Family Therapy in Whitby, ON
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Derek Wright
BSW, MSW, RSW
Verified
Verified
Whether you're worried about you marriage or
family
falling apart, concerned for your son's or daughter's well-being, depressed, anxious, or overwhelmed, counselling can help.
If you feel unhappy with where you’re at in your life and don’t want to burden others with your problems, therapy can help. Feeling that you are not alone and that someone understands you is critical to starting to feel better. Even though it may not feel like it right now, you can become stronger and feel better.

Sheeba Narikuzhy
Registered Psychotherapist, MA
Verified
Verified
I primarily use Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) & Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) strategies; however, I incorporate various other therapeutic models and techniques such as solution focused, brief, narrative, acceptance and commitment therapy and
family therapy
as relevant to the needs of the individuals.
As a psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience working with adolescents and their families and adults with major mental health challenges, I use a strength based, trauma informed, client centred and culturally sensitive approach. Some of the common mental health challenges that I have mostly worked with include generalized anxiety disorder, phobias, panic disorder, depression, suicidality, borderline personality disorder, trauma, eating disorders, school/ work related problems and relational challenges.

Head Family Counseling
Marriage & Family Therapist, BRS, MA
Verified
Verified
Head
Family
Counseling Center offers therapy for all issues under the umbrella of
family
counseling and associated issues such as anger management, relationship stress, child counseling, marriage counseling, addiction, anxiety and depression.
Today you are one step closer to a new you where you feel empowered and on a positive path to growth and well-being. Our goal at Head
Family
counseling Center is to continue successfully helping clients experience real life. We offer professional, confidential and affordable counseling in person, online or by phone. We offer appointments during mornings afternoons, and evenings. Our goal is to help you uncover your true potential and lead a life that is worth celebrating. We look forward to working with you! www.headfamilycounseling.com.

Emily Simkins-Strong
Psychologist, PhD
Verified
Verified
Please feel free to reach out to me to discuss your child's,
family
's, or your own treatment needs and to discuss how I might be of assistance.
I am a registered Clinical Psychologist licensed to work with children, adolescents, and families. I have expertise providing assessment and treatment for children and youth struggling with a range of difficulties, including depression, anxiety, OCD, emotion regulation struggles, and parent-child or
family
relational difficulties. I have specialized training and experience in the treatment of trauma-related struggles, including PTSD and attachment difficulties. I believe strongly in creating a safe, warm, playful, and accepting space in the therapy room, and in including parents in their child's treatment whenever possible.

Matthew Asser
Registered Psychotherapist, MEd, MA, CCC, RP
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
*ONLINE COUNSELLING for ONTARIO RESIDENTS. Anxiety, stress, and depression are common and can keep you from enjoying your life. Your recent loss might leave you feeling depressed, guilty, or frightened. The loss of your work or career can have you feeling humiliated, or worthless. Adults who have lost a loved one can experience these emotions and more. Estrangement from
family
or friends can leave you alone and discouraged. Disruptions at work can have you questioning your value and feel isolated or marginalized. Relationship issues can negatively affect many aspects of your life. You want someone to listen to you.

Ashley Haigh - Help For Teens And Adults
Registered Social Worker, RSW, MSW, BSW
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Are you struggling with addiction or other mental health concerns? Have you experienced physical, sexual, emotional, or psychological abuse? Working together, you can gain coping skills and tools to recover. Challenges around gender identity, self-esteem, self-image, communication, relationships, boundaries, grief, anger, stress management,
family
dynamics, relationships, trauma, and co-dependency are difficult to manage alone. In therapy, you can become empowered to own your narrative and build on your strengths. Reach out to me today. Support for adults and teens. I look forward to hearing your story!

Genesis Counselling Services INC
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP
Verified
Verified
Your teen, your relationships, your
family
- and you- can change the direction.
Are you feeling tired or sick of feeling sick and tired? From struggles with parenting, relationships and all of the other challenges life can throw our way, you may feel stuck- not sure what to do or where to turn. It’s time for a fresh start and a new beginning. With support, your teen can learn new ways to cope -and you can develop confidence in your parenting. Perhaps you want to improve your relationship with your partner. Or you’re longing for more energy and joy in your life. At Genesis Counselling, I provide services to teens, adults, couples, and families that address the whole person-mind, body, and spirit.

Kelty Berardi
Psychologist, PhD
Verified
Verified
I am a registered Clinical Psychologist licensed to work with children, adolescents, adults, and families. I have clinical expertise in a variety of areas including Child and Adolescent development, Eating Disorders and Body Image, Anxiety Disorders, Mood Disorders, PTSD and trauma-related disorders and diagnostic and personality assessment. I have training in a variety of therapeutic modalities including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy,
Family
Based Treatment for Eating Disorders and various trauma focused interventions. I have more than 10 years of clinical experience in various treatment settings.

Joshua Johnston
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP
Verified
Verified
As a professional counsellor, I have assisted those facing issues such as: depression,anxiety,stress,trauma,grief, as well as marriage and
family
conflict, parenting concerns, and relationship-based concerns.
In therapy, I hope to join with clients in creating an environment where openness and exploration is safe. My approach in therapy is one of respect, empathy, and nurturance, recognizing the uniqueness of every individual and circumstance. I provide both short and long term counselling drawing from a variety of therapeutic models including: cognitive-behavioural, solution-focused, emotion-focused, mindfulness-based, and narrative approaches to therapy. Regardless of modality, it is always my goal to aid the process of self-discovery leading to empowerment, clarity, and authentic life opportunities.

Toni Mongillo Desideri
Registered Psychotherapist, MMT, RP, MTA
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
As someone who has worked with children and mental health for many years, I understand the needs in an interpersonal and
family
dynamic - the support that is required to help a child reach their highest potential to thrive.
Is your child going through a difficult time, having trouble expressing feelings and/or communicating with others? Are they struggling with overwhelm, anxiety or difficulty regulating their emotions? I offer sessions to support your child in different ways: developmentally, emotions awareness and expression and increasing coping skills. The way your child perceives themselves and the world can make all the difference! We use creativity and talk therapy to explore and process thoughts and feelings, and together discover effective coping skills for daily support. It is not necessary to know how to play an instrument to participate.
Waitlist for new clients

Clint Robson
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Verified
Verified
In my experience, people overcome difficulties and reach their greatest potential when they have the correct ingredients and the most accurate support. I bring 25 years of experience to our work and I provide my clients with compassion, unconditional acceptance, warmth, and honesty. My experience and expertise lead me to effectively offer psychotherapy services to adolescents (ages 12 and up), adults, and
family
systems that are struggling with a variety of concerns.
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Djenane Douglas
Registered Social Worker, MSW, BSW, RSW
Verified
Verified
I provide a blend of practical strategies and tangibles actions you can apply to your life for issues such as single-parenting stress, co-parenting challenges, imbalanced life, lack of quality
family
time, struggles forming or maintaining parent-child relationships, and feelings of "parent guilt" and shame.
I help parents/guardians who are struggling in silence through parenting stress and having a hard time managing emotional outbursts, wondering what they are doing wrong or not enough, address and figure out who they are, what they want, and how they can have a deeper understanding of their children, thus enhancing their parent-child relationship and decreasing tension and conflict.

Diane M Cassidy
Registered Psychotherapist, RN, BA, MA, RP
Verified
Verified
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.

Onyx Therapeutics
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, RSW, RMFT, CCFT
Verified
3 Endorsed
Verified
3 Endorsed
Managing personal wellbeing, relationships, friendships, parenthood,
family
, finances and career is a lot for anybody to balance. If you struggle with feelings of overwhelm, stress, anxiety, depression, guilt, grief, anger or uncertainty, you are in the right place and we can help you.

Deanna Fetter
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Verified
Verified
Deanna uses an integrative therapeutic approach and has training in a variety of modalities, including: Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CBT & CBT-E), Dialectical Behavioural Therapies (DBT & RO-DBT), Emotion Focused
Family Therapy
(EFFT),
Family
based treatment for Eating Disorders (FBT), and exposure therapy.
Deanna is a registered social worker and psychotherapist with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Services Workers (OCSWSSW). She has experience working with adolescents with eating disorders, as well as individual of all ages experiencing anxiety and mood related disorders, stress, and addictions. Deanna has experience supporting parents and
family
members to become their loved ones’ emotion coach and behaviour coach. Deanna works with families and parents looking to improve communication and connection with their loved ones.
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Holly Kristensen
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MSc, MDiv
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
She also addresses struggles surrounding
family
, work, relationships, and faith (religion).
Holly aims to provide a safe and non-judgmental environment for you to share your story and help you work through distressing issues.
Waitlist for new clients

Vielka Almanzar
Registered Psychotherapist, HBA, MEd, MA
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
You will be able to overcome the fears, traumatic events, or
family
crisis that has perhaps left you feeling helpless and hopeless.
Therapy is a way out of feeling helpless & hopeless. At The Insight Clinic our priority is getting you results. We focus on building a genuine, empathetic, & positive relationship with you that will bring out your strengths and move you to a better place. Whether for you or a loved one, seeking help to improve your relationships, emotional regulation, & quality of life can be daunting. It's normal to feel doubt. We use a non-judgemental approach that considers the influence of traumatic memories on current issues. This will shed light onto solutions you haven’t seen before.

Rachel Wakaluk
Registered Social Worker, RSW, CYW, BSW
Verified
3 Endorsed
Verified
3 Endorsed
Are you or your child having difficulty managing anxiety or stress, or keeping emotions on an even keel? Do you or your child feel distant from
family
or romantic partners? Is your marriage in distress? Therapy is a safe space to get curious about ourselves and to better understand our emotions, patterns and responses. In therapy, you can reconnect with yourself, recover from burnout, and learn how to build healthy meaningful relationships. You can develop practical tools that you can start applying right away to make tangible improvements in your life. Contact me via phone or email. I am looking forward to helping!

Nicolette Julien
Registered Psychotherapist, RP
Verified
3 Endorsed
Verified
3 Endorsed
I tend to utilize multiple modalities depending on your needs and desired outcome for therapy, that include but are not limited to trauma informed, CBT, DBT, EFT, IFS, Narrative, Solution Focused, and
Family
Systems.
I believe that therapy is a collaborative process, where you as the client are the expert of you and your story, and as we work together to build trust and a relationship, I can lend my clinical skills to aid in achieving your therapeutic goals. My approach is grounded in the style of therapy called Motivational Interviewing, where I strive to be collaborative and empathetic in order to elicit behavioral change.

Chris Wellwood
Registered Psychotherapist, RP
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
improve
family
relationships, improve communication skills, and gain more self-control.
Do you or your child need help to cope with anxiety, phobias, social isolation, or loneliness? Are you finding it difficult to navigate the complexities of your blended
family
? Have you struggled with depression, anger, or impulse control? In therapy, you can build coping skills that provide significant relief and support sustained lifelong healing. Reach out to me today. Support for children, teens, adults, and families. Anxiety, loneliness, impulse control, anger, phobias, and
family
conflict are all difficult to handle by yourself. We will work towards building the tools that you need to thrive. I look forward to helping!
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Family Therapy Counsellors
What do family therapists do?
A family therapist facilitates the process of understanding and improving how a family functions. The therapist will help family members develop empathy for one another. They’ll seek to understand existing patterns, misunderstandings, and conflicts that arise, in order to help the family arrive at a realistic, unified understanding and develop the coping skills they need to build stronger relationships.
How long does therapy for families take to work?
Therapy manifests differently in every family; a common time frame is 12 weekly sessions, but some families may see improvement after just a few weeks. Families should discuss their goals with the therapist at the beginning of the process and periodically revisit those goals to assess their progress together.
How can you encourage a family member to attend family therapy?
You can encourage family members to attend therapy by expressing with both love and concern the challenges you see and explaining how a therapist could help the family navigate those challenges together. An outside perspective can help everyone feel heard, get on the same page, and develop new skills. If family members are still hesitant, it may be helpful to emphasize that family therapy is short-term—it won’t last forever.
Is therapy for families effective?
Family therapy can significantly improve family dynamics and relationships. Research suggests that family therapy can help individuals understand their role in the family, communicate and solve problems together, reduce conflict and draw boundaries when necessary, and develop coping skills for stressors, major life changes, and mental or physical illnesses within the family.