In Person Therapists in Toronto, ON
It is very common for couples to feel overwhelmed and even hopeless with long-standing and acute relationship difficulties. Finding the right therapist can be a challenge. I am a social worker with decades of experience in couple counselling who has developed unique strategies to jumpstart your relationship and get it back on track. My approach helps individuals and couples see immediate changes, leading to renewed emotional energy to tackle more fundamental challenges. In an empathic, validating, non-judgemental environment, my goal is to help each person actualize their unique coping strategies to strengthen their relationship.
It is very common for couples to feel overwhelmed and even hopeless with long-standing and acute relationship difficulties. Finding the right therapist can be a challenge. I am a social worker with decades of experience in couple counselling who has developed unique strategies to jumpstart your relationship and get it back on track. My approach helps individuals and couples see immediate changes, leading to renewed emotional energy to tackle more fundamental challenges. In an empathic, validating, non-judgemental environment, my goal is to help each person actualize their unique coping strategies to strengthen their relationship.
Our life is lived interpersonally – family, friends, co-workers, acquaintances – it’s impossible to escape the influence of others' judgments on our sense of self. I believe the majority of our struggles (e.g., people-pleasing, perfectionism, self-criticism, imposter syndrome) are rooted in the health of our relationships with others and ourselves. Our attempts to avoid rejection often end up hindering our ability to engage in the world in a way that feels fulfilling and authentic, leading us to further question ourselves. This is especially true if you've experienced toxic or abusive relationships.
Our life is lived interpersonally – family, friends, co-workers, acquaintances – it’s impossible to escape the influence of others' judgments on our sense of self. I believe the majority of our struggles (e.g., people-pleasing, perfectionism, self-criticism, imposter syndrome) are rooted in the health of our relationships with others and ourselves. Our attempts to avoid rejection often end up hindering our ability to engage in the world in a way that feels fulfilling and authentic, leading us to further question ourselves. This is especially true if you've experienced toxic or abusive relationships.
Do you often feel flooded with intense emotions that interfere with daily tasks? It’s common to feel overwhelmed by stress, traumatic experiences, relationship challenges, or grief. Even when it seems nothing can help, brighter days are possible. Therapy can guide you toward healing, growth, and the ability to thrive. Remember, you don’t have to navigate this journey alone—I’m here to support you.
Do you often feel flooded with intense emotions that interfere with daily tasks? It’s common to feel overwhelmed by stress, traumatic experiences, relationship challenges, or grief. Even when it seems nothing can help, brighter days are possible. Therapy can guide you toward healing, growth, and the ability to thrive. Remember, you don’t have to navigate this journey alone—I’m here to support you.
Mikael Dam
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MACP
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M4L
Whatever you're struggling with, you can talk to me. As a therapist, I am outcome focused, and my style is warm, empathetic, and not too formal. I support all ages, abilities, ethnicities, cultures, backgrounds, the 2SLGBTQ+ community and all relationships, and gender identities. Our relationship will be free of judgment, that I promise.
Whatever you're struggling with, you can talk to me. As a therapist, I am outcome focused, and my style is warm, empathetic, and not too formal. I support all ages, abilities, ethnicities, cultures, backgrounds, the 2SLGBTQ+ community and all relationships, and gender identities. Our relationship will be free of judgment, that I promise.
Fiona Green
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), RP (Q), P-RDT, MA
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M6R
I am offering both in person and online therapy at this time.
I offer deeply compassionate client-centered services for adolescents and adults. I am trained in the evidence-based models of Psychodynamic, ACT, CBT, and Narrative therapy as well as the Creative Arts Therapies, with an expertise in Drama Therapy (Role theory, Psychodrama, Improv, etc.). I interweave these modalities to best suit my client’s needs. My therapy approach goes beyond talk therapy, to also be embodied, creatively expressive, and somatically based. In this way emotions, memories, and presenting issues are explored and processed not only with words but with movement, metaphors, play, and body relaxation techniques.
I am offering both in person and online therapy at this time.
I offer deeply compassionate client-centered services for adolescents and adults. I am trained in the evidence-based models of Psychodynamic, ACT, CBT, and Narrative therapy as well as the Creative Arts Therapies, with an expertise in Drama Therapy (Role theory, Psychodrama, Improv, etc.). I interweave these modalities to best suit my client’s needs. My therapy approach goes beyond talk therapy, to also be embodied, creatively expressive, and somatically based. In this way emotions, memories, and presenting issues are explored and processed not only with words but with movement, metaphors, play, and body relaxation techniques.
VIVID Psychotherapy
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), BES, MSc, MACP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5M
If you want to feel like more than three mental disorders in a sweater, I would love to help with that. Let's face it, life is hard to bear. The majority of it seems monotonous and plagued by a constant gnawing pressure to do more, be more, acquire more. But the void remains. It gapes with painful loss. Identities get blurry. We question who we are, what we want, why we do things, and whether there is any point to keep going. I aim to inspire healing and growth through effective treatment of a wide range of mental health conditions including ADHD, BPD, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, trauma, and substance use disorders.
If you want to feel like more than three mental disorders in a sweater, I would love to help with that. Let's face it, life is hard to bear. The majority of it seems monotonous and plagued by a constant gnawing pressure to do more, be more, acquire more. But the void remains. It gapes with painful loss. Identities get blurry. We question who we are, what we want, why we do things, and whether there is any point to keep going. I aim to inspire healing and growth through effective treatment of a wide range of mental health conditions including ADHD, BPD, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, trauma, and substance use disorders.
Maybe you feel like you can barely cope with life right now. You might long to switch off your brain or emotions, or feel like it's hard to get relationships right. Maybe you’re hurting, telling yourself there’s something wrong with you. There’s nothing wrong with you. Hurting is human, and so is reaching out for someone to walk with you through hurt to healing. Often this means reconnecting with who you are beneath the strategies you’ve built to keep going and stay safe. We all have these, and they work well, but they can come at the cost of losing touch with our truest self, along with its full capacity to experience joy and calm.
Maybe you feel like you can barely cope with life right now. You might long to switch off your brain or emotions, or feel like it's hard to get relationships right. Maybe you’re hurting, telling yourself there’s something wrong with you. There’s nothing wrong with you. Hurting is human, and so is reaching out for someone to walk with you through hurt to healing. Often this means reconnecting with who you are beneath the strategies you’ve built to keep going and stay safe. We all have these, and they work well, but they can come at the cost of losing touch with our truest self, along with its full capacity to experience joy and calm.
My practice is steeped in compassion and connection, working with you to develop strategies that help you live the life you want to be living. With years of experience working with adults, youth, and families in the public mental health system I bring real-world therapeutic skills in supporting people of all ages to tackle some of life’s biggest challenges, such as family breakdown, self-harm, grief, and trauma. I collaborate with you to build a vision of your future self, uncovering and developing the pathways needed to build these visions into reality, and live out your hopes and values.
My practice is steeped in compassion and connection, working with you to develop strategies that help you live the life you want to be living. With years of experience working with adults, youth, and families in the public mental health system I bring real-world therapeutic skills in supporting people of all ages to tackle some of life’s biggest challenges, such as family breakdown, self-harm, grief, and trauma. I collaborate with you to build a vision of your future self, uncovering and developing the pathways needed to build these visions into reality, and live out your hopes and values.
Making sense of your behaviours and experiences can help you become a better version of yourself. Life and the relationships we form have a way of launching feelings and experiences our way that we're not always prepared to handle. Guilt that haunts our past, buried beliefs that enhance anxieties or despair that paralyzes us from moving forward can create negative behaviours, feelings, and thoughts. The way you live and approach your life can be shifted into a more positive direction to allow you to increase your self-confidence, self-esteem, and self-awareness. Be a better version of yourself.
Making sense of your behaviours and experiences can help you become a better version of yourself. Life and the relationships we form have a way of launching feelings and experiences our way that we're not always prepared to handle. Guilt that haunts our past, buried beliefs that enhance anxieties or despair that paralyzes us from moving forward can create negative behaviours, feelings, and thoughts. The way you live and approach your life can be shifted into a more positive direction to allow you to increase your self-confidence, self-esteem, and self-awareness. Be a better version of yourself.
First Step Men's Therapy - (In-Person in Toronto)
Registered Social Worker, BAH, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5G
Life can feel heavy sometimes, and it’s okay to seek support. Many men face challenges like stress, relationship struggles, or self-doubt, often feeling like they have to carry it all alone. But you don’t have to. Working with me offers a safe, compassionate space to talk things through, gain understanding, and find your way forward. Whether it’s big changes or small steps, we’ll navigate it together at your pace. You deserve support and a space to feel heard. Taking that first step isn’t easy, but it can lead to a lighter, brighter path ahead.
Life can feel heavy sometimes, and it’s okay to seek support. Many men face challenges like stress, relationship struggles, or self-doubt, often feeling like they have to carry it all alone. But you don’t have to. Working with me offers a safe, compassionate space to talk things through, gain understanding, and find your way forward. Whether it’s big changes or small steps, we’ll navigate it together at your pace. You deserve support and a space to feel heard. Taking that first step isn’t easy, but it can lead to a lighter, brighter path ahead.
Randi has extensive experience and advanced training in a range of treatment modalities including psychodynamic oriented treatment and cognitive behaviour therapy. She takes an integrative and collaborative approach to her work with clients. She offers treatment for a range of issues including anxiety, relationship problems, adjustment disorders, and has specific expertise in the treatment of eating disorders, body dissatisfaction, low self-esteem/ self-confidence, women's issues, life-threatening illness, and loss and bereavement. Randi works with adolescents, young adults, and adults in individual, couple and family therapy. She has extensive experience working with university and college students.
Randi has extensive experience and advanced training in a range of treatment modalities including psychodynamic oriented treatment and cognitive behaviour therapy. She takes an integrative and collaborative approach to her work with clients. She offers treatment for a range of issues including anxiety, relationship problems, adjustment disorders, and has specific expertise in the treatment of eating disorders, body dissatisfaction, low self-esteem/ self-confidence, women's issues, life-threatening illness, and loss and bereavement. Randi works with adolescents, young adults, and adults in individual, couple and family therapy. She has extensive experience working with university and college students.
Meet Our In Person Counsellors
I'm available in person and virtually.
My practice involves co-creating a compassionate space for clients to explore why they might feel stressed, anxious, depressed or a loss of meaning in life. We all in some way, seek to bring relief and meaning to what we have gone through and the challenges we are currently facing. Often times our trauma can keep us in patterns that no longer serve us, hindering our connection to ourselves and others.
I'm available in person and virtually.
My practice involves co-creating a compassionate space for clients to explore why they might feel stressed, anxious, depressed or a loss of meaning in life. We all in some way, seek to bring relief and meaning to what we have gone through and the challenges we are currently facing. Often times our trauma can keep us in patterns that no longer serve us, hindering our connection to ourselves and others.
I offer psychoanalytic psychotherapy which recognizes the existence of an unconscious mind that influences how we behave, think, and feel. Together we pay attention to what matters to you. Therapy is a conversation, but it is a very unique kind of conversation. Much of this conversation involves deep listening on my part. I also help you stay with your experience in order that the possible meanings of such things as painful emotional and relational patterns, dreams, physical symptoms, and fantasies can emerge.
I offer psychoanalytic psychotherapy which recognizes the existence of an unconscious mind that influences how we behave, think, and feel. Together we pay attention to what matters to you. Therapy is a conversation, but it is a very unique kind of conversation. Much of this conversation involves deep listening on my part. I also help you stay with your experience in order that the possible meanings of such things as painful emotional and relational patterns, dreams, physical symptoms, and fantasies can emerge.
Xiaolan Yang - McDowall Psychology
Registered Psychotherapist, RP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M4P
In-Person & Virtual - Accepting Client - No Waitlist - Insurance Coverage. McDowall Integrative Psychology & Healthcare (McDowall) is a team of registered psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors and therapists-in-training who are committed to providing you with professional, compassionate therapy and assessment services. We offer traditional psychological and psychotherapy services, but when needed, we incorporate integrative therapies in order to provide optimal psychological outcomes. We use an integrative psychology approach that addresses the root causes of your mental health concerns.
In-Person & Virtual - Accepting Client - No Waitlist - Insurance Coverage. McDowall Integrative Psychology & Healthcare (McDowall) is a team of registered psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors and therapists-in-training who are committed to providing you with professional, compassionate therapy and assessment services. We offer traditional psychological and psychotherapy services, but when needed, we incorporate integrative therapies in order to provide optimal psychological outcomes. We use an integrative psychology approach that addresses the root causes of your mental health concerns.
I am passionate about helping people navigate their issues and concerns, to find healthier coping strategies and a greater quality of life. My approach is gentle, non-judgemental, supportive and empowering. I work with children, adolescents, and adults in individual, couple, and family therapy sessions. Depending on the needs and goals of each client, I offer talk therapy, art therapy, and writing as ways to communicate and express oneself in the session. I provide a safe space to discuss and work through issues that may be difficult or challenging, and requires someone who can be objective, compassionate and understanding.
I am passionate about helping people navigate their issues and concerns, to find healthier coping strategies and a greater quality of life. My approach is gentle, non-judgemental, supportive and empowering. I work with children, adolescents, and adults in individual, couple, and family therapy sessions. Depending on the needs and goals of each client, I offer talk therapy, art therapy, and writing as ways to communicate and express oneself in the session. I provide a safe space to discuss and work through issues that may be difficult or challenging, and requires someone who can be objective, compassionate and understanding.
Ricardo Martins
Registered Psychotherapist, Bsc, MSc, GITDip, RP
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5A
I would like to offer you my appreciation on how important the step you are giving right now is. Finding a psychotherapist can be daunting or disconcerting at first but the impulse that brought you here means you want things to be different, right? Maybe with less anxiety, less suffering or less loneliness. Maybe with more space to be who you are and experience more easiness to relate to others. Past traumas, being raised in non-attuned contexts and any form of oppression impose ruptures to the dialog between us and others and the internal parts of ourselves. These cracks generate conflicts, suffering, shame, and a self-alienation.
I would like to offer you my appreciation on how important the step you are giving right now is. Finding a psychotherapist can be daunting or disconcerting at first but the impulse that brought you here means you want things to be different, right? Maybe with less anxiety, less suffering or less loneliness. Maybe with more space to be who you are and experience more easiness to relate to others. Past traumas, being raised in non-attuned contexts and any form of oppression impose ruptures to the dialog between us and others and the internal parts of ourselves. These cracks generate conflicts, suffering, shame, and a self-alienation.
Scott A Barter
Drug & Alcohol Counsellor, BComm, CCAC, CACCF
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M4S
Are alcohol and/or drugs interfering with your life? Are you using substances when you are depressed, anxious, or overwhelmed? Are you looking for ways to improve relationships, mood, and personal well-being? Are you looking for a compassionate and experienced professional counsellor to make positive changes in your life? Utilizing evidence-based therapeutic methods (CBT, MI, and Mindfulness), my private practice will help you examine your personal goals, work towards empowering you to address your substance use to build healthy relationships, sustain and maintain sobriety, and to make positive changes in your life!
Are alcohol and/or drugs interfering with your life? Are you using substances when you are depressed, anxious, or overwhelmed? Are you looking for ways to improve relationships, mood, and personal well-being? Are you looking for a compassionate and experienced professional counsellor to make positive changes in your life? Utilizing evidence-based therapeutic methods (CBT, MI, and Mindfulness), my private practice will help you examine your personal goals, work towards empowering you to address your substance use to build healthy relationships, sustain and maintain sobriety, and to make positive changes in your life!
I believe that everyone has the potential to heal, grow, and change. I believe that we all have our own unique story. Just like a locked door, our struggles can seem insurmountable at times. But with the right support and guidance, we can find the key to unlock these barriers and live more freely. My goal is to provide a safe and supportive space for you to explore your challenges, tap into your inner strengths, and achieve your goals. Using a strengths-based approach, I provide a supportive and collaborative partnership to help you develop new skills and insights for a more fulfilling life.
I believe that everyone has the potential to heal, grow, and change. I believe that we all have our own unique story. Just like a locked door, our struggles can seem insurmountable at times. But with the right support and guidance, we can find the key to unlock these barriers and live more freely. My goal is to provide a safe and supportive space for you to explore your challenges, tap into your inner strengths, and achieve your goals. Using a strengths-based approach, I provide a supportive and collaborative partnership to help you develop new skills and insights for a more fulfilling life.
Do you struggle with racing thoughts and cannot turn your mind off? Do you put your needs last and feel emotionally drained as a result? Do you yearn to live a more fulfilling life? A happier life? Now more than ever, people are feeling anxious, overwhelmed, and uncertain about managing their busy lives, balancing relationships, careers, family, and finances, and still having time for meaning and joy. Pushing away your needs and not making time for yourself will lead to burnout and other problems. You can live a better life!
Do you struggle with racing thoughts and cannot turn your mind off? Do you put your needs last and feel emotionally drained as a result? Do you yearn to live a more fulfilling life? A happier life? Now more than ever, people are feeling anxious, overwhelmed, and uncertain about managing their busy lives, balancing relationships, careers, family, and finances, and still having time for meaning and joy. Pushing away your needs and not making time for yourself will lead to burnout and other problems. You can live a better life!
I have a diverse group of clients in a range of life stages, careers, and creative fields. Many are looking for help with their personal relationships. Some want to change their relationship with an addictive substance or behaviour. Some are in transition prompted by loss or unexpected life events. Others are looking for support and guidance along their career paths. Whatever brings you here, therapy invites the awakening of greater self-awareness, healing, new tools for life, and so much more.
I have a diverse group of clients in a range of life stages, careers, and creative fields. Many are looking for help with their personal relationships. Some want to change their relationship with an addictive substance or behaviour. Some are in transition prompted by loss or unexpected life events. Others are looking for support and guidance along their career paths. Whatever brings you here, therapy invites the awakening of greater self-awareness, healing, new tools for life, and so much more.
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