Dissociative Disorders (DID) Therapists in Thornhill, ON
You have likely tried to make sense of what is happening and intellectually, part of you does. You can trace the patterns, name what contributed to them, explain yourself clearly. And yet something has not shifted. The exhaustion persists. The emotional flooding, the numbness, the quiet disconnection from yourself and from others. You may not call it trauma. You may describe it as anxiety, as difficult relationships, as a life that was simply hard in ways that were never fully acknowledged. You are not looking for more strategies to manage this. You are looking for something that reaches the part of you insight alone has not touched
You have likely tried to make sense of what is happening and intellectually, part of you does. You can trace the patterns, name what contributed to them, explain yourself clearly. And yet something has not shifted. The exhaustion persists. The emotional flooding, the numbness, the quiet disconnection from yourself and from others. You may not call it trauma. You may describe it as anxiety, as difficult relationships, as a life that was simply hard in ways that were never fully acknowledged. You are not looking for more strategies to manage this. You are looking for something that reaches the part of you insight alone has not touched
Finding the right therapist can feel a little like finding a safe harbor—you want to know you’ll be met with warmth, respect, and real understanding. I work with people navigating trauma and grief, relationship challenges, anxiety, perfectionism, burnout from work, and chronic stress. I also support those impacted by medical illness or injury, loss and grief, adverse life events, and childhood trauma. If you’ve been holding a lot for a long time, you don’t have to do it alone. I specialize in trauma and grief and understand how deeply these experiences can shape your sense of self, your relationships, and how safe the world feels.
Finding the right therapist can feel a little like finding a safe harbor—you want to know you’ll be met with warmth, respect, and real understanding. I work with people navigating trauma and grief, relationship challenges, anxiety, perfectionism, burnout from work, and chronic stress. I also support those impacted by medical illness or injury, loss and grief, adverse life events, and childhood trauma. If you’ve been holding a lot for a long time, you don’t have to do it alone. I specialize in trauma and grief and understand how deeply these experiences can shape your sense of self, your relationships, and how safe the world feels.
Is there a link between the mind and body when it comes to physical suffering? The recognition that a mind-body connection plays an important role in suffering from physical symptoms, including pain, has been given many names: tension myositis syndrome (TMS), mind-body syndrome, medically unexplained symptoms, somatization, and functional neurological disorder. I offer effective treatment for chronic pain, TMS, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), fibromyalgia, chronic headaches, pelvic pain, chronic fatigue syndrome, insomnia, sexual dysfunctions, anxiety, chronic depression, and complex trauma.
Is there a link between the mind and body when it comes to physical suffering? The recognition that a mind-body connection plays an important role in suffering from physical symptoms, including pain, has been given many names: tension myositis syndrome (TMS), mind-body syndrome, medically unexplained symptoms, somatization, and functional neurological disorder. I offer effective treatment for chronic pain, TMS, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), fibromyalgia, chronic headaches, pelvic pain, chronic fatigue syndrome, insomnia, sexual dysfunctions, anxiety, chronic depression, and complex trauma.
I am a psychotherapist with over twenty years of clinical experience and more than thirty-five thousand hours of direct therapeutic work. As a trauma specialist, I have supervised and consulted with mental health professionals and organizations internationally. In 2015, I was selected to serve as a United Nations–designated stress counsellor and trauma therapist.
I have extensive experience supporting individuals facing complex life challenges, including domestic violence, childhood trauma, assault, forced displacement, immigration-related stress, attachment-related concerns, grief, and relationship difficulties.
I am a psychotherapist with over twenty years of clinical experience and more than thirty-five thousand hours of direct therapeutic work. As a trauma specialist, I have supervised and consulted with mental health professionals and organizations internationally. In 2015, I was selected to serve as a United Nations–designated stress counsellor and trauma therapist.
I have extensive experience supporting individuals facing complex life challenges, including domestic violence, childhood trauma, assault, forced displacement, immigration-related stress, attachment-related concerns, grief, and relationship difficulties.
During these very difficult times, many people are left feeling increasingly alone and anxious. Does your worry and anxiousness limit your relationships, your work or your studies? You want to overcome your emotional distress, make positive changes in your life and feel good. You would like to lead a life which is more meaningful, happier and more successful, but somehow it does not work out. You feel you can't make the changes you want to see. Call me now to find together a roadmap to a better life and to overcome these barriers.
During these very difficult times, many people are left feeling increasingly alone and anxious. Does your worry and anxiousness limit your relationships, your work or your studies? You want to overcome your emotional distress, make positive changes in your life and feel good. You would like to lead a life which is more meaningful, happier and more successful, but somehow it does not work out. You feel you can't make the changes you want to see. Call me now to find together a roadmap to a better life and to overcome these barriers.
Accepting new clients! Whether you are initially approaching therapy or searching for new perspectives on issues you've been working on for a lifetime, I'll work with you to facilitate self-discovery and hope.
Accepting new clients! Whether you are initially approaching therapy or searching for new perspectives on issues you've been working on for a lifetime, I'll work with you to facilitate self-discovery and hope.
“As a hypnotherapist and counsellor with 41 years of extensive experience in hypnosis and other counselling modalities, I can confidently say that hypnosis—when practiced by a professional is the natural, safe, enjoyable, and fastest method for creating positive change within us. Hypnosis is an innate and powerful mechanism within the human mind, supporting transformation of every kind, including cognitive, emotional healing, behavioural change, and interpersonal growth.
It can be remarkably effective for people of all ages (Children, Adolescents, Adults, and Seniors) and for nearly all psychological and behavioural issues.
“As a hypnotherapist and counsellor with 41 years of extensive experience in hypnosis and other counselling modalities, I can confidently say that hypnosis—when practiced by a professional is the natural, safe, enjoyable, and fastest method for creating positive change within us. Hypnosis is an innate and powerful mechanism within the human mind, supporting transformation of every kind, including cognitive, emotional healing, behavioural change, and interpersonal growth.
It can be remarkably effective for people of all ages (Children, Adolescents, Adults, and Seniors) and for nearly all psychological and behavioural issues.
OCD, Panic Attacks & Anxiety Specialist (CBT & Exposure Therapy).
If you’re struggling with intrusive thoughts, constant worry, panic attacks, or the urge to check or seek reassurance, you’re not alone—and more importantly, this is very treatable.
Many of my clients come to me feeling stuck. They’ve tried therapy before, read books, or tried to “think their way out” of anxiety—but nothing has fully worked. The problem is that anxiety (especially OCD and panic) doesn’t improve through insight alone.
OCD, Panic Attacks & Anxiety Specialist (CBT & Exposure Therapy).
If you’re struggling with intrusive thoughts, constant worry, panic attacks, or the urge to check or seek reassurance, you’re not alone—and more importantly, this is very treatable.
Many of my clients come to me feeling stuck. They’ve tried therapy before, read books, or tried to “think their way out” of anxiety—but nothing has fully worked. The problem is that anxiety (especially OCD and panic) doesn’t improve through insight alone.
Tamar Spilberg, Individual, Family Therapy
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
1 Endorsed
Thornhill, ON L4J
I'm a therapist based in Vaughan and Maple, Ontario - with 26 years experience in individual, child, family and couple therapy. As a strong believer in inner peace and acceptance, I work extensively every day to help people overcome suffrage from mental illnesses and other personal struggles. The mind is our most powerful tool, and a healthy mind helps us achieve inner peace and balance that promotes a happy and successful life. Many people experience a mental illness or a life struggle that challenges them every day, and impacts not only their lives, but also the lives of their loved ones. Therapy is a means to finding balance
I'm a therapist based in Vaughan and Maple, Ontario - with 26 years experience in individual, child, family and couple therapy. As a strong believer in inner peace and acceptance, I work extensively every day to help people overcome suffrage from mental illnesses and other personal struggles. The mind is our most powerful tool, and a healthy mind helps us achieve inner peace and balance that promotes a happy and successful life. Many people experience a mental illness or a life struggle that challenges them every day, and impacts not only their lives, but also the lives of their loved ones. Therapy is a means to finding balance
Roshanak Mohammad Pour, M. Psy., RP received her bachelor's and master's degrees in Clinical Psychology from York University and Adler University in Toronto, Canada. She is trying to assist you in addressing life obstacles in a manner that is tailored to you, your lifestyle, and your healing aims. She is experienced in helping adults who need therapy on issues like anger management, trauma and PTSD, anxiety disorders, depression, personality disorders, stress management, pre-marriage and marriage counselling, relationship problems, and behavioural problems.
Roshanak Mohammad Pour, M. Psy., RP received her bachelor's and master's degrees in Clinical Psychology from York University and Adler University in Toronto, Canada. She is trying to assist you in addressing life obstacles in a manner that is tailored to you, your lifestyle, and your healing aims. She is experienced in helping adults who need therapy on issues like anger management, trauma and PTSD, anxiety disorders, depression, personality disorders, stress management, pre-marriage and marriage counselling, relationship problems, and behavioural problems.
In my practice, I provide compassionate and personalized support for clients experiencing depression, anxiety, OCD, work stress, and relationship challenges. In a safe, collaborative environment, I seek to understand each individual’s unique needs and goals. Together, we uncover underlying patterns and develop customized coping strategies that align with your values and strengths. Through empathy and trust, I aim to empower you to enhance self-awareness, build resilience, and foster lasting, positive change.
In my practice, I provide compassionate and personalized support for clients experiencing depression, anxiety, OCD, work stress, and relationship challenges. In a safe, collaborative environment, I seek to understand each individual’s unique needs and goals. Together, we uncover underlying patterns and develop customized coping strategies that align with your values and strengths. Through empathy and trust, I aim to empower you to enhance self-awareness, build resilience, and foster lasting, positive change.
Schurmann Counselling & Life Coaching
Registered Social Worker, BA, BSW, MSW, RSW
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
As a counsellor, life coach and ADHD specialist, I draw on extensive experience to customize treatment that address each client’s mental, emotional, spiritual, relational and social needs. Unlike many counsellors who only focus on life issues, my expertise in life coaching is an additional specialty that benefits clients. My proven counselling techniques and practical life coaching tools provide quick results and equip clients with the know-how to self-manage their lives more effectively. I found that the majority of people need life skills training, whether it’s dealing with stress, anger or looking to improve their relationships.
As a counsellor, life coach and ADHD specialist, I draw on extensive experience to customize treatment that address each client’s mental, emotional, spiritual, relational and social needs. Unlike many counsellors who only focus on life issues, my expertise in life coaching is an additional specialty that benefits clients. My proven counselling techniques and practical life coaching tools provide quick results and equip clients with the know-how to self-manage their lives more effectively. I found that the majority of people need life skills training, whether it’s dealing with stress, anger or looking to improve their relationships.
I work with adults navigating Complex PTSD and the effects of ongoing or repeated trauma. Many of my clients experience relationship and attachment challenges, boundary difficulties, people-pleasing or fawn responses, and attachment injuries. Others rely heavily on thinking or intellectualizing emotions as a way of coping. I also support individuals and couples experiencing high-conflict patterns, as well as those living with chronic pain or health-related stress. My work is experiential and exercise-based, using somatic awareness and therapeutic exercises to support regulation, awareness, and mind–body integration over time.
I work with adults navigating Complex PTSD and the effects of ongoing or repeated trauma. Many of my clients experience relationship and attachment challenges, boundary difficulties, people-pleasing or fawn responses, and attachment injuries. Others rely heavily on thinking or intellectualizing emotions as a way of coping. I also support individuals and couples experiencing high-conflict patterns, as well as those living with chronic pain or health-related stress. My work is experiential and exercise-based, using somatic awareness and therapeutic exercises to support regulation, awareness, and mind–body integration over time.
Do you feel stuck in cycles of anxiety, overthinking, or fear? Or caught in patterns of conflict or disconnection in your relationship? I specialize in treating anxiety, OCD, and phobias using CBT and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), as well as working with couples to improve communication, rebuild trust, and strengthen emotional connection. Together, we go beyond talking—using structured tools and guided work to create meaningful, lasting change. My approach is warm, collaborative, and grounded in helping you feel heard, supported, and empowered.
Do you feel stuck in cycles of anxiety, overthinking, or fear? Or caught in patterns of conflict or disconnection in your relationship? I specialize in treating anxiety, OCD, and phobias using CBT and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), as well as working with couples to improve communication, rebuild trust, and strengthen emotional connection. Together, we go beyond talking—using structured tools and guided work to create meaningful, lasting change. My approach is warm, collaborative, and grounded in helping you feel heard, supported, and empowered.
Christina Skoulos
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, TCHt, CFRC, RKin, RYT
6 Endorsed
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
Are you feeling overwhelmed, lost, stuck, down, anxious, stressed, or seeking answers? Would you like to improve your health and well-being and create deeper healing, improved relationships, lasting change, and transformation in your life? Perhaps you find yourself lacking time, focus, energy, drive, connection, and have no idea how to start improving things. We all have times in life when we may feel this way. With everything going on in the world these days, it's not easy to not feel this way. But you can finally stop trying to do it all alone now. Whatever your needs may be, I am here to offer support.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, lost, stuck, down, anxious, stressed, or seeking answers? Would you like to improve your health and well-being and create deeper healing, improved relationships, lasting change, and transformation in your life? Perhaps you find yourself lacking time, focus, energy, drive, connection, and have no idea how to start improving things. We all have times in life when we may feel this way. With everything going on in the world these days, it's not easy to not feel this way. But you can finally stop trying to do it all alone now. Whatever your needs may be, I am here to offer support.
Do you feel overwhelmed, numb, anxious, depressed, angry, ashamed, or haunted by the past? At times we can become stuck in these painful emotions. We may act to avoid feeling them, temporarily push them down, or distract ourselves only for them to return with a vengeance. Instead, when we turn towards them to hear and heal what is underneath, those emotions can be truly transformed. In this way, emotions and become a guide rather than an obstacle. Sometimes, our current struggles are coping strategies that helped us in the past, and are based in good intentions. When we acknowledge this, a way out becomes possible.
Do you feel overwhelmed, numb, anxious, depressed, angry, ashamed, or haunted by the past? At times we can become stuck in these painful emotions. We may act to avoid feeling them, temporarily push them down, or distract ourselves only for them to return with a vengeance. Instead, when we turn towards them to hear and heal what is underneath, those emotions can be truly transformed. In this way, emotions and become a guide rather than an obstacle. Sometimes, our current struggles are coping strategies that helped us in the past, and are based in good intentions. When we acknowledge this, a way out becomes possible.
I am a Nurse Practitioner that has been specializing in psychiatry and addiction care for over a decade. I work with adults and children (7 and above) to provide comprehensive care for families and communities. I make an effort and take the time to look at root causes and empower you with choices for treatment. I practice with a holistic and functional lens.
I am a Nurse Practitioner that has been specializing in psychiatry and addiction care for over a decade. I work with adults and children (7 and above) to provide comprehensive care for families and communities. I make an effort and take the time to look at root causes and empower you with choices for treatment. I practice with a holistic and functional lens.
Do you have a story you feel you need to share with someone? Maybe it’s your first time opening up, or maybe you tried before, but just never quite felt heard. If there’s something inside of you that needs telling, I’m here to hear you out. I often work with clients who suffer from depression, trauma, anxiety and relationship issues. I can also be particularly helpful to clients who’ve felt they haven’t gone deep enough in therapy, who tend towards dissociation or intellectualization, or who find themselves between cultures—immigrants, children of immigrants, people from interfaith families, and “third culture kids.”
Do you have a story you feel you need to share with someone? Maybe it’s your first time opening up, or maybe you tried before, but just never quite felt heard. If there’s something inside of you that needs telling, I’m here to hear you out. I often work with clients who suffer from depression, trauma, anxiety and relationship issues. I can also be particularly helpful to clients who’ve felt they haven’t gone deep enough in therapy, who tend towards dissociation or intellectualization, or who find themselves between cultures—immigrants, children of immigrants, people from interfaith families, and “third culture kids.”
Accepting New Clients! Welcome to our page! Whether you stumbled this page because of a recent break-up, divorce, an addiction you want to break, marriage problems or just looking to find ways to cope with your stress, you found the right place. We specialize in CBT, DBT, Mindfulness, Inner Child Work and other modalities to assist you. We can provide you with tools to help you cope but can also assist you in finding and healing the core issue.
Accepting New Clients! Welcome to our page! Whether you stumbled this page because of a recent break-up, divorce, an addiction you want to break, marriage problems or just looking to find ways to cope with your stress, you found the right place. We specialize in CBT, DBT, Mindfulness, Inner Child Work and other modalities to assist you. We can provide you with tools to help you cope but can also assist you in finding and healing the core issue.
You may be feeling overwhelmed, distressed, or stuck—emotionally, cognitively, or functionally. You may be struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, chronic pain, sleep difficulties, or the psychological effects of a motor vehicle or work-related accident. Some individuals seek clarity through assessment, while others are looking for practical, evidence-based treatment to help them regain stability, confidence, and functioning in daily life, work, or relationships.
You may be feeling overwhelmed, distressed, or stuck—emotionally, cognitively, or functionally. You may be struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, chronic pain, sleep difficulties, or the psychological effects of a motor vehicle or work-related accident. Some individuals seek clarity through assessment, while others are looking for practical, evidence-based treatment to help them regain stability, confidence, and functioning in daily life, work, or relationships.
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Dissociative Disorders (DID) Counsellors
How does therapy for dissociative disorders work?
Dissociation may be triggered by stress or other upsetting circumstances, and therapy can address the traumatic events at the core of an individual’s dissociation. Understanding why a person may dissociate can help the therapist and the individual come up with alternative methods of coping. A person with a dissociative disorder may get stuck on negative thinking, for example, and treatment like cognitive behavioral therapy is a gold standard for breaking such thinking. And dialectical behavior therapy, for example, can help a person manage their anguish through better emotion regulation.
Which therapies are best for dissociative disorders?
Specific approaches used by professionals include cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavior, psychodynamic, schema therapies, among others. Cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior therapies are two widely used therapies that can help individuals with painful memories and past traumas. These therapies work to integrate an individual's different identities into one person.
Are there specific medications for dissociation?
There are no specific medications prescribed for dissociative disorders. However, psychosis, depression, anxiety, and/or panic often co-occur in dissociative disorders. A psychiatrist may prescribe medications for any accompanying symptom—which may include antipsychotics like aripiprazole, antidepressants like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or anti-anxiety drugs like benzodiazepines.
How often and how long are therapy sessions?
Like any type of therapy, sessions depend on the individual. Patients may see improvement within 15 to 20 sessions, at an average of 50 minutes per session, others may opt for 20 to 30 sessions over, perhaps, a six-month period. There are still other patients, especially those who have co-occurring conditions like depression and anxiety, who may need to continue sessions for up to 12 to 18 months.