Alcohol Use Therapists in York, ON
You deserve to feel supported. You deserve to be heard. Whether you are coming to therapy in a moment of crisis, years of stress and pain, or just needing another person to share your more guarded thoughts with- therapy is for you. Come as you are.
You deserve to feel supported. You deserve to be heard. Whether you are coming to therapy in a moment of crisis, years of stress and pain, or just needing another person to share your more guarded thoughts with- therapy is for you. Come as you are.
To me, as a Registered Psychotherapist, human being, and author of 'Binge Crazy: A Psychotherapist's Memoir of Food Addiction, Mental Illness, Obesity & Recovery', seeking help is a strength. It requires the courage and wisdom to reach your own truths. I'm rooted in Gestalt therapy, a holistic, here and now approach encompassing every aspect of your life, from current anxieties, relationships, and family dynamics to past and recent trauma. I also include other modalities, from creative forms of expression to more structured methods. In Gestalt, you are the expert (on you) and I am the guide to help you explore what needs healing.
To me, as a Registered Psychotherapist, human being, and author of 'Binge Crazy: A Psychotherapist's Memoir of Food Addiction, Mental Illness, Obesity & Recovery', seeking help is a strength. It requires the courage and wisdom to reach your own truths. I'm rooted in Gestalt therapy, a holistic, here and now approach encompassing every aspect of your life, from current anxieties, relationships, and family dynamics to past and recent trauma. I also include other modalities, from creative forms of expression to more structured methods. In Gestalt, you are the expert (on you) and I am the guide to help you explore what needs healing.
I work with adults navigating complex family dynamics, trauma, addictions recovery, and patterns of self-doubt. Clients often describe me as warm, perceptive, and down-to-earth—with a sense of humour that helps bring some lightness, even in heavy moments. I’m deeply supportive, but I don’t sugarcoat things—I’ll tell you the truth with care and clarity, and always stay in your corner.
My approach is trauma-informed, strengths-based, and rooted in real life—including my own experience of parenthood Whether you’re in the thick of family conflict, healing from abuse, or working to break painful cycles, I’ll help you reconnect with you
I work with adults navigating complex family dynamics, trauma, addictions recovery, and patterns of self-doubt. Clients often describe me as warm, perceptive, and down-to-earth—with a sense of humour that helps bring some lightness, even in heavy moments. I’m deeply supportive, but I don’t sugarcoat things—I’ll tell you the truth with care and clarity, and always stay in your corner.
My approach is trauma-informed, strengths-based, and rooted in real life—including my own experience of parenthood Whether you’re in the thick of family conflict, healing from abuse, or working to break painful cycles, I’ll help you reconnect with you
Do you wish to improve your mental health? Therapy has a lot of benefits. With 8 years of education in Psychotherapy Science and over 8 years of experience, I have provided therapy to teens, and adults across more than 2000 sessions. My ability to facilitate a range of evidence-based therapeutic interventions and strategies ensures culturally sensitive and trauma-informed care throughout your journey. I excel in managing crisis situations with efficiency, providing immediate support, and developing safe plans to ensure client well-being. I am available to answer all your questions and start this process with you.
Do you wish to improve your mental health? Therapy has a lot of benefits. With 8 years of education in Psychotherapy Science and over 8 years of experience, I have provided therapy to teens, and adults across more than 2000 sessions. My ability to facilitate a range of evidence-based therapeutic interventions and strategies ensures culturally sensitive and trauma-informed care throughout your journey. I excel in managing crisis situations with efficiency, providing immediate support, and developing safe plans to ensure client well-being. I am available to answer all your questions and start this process with you.
Are you struggling with unresolved trauma, relationship issues, anger, depression, anxiety or low self-esteem? I am a creative, compassionate and skilled psychotherapist. I believe that the pains from our past shape the way we relate to the world today. Psychotherapy helps to safely explore the pain and regain personal control. Having worked 13 years at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and subsequently 9 years in private practice, I have extensive experience helping clients with depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction, grief, self-esteem and relationship issues.
Are you struggling with unresolved trauma, relationship issues, anger, depression, anxiety or low self-esteem? I am a creative, compassionate and skilled psychotherapist. I believe that the pains from our past shape the way we relate to the world today. Psychotherapy helps to safely explore the pain and regain personal control. Having worked 13 years at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and subsequently 9 years in private practice, I have extensive experience helping clients with depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction, grief, self-esteem and relationship issues.
I work with adults and couples to help them move towards a state of continued growth, compassion, and self-awareness in a way that is collaborative, strengths-based, and empowering. I believe in creating a client-therapist relationship that fosters authenticity, support, and space for both acceptance, and for change. This can begin in our very first session. Together, we can begin to tease apart the adaptive approaches to dealing with and moving through life you've grown accustomed to, and begin to decipher which of these patterns are serving you, and which you may be interested in moving beyond.
I work with adults and couples to help them move towards a state of continued growth, compassion, and self-awareness in a way that is collaborative, strengths-based, and empowering. I believe in creating a client-therapist relationship that fosters authenticity, support, and space for both acceptance, and for change. This can begin in our very first session. Together, we can begin to tease apart the adaptive approaches to dealing with and moving through life you've grown accustomed to, and begin to decipher which of these patterns are serving you, and which you may be interested in moving beyond.
Change can be scary, however, growth lies in discomfort. Leveraging a diverse set of techniques refined over years of clinical practice, I strive to uncover the underlying issues that may be influencing your overall wellbeing. Whether the problem feels small or big, old or new; I am open to bringing it into the room for closer observation and deeper discovery. Everyone has the capacity to change their lives. I recognize that we are each more than just our family, our relationships, our biology, or our circumstances, but also understand that our connection to each of these may profoundly impact our sense of wellbeing.
Change can be scary, however, growth lies in discomfort. Leveraging a diverse set of techniques refined over years of clinical practice, I strive to uncover the underlying issues that may be influencing your overall wellbeing. Whether the problem feels small or big, old or new; I am open to bringing it into the room for closer observation and deeper discovery. Everyone has the capacity to change their lives. I recognize that we are each more than just our family, our relationships, our biology, or our circumstances, but also understand that our connection to each of these may profoundly impact our sense of wellbeing.
Challenges with substance use is a spectrum. Maybe you’re using substances to cope with stress, anxiety or past trauma. Perhaps a part of you wants to stop and another part doesn’t or somewhere in between. Maybe it has become a daily ritual, or something you don’t feel fully in control of anymore. Or perhaps you're looking for support as someone you know is struggling with addiction.
My approach is rooted in harm reduction, which means you get to define what change looks like for you. Whether that’s making no change, reducing or stopping your use, creating safer habits or gaining insight into your relationship with substances.
Challenges with substance use is a spectrum. Maybe you’re using substances to cope with stress, anxiety or past trauma. Perhaps a part of you wants to stop and another part doesn’t or somewhere in between. Maybe it has become a daily ritual, or something you don’t feel fully in control of anymore. Or perhaps you're looking for support as someone you know is struggling with addiction.
My approach is rooted in harm reduction, which means you get to define what change looks like for you. Whether that’s making no change, reducing or stopping your use, creating safer habits or gaining insight into your relationship with substances.
If you want tools that go beyond talk therapy, I offer in-person and virtual therapy for families, individuals and couples. I offer practical tools for anxiety, burnout, grief, and relationship repair. Together we’ll slow down your nervous system(s), explore emotional patterns, and build real-life clarity.
I support sensitive, high‑functioning people who feel stuck in patterns of burnout, caretaking, or quiet anxiety — using both talk therapy and nervous-system tools.
You don’t need to have everything figured out. You need to be ready to start. I’ll meet you there.
If you want tools that go beyond talk therapy, I offer in-person and virtual therapy for families, individuals and couples. I offer practical tools for anxiety, burnout, grief, and relationship repair. Together we’ll slow down your nervous system(s), explore emotional patterns, and build real-life clarity.
I support sensitive, high‑functioning people who feel stuck in patterns of burnout, caretaking, or quiet anxiety — using both talk therapy and nervous-system tools.
You don’t need to have everything figured out. You need to be ready to start. I’ll meet you there.
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Hi, I’m Saba Sadeghimehr, and I'm glad you’re here. When you're faced with tough situations or times, it's hard to cope. I work with you in an empathetic and judgment-free environment in order to help you navigate these situations and discover your inherent strengths. It is important to understand your own story, as well as how it plays out in your daily interactions, in order to make progress on this journey. In therapy, you are invited to be yourself, in all your true colours, with your raw and unedited thoughts and emotions.
Hi, I’m Saba Sadeghimehr, and I'm glad you’re here. When you're faced with tough situations or times, it's hard to cope. I work with you in an empathetic and judgment-free environment in order to help you navigate these situations and discover your inherent strengths. It is important to understand your own story, as well as how it plays out in your daily interactions, in order to make progress on this journey. In therapy, you are invited to be yourself, in all your true colours, with your raw and unedited thoughts and emotions.
Most of us at some point in our lives need someone to talk to and someone to listen to us, someone that can provide us with a safe place to just be; a sanctuary that allows us to be with our feelings, to get in touch with our needs and our hearts. Whether it is relationship difficulties, job loss, illness, death of a loved one, addiction or mental health concerns that have brought you to my website; all these life transitions can tax our ability to cope in healthy ways leaving us stressed, sleepless and overwhelmed while the rest of our lives seemingly unravel.
Most of us at some point in our lives need someone to talk to and someone to listen to us, someone that can provide us with a safe place to just be; a sanctuary that allows us to be with our feelings, to get in touch with our needs and our hearts. Whether it is relationship difficulties, job loss, illness, death of a loved one, addiction or mental health concerns that have brought you to my website; all these life transitions can tax our ability to cope in healthy ways leaving us stressed, sleepless and overwhelmed while the rest of our lives seemingly unravel.
Today, we live in a fast-paced, stressful world. The hardships of balancing our work, education and personal time becomes increasingly hard to achieve. Our responsibilities continue to grow and the world around us is becoming so demanding. Sometimes, to cope we use resources which may, in fact, be harmful to ourselves. Addictions are often felt as shameful and concealed from others. We are all vulnerable to making decisions that are not always in our best interest. I am not here to judge you, but rather provide useful tools which will help provide opportunities for making healthier choices.
Today, we live in a fast-paced, stressful world. The hardships of balancing our work, education and personal time becomes increasingly hard to achieve. Our responsibilities continue to grow and the world around us is becoming so demanding. Sometimes, to cope we use resources which may, in fact, be harmful to ourselves. Addictions are often felt as shameful and concealed from others. We are all vulnerable to making decisions that are not always in our best interest. I am not here to judge you, but rather provide useful tools which will help provide opportunities for making healthier choices.
I have been a Psychotherapist for over 25 years and am passionate about helping people overcome challenges that prevent them from leading a satisfying and fulfilled life. I have a Master's degree in Mental Health Counseling and am an Assistant Professor (Status Only) at the University of Toronto (Department of Family and Community Medicine). I have experience working with people with alcohol or substance use issues, tobacco cessation, anxiety, depression, perfectionism, self-confidence/self-esteem, stress management and problem-solving.
I have been a Psychotherapist for over 25 years and am passionate about helping people overcome challenges that prevent them from leading a satisfying and fulfilled life. I have a Master's degree in Mental Health Counseling and am an Assistant Professor (Status Only) at the University of Toronto (Department of Family and Community Medicine). I have experience working with people with alcohol or substance use issues, tobacco cessation, anxiety, depression, perfectionism, self-confidence/self-esteem, stress management and problem-solving.
I am a Registered Psychotherapist who specializes in helping people cope with depression, panic, OCD, social anxiety, chronic worry, irritable bowel syndrome, perfectionism, insomnia, anger, and other life stressors. My primary orientation is cognitive behaviour therapy. I trained at McGill University, University of Calgary, and received CBT-specific training in mood and anxiety disorders at the McGill University Health Centre, and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto. My treatments are focused on helping clients through the learning of life-long skills. I am open to inquiries about the process without obligation.
I am a Registered Psychotherapist who specializes in helping people cope with depression, panic, OCD, social anxiety, chronic worry, irritable bowel syndrome, perfectionism, insomnia, anger, and other life stressors. My primary orientation is cognitive behaviour therapy. I trained at McGill University, University of Calgary, and received CBT-specific training in mood and anxiety disorders at the McGill University Health Centre, and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto. My treatments are focused on helping clients through the learning of life-long skills. I am open to inquiries about the process without obligation.
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 am a Forensic Counsellor who specializes in court-ordered counselling and the preparation of Pre-Sentence Reports for defense council.
Counselling topics include Anger Management, Partner Assault Response Program (PARS), Caring Dads Program, Boundaries Program, Anti-Criminal Thinking Program, and Substance Misuse Counselling. My work is recognized in courts through-out Ontario. I have been practicing for over 20 years.
I am a Forensic Counsellor who specializes in court-ordered counselling and the preparation of Pre-Sentence Reports for defense council.
Counselling topics include Anger Management, Partner Assault Response Program (PARS), Caring Dads Program, Boundaries Program, Anti-Criminal Thinking Program, and Substance Misuse Counselling. My work is recognized in courts through-out Ontario. I have been practicing for over 20 years.
I am seeking clients that are doing their utmost to do the next right thing. People may stumble, that does not mean that they are down for the count. If you are a person that is wanting to learn resilience, perseverance, and strength in themselves you are for me. I see value in what many would not, I come at every battle with the expectation that my clients will win the fight they are in, whatever that is for you. Whether it be a chronic illness, grieving any loss in your life. The secret to a fulfilling life is that we are only as sick as our secrets. If you're a person in need of an ear to assist in growth, I am here for you.
I am seeking clients that are doing their utmost to do the next right thing. People may stumble, that does not mean that they are down for the count. If you are a person that is wanting to learn resilience, perseverance, and strength in themselves you are for me. I see value in what many would not, I come at every battle with the expectation that my clients will win the fight they are in, whatever that is for you. Whether it be a chronic illness, grieving any loss in your life. The secret to a fulfilling life is that we are only as sick as our secrets. If you're a person in need of an ear to assist in growth, I am here for you.
Everyone embarks on unique journeys involving various overwhelming challenges including emotional and mental health issues, substance abuse and relationship issues. My colleagues and I fully understand that when two or more people cope with similar circumstances, no two minds function alike. Therefore, my services instill clients with how to love themselves through comprehensive, mental, emotional and spiritual enrichment regardless of their age, social or ethnic background, or physical capacities. Overall, the greatest satisfaction comes from seeing clients reach self-actualization by gaining strength, confidence and empowerment to confront their own inner conflicts "for we all smile in the same language".
Everyone embarks on unique journeys involving various overwhelming challenges including emotional and mental health issues, substance abuse and relationship issues. My colleagues and I fully understand that when two or more people cope with similar circumstances, no two minds function alike. Therefore, my services instill clients with how to love themselves through comprehensive, mental, emotional and spiritual enrichment regardless of their age, social or ethnic background, or physical capacities. Overall, the greatest satisfaction comes from seeing clients reach self-actualization by gaining strength, confidence and empowerment to confront their own inner conflicts "for we all smile in the same language".
Addictions Canada (Jamie Smith)
Drug & Alcohol Counsellor, BA Hon, HN Dip, PG cert, ACC
1 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M4K
I am an addictions counsellor with lived experience. This means I have struggled with my own addiction issues. I like to work with my clients on the same level. You will be treated with compassion and understanding, without judgement or stigma.
Many people come with mental health issues that accompany addiction. I use various evidence based therapy styles to help my clients deal with: Addiction, Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, Trauma and Childhood Trauma, as-well as anything else you bring to the table. we are here to support you.
I am an addictions counsellor with lived experience. This means I have struggled with my own addiction issues. I like to work with my clients on the same level. You will be treated with compassion and understanding, without judgement or stigma.
Many people come with mental health issues that accompany addiction. I use various evidence based therapy styles to help my clients deal with: Addiction, Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, Trauma and Childhood Trauma, as-well as anything else you bring to the table. we are here to support you.
Stephen Wells - Intervention Addiction Services
Drug & Alcohol Counsellor, MA, CCAC, CCRC, PPCC, CPGC
Toronto, ON M4V
Addiction Management is a complex and gut-wrenching process, especially at the front-end. People often find themselves stuck with the problem and are confused about how to move forward. Assisting families and loved ones in understanding the true depth, pattern and extent of the problem helps to inform decisions on appropriate options moving forward. Making informed decisions at the right time not only saves money, it establishes reasonable expectations and creates the conditions for successful outcomes for the entire family system.
Addiction Management is a complex and gut-wrenching process, especially at the front-end. People often find themselves stuck with the problem and are confused about how to move forward. Assisting families and loved ones in understanding the true depth, pattern and extent of the problem helps to inform decisions on appropriate options moving forward. Making informed decisions at the right time not only saves money, it establishes reasonable expectations and creates the conditions for successful outcomes for the entire family system.
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Alcohol Use Counsellors
Are there specific medications for alcohol use?
There are oral medications approved to treat alcohol use disorder—such as disulfiram, acamprosate, and naltrexone, which also comes in an injectable form. These medications do help people reduce their drinking as well as avoid the problem of relapse. Naltrexone helps reduce cravings, disulfiram can make a person feel sick when they drink, and acamprosate may help ease symptoms like poor sleep and anxious feelings.
How do alcohol recovery or rehabilitation programs work?
In inpatient programs, individuals live in a facility with other patients in recovery; in outpatient programs,individuals live at home. These facilities are staffed with healthcare professionals including physicians, nurses, psychologists, counselors, and psychotherapists. Staff can also include people who have recovered themselves, serving as mentors and guides. These programs may use abstinence, harm reduction, detoxification, psychotherapy, and other tools for recovery.
How do 12-step programs combined with psychotherapy work?
Members of 12-step programs help each other reach abstinence and work to maintain it. These programs promote complete change in the individual’s emotional, mental, physical, and even spiritual perspectives. Some programs require that new members attend 90 meetings in 90 days. Many people do attend these programs in conjunction with their work in psychotherapy; the combination of therapy along with 12-step can be extremely effective.
How does harm reduction combined with psychotherapy work?
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, harm reduction prevents death, injury, disease, overdose, and substance misuse. People who choose harm reduction for alcohol use reduce the amount of alcohol they intake. It is not abstinence-based like a 12-step program, but combining harm reduction with psychotherapy proves to be effective for many people.