Emotionally Focused Therapists in West Toronto, Toronto, ON

When faced with a challenge or uncertainty, it can take a toll on your well-being, productivity, and self-worth. It can be difficult to talk to your friends, family, or romantic partner about how you are feeling, and finding a safe space can be the first step to feeling like yourself again. I am a registered social worker with over 9 years of experience working in mental health. I am a non-judgmental empath who strives to support and always meet my clients where they are at. I take a client-centered, trauma-focused, anti-oppressive approach, and work to collaboratively create a plan with my clients to help them achieve their goals.

Welcome. Looking for creative ways to make meaningful change? Or a safe place to sit with the uncertainty of the moment? Therapy and counselling is a place that can help you voice your thoughts, explore and move through challenges, and grow in your desired direction. Our work together will look at your unique experience, and what is meaningful in your life. My approach is emotionally-focused, neurobiological, and trauma-informed.

You deserve to be happy...and you don't need to struggle alone. Stress, worry, sadness, restlessness, frustration, anger, loss, or loneliness can all feel overwhelming at times...but care, connection, treatment, healing, and empowerment are all within reach. Within psychotherapy... insight, understanding, self-awareness, tools for coping, better functioning, and new ways of relating or behaving are all part of the process of change that you may be hoping for. Whether it be unresolved issues from the past or present circumstances and challenges, a safe, respectful, accepting, patient, and encouraging therapeutic space can be surprisingly rewarding, and make more of a difference than expected.

Are complicated relationships and old patterns keeping you feeling stuck and like you're running on empty? The good news is that accessing support is possible. Together we can unpack the layers of dust that hold you hostage. We'll discover tools for greater fulfillment in your intimate relationships along with creativity, humour, and joy. My approach is warm, compassionate and inviting. I have many years of experience providing trauma informed and evidence based therapy to individuals, couples, and teens. I believe in your strength and capacity for greater healing and growth. I specialize in Intimacy, Relationships and Sexuality.

For over 15 years, I've worked with individuals to improve their mental and emotional health and develop their resilience in counselling, healthcare and organizational settings. I am based in the GTA and provide virtual therapy services for adults across Ontario. In therapy, I strive to create a safe inclusive environment to help you understand and resolve your problems and achieve your goals. Goals and tasks for treatment are always collaboratively identified with careful consideration of your unique needs and perspectives.

Research consistently shows that the most important predictor of therapy outcomes is the quality of the relationship between you and your therapist. As a couples therapist, I am here to listen to both partners and respond in a supportive, non-judgmental way. I can help you work through common couples issues including conflict, communication, and intimacy. Therapy is conducted in a confidential setting where you can safely and comfortably share whatever is on your mind. If you are a couple in distress, please reach out today to schedule a free 15-minute consultation. We will decide together if I am the right fit for you.

You will be welcomed into a safe and non-judgemental space where we will collaboratively explore the concerns that brings you to therapy at this time. My clinical experience includes working with clients who experience issues around trauma, anxiety, stress, depression, grief, loss, uncertainty, life transitions, feeling stuck, difficulty understanding emotions, self-esteem, identity, self worth, sense of self, inner critic, perfectionism, working with limiting beliefs and other typical stressors in life. Within a therapeutic relationship we will co-create a space for healing, transformation and growth.

We all face challenges in life and can lose a sense of ourselves. I strive to uncover a person’s authentic self, in allowing them to understand their purpose and bring empowerment and healing. During our meetings, it is important for me to create an alliance with you from a non-judgemental space that fosters trust. I value all parts of a person that are conflicted, afraid, ashamed, and parts that appear relentless.

I've been a psychotherapist for the past 14 years and specialize in working with individuals and couples. My practice is trauma-informed, collaborative, anti-oppressive, multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic, and spans sexual orientation, gender identity, economic status and religious affiliation. My perspective is psychoanalytic but we are all different so I do not limit my approach. I am also trained in CBT and EFT . I am warm, empathetic, nonjudgemental and hope to work with you to create movement in your life. My areas of expertise include depression and other mood disorders, anxiety disorders, addiction, trauma.

Thanks for visiting my profile. I have been practicing Counselling with children, teens, and adults in Mexico and Canada for 25 years. Do you feel ready to engage in positive changes with consistent and reliable guidance? I offer my clients a safe space, empathy, confidentiality, respect, free of judgment. You may be suffering from a difficult life event, feeling stuck, lonely, or a lack of excitement in your life.

Does your relationship lack passionate love, or require healing from wounds? Are you wanting to develop more self-esteem, communication skills and confidence? Do you desire a fulfilling life but don't know how to create it? Is your connection to God important to you? Maybe you want to improve your relationship but your partner isn't willing to join therapy. Whether your story is one that includes a mental health diagnosis or not, and whether you are looking for therapy by yourself or with your partner, there is so much possibility for momentum towards the things you desire. I commit to working hard to support you and your goals.

It takes courage to be vulnerable and it can be uncomfortable to discuss your difficulties with a therapist. Whether you are dealing with overwhelming emotions, a new experience, or seeking meaningful change, I would be happy to help. As a psychotherapist, my goal is to create a warm and supportive atmosphere so that we can explore new insights in an open and non-judgmental space. Regardless of your reasons for coming to therapy, it is important for me that we work together to determine your goals and priorities. I offer evidence-based therapy to adolescents, adults, couples, and families.

Looking for couples therapy? I am an empathetic certified IFS therapist CRPO registered psychotherapist specializing in couples. My name is Ted and my colleagues, clients and friends have at various times described me as empathetic, kind, gentle and insightful. I see couples and individuals.

I work with children, youth, adults, couples and families. Along with my Master of Social Work, I have additional training in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused Therapy (TF-CBT), Emotion-Focused Therapy ( EFT ), Narrative Therapy, Brief Solution-Focused Therapy and Mindfulness-based approaches.

I have over 20 years experience providing counselling to individuals and families engaging with a wide range of issues and concerns. I have experience with parenting and relationship issues, mid-life transitions such as menopause and career changes, anxiety and depression, grief and loss, and addictions. My counselling practice is firmly rooted in a feminist anti-racist anti-oppressive framework. I consider the impacts of the social determinants of health on mental well-being and my practice emphasizes client choice, self-determination, and harm reduction.