Emotionally Focused Therapists in Vaughan, ON
Hope is powerful and is often what helps us push forward when life’s challenges become confusing and overwhelming. Yet, hope can be difficult to find and hold on to. I cannot promise solutions, but I am committed to walking with individuals, couples, and families in their search for understanding, growth, healing, and hope. I take a holistic and collaborative approach in exploring deeper emotions and thought patterns in past and present experiences.
Hope is powerful and is often what helps us push forward when life’s challenges become confusing and overwhelming. Yet, hope can be difficult to find and hold on to. I cannot promise solutions, but I am committed to walking with individuals, couples, and families in their search for understanding, growth, healing, and hope. I take a holistic and collaborative approach in exploring deeper emotions and thought patterns in past and present experiences.
I work with teens and adults, including athletes and men who may feel unsure about starting therapy. Many of the people I support are used to pushing through, staying disciplined, and handling things on their own, but internally feel overwhelmed, stuck, or constantly under pressure. You might find yourself overthinking, replaying situations, or unable to fully switch off, even when you’re supposed to be resting. Over time, this can lead to feeling mentally drained, unfocused, or disconnected from yourself, especially after setbacks, life changes, or periods of high stress, responsibility, and constant pressure.
I work with teens and adults, including athletes and men who may feel unsure about starting therapy. Many of the people I support are used to pushing through, staying disciplined, and handling things on their own, but internally feel overwhelmed, stuck, or constantly under pressure. You might find yourself overthinking, replaying situations, or unable to fully switch off, even when you’re supposed to be resting. Over time, this can lead to feeling mentally drained, unfocused, or disconnected from yourself, especially after setbacks, life changes, or periods of high stress, responsibility, and constant pressure.
Daniela is the Clinical Director of Young Sprouts Therapy and a child and family therapist with over a decade of experience working with children and families. She uses a collaborative approach to work with you and your child to help foster positive changes in your lives.
Daniela is the Clinical Director of Young Sprouts Therapy and a child and family therapist with over a decade of experience working with children and families. She uses a collaborative approach to work with you and your child to help foster positive changes in your lives.
Iguaraya addresses a wide range of psychological concerns, including anxiety, depression, interpersonal conflicts, and trauma recovery. She also has extensive experience helping clients with self-esteem issues, grief, workplace stress, burnout, chronic or terminal illness, and life transitions. Working with individuals from diverse socio-cultural backgrounds and identities, she prioritizes creating an inclusive, respectful space for all.
Iguaraya addresses a wide range of psychological concerns, including anxiety, depression, interpersonal conflicts, and trauma recovery. She also has extensive experience helping clients with self-esteem issues, grief, workplace stress, burnout, chronic or terminal illness, and life transitions. Working with individuals from diverse socio-cultural backgrounds and identities, she prioritizes creating an inclusive, respectful space for all.
At STAR, our approach to therapy is rooted in empathy, curiosity, and a genuine desire to understand your unique story. We believe healing happens in a safe, supportive space where you feel comfortable exploring your emotions, challenges, and hopes for the future. Our team walks alongside you with compassionate listening and practical tools to help navigate life’s ups and downs. We know reaching out can feel vulnerable, so we create a space where you feel welcomed and supported. Our goal is to help you feel more grounded, build insight, heal, and move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
At STAR, our approach to therapy is rooted in empathy, curiosity, and a genuine desire to understand your unique story. We believe healing happens in a safe, supportive space where you feel comfortable exploring your emotions, challenges, and hopes for the future. Our team walks alongside you with compassionate listening and practical tools to help navigate life’s ups and downs. We know reaching out can feel vulnerable, so we create a space where you feel welcomed and supported. Our goal is to help you feel more grounded, build insight, heal, and move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
Although it may feel that way right now, you are not alone! Just know that there are ways to improve your mental health, put a stop to those negative thoughts, and take back the control you have lost over your own mental well-being. Whether you are feeling anxious, depressed, overwhelmed or just feeling lost, know that with guidance and someone to lean on you can restore balance in your life. My goal is to help you obtain the tools you need to navigate those challenges with confidence. You deserve to feel supported and capable of moving forward.
Although it may feel that way right now, you are not alone! Just know that there are ways to improve your mental health, put a stop to those negative thoughts, and take back the control you have lost over your own mental well-being. Whether you are feeling anxious, depressed, overwhelmed or just feeling lost, know that with guidance and someone to lean on you can restore balance in your life. My goal is to help you obtain the tools you need to navigate those challenges with confidence. You deserve to feel supported and capable of moving forward.
I help women experiencing chronic stress, anxiety, burnout, and emotional overwhelm.
Many appear high-functioning on the outside but feel stuck in survival mode—overthinking, people-pleasing, carrying too much responsibility, and struggling to fully relax. I also support first responders and women navigating high-conflict relationships, separation, or narcissistic relationship dynamics. Through trauma-informed therapy, we work together to heal the effects of stress and trauma, helping you feel more grounded, confident, and connected to yourself.
I help women experiencing chronic stress, anxiety, burnout, and emotional overwhelm.
Many appear high-functioning on the outside but feel stuck in survival mode—overthinking, people-pleasing, carrying too much responsibility, and struggling to fully relax. I also support first responders and women navigating high-conflict relationships, separation, or narcissistic relationship dynamics. Through trauma-informed therapy, we work together to heal the effects of stress and trauma, helping you feel more grounded, confident, and connected to yourself.
We are a Canadian virtual mental healthcare clinic offering comprehensive, interdisciplinary care across psychotherapy, psychiatry, family medicine, psychological assessments, and neurological assessments. No referral is required for psychodynamic psychotherapy. OHIP-covered services, including psychiatric assessments, medication support, and therapy, are available by a family doctor or nurse practitioner referral.
We are a Canadian virtual mental healthcare clinic offering comprehensive, interdisciplinary care across psychotherapy, psychiatry, family medicine, psychological assessments, and neurological assessments. No referral is required for psychodynamic psychotherapy. OHIP-covered services, including psychiatric assessments, medication support, and therapy, are available by a family doctor or nurse practitioner referral.
My approach integrates IFS-informed parts work, somatic therapy, EMDR, Brainspotting, Gottman Couples therapy, EFT, ACT, DBT-informed skills, and TF-CBT to support healing and healthier relational patterns.
What if the shame and guilt you carry about your own existence were never yours to hold?
You may be carrying anxiety, grief, ADHD, perfectionism, cultural pressure, childhood wounds, or painful relationship patterns that leave you exhausted and doubting yourself. I help adults and couples slow down, feel safe, understand their patterns, and build healthier relationships through trauma-informed therapy in-person in Vaughan, Mississauga, and online.
My approach integrates IFS-informed parts work, somatic therapy, EMDR, Brainspotting, Gottman Couples therapy, EFT, ACT, DBT-informed skills, and TF-CBT to support healing and healthier relational patterns.
What if the shame and guilt you carry about your own existence were never yours to hold?
You may be carrying anxiety, grief, ADHD, perfectionism, cultural pressure, childhood wounds, or painful relationship patterns that leave you exhausted and doubting yourself. I help adults and couples slow down, feel safe, understand their patterns, and build healthier relationships through trauma-informed therapy in-person in Vaughan, Mississauga, and online.
I help clients struggling with trauma, grief, anger, or depression from childhood experiences, family life, and other relationships using psychodynamic, emotionally focused, and somatic therapies.
I specialize in anxiety, depression, anger, and grief for all ages. I help with emotional regulation using somatic tools and help process stored memories of unresolved trauma or childhood negative experiences. What is narrating your negative thoughts and coping behaviours? Why are your relationships so challenging or unsafe? I successfully counsel couples and help them move into a more conscious state of being with deeper awareness and self-compassion for healthier relationships and behaviours. My goal is to help each client build a capacity for living a more vibrant and balanced life that is self-directed with meaning.
I help clients struggling with trauma, grief, anger, or depression from childhood experiences, family life, and other relationships using psychodynamic, emotionally focused, and somatic therapies.
I specialize in anxiety, depression, anger, and grief for all ages. I help with emotional regulation using somatic tools and help process stored memories of unresolved trauma or childhood negative experiences. What is narrating your negative thoughts and coping behaviours? Why are your relationships so challenging or unsafe? I successfully counsel couples and help them move into a more conscious state of being with deeper awareness and self-compassion for healthier relationships and behaviours. My goal is to help each client build a capacity for living a more vibrant and balanced life that is self-directed with meaning.
I accept payment through EFT, or credit cards.
I provide individual and group counselling to adults, youth and families experiencing anxiety, stress, panic, low self-esteem, grief, depression, and interpersonal relation issues. My therapeutic modalities include, but are not limited to, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness-Based Meditation, Narrative Therapy, Solution Focused Brief therapy (SFBT), Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). My approach is client-centered, trauma-informed and culturally sensitive.
I accept payment through EFT, or credit cards.
I provide individual and group counselling to adults, youth and families experiencing anxiety, stress, panic, low self-esteem, grief, depression, and interpersonal relation issues. My therapeutic modalities include, but are not limited to, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness-Based Meditation, Narrative Therapy, Solution Focused Brief therapy (SFBT), Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). My approach is client-centered, trauma-informed and culturally sensitive.
Feeling overwhelmed by stress, relationship struggles, or life transitions? You don’t have to face it alone. As an experienced therapist, I provide compassionate support to individuals, couples, and children as young as 7. Together, we’ll build emotional resilience, navigate challenges, and develop practical tools to manage difficult emotions. In a safe, nonjudgmental space, I will help you find clarity and create lasting positive change. Let’s work together to help you live a more balanced, fulfilling life. Contact me today to begin your journey.
Feeling overwhelmed by stress, relationship struggles, or life transitions? You don’t have to face it alone. As an experienced therapist, I provide compassionate support to individuals, couples, and children as young as 7. Together, we’ll build emotional resilience, navigate challenges, and develop practical tools to manage difficult emotions. In a safe, nonjudgmental space, I will help you find clarity and create lasting positive change. Let’s work together to help you live a more balanced, fulfilling life. Contact me today to begin your journey.
In my work with clients, I draw from a range of evidence-based and trauma-informed approaches, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), DBT-informed strategies, mindfulness-based techniques, and strengths-based care. These approaches can support you in managing anxiety, processing trauma, building emotional regulation skills, and developing healthier ways of coping and relating to others.
In my work with clients, I draw from a range of evidence-based and trauma-informed approaches, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), DBT-informed strategies, mindfulness-based techniques, and strengths-based care. These approaches can support you in managing anxiety, processing trauma, building emotional regulation skills, and developing healthier ways of coping and relating to others.
We are a Canadian virtual mental healthcare clinic offering integrated care across Canada with psychotherapy, psychiatry, family medicine, psychological assessments, and neurological assessment services. No referral is required for psychodynamic psychotherapy. OHIP-covered services, including psychiatric assessments, medication support, and therapy, are available by a family doctor or nurse practitioner referral.
We are a Canadian virtual mental healthcare clinic offering integrated care across Canada with psychotherapy, psychiatry, family medicine, psychological assessments, and neurological assessment services. No referral is required for psychodynamic psychotherapy. OHIP-covered services, including psychiatric assessments, medication support, and therapy, are available by a family doctor or nurse practitioner referral.
I integrate evidence-based approaches such as CBT, EFT, along with attachment-based, Gestalt, and EMDR-informed work.
You may look like you’re holding it together on the outside but inside, it feels different. Anxiety keeps your mind racing, overthinking, and a quiet sense that something is not right. At times, it may even feel as though you are broken, unlovable, or simply not enough. Even when life looks stable on the outside, your mind may keep racing. You replay conversations, question yourself, and feel a constant inner pressure. These experiences often have deeper roots. Childhood emotional wounds, attachment disruptions, or unresolved trauma continue to shape your sense of self, relationships, and emotional responses in the present.
I integrate evidence-based approaches such as CBT, EFT, along with attachment-based, Gestalt, and EMDR-informed work.
You may look like you’re holding it together on the outside but inside, it feels different. Anxiety keeps your mind racing, overthinking, and a quiet sense that something is not right. At times, it may even feel as though you are broken, unlovable, or simply not enough. Even when life looks stable on the outside, your mind may keep racing. You replay conversations, question yourself, and feel a constant inner pressure. These experiences often have deeper roots. Childhood emotional wounds, attachment disruptions, or unresolved trauma continue to shape your sense of self, relationships, and emotional responses in the present.
Hello, I’m Julia (she/her)! You have done all you possibly can to “get better,” and resume your normal life, but it seems that nothing will budge. You’re stuck trying to work through old habits and patterns that just don’t seem to go away. I’ve been in your shoes, and I understand the difficulty of acknowledging that you have done your best but may benefit from the support of a professional. It is daunting, nerve-wracking, and sometimes, shameful, and it requires bravery and strength to move past the fear of opening up to others. If you have done all the personal healing and feel like there is no end in sight, I’m here to help.
Hello, I’m Julia (she/her)! You have done all you possibly can to “get better,” and resume your normal life, but it seems that nothing will budge. You’re stuck trying to work through old habits and patterns that just don’t seem to go away. I’ve been in your shoes, and I understand the difficulty of acknowledging that you have done your best but may benefit from the support of a professional. It is daunting, nerve-wracking, and sometimes, shameful, and it requires bravery and strength to move past the fear of opening up to others. If you have done all the personal healing and feel like there is no end in sight, I’m here to help.
My professional experience includes supporting adolescents, adults, and seniors through individual and couples therapy. I work with clients navigating anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, grief and loss, relationship challenges, life transitions, low self-esteem, emotional overwhelm, and periods of feeling stuck or disconnected, and much more. I offer a warm, compassionate, and non-judgmental space where your experiences are heard and strengths recognized. Together, we explore patterns, build coping tools, strengthen confidence, and support meaningful growth. I also offer a FREE 15-minute consultation. Accepting new clients!
My professional experience includes supporting adolescents, adults, and seniors through individual and couples therapy. I work with clients navigating anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, grief and loss, relationship challenges, life transitions, low self-esteem, emotional overwhelm, and periods of feeling stuck or disconnected, and much more. I offer a warm, compassionate, and non-judgmental space where your experiences are heard and strengths recognized. Together, we explore patterns, build coping tools, strengthen confidence, and support meaningful growth. I also offer a FREE 15-minute consultation. Accepting new clients!
I am Arya, a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. I hold an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Bioethics and Law from University of Toronto. I aim to help my clients build bridges between their past, present and future and guide them towards a path of physical, mental and emotional wellness.
I am Arya, a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. I hold an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Bioethics and Law from University of Toronto. I aim to help my clients build bridges between their past, present and future and guide them towards a path of physical, mental and emotional wellness.
I have also completed training in Gottman, Brainspotting, EFT, CBT, DBT and Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy.
Are you a first responder, or executive who is exhausted, edgy at home, and struggling to switch off? You're good at holding it together for others, but privately, you're running on empty. I help high-functioning people finally address what's underneath, both individually and as a couple.
We play different roles in our lives, and sometimes our work life bleeds into our home life, leading into quality of life and relationship issues. I help those who carry a heavy mental load lighten and redistribute the weight, so that the roles you return to feel less like obligations, and more like choices.
I have also completed training in Gottman, Brainspotting, EFT, CBT, DBT and Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy.
Are you a first responder, or executive who is exhausted, edgy at home, and struggling to switch off? You're good at holding it together for others, but privately, you're running on empty. I help high-functioning people finally address what's underneath, both individually and as a couple.
We play different roles in our lives, and sometimes our work life bleeds into our home life, leading into quality of life and relationship issues. I help those who carry a heavy mental load lighten and redistribute the weight, so that the roles you return to feel less like obligations, and more like choices.
I am very passionate about addressing my clients’ unique experiences, and I provide client-centred therapy to help you get to where you want to be, however that may look. I have had considerable experience working with clients in rehabilitation settings, educating youth, adolescents, young adults, adults and their families who have had anxiety and/or other mental health challenges. I have also worked with older adults as they have progressed through rehabilitation. I have supported individuals throughout treatment, as my positivity and active listening helps clients tackle their concerns.
I am very passionate about addressing my clients’ unique experiences, and I provide client-centred therapy to help you get to where you want to be, however that may look. I have had considerable experience working with clients in rehabilitation settings, educating youth, adolescents, young adults, adults and their families who have had anxiety and/or other mental health challenges. I have also worked with older adults as they have progressed through rehabilitation. I have supported individuals throughout treatment, as my positivity and active listening helps clients tackle their concerns.
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Who is emotionally focused therapy for?
Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) is for couples who are emotionally distressed, stuck in an unsatisfying relationship pattern or feeling deeply alienated. They may even believe the relationship is beyond repair. Very often, the partners display intense anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal in the relationship. In addition, EFT is helpful to couples and individuals who have difficulty expressing emotions and those who have trouble regulating emotions.
Why do people need emotionally focused therapy?
People need emotionally focused therapy because the need for others is built into the brain, but the pressures of daily life can erode feelings of love, and couples often do not have the skills to find their way back to the comfort of each other. Instead, they may be stuck in repetitive patterns of anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal. Emotionally focused therapy regards such strong negative feelings as expressions of protest over the loss of connection and turns them into pathways of reconnection.
What happens in emotionally focused therapy?
Over the course of eight to 20 weekly sessions, couples de-escalate their negative emotional reactivity to one another so that they can listen to each other and be responsive to each other’s needs. Then the deep emotional and physical bond is restored, giving partners a sense of comfort and security, which they can use to solve whatever problems come their way. The therapist plays an active role, helping partners understand how anger and withdrawal are actually misguided cries for connection.
What problems does emotionally focused therapy treat?
EFT is designed to help couples stuck in dysfunctional relationship patterns regain closeness and rebuild their relationship. Typically, such couples experience considerable distress, with partners feeling alienated and distrustful of one another, not certain their relationship can survive. EFT is also helpful to individuals experiencing attachment-related fears of loss; it helps them learn to use their fears as a way of eliciting the closeness they desire.