Cancer Therapists in Whitby, ON
I specialize in supporting people navigating cancer, chronic illness/autoimmune conditions, and complex digestive disorders.
As a caregiver and companion to someone with chronic illness, I’ve witnessed the deep emotional, physical, and mental toll it can take. This lived experience profoundly shapes my work as a social worker and psychotherapist. I offer compassionate, non-judgmental support rooted in empathy, advocacy, and understanding to help clients navigate life with illness.
I specialize in supporting people navigating cancer, chronic illness/autoimmune conditions, and complex digestive disorders.
As a caregiver and companion to someone with chronic illness, I’ve witnessed the deep emotional, physical, and mental toll it can take. This lived experience profoundly shapes my work as a social worker and psychotherapist. I offer compassionate, non-judgmental support rooted in empathy, advocacy, and understanding to help clients navigate life with illness.
Holistic Psychotherapy For Women’s Health: You’re exhausted, you give so much to everyone else, but who takes care of you? Whether you’re constantly tending to the needs of others, navigating fertility, hormonal or perinatal struggles, perhaps managing chronic illness, or carrying the weight of past trauma, it feels like there’s never enough left for you. You might be running on autopilot, feeling disconnected, anxious, or just done. You don’t have to figure it all out alone. Things can get easier, and I’d love to help.
Holistic Psychotherapy For Women’s Health: You’re exhausted, you give so much to everyone else, but who takes care of you? Whether you’re constantly tending to the needs of others, navigating fertility, hormonal or perinatal struggles, perhaps managing chronic illness, or carrying the weight of past trauma, it feels like there’s never enough left for you. You might be running on autopilot, feeling disconnected, anxious, or just done. You don’t have to figure it all out alone. Things can get easier, and I’d love to help.
You look like you’re holding it all together, but inside you’re exhausted. Maybe your mind never stops racing, you overthink everything, struggle with boundaries, or constantly put everyone else first. You may be dealing with anxiety, burnout, perfectionism, people-pleasing, low self-worth, relationship difficulties, or the lasting effects of trauma. If you feel stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected from yourself, therapy can help you understand what’s happening and find your way back to yourself.
You look like you’re holding it all together, but inside you’re exhausted. Maybe your mind never stops racing, you overthink everything, struggle with boundaries, or constantly put everyone else first. You may be dealing with anxiety, burnout, perfectionism, people-pleasing, low self-worth, relationship difficulties, or the lasting effects of trauma. If you feel stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected from yourself, therapy can help you understand what’s happening and find your way back to yourself.
Karen Liivoja - Ember Path Psychotherapy
Registered Psychotherapist, MACP, M Ed, OCT
5 Endorsed
Whitby, ON L1M
Reaching out when life feels heavy, uncertain, or simply different than you expected takes courage. I support adults and teens navigating grief, anxiety, identity shifts, relationships, and life transitions—times when you may feel overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure of what comes next. Therapy offers a warm, compassionate space to slow down, feel understood, and make sense of what you're experiencing. Together, we'll explore what matters to you, build on your strengths, and find a path forward that feels authentic to who you are.
Reaching out when life feels heavy, uncertain, or simply different than you expected takes courage. I support adults and teens navigating grief, anxiety, identity shifts, relationships, and life transitions—times when you may feel overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure of what comes next. Therapy offers a warm, compassionate space to slow down, feel understood, and make sense of what you're experiencing. Together, we'll explore what matters to you, build on your strengths, and find a path forward that feels authentic to who you are.
I work with couples, parents, families, and individuals to improve communication and coping strategies. Together we will build goals, deep dive into past experiences to identify current thought-feeling-behaviour patterns that are keeping you stuck and create new helpful patterns to improve your relationships and daily life. Couples will learn how to step into each other's world to feel heard, seen, and celebrated by their partner. It may seem impossible to find your way in the darkest moments, but with the right, non-judgmental support and guidance, it is never too late to find and shine your inner light.
I work with couples, parents, families, and individuals to improve communication and coping strategies. Together we will build goals, deep dive into past experiences to identify current thought-feeling-behaviour patterns that are keeping you stuck and create new helpful patterns to improve your relationships and daily life. Couples will learn how to step into each other's world to feel heard, seen, and celebrated by their partner. It may seem impossible to find your way in the darkest moments, but with the right, non-judgmental support and guidance, it is never too late to find and shine your inner light.
It takes courage to begin therapy, and yet it is also your first step towards bringing about the change you desire. It takes belief in self that you are capable of becoming the person you want to be. I work with you to provide a safe, supportive environment that is based on trust that allows you to realize your own potential for growth beyond the difficulties you face. I have witnessed countless times clients who have shown how much they can overcome. Together we apply a mindfulness therapeutic approach, grounded in efficacy-based techniques from Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Internal Family Systems Therapy and Self-compassion The.
It takes courage to begin therapy, and yet it is also your first step towards bringing about the change you desire. It takes belief in self that you are capable of becoming the person you want to be. I work with you to provide a safe, supportive environment that is based on trust that allows you to realize your own potential for growth beyond the difficulties you face. I have witnessed countless times clients who have shown how much they can overcome. Together we apply a mindfulness therapeutic approach, grounded in efficacy-based techniques from Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Internal Family Systems Therapy and Self-compassion The.
Now booking for Aug and Sept 2026. I'm so looking forward to meeting you! My life has been centered around helping people achieve their optimal state of wellness and functioning. I work in a client-centered, evidence-informed, and strengths-based manner. I hold the conviction that everyone possesses the innate capacity for self-healing; it is my goal to guide you, the expert of your life, towards your desired wellness level in the safety of the therapeutic alliance. Working collaboratively and without judgment, I aim to provide a highly empathetic and safe space. My core values include integrity, family, safety, and justice.
Now booking for Aug and Sept 2026. I'm so looking forward to meeting you! My life has been centered around helping people achieve their optimal state of wellness and functioning. I work in a client-centered, evidence-informed, and strengths-based manner. I hold the conviction that everyone possesses the innate capacity for self-healing; it is my goal to guide you, the expert of your life, towards your desired wellness level in the safety of the therapeutic alliance. Working collaboratively and without judgment, I aim to provide a highly empathetic and safe space. My core values include integrity, family, safety, and justice.
Hi, I’m Carrie-Lynn. I'm so glad you're here.
I'm a somatic psychotherapist and the heart behind Reacquainted Wellness. I specialize in supporting adults navigating medical trauma, chronic illness, trauma & PTSD, and life-altering experiences.
My work is shaped by both clinical training and lived experience with medical trauma. I understand how disorienting these experiences can be—especially when your nervous system remains in survival mode with no clear resolution. We are not stepping outside of what you’re going through — we are working within it.
This is not a space for silver linings, dismissive comments, or quick fixes.
Hi, I’m Carrie-Lynn. I'm so glad you're here.
I'm a somatic psychotherapist and the heart behind Reacquainted Wellness. I specialize in supporting adults navigating medical trauma, chronic illness, trauma & PTSD, and life-altering experiences.
My work is shaped by both clinical training and lived experience with medical trauma. I understand how disorienting these experiences can be—especially when your nervous system remains in survival mode with no clear resolution. We are not stepping outside of what you’re going through — we are working within it.
This is not a space for silver linings, dismissive comments, or quick fixes.
Life and relationships can be challenging. Whether it is your relationship with your spouse, partner, friend, teenager, or child it takes work to make a strong, lasting and healthy relationships work. Finding hope in what seems to be a hopeless situation sometimes requires support, encouragement and assistance to envision a future with promise and possibilities.
Life and relationships can be challenging. Whether it is your relationship with your spouse, partner, friend, teenager, or child it takes work to make a strong, lasting and healthy relationships work. Finding hope in what seems to be a hopeless situation sometimes requires support, encouragement and assistance to envision a future with promise and possibilities.
Good counselling starts with a safe and caring environment created by the therapist. I am a counsellor that creates a respectful place for you to learn new skills and explore ways new methods to think different and solve lifes challenges, followed by feeling better. There is no reason to continue to suffer from unwanted anxiety or depression. Or from a problem that seems too larger to tackle. Small steps add up, the first is search help.
Good counselling starts with a safe and caring environment created by the therapist. I am a counsellor that creates a respectful place for you to learn new skills and explore ways new methods to think different and solve lifes challenges, followed by feeling better. There is no reason to continue to suffer from unwanted anxiety or depression. Or from a problem that seems too larger to tackle. Small steps add up, the first is search help.
“Healing is a matter of time, but it is also sometimes a matter of opportunity”-Hippocrates While working with Individual and families who are dealing with many different kinds of mental health issues; from deep grief/bereavement, childhood abuse, anxiety and depression, I have been privileged to witness healing(s) that many never thought possible. By creating a safe space and working in a collaborative, compassionate manner I have supported many people on their journey of healing and growth. Healing it’s self is the journey, it takes time, commitment, patience and hope.
“Healing is a matter of time, but it is also sometimes a matter of opportunity”-Hippocrates While working with Individual and families who are dealing with many different kinds of mental health issues; from deep grief/bereavement, childhood abuse, anxiety and depression, I have been privileged to witness healing(s) that many never thought possible. By creating a safe space and working in a collaborative, compassionate manner I have supported many people on their journey of healing and growth. Healing it’s self is the journey, it takes time, commitment, patience and hope.
At Pathways to Emotional Health, therapists have been carefully selected to each offer a different specialization. We're passionate about finding the right fit for you because research shows the therapeutic alliance between you and your therapist is the number 1 predictor of success. Since each therapist has a specialized skill set, you'll find a therapist that specializes in couples counselling, trauma, parenting, stress and mood, OCD, anxiety, depression, self-harm/suicidal ideation, personality disorders, addictions, life transitions & more. We'll help you identify and change problematic patterns to live each day to the fullest.
At Pathways to Emotional Health, therapists have been carefully selected to each offer a different specialization. We're passionate about finding the right fit for you because research shows the therapeutic alliance between you and your therapist is the number 1 predictor of success. Since each therapist has a specialized skill set, you'll find a therapist that specializes in couples counselling, trauma, parenting, stress and mood, OCD, anxiety, depression, self-harm/suicidal ideation, personality disorders, addictions, life transitions & more. We'll help you identify and change problematic patterns to live each day to the fullest.
Life can feel overwhelming, especially when emotions and circumstances become heavy. You may be weighed down by constant stress or burnout, navigating grief and loss, facing a major life transition, or living with anxiety or depression that makes daily life challenging. If you are a caregiver, the demands of supporting someone else while also caring for yourself can feel particularly heavy. You may be longing for relief, balance, or simply a space to breathe. I’m here to support you.
Life can feel overwhelming, especially when emotions and circumstances become heavy. You may be weighed down by constant stress or burnout, navigating grief and loss, facing a major life transition, or living with anxiety or depression that makes daily life challenging. If you are a caregiver, the demands of supporting someone else while also caring for yourself can feel particularly heavy. You may be longing for relief, balance, or simply a space to breathe. I’m here to support you.
Therapy is a path out of feeling helpless, overwhelmed, or stuck. At The Insight Clinic, Vielka Almanzar offers result-focused care grounded in empathy and a strong therapeutic relationship. She works with adults navigating trauma, anxiety, emotional dysregulation, and neurodiversity.
Therapy is a path out of feeling helpless, overwhelmed, or stuck. At The Insight Clinic, Vielka Almanzar offers result-focused care grounded in empathy and a strong therapeutic relationship. She works with adults navigating trauma, anxiety, emotional dysregulation, and neurodiversity.
You are lying awake at night replaying conversations while your heart pounds with anxiety and racing thoughts keep your mind from quieting down. Carrying this emotional pain and physical stress can leave you feeling exhausted, disconnected, and stuck. As an ADHD therapist, I provide a safe, compassionate online space where teens and adults can process difficult emotions, better understand themselves, and develop practical coping strategies that support meaningful change.
You are lying awake at night replaying conversations while your heart pounds with anxiety and racing thoughts keep your mind from quieting down. Carrying this emotional pain and physical stress can leave you feeling exhausted, disconnected, and stuck. As an ADHD therapist, I provide a safe, compassionate online space where teens and adults can process difficult emotions, better understand themselves, and develop practical coping strategies that support meaningful change.
For many of us, life is not what we expected it to be. If you are struggling, I can provide you with a safe space to navigate complex challenges. I am a social worker with over 20 years’ experience. I bring a wealth of insight and compassion to my therapeutic practice. My approach is client-centred, integrative, and grounded in evidence-based methods. I work collaboratively, tailoring therapy to meet each person’s unique needs and goals. My aim is to create a safe and supportive space where healing can unfold at a meaningful pace. I look forward to meeting you.
For many of us, life is not what we expected it to be. If you are struggling, I can provide you with a safe space to navigate complex challenges. I am a social worker with over 20 years’ experience. I bring a wealth of insight and compassion to my therapeutic practice. My approach is client-centred, integrative, and grounded in evidence-based methods. I work collaboratively, tailoring therapy to meet each person’s unique needs and goals. My aim is to create a safe and supportive space where healing can unfold at a meaningful pace. I look forward to meeting you.
Are you having difficulty in a relationship with someone you love or with people you work with? Are you grieving a loss or healing from a traumatic event? Do you want to withdraw, isolate, avoid situations or are you losing your temper and attacking others? Do you feel stuck and unable to move forward towards your life goals? If you can relate to any of the above, I am here to help.
Are you having difficulty in a relationship with someone you love or with people you work with? Are you grieving a loss or healing from a traumatic event? Do you want to withdraw, isolate, avoid situations or are you losing your temper and attacking others? Do you feel stuck and unable to move forward towards your life goals? If you can relate to any of the above, I am here to help.
Namaste! I provide individual, relationship and marriage counselling, in a nonjudgmental, relaxed environment. Over the last 35 years I have worked with individuals and couples guiding, teaching and helping them by using an eclectic approach, and a variety of different types of modalities depending on the particular needs of my clients. I also provide family mediation and relationship counselling for couples who have split. I am a sex therapist, working with all couples and individuals. I specialize in many areas, as I believe all issues are connected, so to treat problems in isolation is unrealistic and can be short lived.
Namaste! I provide individual, relationship and marriage counselling, in a nonjudgmental, relaxed environment. Over the last 35 years I have worked with individuals and couples guiding, teaching and helping them by using an eclectic approach, and a variety of different types of modalities depending on the particular needs of my clients. I also provide family mediation and relationship counselling for couples who have split. I am a sex therapist, working with all couples and individuals. I specialize in many areas, as I believe all issues are connected, so to treat problems in isolation is unrealistic and can be short lived.
I know, it feels daunting coming across another profile finding the perfect match. You’re here because of all that heaviness you carry: your life feels like it’s in chaos with the toxic relationships, the soul-sucking career, the trauma that follows you like a shadow - you just feel lost and like you’re drowning. You’re starting to think maybe this is permanent? So when and how can this get better? You need your own space and time to process what you're going through, and that is what we are hear for - to start your healing process.
I know, it feels daunting coming across another profile finding the perfect match. You’re here because of all that heaviness you carry: your life feels like it’s in chaos with the toxic relationships, the soul-sucking career, the trauma that follows you like a shadow - you just feel lost and like you’re drowning. You’re starting to think maybe this is permanent? So when and how can this get better? You need your own space and time to process what you're going through, and that is what we are hear for - to start your healing process.
Are you going through a transition in your life? Do you want something different for yourself or for your relationships? Are you having racing thoughts, worrying about the future, feeling stuck and don't know where to go? Having the courage to ask for help is the first step. Beginning therapy can be a daunting task but here you are. You have made that first step toward healing and sometimes; that one step is all it takes. My goal as a therapist is to empower adults and seniors with the skills to overcome anger, fear, grief, pain, trauma, anxiety and depression.
Are you going through a transition in your life? Do you want something different for yourself or for your relationships? Are you having racing thoughts, worrying about the future, feeling stuck and don't know where to go? Having the courage to ask for help is the first step. Beginning therapy can be a daunting task but here you are. You have made that first step toward healing and sometimes; that one step is all it takes. My goal as a therapist is to empower adults and seniors with the skills to overcome anger, fear, grief, pain, trauma, anxiety and depression.
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Cancer Counsellors
How does cancer affect mental health?
A cancer diagnosis is a major life event that can significantly influence the mental health of any individual. Being diagnosed with cancer often introduces a sense of uncertainty about the future, which can cause clients to experience symptoms of anxiety, depression, and significant distress. Many cancer patients may also worry about the toll that their diagnosis may have on their family, their physical health, their job, and their financial situation. The compounding of such stressors can also decrease mental health in clients and may lead to additional symptoms that can influence mental health, such as sleeping difficulties or social withdrawal.
What is the best psychological therapy for cancer patients?
The best type of psychological therapy for cancer patients is highly dependent on the needs of the individual. The therapy type that a client benefits from may also depend on what stage of the cancer journey they are in. Recently diagnosed cancer patients, for instance, may benefit from therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), which can help clients develop skills to manage the emotional distress that comes with a cancer diagnosis. Alternatively, cancer patients further along in their journey may benefit from therapies like Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) or other forms of mindfulness therapy to help manage symptoms or physical pain associated with treatment. Clients may also consider group therapy, which offers cancer patients an opportunity to receive support from other individuals dealing with a cancer diagnosis.
Are there any risks or drawbacks in going to therapy while dealing with cancer?
Although attending therapy while dealing with a cancer diagnosis can be helpful, one major concern for cancer patients can be the financial cost of seeking therapy. Many therapists are out-of-network, meaning they do not accept insurance, and thus clients are expected to pay the entirety of the session fee. Since many cancer patients may be out of work as a result of their diagnosis or cancer treatment regimen, the costs of therapy sessions can be substantial. Luckily, many cancer centers and local clinics may offer free or substantially reduced-cost counselling services to cancer patients and their families. In addition, cancer patients may be eligible for grants or other forms of funding from local agencies and nonprofits to seek therapy for their cancer diagnosis. Such opportunities can be very helpful for cancer patients, as they allow clients to obtain the benefits of therapy without the financial strain.
How long does cancer therapy typically last?
The length of cancer therapy depends on the needs of each client. In some cases, cancer patients may only require therapeutic support during the period following their initial diagnosis—to help manage the uncertainty and shock of a cancer diagnosis. In other cases, clients may choose to receive therapy throughout their treatment, and even following, their cancer journey. Pursuing therapy for a longer period of time can help clients develop a deeper relationship with their therapist and provide opportunity to process the challenges presented by cancer treatment, such as physical pain, and challenges associated with cancer survivorship, such as ongoing identity concerns, physical limitations, or relationship challenges.