Therapists Beginning With A in Ontario
Dayna Adriaansen
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
Ottawa, ON K1N (Online Only)
Not accepting new clients
Hello my name is Dayna and I am an Ottawa based social worker. I work with clients who are 16 years and older who are experiencing symptoms of anxiety and depression. I have a special interest in supporting women through various life transitions. Women often have unrealistic expectations placed on them by society. This can lead to "not feeling good enough", increased stress and burnout. Change can be a difficult aspect of life to navigate. Grief, a career shift or managing relationships can be taxing on our mental wellbeing. I am here to support you and help you find balance in your life.
Hello my name is Dayna and I am an Ottawa based social worker. I work with clients who are 16 years and older who are experiencing symptoms of anxiety and depression. I have a special interest in supporting women through various life transitions. Women often have unrealistic expectations placed on them by society. This can lead to "not feeling good enough", increased stress and burnout. Change can be a difficult aspect of life to navigate. Grief, a career shift or managing relationships can be taxing on our mental wellbeing. I am here to support you and help you find balance in your life.
I help individuals who are seeking to address the root of their suffering by breaking the cycles of trauma and emotional repression. I offer an embodied approach to shadow work and supporting the awakening process. This often begins by learning how to get out of our heads and into our bodies. Insights naturally arise when we begin to get beneath our limiting beliefs and assumptions and come into contact with the energetics of our direct experience. Some common areas of exploration include healing relationships, trauma, emotional reactivity, deconstructing the ego, and awakening to your true nature.
I help individuals who are seeking to address the root of their suffering by breaking the cycles of trauma and emotional repression. I offer an embodied approach to shadow work and supporting the awakening process. This often begins by learning how to get out of our heads and into our bodies. Insights naturally arise when we begin to get beneath our limiting beliefs and assumptions and come into contact with the energetics of our direct experience. Some common areas of exploration include healing relationships, trauma, emotional reactivity, deconstructing the ego, and awakening to your true nature.
Hafsah Bhinder Adults Teens Pre-Teens
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), HBSc, MA (IP)
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Vaughan, ON L4K
I’m here to help you unlock the tools you already have within. Using a blended approach that is tailored to you, we’ll work together to build practical coping skills so you can handle life’s twists and turns with more ease. Whether it’s navigating difficult relationships, family dynamics, or personal roadblocks, I’ll help you break free from unhelpful thought patterns, discover what truly matters to you, and step confidently into the life you want. It’s all about finding your flow and moving forward with clarity and resilience.
I’m here to help you unlock the tools you already have within. Using a blended approach that is tailored to you, we’ll work together to build practical coping skills so you can handle life’s twists and turns with more ease. Whether it’s navigating difficult relationships, family dynamics, or personal roadblocks, I’ll help you break free from unhelpful thought patterns, discover what truly matters to you, and step confidently into the life you want. It’s all about finding your flow and moving forward with clarity and resilience.
Advanced Solutions Counselling
Registered Psychotherapist, BA, MA, CH, RP
Verified Verified
Sudbury, ON P3C
Have you or your teen ever felt yourself feeling stressed, overwhelmed, anxious, and maybe perhaps asking, "You know what, I need help but I don't even know where to start?" I'm Gilles Brideau. I'm a hypnotist, psychotherapist, and coach that lives and works in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada and I'm here to tell you that there are services available to help...that there's ways out of this cycle of pain that you or your teen might be experiencing.
Have you or your teen ever felt yourself feeling stressed, overwhelmed, anxious, and maybe perhaps asking, "You know what, I need help but I don't even know where to start?" I'm Gilles Brideau. I'm a hypnotist, psychotherapist, and coach that lives and works in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada and I'm here to tell you that there are services available to help...that there's ways out of this cycle of pain that you or your teen might be experiencing.
Advance Health Psychotherapy & Psychology
Psychologist, PhD, CPsych
Verified Verified
Toronto, ON M5R
How to find hope? How do you heal the ache you feel inside? If you are lost, engaging in therapy can help you find a way forward! You want to be at PEACE with yourself and the people around you. You want to follow your dreams, be part of something that matters, and live to your LIFE to fullest potential. However, you may be at a low point and feel afraid and alone. You may have more bad days than good days. Regardless of the type of struggle, it is possible to move to a better place.
How to find hope? How do you heal the ache you feel inside? If you are lost, engaging in therapy can help you find a way forward! You want to be at PEACE with yourself and the people around you. You want to follow your dreams, be part of something that matters, and live to your LIFE to fullest potential. However, you may be at a low point and feel afraid and alone. You may have more bad days than good days. Regardless of the type of struggle, it is possible to move to a better place.
Jessica Aelick
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), BA, MDiv
Verified Verified
Alliston, ON L9R (Online Only)
As a certified grief specialist, I walk with clients through grief in its many different forms. Grief can arise from various experiences, including the loss of a loved one, the end of a relationship, career changes, health challenges, or significant life transitions. It can also stem from ambiguous losses, such as the loss of a dream, unmet expectations, or the impact of collective trauma. Understanding the different types of grief allows us to address and process these emotions more effectively.
As a certified grief specialist, I walk with clients through grief in its many different forms. Grief can arise from various experiences, including the loss of a loved one, the end of a relationship, career changes, health challenges, or significant life transitions. It can also stem from ambiguous losses, such as the loss of a dream, unmet expectations, or the impact of collective trauma. Understanding the different types of grief allows us to address and process these emotions more effectively.
Aisley Aerandir
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, CCTP-II
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Ottawa, ON K2A
Waitlist for new clients
Hi there! Choosing a therapist can be so difficult and it’s important to find someone who you feel seen and heard by. We may be a good fit if you are queer, neurodiverse, have a complicated relationship with family, or feel like you don’t quite fit in anywhere. I hope to support my clients with finding meaning, fulfillment, and purpose in their lives whether that be healing past wounds, making sense of ones’ identity, or navigating life transitions. You also don’t need to know exactly what you’re looking for or need, that can be a valuable part of the process too.
Hi there! Choosing a therapist can be so difficult and it’s important to find someone who you feel seen and heard by. We may be a good fit if you are queer, neurodiverse, have a complicated relationship with family, or feel like you don’t quite fit in anywhere. I hope to support my clients with finding meaning, fulfillment, and purpose in their lives whether that be healing past wounds, making sense of ones’ identity, or navigating life transitions. You also don’t need to know exactly what you’re looking for or need, that can be a valuable part of the process too.
Hi, my name is Ali. Perhaps you're in a season of your life where things aren't going the way you expected them to, you're feeling overwhelmed with symptoms that are keeping you stuck or because you simply feel unsure about how to move forward. I want to assure you that you don't have to walk this alone and you absolutely deserve high-quality support that is going to help you find your way during this time. As a therapist, I am passionate about working with individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, life transitions, relationship issues, and behavior change.
Hi, my name is Ali. Perhaps you're in a season of your life where things aren't going the way you expected them to, you're feeling overwhelmed with symptoms that are keeping you stuck or because you simply feel unsure about how to move forward. I want to assure you that you don't have to walk this alone and you absolutely deserve high-quality support that is going to help you find your way during this time. As a therapist, I am passionate about working with individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, life transitions, relationship issues, and behavior change.
Let's be real- life can get tough. You may be faced with challenges such as experiencing trauma or loss, navigating complex relationship or family dynamics, encountering discrimination at school or work, or overcoming financial stressors. These difficulties can be further amplified as a person of colour and being raised in an immigrant household. Naturally, hardships can evoke feelings of hopelessness, numbness, or anxiety. You may find yourself feeling stuck and unable to move forward. Or you may be relying on coping mechanisms that, while once helpful, no longer serve you, and struggling to break free from these habits.
Let's be real- life can get tough. You may be faced with challenges such as experiencing trauma or loss, navigating complex relationship or family dynamics, encountering discrimination at school or work, or overcoming financial stressors. These difficulties can be further amplified as a person of colour and being raised in an immigrant household. Naturally, hardships can evoke feelings of hopelessness, numbness, or anxiety. You may find yourself feeling stuck and unable to move forward. Or you may be relying on coping mechanisms that, while once helpful, no longer serve you, and struggling to break free from these habits.
Affective Harmony - Psychoanalysis
Registered Social Worker, MA, RSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5A (Online Only)
Emphatic listening to help you delve deeply into your thoughts, feelings, and emotions. Overcome emotional suffering through self exploration and towards inner harmony. The experience of inner disruption or disturbance, emptiness or disquietude, is familiar to almost all individuals seeking psychotherapy. Yet, the search for meaning and transcendence in such suffering allows the patient to attain a harmonious, wholesome existence. The psychoanalytical approach will allow you to discover the origins and meaning of suffering in order to build, re-establish, and reinforce the balance of being-in-the-world.
Emphatic listening to help you delve deeply into your thoughts, feelings, and emotions. Overcome emotional suffering through self exploration and towards inner harmony. The experience of inner disruption or disturbance, emptiness or disquietude, is familiar to almost all individuals seeking psychotherapy. Yet, the search for meaning and transcendence in such suffering allows the patient to attain a harmonious, wholesome existence. The psychoanalytical approach will allow you to discover the origins and meaning of suffering in order to build, re-establish, and reinforce the balance of being-in-the-world.
Affordable online counselling / Yalda Sharif
Counsellor, MA
Verified Verified
Richmond Hill, ON L4B (Online Only)
Life is blended with different stages and we are made to challenge life in different ways. Never give up! I have been accompanying my clients through their life transformations. Therapeutic sessions are such mutual teamwork. I hope to be the one who creates a miracle in your life. Every range of individuals from 12 are offered mental health services at Universal Counseling. I will help you even if you are in financial difficulties, just come before its too late! (Most insurances are covered by us). Book your first session at: https://www.universalcounseling.org/
Life is blended with different stages and we are made to challenge life in different ways. Never give up! I have been accompanying my clients through their life transformations. Therapeutic sessions are such mutual teamwork. I hope to be the one who creates a miracle in your life. Every range of individuals from 12 are offered mental health services at Universal Counseling. I will help you even if you are in financial difficulties, just come before its too late! (Most insurances are covered by us). Book your first session at: https://www.universalcounseling.org/
Affordable Therapy Ontario
Registered Psychotherapist, RP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Mississauga, ON L4Z
Money should never be the reason you DON'T go to therapy. We never want money to be a barrier to accessing therapy. This is why Affordable Therapy Ontario (ATO) exists: to make therapy accessible for all! Created by Building Bridges Psychotherapy, we are a diverse team of licensed therapists providing high quality therapy to those who need it. We offer in-person services in Mississauga and Vaughan, with more locations to come. We also offer therapy over video and phone. We work with individuals, couples, and families. For a full list of all the issues and concerns we work with, check out our sister website: bbtherapy.ca/services.
Money should never be the reason you DON'T go to therapy. We never want money to be a barrier to accessing therapy. This is why Affordable Therapy Ontario (ATO) exists: to make therapy accessible for all! Created by Building Bridges Psychotherapy, we are a diverse team of licensed therapists providing high quality therapy to those who need it. We offer in-person services in Mississauga and Vaughan, with more locations to come. We also offer therapy over video and phone. We work with individuals, couples, and families. For a full list of all the issues and concerns we work with, check out our sister website: bbtherapy.ca/services.
Feeling overwhelmed? You're not alone. Life can be tough, but healing and growth are possible. As your therapist, I'm here to walk alongside you on your journey towards greater peace and fulfillment. I specialize in helping individuals and couples navigate emotional challenges, stress, anxiety, and trauma. Whether you're struggling with past hurts, managing overwhelming emotions, or navigating relationship difficulties, I can provide a supportive space for you to heal and grow.
Feeling overwhelmed? You're not alone. Life can be tough, but healing and growth are possible. As your therapist, I'm here to walk alongside you on your journey towards greater peace and fulfillment. I specialize in helping individuals and couples navigate emotional challenges, stress, anxiety, and trauma. Whether you're struggling with past hurts, managing overwhelming emotions, or navigating relationship difficulties, I can provide a supportive space for you to heal and grow.
I support people navigating challenges to have a more fulfilled life experience. Our conversations can accompany you through life transitions, anxiety, depression and grief, or when seeking to improve your general outlook and develop healthier, more functional personal habits.
I support people navigating challenges to have a more fulfilled life experience. Our conversations can accompany you through life transitions, anxiety, depression and grief, or when seeking to improve your general outlook and develop healthier, more functional personal habits.
Anna Afshar
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MA, EMDR, IFS, CCTP-II
Verified Verified
10 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5V (Online Only)
You're super self-aware, but despite your deep understanding of yourself and dedication to self-improvement, you're still stuck in the same repetitive patterns. You've always been a step ahead in understanding yourself, but you're caught in the same limiting thoughts and behaviours. This constant cycle often feels like a consequence of unprocessed past experiences that subtly dictate your life. Does this sound like you? You're not alone in this journey. Many self-aware individuals share your struggle, searching for the missing link that can unlock their path forward. Imagine no longer being bound by your past experiences.
You're super self-aware, but despite your deep understanding of yourself and dedication to self-improvement, you're still stuck in the same repetitive patterns. You've always been a step ahead in understanding yourself, but you're caught in the same limiting thoughts and behaviours. This constant cycle often feels like a consequence of unprocessed past experiences that subtly dictate your life. Does this sound like you? You're not alone in this journey. Many self-aware individuals share your struggle, searching for the missing link that can unlock their path forward. Imagine no longer being bound by your past experiences.
Aisha Afzal
Registered Social Worker, RSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Oakville, ON L6H (Online Only)
Perhaps you may be experiencing a sense of fear or anxiety that is holding you back. You may be feeling exhausted or stuck, unsure about how to move forward. As your therapist, I would be honoured to walk alongside you. I believe each one of us experiences times in our lives when we need extra support. I am dedicated to creating a non-judgmental space in which you are no longer alone with it all. Together, we will gently expand the edge of your comfort zone, build psychological flexibility, and learn to balance acceptance with change.
Perhaps you may be experiencing a sense of fear or anxiety that is holding you back. You may be feeling exhausted or stuck, unsure about how to move forward. As your therapist, I would be honoured to walk alongside you. I believe each one of us experiences times in our lives when we need extra support. I am dedicated to creating a non-judgmental space in which you are no longer alone with it all. Together, we will gently expand the edge of your comfort zone, build psychological flexibility, and learn to balance acceptance with change.
Dr. Arela Agako
Psychologist, PhD, CPsych
Verified Verified
Etobicoke, ON M9R (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I provide a compassionate and inclusive environment for my clients. I have a special interest in working with individuals and couples who struggle with high conflict, Borderline Personality Disorder symptoms, emotion dysregulation, PTSD, trauma-related issues and intergenerational trauma. I also work with people who have other concerns such as anxiety, depression, mood-related disorders, insomnia, psychosis, obsessive-compulsive disorder, stress, burn-out, self-esteem, body image, perinatal concerns, hormonal sensitivities, as well as interpersonal and relationship difficulties.
I provide a compassionate and inclusive environment for my clients. I have a special interest in working with individuals and couples who struggle with high conflict, Borderline Personality Disorder symptoms, emotion dysregulation, PTSD, trauma-related issues and intergenerational trauma. I also work with people who have other concerns such as anxiety, depression, mood-related disorders, insomnia, psychosis, obsessive-compulsive disorder, stress, burn-out, self-esteem, body image, perinatal concerns, hormonal sensitivities, as well as interpersonal and relationship difficulties.
I am a psychologist registered with the College of Psychologists of Ontario. I am accepting new therapy and assessment clients. I work with adults with a range of challenges (e.g., depression, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, trauma/PTSD, obsession-compulsions, and executive dysfunction) impacting their relationships, academics, work, and general life functioning. Primarily from a CBT perspective, and drawing upon other approaches (MBCT, DBT, ACT, etc.) as needed, I aim to provide you with support, help you build skills to make meaningful changes in your life, and help you build skills to maintain your wellbeing over time.
I am a psychologist registered with the College of Psychologists of Ontario. I am accepting new therapy and assessment clients. I work with adults with a range of challenges (e.g., depression, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, trauma/PTSD, obsession-compulsions, and executive dysfunction) impacting their relationships, academics, work, and general life functioning. Primarily from a CBT perspective, and drawing upon other approaches (MBCT, DBT, ACT, etc.) as needed, I aim to provide you with support, help you build skills to make meaningful changes in your life, and help you build skills to maintain your wellbeing over time.
Sunshine Agbalugo I Bpd I Dbt I Emdr
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MACP, BN, RN
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Vaughan, ON L4K
Are you living life on a roller coaster with no breaks? I hear you... I work with clients who have a history of childhood trauma, borderline personality disorder (BPD), and relationship/attachment struggles. Envision a life with fewer intense mood swings from 0 to 100, or your life not being dictated by your past childhood traumatic experiences. If living in survival mode is taking a toll on you, then I’m here to help. Growing up feeling invisible, unworthy of live, or invalidated can leave deep emotional scars. Together, we can work toward transforming your life, so you can rediscover what is means to feel truly alive again.
Are you living life on a roller coaster with no breaks? I hear you... I work with clients who have a history of childhood trauma, borderline personality disorder (BPD), and relationship/attachment struggles. Envision a life with fewer intense mood swings from 0 to 100, or your life not being dictated by your past childhood traumatic experiences. If living in survival mode is taking a toll on you, then I’m here to help. Growing up feeling invisible, unworthy of live, or invalidated can leave deep emotional scars. Together, we can work toward transforming your life, so you can rediscover what is means to feel truly alive again.
I am a registered psychotherapist with the College of Psychotherapists of Ontario and a Canadian Certified Counsellor. Also, I have an MPH and Ph.D. in Public Health with more than 15 years of public health academic and research experience to help my clients overcome their anxiety and mood concerns, relationship and attachment issues, trauma, cognitive, behavioural and life difficulties. My top priority is to be culturally competent, help you attain self-growth, live your authentic life again, and enjoy optimum performance and results.
I am a registered psychotherapist with the College of Psychotherapists of Ontario and a Canadian Certified Counsellor. Also, I have an MPH and Ph.D. in Public Health with more than 15 years of public health academic and research experience to help my clients overcome their anxiety and mood concerns, relationship and attachment issues, trauma, cognitive, behavioural and life difficulties. My top priority is to be culturally competent, help you attain self-growth, live your authentic life again, and enjoy optimum performance and results.