Secular and Non-Religious Therapists in Verdun, QC
Kamelia Deleva — EMDR, Trauma & Grief
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), CCC, MACP, EMDR, IADC
14 Endorsed
Serves Area
Something feels off — maybe for a long time. If you're carrying the weight of losing someone, we offer EMDR and IADC (Induced After-Death Communication) — a focused, two-session therapy for grief and loss. Underneath, there's often grief, loss, anxiety, or trauma quietly shaping your relationships, life transitions, and sense of self. This deeper grief work is delivered alongside trauma-informed care, online across Ontario and in person in Montreal (Île-des-Sœurs). This work can be truly transformational. You don't have to keep carrying this alone.
Something feels off — maybe for a long time. If you're carrying the weight of losing someone, we offer EMDR and IADC (Induced After-Death Communication) — a focused, two-session therapy for grief and loss. Underneath, there's often grief, loss, anxiety, or trauma quietly shaping your relationships, life transitions, and sense of self. This deeper grief work is delivered alongside trauma-informed care, online across Ontario and in person in Montreal (Île-des-Sœurs). This work can be truly transformational. You don't have to keep carrying this alone.
Thinking "I'm exhausted, I'm tired of feeling this way, and I don't know how to fix it" is a heavy way to live. When you are caught in a repeating loop with your partner, or quietly battling an impulse that feels impossible to live with or break free from, those thoughts can completely take over. You might be having the exact same argument over and over, desperately chasing after a distant partner, friend, or co-worker or pulling away to avoid being swallowed up. If you are carrying a physical tension in your body that leaves you disconnected from those you love, let's step out of the loop.
Thinking "I'm exhausted, I'm tired of feeling this way, and I don't know how to fix it" is a heavy way to live. When you are caught in a repeating loop with your partner, or quietly battling an impulse that feels impossible to live with or break free from, those thoughts can completely take over. You might be having the exact same argument over and over, desperately chasing after a distant partner, friend, or co-worker or pulling away to avoid being swallowed up. If you are carrying a physical tension in your body that leaves you disconnected from those you love, let's step out of the loop.
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With 15+ years' experience across the public and private sectors, I’ve had the privilege of working with a wide range of individuals and communities. I began my journey in the world of Science, driven by a desire to understand how things work. Over time, that same curiosity expanded to the most complex system of all - people. This led me to transition into Psychology and Counselling, where I could explore human behaviour more deeply and meaningfully. Throughout my career, the focus has remained the same: genuine listening to help support behavioural shifts & individual understanding while improving communication within partnerships.
With 15+ years' experience across the public and private sectors, I’ve had the privilege of working with a wide range of individuals and communities. I began my journey in the world of Science, driven by a desire to understand how things work. Over time, that same curiosity expanded to the most complex system of all - people. This led me to transition into Psychology and Counselling, where I could explore human behaviour more deeply and meaningfully. Throughout my career, the focus has remained the same: genuine listening to help support behavioural shifts & individual understanding while improving communication within partnerships.
You might feel stuck, small, or unsure who you really are. You’re exhausted by anxiety, people-pleasing, or just surviving. Something’s missing, but you’re not sure what. As a queer, neurodivergent trauma survivor, I get how hard it is to prioritize your healing. But you don’t have to stay here. Together, we can gently uncover the parts of you that got pushed aside, and begin rebuilding a life that fits.
You might feel stuck, small, or unsure who you really are. You’re exhausted by anxiety, people-pleasing, or just surviving. Something’s missing, but you’re not sure what. As a queer, neurodivergent trauma survivor, I get how hard it is to prioritize your healing. But you don’t have to stay here. Together, we can gently uncover the parts of you that got pushed aside, and begin rebuilding a life that fits.
Cait Klein • Relationships, Breakups,
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MHSc, MA
1 Endorsed
Westmount, QC H3Y
• SAME-WEEK availability + 30-min free consultation • I see you: hurting, realizing "staying busy" isn't working like it used to, and seeking change. Like dating, you won't get anywhere just by scrolling profiles :) Let's untangle it together.
• SAME-WEEK availability + 30-min free consultation • I see you: hurting, realizing "staying busy" isn't working like it used to, and seeking change. Like dating, you won't get anywhere just by scrolling profiles :) Let's untangle it together.
Accepting new clients - Are communication issues impacting the quality of your relationships? Is brain-fog, task initiation, or motivation impacting schooling or work? Is stress and anxiety clouding your day? These experiences can be frustrating, overwhelming, and lonely. Together, we can unpack, explore, and find tools to help navigate these difficulties. I work with individuals and couples facing relational challenges, anxiety, depression, stress, ADHD, neurodivergence, life transitions, parenting, and more. Whether you are looking for a safe space to explore yourself, or looking to tackle life's obstacles, this space is for you.
Accepting new clients - Are communication issues impacting the quality of your relationships? Is brain-fog, task initiation, or motivation impacting schooling or work? Is stress and anxiety clouding your day? These experiences can be frustrating, overwhelming, and lonely. Together, we can unpack, explore, and find tools to help navigate these difficulties. I work with individuals and couples facing relational challenges, anxiety, depression, stress, ADHD, neurodivergence, life transitions, parenting, and more. Whether you are looking for a safe space to explore yourself, or looking to tackle life's obstacles, this space is for you.
Many of the women I work with are thoughtful, self-aware, and the person everyone else leans on. They’re used to being the reliable one—the emotional translator, the fixer, the one holding everything together. From the outside it can look like they have it all handled.
Inside, though, they’re often exhausted. Burnout, anxiety, and frustrating relationship patterns start showing up, and they find themselves wondering why they keep repeating the same dynamics or why prioritizing their own needs feels so hard.
Many of the women I work with are thoughtful, self-aware, and the person everyone else leans on. They’re used to being the reliable one—the emotional translator, the fixer, the one holding everything together. From the outside it can look like they have it all handled.
Inside, though, they’re often exhausted. Burnout, anxiety, and frustrating relationship patterns start showing up, and they find themselves wondering why they keep repeating the same dynamics or why prioritizing their own needs feels so hard.
You don’t have to have things figured out to start. Many people come to therapy because something just doesn’t feel right — even if they can’t fully explain it. Maybe something big has happened, certain emotions keep showing up, patterns repeat themselves, or stress seems to live in your body.
Therapy can be a place to slow down and understand what’s happening, at your own pace. You don’t need the “right” words or prior experience. I work with people who feel stuck or overwhelmed and want support that goes beyond talking things through. Some challenges aren’t only about thoughts — they’re also about how your body holds experiences.
You don’t have to have things figured out to start. Many people come to therapy because something just doesn’t feel right — even if they can’t fully explain it. Maybe something big has happened, certain emotions keep showing up, patterns repeat themselves, or stress seems to live in your body.
Therapy can be a place to slow down and understand what’s happening, at your own pace. You don’t need the “right” words or prior experience. I work with people who feel stuck or overwhelmed and want support that goes beyond talking things through. Some challenges aren’t only about thoughts — they’re also about how your body holds experiences.
I work with children, teens, and young adults navigating anxiety, stress, life transitions, self-esteem/body image concerns, as well as disordered eating. I also work with clients in the 2SLGBTQ+ community, integrating lived experience into my practice to foster an affirming therapeutic space.
Moreover, I support adults and seniors navigating caregiving roles, grief & loss, cognitive changes, and transitions into long-term care.
Clients often come feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure how to move forward. I provide a safe, trauma-informed space to build insight, strengthen capacity-building skills, and support sustainable change.
I work with children, teens, and young adults navigating anxiety, stress, life transitions, self-esteem/body image concerns, as well as disordered eating. I also work with clients in the 2SLGBTQ+ community, integrating lived experience into my practice to foster an affirming therapeutic space.
Moreover, I support adults and seniors navigating caregiving roles, grief & loss, cognitive changes, and transitions into long-term care.
Clients often come feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure how to move forward. I provide a safe, trauma-informed space to build insight, strengthen capacity-building skills, and support sustainable change.
Are your relationships impacted by emotional health, lifestyle or sexuality? You may feel confused about love, intimacy or desire, struggle to communicate emotions, or long for deeper connection and authenticity. Vos relations sont-elles influencées par votre santé émotionnelle, votre mode de vie ou votre sexualité ? Vous pouvez ressentir de la confusion autour de l’amour, de l’intimité ou du désir, avoir de la difficulté à communiquer vos émotions ou souhaiter des relations plus profondes et authentiques.
Are your relationships impacted by emotional health, lifestyle or sexuality? You may feel confused about love, intimacy or desire, struggle to communicate emotions, or long for deeper connection and authenticity. Vos relations sont-elles influencées par votre santé émotionnelle, votre mode de vie ou votre sexualité ? Vous pouvez ressentir de la confusion autour de l’amour, de l’intimité ou du désir, avoir de la difficulté à communiquer vos émotions ou souhaiter des relations plus profondes et authentiques.
Helping overwhelmed parents and mothers create calmer homes and less stress.
Is family life feeling harder than it should right now?
Maybe your child is having tantrums, anxiety, bedtime struggles, or constant big emotions. Maybe you are holding everything together on the outside while feeling overwhelmed, reactive, guilty, or emotionally drained inside.
I help overwhelmed mothers and parents of babies, toddlers, and young children understand what is driving these patterns and create practical change that works in real life.
Helping overwhelmed parents and mothers create calmer homes and less stress.
Is family life feeling harder than it should right now?
Maybe your child is having tantrums, anxiety, bedtime struggles, or constant big emotions. Maybe you are holding everything together on the outside while feeling overwhelmed, reactive, guilty, or emotionally drained inside.
I help overwhelmed mothers and parents of babies, toddlers, and young children understand what is driving these patterns and create practical change that works in real life.
I offer therapy for individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, burnout, self-esteem difficulties, relationship challenges, life transitions, and academic or career-related stress. My goal is to help clients develop practical tools and deeper self-understanding so they can navigate these challenges with greater confidence, emotional balance, and autonomy. Many of my clients are thoughtful, capable people who have spent years being hard on themselves, suppressing emotions, or carrying everything on their own. Together, we work toward healthier and more sustainable ways of managing thoughts, emotions, and relationships.
I offer therapy for individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, burnout, self-esteem difficulties, relationship challenges, life transitions, and academic or career-related stress. My goal is to help clients develop practical tools and deeper self-understanding so they can navigate these challenges with greater confidence, emotional balance, and autonomy. Many of my clients are thoughtful, capable people who have spent years being hard on themselves, suppressing emotions, or carrying everything on their own. Together, we work toward healthier and more sustainable ways of managing thoughts, emotions, and relationships.
I work with clients through a humanistic lens, emphasizing the importance of relationships, the present, and the future. My role is to guide you by asking the right questions, challenging you, and offering a judgment-free space where you can share and be yourself. I use interventions from IFS, SFBT, Narrative Therapy, ACT and CBT in my practice.
I work with clients through a humanistic lens, emphasizing the importance of relationships, the present, and the future. My role is to guide you by asking the right questions, challenging you, and offering a judgment-free space where you can share and be yourself. I use interventions from IFS, SFBT, Narrative Therapy, ACT and CBT in my practice.
Accepting new clients - Do you identify as neurodivergent, have ADHD and/or autism, or feel that your brain works differently? You may struggle with focus, motivation, emotional regulation, or feel overwhelmed by daily demands. These experiences can impact self-esteem, increase anxiety and stress, and create challenges in work, school, and relationships. Feeling misunderstood or burned out is common, but you don’t have to navigate this alone. Our work together will focus on meaning, authenticity, coping skills, and a safe space to process.
Accepting new clients - Do you identify as neurodivergent, have ADHD and/or autism, or feel that your brain works differently? You may struggle with focus, motivation, emotional regulation, or feel overwhelmed by daily demands. These experiences can impact self-esteem, increase anxiety and stress, and create challenges in work, school, and relationships. Feeling misunderstood or burned out is common, but you don’t have to navigate this alone. Our work together will focus on meaning, authenticity, coping skills, and a safe space to process.
I work mainly with clients who have experienced complex trauma, often rooted in early relationships with attachment figures. These experiences can shape coping patterns that once helped you survive but may make present-day life more challenging. I specialize in dissociation, the experience of feeling disconnected from yourself, your emotions, or the world around you. I also work with clients who identify as neurodivergent (people with different kinds of brains or minds) and/or 2SLGBTQ+, bringing both professional expertise and lived understanding to this work.
I work mainly with clients who have experienced complex trauma, often rooted in early relationships with attachment figures. These experiences can shape coping patterns that once helped you survive but may make present-day life more challenging. I specialize in dissociation, the experience of feeling disconnected from yourself, your emotions, or the world around you. I also work with clients who identify as neurodivergent (people with different kinds of brains or minds) and/or 2SLGBTQ+, bringing both professional expertise and lived understanding to this work.
My clients include romantic partners looking to deepen their connection, resolve conflicts, or explore non-traditional relationship structures. I also support individuals who are on a journey of self-discovery, seeking to better understand their emotions, identity, and life choices. These clients may be grappling with existential questions, navigating personal challenges, or striving for personal growth.
My clients include romantic partners looking to deepen their connection, resolve conflicts, or explore non-traditional relationship structures. I also support individuals who are on a journey of self-discovery, seeking to better understand their emotions, identity, and life choices. These clients may be grappling with existential questions, navigating personal challenges, or striving for personal growth.
Are you feeling overwhelmed by anxiety and depression? Are you struggling to manage your emotions and symptoms? Perhaps your challenges are affecting your relationships, leaving you feeling hopeless and disconnected from your goals.
You are not alone in your suffering. If you allow me, I will be here to support you. My goal is to help you navigate difficult life experiences, overcome symptoms of depression and anxiety, and regain a sense of ease, peace, and emotional balance.
I work with individuals in-clinic and online, using a compassionate, non-judgmental approach grounded in cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness.
Are you feeling overwhelmed by anxiety and depression? Are you struggling to manage your emotions and symptoms? Perhaps your challenges are affecting your relationships, leaving you feeling hopeless and disconnected from your goals.
You are not alone in your suffering. If you allow me, I will be here to support you. My goal is to help you navigate difficult life experiences, overcome symptoms of depression and anxiety, and regain a sense of ease, peace, and emotional balance.
I work with individuals in-clinic and online, using a compassionate, non-judgmental approach grounded in cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness.
I am a doctoral-level registered Clinical Psychologist with advanced education and training from leading academic medical centers. After completing my PhD at McGill University, I pursued specialized postdoctoral training at Stanford University and subsequently spent two years on faculty at Stanford Medicine. I specialize in working with high achievers who are struggling with burnout, perfectionism, and procrastination. I am also an expert in the treatment of chronic pain. I thrive working at the intersection of physical and mental health. I commonly support individuals who are struggling to find meaning and excel in their lives.
I am a doctoral-level registered Clinical Psychologist with advanced education and training from leading academic medical centers. After completing my PhD at McGill University, I pursued specialized postdoctoral training at Stanford University and subsequently spent two years on faculty at Stanford Medicine. I specialize in working with high achievers who are struggling with burnout, perfectionism, and procrastination. I am also an expert in the treatment of chronic pain. I thrive working at the intersection of physical and mental health. I commonly support individuals who are struggling to find meaning and excel in their lives.
I'm a queer bilingual clinical social worker and psychotherapist with a background in working with 2slgbtqia+ people, migrants, and survivors of violence during the last 15 years in Tiohtià:ke (Montréal). I've supported people of all genders and sexualities struggling with questions around these topics, with coming out, transitioning (I can provide letters for gender affirming care), relationships, non-monogamy, trauma, stress, anxiety, depression, life transitions, and grief. My approach is intersectional, anti-racist, trauma-informed, focused on attachment, and based in harm reduction principles.
I'm a queer bilingual clinical social worker and psychotherapist with a background in working with 2slgbtqia+ people, migrants, and survivors of violence during the last 15 years in Tiohtià:ke (Montréal). I've supported people of all genders and sexualities struggling with questions around these topics, with coming out, transitioning (I can provide letters for gender affirming care), relationships, non-monogamy, trauma, stress, anxiety, depression, life transitions, and grief. My approach is intersectional, anti-racist, trauma-informed, focused on attachment, and based in harm reduction principles.
The Centre for Psychodynamic Insights is a virtual clinic specializing in psychodynamic psychotherapy. This approach explores the root causes of symptoms by uncovering and understanding underlying emotions through evidence-based treatment. Through collaborative dialogue, we examine unconscious thoughts and emotions shaped from childhood to the present. We work to relieve symptoms by understanding how these patterns affect current experiences, and create targeted strategies for meaningful change long-term.
The Centre for Psychodynamic Insights is a virtual clinic specializing in psychodynamic psychotherapy. This approach explores the root causes of symptoms by uncovering and understanding underlying emotions through evidence-based treatment. Through collaborative dialogue, we examine unconscious thoughts and emotions shaped from childhood to the present. We work to relieve symptoms by understanding how these patterns affect current experiences, and create targeted strategies for meaningful change long-term.
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What is a secular and non religious approach in therapy?
Secular or non-religious therapy is a theoretical orientation used by many therapists and describes a therapeutic approach that does not rely on any specific religious or faith-based beliefs in the therapeutic process. Secular counsellors will often approach therapy with an emphasis on evidence-based practices, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients, instead of relying on religious practices, such as prayer or belief in God.
Is secular therapy primarily for non-religious people?
Both religious and non-religious individuals can benefit from secular therapy. People exploring their religious or spiritual beliefs may find it especially useful to work with a secular therapist who is unbiased toward any specific religion. While religious individuals might value the connection and familiarity of seeing a counsellor who shares their beliefs, secular counselling can offer them the chance to develop coping skills independent of their religious practice, which can be beneficial in various aspects of their lives.
Can a secular approach to therapy help with religious trauma?
One major reason clients may seek a secular therapist is to process previous religious experiences, including religious trauma. Secular therapists can help clients manage symptoms of the trauma through practices such as Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). They can also encourage clients through talk therapy or psychodynamic approaches to explore the roots of their religious trauma. Since secular therapists do not have any predetermined religious beliefs, they can be particularly helpful for clients looking to explore their own religious beliefs following a history of religious trauma.
What does non religious marriage and premarital counselling involve?
Marriage and premarital counselling typically involves a couple meeting with a therapist to discuss topics such as planning for marriage, navigating a new marriage, addressing relationship challenges, and developing better communication and conflict resolution skills. Non-religious therapists assist couples in achieving these goals without adhering to specific religious beliefs or frameworks, often emphasising inclusivity and non-judgment, especially for "nontraditional" couples. However, seeking couples therapy from a non-religious counsellor does not mean religious topics are off-limits. In fact, non-religious couples from different religious backgrounds may benefit from a secular therapist who remains neutral toward the beliefs of each partner.