Depression Therapists in Montréal, QC
Over the years as a helping professional I realized that people care less about clever language and elaborate techniques and more about receiving sincere love and compassion, living hope and courage, honest feedback, and new perspectives. What proved to help is having the mutual trust to explore and work on intimate, sometimes painful topics, step-by-step. Together, we invite your strengths and natural wisdom to take the steering wheel of your life, letting go of the grasp of your fears and limiting self-beliefs. Together, we also help you chose and create new habits towards a better ways of being.
Over the years as a helping professional I realized that people care less about clever language and elaborate techniques and more about receiving sincere love and compassion, living hope and courage, honest feedback, and new perspectives. What proved to help is having the mutual trust to explore and work on intimate, sometimes painful topics, step-by-step. Together, we invite your strengths and natural wisdom to take the steering wheel of your life, letting go of the grasp of your fears and limiting self-beliefs. Together, we also help you chose and create new habits towards a better ways of being.
I work with individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, interpersonal difficulties and emotional dysregulation. My approach is authentic, compassionate, and collaborative. Together, we better your understanding of your emotions and behaviours while working towards values-driven goals within a barrier-sensitive context.
I work with individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, interpersonal difficulties and emotional dysregulation. My approach is authentic, compassionate, and collaborative. Together, we better your understanding of your emotions and behaviours while working towards values-driven goals within a barrier-sensitive context.
My specialty areas include treatments for anxiety, depression, interpersonal, sexual and couple difficulties and issues related to self-esteem and wellness.
I view the therapy process as a collaborative interaction between therapist and client which fosters self-awareness for each individual and opportunities for personal growth and development. Research has shown that a good working alliance between therapist and client is an essential component of successful therapy.
My specialty areas include treatments for anxiety, depression, interpersonal, sexual and couple difficulties and issues related to self-esteem and wellness.
I view the therapy process as a collaborative interaction between therapist and client which fosters self-awareness for each individual and opportunities for personal growth and development. Research has shown that a good working alliance between therapist and client is an essential component of successful therapy.
I have been working with children, adolescents, adults and athletes for over forty years as a Clinical Psychologist in the Montreal area and extensive experience helping individuals with issues such as anxiety, depression, personal and family difficulties, and performance-related issues in athletes.
Regardless of what the issues are , the chances of success are directly related to how the individual feels while in therapy. I stress the creation of a warm, nurturing environment in which to work. I firlmy believe that self-esteem and confidence-building are essential elements of the change process.
I have been working with children, adolescents, adults and athletes for over forty years as a Clinical Psychologist in the Montreal area and extensive experience helping individuals with issues such as anxiety, depression, personal and family difficulties, and performance-related issues in athletes.
Regardless of what the issues are , the chances of success are directly related to how the individual feels while in therapy. I stress the creation of a warm, nurturing environment in which to work. I firlmy believe that self-esteem and confidence-building are essential elements of the change process.
Offering individual and group art therapy sessions for children and adults of all ages at our clinic (accesart.ca), I combine a person-centred orientation with extensive clinical skills in accompanying my clients when dealing with traumatic events, depression, anxiety, dysfunctional patterns, life transitions, work-related stress, and relationship difficulties.
Trusting that every individual has the skills and knowledge for the unique journey toward self-discovery and self-healing, I provide culturally sensitive interventions, suited for each client’s challenges and with respect for their traditions.
Offering individual and group art therapy sessions for children and adults of all ages at our clinic (accesart.ca), I combine a person-centred orientation with extensive clinical skills in accompanying my clients when dealing with traumatic events, depression, anxiety, dysfunctional patterns, life transitions, work-related stress, and relationship difficulties.
Trusting that every individual has the skills and knowledge for the unique journey toward self-discovery and self-healing, I provide culturally sensitive interventions, suited for each client’s challenges and with respect for their traditions.
With specialization in supporting adults and adolescents struggling with low self-esteem, anxiety, and depression, my practice is geared toward providing a safe, compassionate atmosphere in which you'll feel empowered to explore and get to the core of the patterns holding you back.
Would you like to feel motivated by life? Cultivate genuine, loving relationships? Feel good about yourself, regardless of what life throws your way? Well you’re certainly not alone! Connection, self-esteem, and self-actualization have all been identified as human needs—essential to our mental health and well-being. Unfortunately, certain emotional, behavioural, or relational patterns can act as barriers to these needs, quelling our personal growth, and leaving us confined to oppressive cycles of anxiety and distress. Relate to any or all of the above? I think we all can—and perhaps I can help.
With specialization in supporting adults and adolescents struggling with low self-esteem, anxiety, and depression, my practice is geared toward providing a safe, compassionate atmosphere in which you'll feel empowered to explore and get to the core of the patterns holding you back.
Would you like to feel motivated by life? Cultivate genuine, loving relationships? Feel good about yourself, regardless of what life throws your way? Well you’re certainly not alone! Connection, self-esteem, and self-actualization have all been identified as human needs—essential to our mental health and well-being. Unfortunately, certain emotional, behavioural, or relational patterns can act as barriers to these needs, quelling our personal growth, and leaving us confined to oppressive cycles of anxiety and distress. Relate to any or all of the above? I think we all can—and perhaps I can help.
Do you want to take back control of your life? Over 25 years of experience in the field of mental health. Together we can work at understanding and dealing with emotions, thoughts, and behaviours that affect your life and relationships. Setting priorities, goals, limits, and managing change are important factors for healthy and balanced living. Listening to core issues that have impacted your life is part of the process, but in addition we can collaboratively explore practical strategies and tools to help you cope. Therapy should also focus on your strengths, helping you achieve personal growth and greater life satisfaction.
Do you want to take back control of your life? Over 25 years of experience in the field of mental health. Together we can work at understanding and dealing with emotions, thoughts, and behaviours that affect your life and relationships. Setting priorities, goals, limits, and managing change are important factors for healthy and balanced living. Listening to core issues that have impacted your life is part of the process, but in addition we can collaboratively explore practical strategies and tools to help you cope. Therapy should also focus on your strengths, helping you achieve personal growth and greater life satisfaction.
The Centre for Psychodynamic Insights is a virtual psychotherapy clinic based in Toronto, Ontario, specializing in Psychodynamic psychotherapy. This approach focuses on revealing, understanding, and resolving underlying emotions and root causes of symptoms through evidence-based interventions and a comprehensive treatment plan. With an in-depth collaborative discussion and analysis of unconscious thoughts and emotions from childhood until the present day, we can explore how they inform us today to help relieve symptoms and develop targeted strategies to foster change.
The Centre for Psychodynamic Insights is a virtual psychotherapy clinic based in Toronto, Ontario, specializing in Psychodynamic psychotherapy. This approach focuses on revealing, understanding, and resolving underlying emotions and root causes of symptoms through evidence-based interventions and a comprehensive treatment plan. With an in-depth collaborative discussion and analysis of unconscious thoughts and emotions from childhood until the present day, we can explore how they inform us today to help relieve symptoms and develop targeted strategies to foster change.
I have successfully helped many people who struggled with anxiety, depression, burnout, low self-esteem, and life transitions.
I use an integrative approach that blends CBT and humanistic theories to help you better understand your issues and guide you to improve your well-being. I adapt my approach to each person's needs and goals.
I have successfully helped many people who struggled with anxiety, depression, burnout, low self-esteem, and life transitions.
I use an integrative approach that blends CBT and humanistic theories to help you better understand your issues and guide you to improve your well-being. I adapt my approach to each person's needs and goals.
I support people who struggle with interpersonal relationships, anxiety, depression and trauma.
In addition to verbal psychotherapy, I am trained as an art therapist. Personal imagery can be an effective means to gain self-knowledge and bring to light inner resources. Creating art can help navigate feelings or situations that are difficult to put into words. No previous art making experience is necessary.
I support people who struggle with interpersonal relationships, anxiety, depression and trauma.
In addition to verbal psychotherapy, I am trained as an art therapist. Personal imagery can be an effective means to gain self-knowledge and bring to light inner resources. Creating art can help navigate feelings or situations that are difficult to put into words. No previous art making experience is necessary.
I specialize in working with clients (18+) who are struggling with anxiety, depression, OCD, relationship issues, and low self-esteem.
I am a co-founder of the Montreal CBT clinic that has a central location in Montreal. At the clinic, there is also a qualified psychologist who offers couple therapy.
I specialize in working with clients (18+) who are struggling with anxiety, depression, OCD, relationship issues, and low self-esteem.
I am a co-founder of the Montreal CBT clinic that has a central location in Montreal. At the clinic, there is also a qualified psychologist who offers couple therapy.
I treat: panic attacks, fear of flying, depression, OCD, phobias, self-esteem, GAD, procrastination, assertiveness, generalized anxiety, relationship isssues, sexual abuse and incest, insomnia, infertility, and life stress.
CBT is the state of the art therapy. It's short-term and goal oriented. I will teach you, through psychoeducation, how to feel empowered and how to worry less and feel better. CBT helps you modify your thoughts and behaviors (actions and inactions) to change your feelings.
I treat: panic attacks, fear of flying, depression, OCD, phobias, self-esteem, GAD, procrastination, assertiveness, generalized anxiety, relationship isssues, sexual abuse and incest, insomnia, infertility, and life stress.
CBT is the state of the art therapy. It's short-term and goal oriented. I will teach you, through psychoeducation, how to feel empowered and how to worry less and feel better. CBT helps you modify your thoughts and behaviors (actions and inactions) to change your feelings.
Over four decades, I have perfected a highly-effective and evidence-based approach.
Initially, the capacity for confidence, resilience, comfort, and security, can be meaningfully enhanced through mindfulness, self-compassion, or deep relaxation tools.
The heart of the work can be a comprehensive Life Review — a fascinating and deeply reflective exploration of one’s life experiences and relationships, including with oneself. This can help identify and tangibly target patterns or emotional “stuck points” using engaging and enjoyable methods such as CBT, EMDR, Hypnotherapy, Schema Work, Solution-Focused, IFS, and Socratic Dialogue.
Over four decades, I have perfected a highly-effective and evidence-based approach.
Initially, the capacity for confidence, resilience, comfort, and security, can be meaningfully enhanced through mindfulness, self-compassion, or deep relaxation tools.
The heart of the work can be a comprehensive Life Review — a fascinating and deeply reflective exploration of one’s life experiences and relationships, including with oneself. This can help identify and tangibly target patterns or emotional “stuck points” using engaging and enjoyable methods such as CBT, EMDR, Hypnotherapy, Schema Work, Solution-Focused, IFS, and Socratic Dialogue.
I am a licensed psychologist with expertise in helping individuals address various mental health challenges including eating disorders, anxiety and depression.
My primary interest lies in helping my clients explore their emotions and relational patterns to promote healthy relationships with others and with themselves. Through a process-oriented approach, I pull from different modalities to help cater treatment to your specific needs.
I am a licensed psychologist with expertise in helping individuals address various mental health challenges including eating disorders, anxiety and depression.
My primary interest lies in helping my clients explore their emotions and relational patterns to promote healthy relationships with others and with themselves. Through a process-oriented approach, I pull from different modalities to help cater treatment to your specific needs.
We highlight healthy coping strategies, facilitate change and develop tools to overcome anxiety, depression, interpersonal difficulties, career or life transitions, or to heal vulnerable parts.
Following the client's therapeutic goals, I use an integrative approach guided by evidence-based theories. My approach is inspired by Internal Family Systems (IFS) techniques, humanistic and attachment views, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), emotion-focused, and trauma-informed interventions. My approach is adaptable to each client's needs.
We highlight healthy coping strategies, facilitate change and develop tools to overcome anxiety, depression, interpersonal difficulties, career or life transitions, or to heal vulnerable parts.
Following the client's therapeutic goals, I use an integrative approach guided by evidence-based theories. My approach is inspired by Internal Family Systems (IFS) techniques, humanistic and attachment views, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), emotion-focused, and trauma-informed interventions. My approach is adaptable to each client's needs.
Among the concerns commonly presented are low self-esteem, stress, relationship or family issues, identity issues, burn-out from work, difficult life transitions, in addition to over-riding feelings of anxiety and depression.
I use an eclectic approach including cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness, and solution/action-focused tools to facilitate a healthy lifestyle. I also believe in cultural-sensitivity and providing an open and supportive atmosphere in which individuals feel free to express themselves and communicate problems.
Among the concerns commonly presented are low self-esteem, stress, relationship or family issues, identity issues, burn-out from work, difficult life transitions, in addition to over-riding feelings of anxiety and depression.
I use an eclectic approach including cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness, and solution/action-focused tools to facilitate a healthy lifestyle. I also believe in cultural-sensitivity and providing an open and supportive atmosphere in which individuals feel free to express themselves and communicate problems.
You may be afraid that there is no way out of the dark hole of anxiety, depression, OCD, trauma, or grief.
I'm a psychologist, but also regular person just like you! I understand struggle first-hand, but I also have the expertise to help you feel better. Let's work together to get you some relief. I will collaborate with you to develop a personalized treatment plan to meet your goals. You will leave sessions with tools and strategies that you can use right away.
You may be afraid that there is no way out of the dark hole of anxiety, depression, OCD, trauma, or grief.
I'm a psychologist, but also regular person just like you! I understand struggle first-hand, but I also have the expertise to help you feel better. Let's work together to get you some relief. I will collaborate with you to develop a personalized treatment plan to meet your goals. You will leave sessions with tools and strategies that you can use right away.
I believe that warmth, positive regard, and acceptance are important to find the insights and tools for an important change in our lives. It is important for me to build a therapeutic relationship with genuineness and work together to enhance self-awareness and self-compassion. I prioritize allowing each person the agency to adapt techniques to their individual experiences or needs. I have a strong interest in individuals and the impact of society, culture on the development of personality. My passion for mental health, advocacy, and counselling has guided my practice and work through trauma to find strength and resilience.
I believe that warmth, positive regard, and acceptance are important to find the insights and tools for an important change in our lives. It is important for me to build a therapeutic relationship with genuineness and work together to enhance self-awareness and self-compassion. I prioritize allowing each person the agency to adapt techniques to their individual experiences or needs. I have a strong interest in individuals and the impact of society, culture on the development of personality. My passion for mental health, advocacy, and counselling has guided my practice and work through trauma to find strength and resilience.
I provide generalist psychotherapy for concerns such as anxiety, depression, relationships, and self-esteem, and I also offer sex therapy focused on sexual agency, intimacy, desire, and identity.
My goal is to provide a safe, non-judgmental space where you can explore and overcome the barriers that keep you from fully enjoying life. Together, we’ll work on these challenges using a therapeutic approach that blends psychodynamic and systemic perspectives.
I provide generalist psychotherapy for concerns such as anxiety, depression, relationships, and self-esteem, and I also offer sex therapy focused on sexual agency, intimacy, desire, and identity.
My goal is to provide a safe, non-judgmental space where you can explore and overcome the barriers that keep you from fully enjoying life. Together, we’ll work on these challenges using a therapeutic approach that blends psychodynamic and systemic perspectives.
Syeda Zaidi / Individual & Couple's Therapist
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MACP, RP(Q)
Montréal, QC H3G
If anxiety, depression, chronic stress, or relationship issues are weighing on you, you’re not alone.
You’re holding a lot. You don’t have to hold it alone anymore. If you’re here, chances are you’re tired of just surviving and ready to live with more clarity and intention. I work with individuals, couples, and families navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strain, emotional overwhelm, and that quiet inner voice that whispers, “I’m not enough.
If anxiety, depression, chronic stress, or relationship issues are weighing on you, you’re not alone.
You’re holding a lot. You don’t have to hold it alone anymore. If you’re here, chances are you’re tired of just surviving and ready to live with more clarity and intention. I work with individuals, couples, and families navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strain, emotional overwhelm, and that quiet inner voice that whispers, “I’m not enough.
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What is the goal of therapy for depression?
Therapy for depression has several major goals. One is to relieve the mental pain of depression, which distorts feeling and thinking so that sufferers cannot see beyond their current state of mind or envision feeling better. Another is to give people the mental tools to recognise and correct the kinds of distorted thinking that turn a problem into a catastrophe and lead to despair. Therapy also teaches people how to process negative emotions in constructive ways, so they have more control over their own emotional reactivity. And it helps people regain the ability to see themselves positively, the motivation to do things, and the capacity for pleasure.
What happens in therapy for depression?
Perhaps most important, no matter the type of therapy, patients form an alliance with the therapist; that connection is therapeutic in itself, plus it becomes an instrument of change. Patients learn to identify and to challenge their own erroneous beliefs and thoughts that amplify the effects of negative experiences. They learn to identify situations in which they are especially vulnerable. And they learn new patterns of thinking and behaving. They may be given “homework” assignments in which they practice their developing skills. In addition, good therapists regularly monitor patients to assess whether and how much the condition is improving.
What therapy types help with depression?
Several types of short-term therapy have been found effective, each targeting one or more areas of dysfunction. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) helps clients challenge their negative thoughts and beliefs, learn new behavioral strategies, and curb reactivity to distressing situations. Behavioural activation (BA) is a form of therapy often used in conjunction with CBT; it focuses on engagement in rewarding activity as a pathway to changing negative feelings and disturbed mood. Another widely used approach is interpersonal therapy (IPT), which targets the social difficulties that both give rise to and get exacerbated by depression. Therapists may combine approaches as needed.
Can therapy for depression be done online?
Studies have found that online therapy can be highly effective for treating depression, although it may be more challenging to build a good therapist-patient alliance on screen than in person—at least at first. However, online therapy can offer considerable advantages. Accessibility and convenience are tops among them. Some people actually find it easier to talk about problems online than in person. While online therapy typically limits visibility of facial expression and body gestures that give important nonverbal cues to a patient’s state of mind, it can give therapists a glimpse into a patient’s world and life, providing information that can be highly useful in guiding therapy.
How effective is therapy for depression?
Many studies show that therapy is highly effective provided that patients complete the prescribed course of therapy, commonly 16 to 20 sessions. Over the long term, it is more effective than medication and the effects are more enduring. As a result, psychotherapy has the power not just to relieve current suffering but to prevent future episodes of the disorder. Therapy reverses the dysfunction in neural circuitry that disposes individuals to a negative view of themselves, the world, and their future and they acquire coping techniques, problem-solving skills, and understanding of their own vulnerabilities that are useful over the course of a lifetime.