Therapists in Toronto, ON

Welcome! I'm glad you're here. Are you feeling overwhelmed with questions about your child's development? Worrying about your child’s performance in school? Are you or your child struggling with depression or anxiety? Do you have questions about ADHD, Autism, Learning Disabilities, Giftedness, Anxiety, OCD, or Depression? At The Thought Centre, we offer evidence-based therapy to reduce anxiety, increase mood, and boost social relationships. We also offer comprehensive psychological assessments to answer any of your looming diagnostic questions. You can rest assured that you are in good hands with our team of skilled professionals.

I am a relational psychotherapist who works to help clients find a sense of empowerment around the issues that are troubling them, to help them explore and understand the meaning and impact of these experiences, and to find change. I draw on many theories, and work particularly in a psychodynamic way (seeing how one is impacted in the present by one's past experiences). With clients who would like to work on childhood issues, I help them resolve and integrate those experiences - family issues, relationship issues, trauma. Together we decide whether short or long term work is preferred.

****CURRENTLY, TAKING NEW CLIENTS****My practice method is client centered which offers individualized support for a variety of psycho-social and emotional challenges, for example, anxiety, depression, Behavioural issues, relationship challenges or life transitions. I offer system navigation tools and resources to better support you through life's challenges and hurdles.

The therapeutic relationship is central to the process of therapy. As an experienced therapist, I engage with clients to create a comfortable and safe environment in which to explore current life challenges, identify their needs and fears, work through unresolved trauma and grief, and deepen their understanding and compassion for themselves and others.

I am a family systems therapist who works with youth, parents and couples who have experienced various mental health challenges or are facing stress and anxiety due to relationship conflict. The families I tend to support are often feeling disconnected from one another and stuck in patterns of relating that often intensify their existing challenges. The foundation of my work is in building relationships where clients feel seen, heard and understood, allowing them to draw on their internal strengths. My role as a social worker is to help clients understand themselves and their relationships in a way that supports authentic growth.

I have 27 years of experience working in the field of mental health. My current focus is working with grief and loss, shame, anxiety, and self esteem. My approach is informed by the Existential/Humanistic perspective, compassionate inquiry, and mindfulness approaches.

Have you taken a detour on your road to success? Feeling directionless after a recent life change? Your perfect life plan now seems impossible ever to achieve. You found it so easy in your younger years to satisfy those high expectations surrounding you. Only to feel burnt out and less than.

As a therapist, I recognize that challenges and issues can be engaged within a container of safety, created by compassionate and empathetic therapeutic relationships. I am a firm believer that healing happens in the presence of such a connection. That the work of healing happens through reconciliation and through a reparative, restorative, and corrective experience. I integrate a biopsychosocial and holistic approach that is trauma-informed and nonjudgmental to respond to a diverse range of situations. These include, but are not limited to, depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, addiction, trauma, and loss.

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.

Wherever you are on your journey, I am here to meet you in the present moment and ensure you feel safe, supported, and cared for. I acknowledge that what we need sometimes is the space to express ourselves honestly and for our voices to be heard and uplifted.

I have had a private counseling practice for over 25 years and am an experienced, accomplished and compassionate clinical social worker and clinical supervisor. I also designed and teach two workshop series at the University of Toronto on "Managing Anxiety" and "Finding Resilience."

Psychoanalysis is a way to understand and overcome different levels and forms of stress generated by challenging events or deficits occurring in human life. Those undesirable events are sometimes too intense to affect human personality and cause suffering and challenging existential moments. In those moments, we feel the emotional need for personal psychological support that implies not only professional readiness and personal maturity to help but also concrete humanistic values cultivated in our professional ethics. The therapist's ability to connect on an emotional level and arrive at a rational understanding > > >

Whether you feel stuck in a loop or trying to adjust to changing life circumstances, if you are feeling debilitated by fear, apathy, frustration, anger or isolation; therapy can help. Exploring your emotions, thinking patterns and automated behaviours within the framework of your own life story is often considered a liberating journey. A journey that can be creative and playful as much as it is informative and containing.

We all have a need to feel understood. Talking about our feelings with others can help, but speaking to the right people in a safe, non-judgmental space is what really leads to healing. We have about 60,000 thoughts every day and don’t have control over most of them. It’s natural to feel lost, and it’s common to be depressed, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't do anything about it. We sometimes feel lost when we don’t know what we truly want. If this resonates with you, I’m here to help. My expertise is to listen to you without judgment, help you to explore yourself with compassion, and find solutions for what made you overwhelmed.

My ideal client is someone who is motivated to explore their personal challenges and be open minded enough to work through them in various ways that aim to help them find peace and personal growth emotionally, socially, mentally or in any way they are in need of. My most common issues with clients are related to managing anxiety, stress, interpersonal conflicts, family challenges and personal growth goals.

You grew up in an unstable, chaotic, disconnected, or enmeshed home and now find intimacy, trust, and connection difficult in romantic relationships and friendships, as well as with yourself. You stay up at night, feeling anxious about how you relate or don’t relate to others, things you have said and done, blaming yourself. You want friends and partners who can understand you and be there for you but you also don’t know how to do these things. You might feel as if it is a lost cause, so you bottle this up and get up in the morning to keep going, putting on your mask of being fine.

Do you often feel lost and exhausted in your own thoughts? Are you struggling with substance use? Or do you feel that something is weighing you down but you just can’t seem to figure out why? If you are looking to gain some perspective on your thoughts and feelings, gestalt therapy is a good place to start. As a Gestalt therapist, I provide a safe and non-judgmental space to explore what is bothering you in the present moment.