Family Therapy in Toronto, ON
My extensive training in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) allows me to employ evidence-based techniques tailored to your unique needs.
I have specialized expertise in couples therapy, substance abuse counseling, and facilitating therapeutic groups. My approach is founded on building a trusting and non-judgmental therapeutic relationship. Together, we will explore the root causes of your struggles, develop coping strategies, and foster resilience for lasting change.
My extensive training in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) allows me to employ evidence-based techniques tailored to your unique needs.
I have specialized expertise in couples therapy, substance abuse counseling, and facilitating therapeutic groups. My approach is founded on building a trusting and non-judgmental therapeutic relationship. Together, we will explore the root causes of your struggles, develop coping strategies, and foster resilience for lasting change.
Lea Konforte- Beyond talk Somatic Therapy
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MACP, MEd, BEd, BBA
Verified Verified
24 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M4C
Whether you need help with trauma processing, relationships, anxiety, financial stress, loneliness, family issues, chronic stress, fertility issues, involuntary childlessness, or war/immigration hardships, I'm here to assist.
I have developed an effective approach to therapy that integrates talk therapy with gentle bodywork (somatic therapy) and neuroscience to achieve deep healing. I am also trained in removing strong and painful emotions from your memories, memory reprocessing. Together we will address mental and physical aspects of your emotions, anxiety and your stress.
Whether you need help with trauma processing, relationships, anxiety, financial stress, loneliness, family issues, chronic stress, fertility issues, involuntary childlessness, or war/immigration hardships, I'm here to assist.
I have developed an effective approach to therapy that integrates talk therapy with gentle bodywork (somatic therapy) and neuroscience to achieve deep healing. I am also trained in removing strong and painful emotions from your memories, memory reprocessing. Together we will address mental and physical aspects of your emotions, anxiety and your stress.
In addition, I can support children, youth, and young adults with common problems such as overwhelm and anxiety, feelings of depression, trauma, navigating friendships and romantic relationships, improving sexual well-being as well as parenting support, family therapy, and couples therapy.
I combine the therapeutic benefits of art, nature, and play to help you and your family build resilience and emotional well-being. The strength and tenacity of young people today is truly inspiring. Integrated therapies include Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Mindfulness, Internal Family Systems, Trauma Informed, and Attachment/Emotion-Focused.
In addition, I can support children, youth, and young adults with common problems such as overwhelm and anxiety, feelings of depression, trauma, navigating friendships and romantic relationships, improving sexual well-being as well as parenting support, family therapy, and couples therapy.
I combine the therapeutic benefits of art, nature, and play to help you and your family build resilience and emotional well-being. The strength and tenacity of young people today is truly inspiring. Integrated therapies include Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Mindfulness, Internal Family Systems, Trauma Informed, and Attachment/Emotion-Focused.
Natashia Palacio
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MA, BEd
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Online Only
As a therapist specializing in EMDR and Internal Family Systems (IFS), I offer approaches designed to heal emotional wounds and foster self-compassion.
Using these mind-body therapies, I offer an integrative approach to support your healing. EMDR helps to release the emotional burden of painful memories, while IFS fosters deeper self-understanding and compassion by addressing the inner parts of yourself that feel wounded or conflicted.
As a therapist specializing in EMDR and Internal Family Systems (IFS), I offer approaches designed to heal emotional wounds and foster self-compassion.
Using these mind-body therapies, I offer an integrative approach to support your healing. EMDR helps to release the emotional burden of painful memories, while IFS fosters deeper self-understanding and compassion by addressing the inner parts of yourself that feel wounded or conflicted.
From self discovery, grief & loss, trauma, relationships, family conflict, social inequities, gender & sexuality, life transitions, depression, anxiety, illness.
My approach is deeply relational, compassionate, creative, trauma and structurally informed. Where individual experiences aren’t disconnected from movements in community, struggles through colonialism, capitalism, or cis-heteropatriarchy. I have an eclectic community of clients from all walks of life & vocations, who are looking for more from their therapy.
From self discovery, grief & loss, trauma, relationships, family conflict, social inequities, gender & sexuality, life transitions, depression, anxiety, illness.
My approach is deeply relational, compassionate, creative, trauma and structurally informed. Where individual experiences aren’t disconnected from movements in community, struggles through colonialism, capitalism, or cis-heteropatriarchy. I have an eclectic community of clients from all walks of life & vocations, who are looking for more from their therapy.
Kate Lawton, RSW, Psychotherapist
Registered Social Worker, MA, MSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M4Y
I work with adults with complex PTSD/PTSD and mood disorders, those experiencing family conflict (mother-daughter), life transitions (new diagnosis, new job).
Many of my clients overcame adversity early in life and have built successful careers and relationships, only to find themselves derailed by a recent distressing event. I draw from various somatic and talk therapies (DBR, CPT) to personalize treatment to your needs and preferences. With psychotherapy, emotional balance and vitality can be restored.
I work with adults with complex PTSD/PTSD and mood disorders, those experiencing family conflict (mother-daughter), life transitions (new diagnosis, new job).
Many of my clients overcame adversity early in life and have built successful careers and relationships, only to find themselves derailed by a recent distressing event. I draw from various somatic and talk therapies (DBR, CPT) to personalize treatment to your needs and preferences. With psychotherapy, emotional balance and vitality can be restored.
With over 19 years of experience, I’ve worked in family service centers, high schools, and private practice, helping clients create meaningful change.
For couples and families, I help identify negative communication patterns, uncover the emotions behind them, and navigate difficult issues to rebuild trust and strengthen connections. If you’re struggling with stress, anxiety or trauma, we’ll work together to understand your emotions and restore a sense of peace and balance in your life.
With over 19 years of experience, I’ve worked in family service centers, high schools, and private practice, helping clients create meaningful change.
For couples and families, I help identify negative communication patterns, uncover the emotions behind them, and navigate difficult issues to rebuild trust and strengthen connections. If you’re struggling with stress, anxiety or trauma, we’ll work together to understand your emotions and restore a sense of peace and balance in your life.
I also use internal family systems, a powerful way of integrating different parts of a person.
Are you looking to feel less alone in your difficulties? Perhaps you are looking for support in addressing your relationship or self-esteem concerns or reducing your symptoms of trauma, anxiety, depression, or unresolved grief. I can help. I am a clinical psychologist, licensed in Ontario and Quebec, with a doctoral degree from McGill University. I also have two Master's degrees in clinical and counselling psychology. Through this vast training background and my clinical work, I've accumulated significant experience working with mood and anxiety disorders, psychosis, relationship issues, grief, suicidality, and trauma.
I also use internal family systems, a powerful way of integrating different parts of a person.
Are you looking to feel less alone in your difficulties? Perhaps you are looking for support in addressing your relationship or self-esteem concerns or reducing your symptoms of trauma, anxiety, depression, or unresolved grief. I can help. I am a clinical psychologist, licensed in Ontario and Quebec, with a doctoral degree from McGill University. I also have two Master's degrees in clinical and counselling psychology. Through this vast training background and my clinical work, I've accumulated significant experience working with mood and anxiety disorders, psychosis, relationship issues, grief, suicidality, and trauma.
Sarah Young
Registered Psychotherapist, MACP, BEd, BScEng
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
We will draw upon techniques from a variety of therapeutic modalities, including: interpersonal psychotherapy, internal family systems therapy, and narrative therapy to best suit your needs.
I value and respect the vulnerability and openness that it takes to reach out for help. I am committed to supporting your pursuit of improved mental health by encouraging healing, growth, and empowerment in a safe, inclusive, and collaborative environment where you feel respected, seen, and heard. My areas of focus include perinatal and postpartum mental health, fertility challenges, eating disorders, disordered eating, body image, trauma, stress management, self-esteem, identity, anxiety, depression, transitions, and relationships.
We will draw upon techniques from a variety of therapeutic modalities, including: interpersonal psychotherapy, internal family systems therapy, and narrative therapy to best suit your needs.
I value and respect the vulnerability and openness that it takes to reach out for help. I am committed to supporting your pursuit of improved mental health by encouraging healing, growth, and empowerment in a safe, inclusive, and collaborative environment where you feel respected, seen, and heard. My areas of focus include perinatal and postpartum mental health, fertility challenges, eating disorders, disordered eating, body image, trauma, stress management, self-esteem, identity, anxiety, depression, transitions, and relationships.
I support individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, eating disorders and body dysmorphia, mood disorders, relationship and family issues and grief and loss.
I utilize an eclectic therapeutic approach uniquely tailored to each client’s needs that is informed by Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), EFT, ACT, Art Therapy, attachment-based therapy, trauma-informed and strength-based approaches.
I support individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, eating disorders and body dysmorphia, mood disorders, relationship and family issues and grief and loss.
I utilize an eclectic therapeutic approach uniquely tailored to each client’s needs that is informed by Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), EFT, ACT, Art Therapy, attachment-based therapy, trauma-informed and strength-based approaches.
I am both a certified psychologist and a couples/ family therapist.
It is my pleasure to offer private services to individuals, couples, and families. Psychological therapy is a compassionate and insightful process to help achieve your goals, find greater contentment and optimize your relationships. Drawing from over 40 years of clinical experience, I individualize an approach to best suit your personal needs and circumstances. We then move forward from self-defeating choices, painful feelings and emotional impasses.
I am both a certified psychologist and a couples/ family therapist.
It is my pleasure to offer private services to individuals, couples, and families. Psychological therapy is a compassionate and insightful process to help achieve your goals, find greater contentment and optimize your relationships. Drawing from over 40 years of clinical experience, I individualize an approach to best suit your personal needs and circumstances. We then move forward from self-defeating choices, painful feelings and emotional impasses.
Meet Our Family Therapy Counsellors
My intention is to support you where you are, guide you on your own path, and perhaps help you break free of some beliefs you may hold - whether they come from your family, a work environment, or a culture.
In today’s world, it’s easy to fall into a survival mode, when what we'd like is to thrive. If you have reached this page, you’ve done half the work. You’ve acknowledged that a part of you deserves more space. Whether you have specific goals in mind, or don’t know yet where to begin, I’m happy to embark on the exploratory journey with you that is psychotherapy. Psychodynamic psychotherapy relies on the hypothesis that part of our mental life is governed by the unconscious. We internalize a lot in the course of our development, and some of it may not feel quite right anymore.
My intention is to support you where you are, guide you on your own path, and perhaps help you break free of some beliefs you may hold - whether they come from your family, a work environment, or a culture.
In today’s world, it’s easy to fall into a survival mode, when what we'd like is to thrive. If you have reached this page, you’ve done half the work. You’ve acknowledged that a part of you deserves more space. Whether you have specific goals in mind, or don’t know yet where to begin, I’m happy to embark on the exploratory journey with you that is psychotherapy. Psychodynamic psychotherapy relies on the hypothesis that part of our mental life is governed by the unconscious. We internalize a lot in the course of our development, and some of it may not feel quite right anymore.
Malika Chandra | Child Therapist
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M6P
Are you concerned about your child's emotional well-being or behavior? Has your child faced significant changes or challenges such as a parental separation, family transitions and social difficulties? Are you worried about how to navigate these challenges as a family and how these changes affect your child's future? It can be difficult to deal with these problems alone, and manage all the emotions can come with it.
As a specialist in child and adolescent therapy, I offer a range of evidence-based approaches tailored to your child's unique needs. My expertise lies in cognitive-behavioral therapy, play therapy, and family systems work. I can help your child develop coping strategies, improve communication skills, boost self-esteem, and navigate difficult emotions.
Are you concerned about your child's emotional well-being or behavior? Has your child faced significant changes or challenges such as a parental separation, family transitions and social difficulties? Are you worried about how to navigate these challenges as a family and how these changes affect your child's future? It can be difficult to deal with these problems alone, and manage all the emotions can come with it.
As a specialist in child and adolescent therapy, I offer a range of evidence-based approaches tailored to your child's unique needs. My expertise lies in cognitive-behavioral therapy, play therapy, and family systems work. I can help your child develop coping strategies, improve communication skills, boost self-esteem, and navigate difficult emotions.
You’re doing your best to hold it together, but sometimes life just feels like it's a bit too much, doesn’t it? At work, you might find yourself overthinking every conversation, while at home, family expectations feel like a balancing act.
I work with adults who feel overwhelmed by life’s demands. With a warm, collaborative, and culturally aware approach, we'll explore patterns and uncover what matters to you. Together, we can develop practical strategies to guide you toward a more fulfilling path without the pressure to “fix” everything.
You’re doing your best to hold it together, but sometimes life just feels like it's a bit too much, doesn’t it? At work, you might find yourself overthinking every conversation, while at home, family expectations feel like a balancing act.
I work with adults who feel overwhelmed by life’s demands. With a warm, collaborative, and culturally aware approach, we'll explore patterns and uncover what matters to you. Together, we can develop practical strategies to guide you toward a more fulfilling path without the pressure to “fix” everything.
Psychotherapy & Relationships, Anne Marie Shewfelt
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, RMFT
Verified Verified
Toronto, ON M6S
As a Registered Psychotherapist, and Marriage & Family Therapist, I work with individuals, couples and families.
While specializing in relationships, I use Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and integrative therapy, drawing mainly from Cognitive Behavioral, Psycho Dynamic, and Emotionally Focused therapeutic orientations. I love what I do and I feel honored to have been able to help hundreds of clients to experience personal healing and growth.
As a Registered Psychotherapist, and Marriage & Family Therapist, I work with individuals, couples and families.
While specializing in relationships, I use Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and integrative therapy, drawing mainly from Cognitive Behavioral, Psycho Dynamic, and Emotionally Focused therapeutic orientations. I love what I do and I feel honored to have been able to help hundreds of clients to experience personal healing and growth.
Jacqueline Chan l Point Zero Psychotherapy
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), BA(Hon), MA, MPS
Verified Verified
Toronto, ON M4P
I work with adolescents & adults navigating work, family, stress, relationships, depression or anxiety, & family cultural trauma.
I have an integrative style that focuses on empathy, talk, & getting to the roots of the issue of anxiety & depression for healing.
As a child of divorced immigrant parents, I've experienced challenges and healing too. Whether it is the most pressing issue of the week, a past trauma, or just trying to figure out where to go, I'm here to support you.
I work with adolescents & adults navigating work, family, stress, relationships, depression or anxiety, & family cultural trauma.
I have an integrative style that focuses on empathy, talk, & getting to the roots of the issue of anxiety & depression for healing.
As a child of divorced immigrant parents, I've experienced challenges and healing too. Whether it is the most pressing issue of the week, a past trauma, or just trying to figure out where to go, I'm here to support you.
Online & In-person Talk, Somatic & Sound Therapy.
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
Toronto, ON M6G
My approach includes traditional talk therapy, mindfulness, Emotion Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Neurobiology, & Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, which addresses somatic symptoms of unresolved trauma.
I bring 24 years of experience to my practice, & clients choose to work with me when they want to change a pattern, discuss a relationship, navigate a life transition, or talk about the past. My role is to guide you on a transformative journey with unwavering support, offering powerful tools to help you feel better & more aligned. During treatment, clients often experience less anxiety, sadness, reactivity, or self-criticism. You’ll practice listening to your feelings, needs, & body which is a skill that increases confidence, makes decision-making easier, clarifies boundaries, & reduces stress overall.
My approach includes traditional talk therapy, mindfulness, Emotion Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Neurobiology, & Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, which addresses somatic symptoms of unresolved trauma.
I bring 24 years of experience to my practice, & clients choose to work with me when they want to change a pattern, discuss a relationship, navigate a life transition, or talk about the past. My role is to guide you on a transformative journey with unwavering support, offering powerful tools to help you feel better & more aligned. During treatment, clients often experience less anxiety, sadness, reactivity, or self-criticism. You’ll practice listening to your feelings, needs, & body which is a skill that increases confidence, makes decision-making easier, clarifies boundaries, & reduces stress overall.
Having immigrated to Canada at a young age and growing up in a South-Asian family, I specialize in those distinct obstacles that one can only truly be understood if they have lived the same experience.
In our sessions, I strive to create a safe and nurturing space where you can explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences without judgment. I believe in the power of empathy to foster connection and healing, and I'm here to listen with an open heart and a curious mind. My approach to therapy is collaborative and client-centered.
Having immigrated to Canada at a young age and growing up in a South-Asian family, I specialize in those distinct obstacles that one can only truly be understood if they have lived the same experience.
In our sessions, I strive to create a safe and nurturing space where you can explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences without judgment. I believe in the power of empathy to foster connection and healing, and I'm here to listen with an open heart and a curious mind. My approach to therapy is collaborative and client-centered.
My focus with individual clients is aimed at finding more self through the use of Internal Family Systems Therapy.
I provide therapy to adult individuals and couples seeking to address anxiety, depression, trauma, self worth, identity, boundaries, addiction, chronic illness, and life transitions. Through a collaborative and strengths-based approach I help clients develop coping strategies, improve all aspects of their relationships, and enhance their overall well-being.
My focus with individual clients is aimed at finding more self through the use of Internal Family Systems Therapy.
I provide therapy to adult individuals and couples seeking to address anxiety, depression, trauma, self worth, identity, boundaries, addiction, chronic illness, and life transitions. Through a collaborative and strengths-based approach I help clients develop coping strategies, improve all aspects of their relationships, and enhance their overall well-being.
Using the conflict resolution approach helps to minimize conflict and achieve greater balance and functioning within the family.
As a family mediator I can help parents explore what mediation is and how it can be personally beneficial to them. I offer a solution focused approach which results in greater cohesiveness. I am a licensed and registered Social Worker, trained in CBT and an Accredited Family Mediator.
Using the conflict resolution approach helps to minimize conflict and achieve greater balance and functioning within the family.
As a family mediator I can help parents explore what mediation is and how it can be personally beneficial to them. I offer a solution focused approach which results in greater cohesiveness. I am a licensed and registered Social Worker, trained in CBT and an Accredited Family Mediator.
