together, we will examine relevant thoughts, emotions, behaviours or experiences, release anything that feels stuck, and learn strategies to cope or find more balance.
Life's tough. We all need help sometimes. Seeking help is often the hardest step, so good for you even being here! If your current strategies aren't working, if you aren't getting results, or if you're not sure how to change, it might be time to seek some support. Joelle is a Registered Psychotherapist who specializes in trauma (both PTSD and Complex PTSD), dissociation, and eating/body concerns. Together, we will examine relevant thoughts, emotions, behaviours or experiences, release anything that feels stuck, and learn strategies to cope or find more balance.
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Mental Health, Substance Use, and relationship difficulties are often invisible and therefore can be hard to know what needs to change to make things better.
Happiness and wellbeing are still possible in times of intense difficulty and stress. Psychotherapy can help us shift from the thought "I do not know how to cope or manage" to "I got this, even though it is difficult". Stresses such as illness, family, work, or relationships can lead to crippling life experiences. You may begin to wonder "Will things ever change"? Kirana Psychotherapy has over 25 years of experience helping people understand how to grow even in difficult times.
Mental Health, Substance Use, and relationship difficulties are often invisible and therefore can be hard to know what needs to change to make things better.
Happiness and wellbeing are still possible in times of intense difficulty and stress. Psychotherapy can help us shift from the thought "I do not know how to cope or manage" to "I got this, even though it is difficult". Stresses such as illness, family, work, or relationships can lead to crippling life experiences. You may begin to wonder "Will things ever change"? Kirana Psychotherapy has over 25 years of experience helping people understand how to grow even in difficult times.
Whether you're struggling with anxiety, stress, grief, burnout, substance use, or anger, I am here to provide a safe, non-judgmental space where you can explore your emotions and challenges at your own pace.
I understand that starting therapy can feel overwhelming, but I strive to create a warm and supportive environment where you feel truly heard and understood. Using an integrative approach tailored to your unique needs, I draw from CBT, EFT, SIRP, and attachment theory to help you gain clarity, regulate emotions, and create meaningful, lasting change.
Whether you're struggling with anxiety, stress, grief, burnout, substance use, or anger, I am here to provide a safe, non-judgmental space where you can explore your emotions and challenges at your own pace.
I understand that starting therapy can feel overwhelming, but I strive to create a warm and supportive environment where you feel truly heard and understood. Using an integrative approach tailored to your unique needs, I draw from CBT, EFT, SIRP, and attachment theory to help you gain clarity, regulate emotions, and create meaningful, lasting change.
The main issues I work with are couples, trauma and substance use/abuse.
Accepting New Clients-Your life looks great on the outside. You have all the things that should make you happy but you don’t feel that way. You may be struggling with anxiety, unresolved past trauma, or relationship dissatisfaction. Maybe you've been using substances more than usual to cope with feeling overwhelmed, either on edge or just completely disconnected like you’re running on autopilot. You’re used to handling your own problems so it can be hard to ask for help. Other people don’t understand, they think you are fine.
The main issues I work with are couples, trauma and substance use/abuse.
Accepting New Clients-Your life looks great on the outside. You have all the things that should make you happy but you don’t feel that way. You may be struggling with anxiety, unresolved past trauma, or relationship dissatisfaction. Maybe you've been using substances more than usual to cope with feeling overwhelmed, either on edge or just completely disconnected like you’re running on autopilot. You’re used to handling your own problems so it can be hard to ask for help. Other people don’t understand, they think you are fine.
Hello and welcome, Opting to get help is a life-changing decision, and this is why I decided to work in the helping field. I am a Registered Psychotherapist and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist. Bringing a unique background and experience to help support individuals on their journey to well- being and self- discovery.
Hello and welcome, Opting to get help is a life-changing decision, and this is why I decided to work in the helping field. I am a Registered Psychotherapist and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist. Bringing a unique background and experience to help support individuals on their journey to well- being and self- discovery.
I work with teens and adults experiencing trauma and complex PTSD, substance use and addiction, anxiety, emotional dysregulation, and relationship difficulties.
Many of the people I work with appear high-functioning on the outside while privately struggling with trauma, addiction, anxiety, burnout, or emotional overwhelm. Often, these visible struggles are only the tip of the iceberg. Beneath the surface are deeper experiences such as unresolved pain, shame, emotional neglect, trauma, or years spent in survival mode. Many clients feel disconnected from themselves, stuck in painful patterns, or exhausted from constantly trying to hold everything together. Therapy offers a space to slow down, feel understood, and begin healing beneath the surface.
I work with teens and adults experiencing trauma and complex PTSD, substance use and addiction, anxiety, emotional dysregulation, and relationship difficulties.
Many of the people I work with appear high-functioning on the outside while privately struggling with trauma, addiction, anxiety, burnout, or emotional overwhelm. Often, these visible struggles are only the tip of the iceberg. Beneath the surface are deeper experiences such as unresolved pain, shame, emotional neglect, trauma, or years spent in survival mode. Many clients feel disconnected from themselves, stuck in painful patterns, or exhausted from constantly trying to hold everything together. Therapy offers a space to slow down, feel understood, and begin healing beneath the surface.
I have expertise in working with adults experiencing mental health concerns (e.g. anxiety, depression), the impacts of trauma, interpersonal conflict, low self-esteem, substance use difficulties, and grief & loss.
I see you as the expert of your own experiences. I begin with meeting you where you are and work collaboratively with you to establish a strong therapeutic relationship. Foundational safety and trust is central to your healing process. My role is to bear witness, encourage you to look inward for insight and to explore patterns in your life. Together we can build internal resiliency for greater depth and richness.
I have expertise in working with adults experiencing mental health concerns (e.g. anxiety, depression), the impacts of trauma, interpersonal conflict, low self-esteem, substance use difficulties, and grief & loss.
I see you as the expert of your own experiences. I begin with meeting you where you are and work collaboratively with you to establish a strong therapeutic relationship. Foundational safety and trust is central to your healing process. My role is to bear witness, encourage you to look inward for insight and to explore patterns in your life. Together we can build internal resiliency for greater depth and richness.
You might be functioning on the outside, but underneath something does not feel right. The people I work with are often thoughtful and self aware; but stuck in patterns they cannot seem to shift. They come in feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or worn down from carrying so much alone, often cut off from their own sense of aliveness. Together, we slow things down and make sense of what is happening beneath the surface so something can begin to move. Not by fixing you, because you are not broken, but by understanding you and helping you support yourself with more clarity, ease, and choice.
You might be functioning on the outside, but underneath something does not feel right. The people I work with are often thoughtful and self aware; but stuck in patterns they cannot seem to shift. They come in feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or worn down from carrying so much alone, often cut off from their own sense of aliveness. Together, we slow things down and make sense of what is happening beneath the surface so something can begin to move. Not by fixing you, because you are not broken, but by understanding you and helping you support yourself with more clarity, ease, and choice.
Experienced Registered Social Worker registered in good standing with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. I am a professional counselor and life coach with over 16 years of experience working with individuals and families in the social service sector. I support clients from diverse cultures and with diverse needs. I use a person-centered, strengths-based, anti-oppressive approach in my work. I provide a 15 min free phone consultation. Feeling, isolated, stressed, depressed, worried, confused and afraid? Your experience is personal, it is real, and it needs to be respected and understood.
Experienced Registered Social Worker registered in good standing with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. I am a professional counselor and life coach with over 16 years of experience working with individuals and families in the social service sector. I support clients from diverse cultures and with diverse needs. I use a person-centered, strengths-based, anti-oppressive approach in my work. I provide a 15 min free phone consultation. Feeling, isolated, stressed, depressed, worried, confused and afraid? Your experience is personal, it is real, and it needs to be respected and understood.
People who reach out to me are often navigating addiction, substance use, habits, or patterns of adaptive attachment that once helped them cope but now feel exhausting, limiting, or misaligned with their values.
I specialize in substance use and adaptive attachment using trauma informed, harm reduction oriented, evidence based care. I help clients understand their patterns without judgment, strengthen emotional regulation, and develop realistic, self directed changes that align with their values, capacity, and lived realities.
People who reach out to me are often navigating addiction, substance use, habits, or patterns of adaptive attachment that once helped them cope but now feel exhausting, limiting, or misaligned with their values.
I specialize in substance use and adaptive attachment using trauma informed, harm reduction oriented, evidence based care. I help clients understand their patterns without judgment, strengthen emotional regulation, and develop realistic, self directed changes that align with their values, capacity, and lived realities.
Do you find yourself stuck in a pattern of behaviours that are negatively impacting your life such as substance use or gambling?
I know that navigating life’s challenges can be tough sometimes, especially when you do it alone. I believe in the power of human connection & in creating a safe, non-judgemental space where meaningful change can take place. My approach is rooted in acceptance, compassion & client centered care so that together we can work on goals that are relevant to you.
Do you find yourself stuck in a pattern of behaviours that are negatively impacting your life such as substance use or gambling?
I know that navigating life’s challenges can be tough sometimes, especially when you do it alone. I believe in the power of human connection & in creating a safe, non-judgemental space where meaningful change can take place. My approach is rooted in acceptance, compassion & client centered care so that together we can work on goals that are relevant to you.
I specialize in mental health and well-being challenges including depression, anxiety, self-esteem issues, grief and loss, ADHD, and substance use.
My therapeutic approach is eclectic, drawing from Existential, Emotionally Focused, Psychodynamic, Motivational Interviewing, and Queer-Affirming therapies. Rooted in principles of anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, client-centered care, harm reduction, and spirituality, I tailor my methods to meet diverse needs and preferences.
I specialize in mental health and well-being challenges including depression, anxiety, self-esteem issues, grief and loss, ADHD, and substance use.
My therapeutic approach is eclectic, drawing from Existential, Emotionally Focused, Psychodynamic, Motivational Interviewing, and Queer-Affirming therapies. Rooted in principles of anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, client-centered care, harm reduction, and spirituality, I tailor my methods to meet diverse needs and preferences.
Challenges with substance use is a spectrum.
For over 12 years I have supported those who have experienced: challenges with substances, addiction, navigating someone else's addiction, effects of childhood trauma, anxiety, grief, and supporting folks in the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Together, we’ll explore not only ways to cope, but how to gently shift the underlying patterns that are keeping you stuck.
Challenges with substance use is a spectrum.
For over 12 years I have supported those who have experienced: challenges with substances, addiction, navigating someone else's addiction, effects of childhood trauma, anxiety, grief, and supporting folks in the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Together, we’ll explore not only ways to cope, but how to gently shift the underlying patterns that are keeping you stuck.
I am a Venezuelan-Canadian queer woman of colour with lived experience of migration and I offer services in Spanish and English. I work from an evolving feminist, anti-oppression, sex-positive and poly-affirming framework. Gently and bravely understanding and unpacking the impacts of systemic and colonial structures on the constructs of identity and mental health is crucial for the work we will do together. Creativity, curiosity and compassionate care are at the core of my practice. When journeying through difficult experiences, art becomes a powerful friend for the courageous path of healing and transformation.
I am a Venezuelan-Canadian queer woman of colour with lived experience of migration and I offer services in Spanish and English. I work from an evolving feminist, anti-oppression, sex-positive and poly-affirming framework. Gently and bravely understanding and unpacking the impacts of systemic and colonial structures on the constructs of identity and mental health is crucial for the work we will do together. Creativity, curiosity and compassionate care are at the core of my practice. When journeying through difficult experiences, art becomes a powerful friend for the courageous path of healing and transformation.
Mandy Calver - Addiction, Alcohol & Mood Disorders
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
1 Endorsed
Online Only
I work with adults whose substance use is tied to trauma, depression, emotional highs and lows, or feeling overwhelmed fast and often.
Hi, I’m Mandy. If substances or addictive patterns have started to take up more space in your life than you want, therapy can help you slow things down and understand what is really going on underneath. Addiction often becomes a way to cope with overwhelming emotions, trauma, stress, or intense shifts in mood, like feeling deeply depressed, emotionally all over the place, shut down, agitated, or hard to settle. It can bring relief for a moment, but over time it often adds shame, conflict, isolation, and a sense of losing control.
I work with adults whose substance use is tied to trauma, depression, emotional highs and lows, or feeling overwhelmed fast and often.
Hi, I’m Mandy. If substances or addictive patterns have started to take up more space in your life than you want, therapy can help you slow things down and understand what is really going on underneath. Addiction often becomes a way to cope with overwhelming emotions, trauma, stress, or intense shifts in mood, like feeling deeply depressed, emotionally all over the place, shut down, agitated, or hard to settle. It can bring relief for a moment, but over time it often adds shame, conflict, isolation, and a sense of losing control.
Are you overcome with guilt about your addiction and behaviours? Maybe you find yourself saying that it was the last time...only to find yourself relapsing. Choosing the right specialist is essential to your recovery. As an internationally certified addiction counsellor and holistic health practitioner, I have helped hundreds of individuals and families treat addiction and heal unhealthy patterns. Using evidence-based therapeutic methods, I’ll work with you to create a recovery path that fits your lifestyle and goals. Recovery means something different to everyone. I don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach.
Are you overcome with guilt about your addiction and behaviours? Maybe you find yourself saying that it was the last time...only to find yourself relapsing. Choosing the right specialist is essential to your recovery. As an internationally certified addiction counsellor and holistic health practitioner, I have helped hundreds of individuals and families treat addiction and heal unhealthy patterns. Using evidence-based therapeutic methods, I’ll work with you to create a recovery path that fits your lifestyle and goals. Recovery means something different to everyone. I don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach.
My social work journey began while I was in prison working on the Peer Support Team doing crisis intervention work. While incarcerated, I completed a Women's Studies Degree and upon release I received a Diploma as an Assaulted Women's and Children's Counsellor/Advocate. I went on to complete my Master of Social Work. For over ten years I have been doing community work, harm reduction and therapy with marginalized communities, people who have faced systemic oppression, those who have been incarcerated and their families, people who do sex work, use drugs and struggle with mental health including depression and anxiety.
My social work journey began while I was in prison working on the Peer Support Team doing crisis intervention work. While incarcerated, I completed a Women's Studies Degree and upon release I received a Diploma as an Assaulted Women's and Children's Counsellor/Advocate. I went on to complete my Master of Social Work. For over ten years I have been doing community work, harm reduction and therapy with marginalized communities, people who have faced systemic oppression, those who have been incarcerated and their families, people who do sex work, use drugs and struggle with mental health including depression and anxiety.
I have been providing support for various mental health issues using different psychological approaches, such as depression, anxiety disorders, stress management, post-traumatic stress disorder, and eating disorders. My work incorporates psychological approaches that emphasize individuals' strengths, including Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical
I have been providing support for various mental health issues using different psychological approaches, such as depression, anxiety disorders, stress management, post-traumatic stress disorder, and eating disorders. My work incorporates psychological approaches that emphasize individuals' strengths, including Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical
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How do substance and drug recovery or rehabilitation programs work?
In inpatient programs, individuals live in a facility with other clients in recovery; in outpatient programs, individuals reside at home. These facilities are staffed with healthcare professionals including physicians, nurses, psychologists, counsellors, and psychotherapists. Staff often also includes people who have recovered themselves, serving as mentors and guides. These programs may use abstinence, harm reduction, detoxification, psychotherapy, and other methods.
How do 12-step programs combined with psychotherapy work?
Members of 12-step programs help each other reach abstinence and work to maintain it. These programs promote complete change in the individual’s emotional, mental, physical, and even spiritual perspectives. Some programs require that new members attend 90 meetings in 90 days. Many people do attend these programs in conjunction with their work in psychotherapy; the combination of therapy along with 12-step can be extremely effective.
How does harm reduction combined with psychotherapy work?
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, harm reduction prevents death, injury, disease, overdose, and substance misuse. People who choose harm reduction for substance use reduce the amount of drugs they consume. It is not abstinence-based like a 12-step program, but combining harm reduction with psychotherapy proves to be effective for many people.
Are there specific medications for substance and drug use?
There are medications approved to treat substance use disorder—such as buprenorphine, methadone, naltrexone, and acamprosate. These medications do help people cope with substance use as well as avoid the problem of relapse. Naltrexone can help reduce cravings, methadone is an opioid medication used to treat severe pain, and acamprosate may help ease symptoms like poor sleep and anxious feelings.