Trauma Focused Therapists in Ancaster, ON
Turning Point Counselling Centre
Registered Psychotherapist, MACP, CCC, RP
Verified Verified
7 Endorsed
Ancaster, ON L8S
"Don't mistaken what you had to do or become too survive with who you are or what you are capable of achieving". If you seek a safe and validating space to explore your thoughts, feelings, and life experiences, you have found the right counsellor. As a trauma-focused therapist, I work with eating disorders, anxiety, depression, OCD, BPD, sexual harm, and all forms of mental health. My passion is helping youth, couples, and first responders, but I work with clients from all walks of life. I believe the therapeutic relationship is instrumental in reaching your therapy goals. I offer a free 10 mn phone call.
"Don't mistaken what you had to do or become too survive with who you are or what you are capable of achieving". If you seek a safe and validating space to explore your thoughts, feelings, and life experiences, you have found the right counsellor. As a trauma-focused therapist, I work with eating disorders, anxiety, depression, OCD, BPD, sexual harm, and all forms of mental health. My passion is helping youth, couples, and first responders, but I work with clients from all walks of life. I believe the therapeutic relationship is instrumental in reaching your therapy goals. I offer a free 10 mn phone call.
Shannon Stach
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BASc, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Ancaster, ON L9K
Do you struggle with unhelpful thoughts or overwhelming emotions? Are you constantly worrying or putting yourself down? Are you struggling with things from your past that are influencing your present, or just struggling day-to-day? I understand that starting counselling can be a difficult and sometimes scary endeavour. If you are newly pregnant or have just had a baby, are struggling with anxiety, lack of motivation, sadness or depression, relationship issues, unresolved trauma, feeling overly stressed or stuck in your life, among other things, I can help.
Do you struggle with unhelpful thoughts or overwhelming emotions? Are you constantly worrying or putting yourself down? Are you struggling with things from your past that are influencing your present, or just struggling day-to-day? I understand that starting counselling can be a difficult and sometimes scary endeavour. If you are newly pregnant or have just had a baby, are struggling with anxiety, lack of motivation, sadness or depression, relationship issues, unresolved trauma, feeling overly stressed or stuck in your life, among other things, I can help.
Hana Rotchild
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, DTATI
Verified Verified
12 Endorsed
Ancaster, ON L9G
Trauma focused therapy could help minimize symptoms.
We all experience difficult times in life. But we also have many strengths and innate abilities to overcome them. I would be honored to accompany you as you travel through your own journey. My practice includes Psychodynamic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, Art Therapy and Narrative addressing individual needs. My approach is guided by a sensitivity to sexual orientation, ethnic diversity, socioeconomic status and/or disability. I specialize in treating survivors of trauma and sexual abuse, as well as people undergoing transition, especially immigration and relocation, divorce, marriage, and childbirth.
Trauma focused therapy could help minimize symptoms.
We all experience difficult times in life. But we also have many strengths and innate abilities to overcome them. I would be honored to accompany you as you travel through your own journey. My practice includes Psychodynamic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, Art Therapy and Narrative addressing individual needs. My approach is guided by a sensitivity to sexual orientation, ethnic diversity, socioeconomic status and/or disability. I specialize in treating survivors of trauma and sexual abuse, as well as people undergoing transition, especially immigration and relocation, divorce, marriage, and childbirth.
I believe that every person has a desire to be their best self and live their best life. However there are times in life when you may be met with challenges, struggles or perhaps a personal crisis. Perhaps you feel you are struggling to cope. I believe in every person’s ability to heal, grow and recover. I believe therapy is a collaborative process, where we can work together to build insight, self awareness and skills.
I believe that every person has a desire to be their best self and live their best life. However there are times in life when you may be met with challenges, struggles or perhaps a personal crisis. Perhaps you feel you are struggling to cope. I believe in every person’s ability to heal, grow and recover. I believe therapy is a collaborative process, where we can work together to build insight, self awareness and skills.
As a registered psychotherapist, I work with adults navigating various mental, emotional and behavioural health challenges, with a special focus on first responders, elite athletes, and other high-stakes professionals. I provide all my clients with a holistic, person-centered, and culturally competent space to support their growth. I take an integrated approach that incorporates strength-based interventions and emerging research in neuroplasticity to provide my clients with evidence-based skills and strategies in mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness.
As a registered psychotherapist, I work with adults navigating various mental, emotional and behavioural health challenges, with a special focus on first responders, elite athletes, and other high-stakes professionals. I provide all my clients with a holistic, person-centered, and culturally competent space to support their growth. I take an integrated approach that incorporates strength-based interventions and emerging research in neuroplasticity to provide my clients with evidence-based skills and strategies in mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Erin Sunstrum - Daru Therapy Centre
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, MACP, MEd
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Ancaster, ON L9G
Specializing in Teens (14+), Young Adult Therapy and family therapy. I am committed to helping clients build resilience and create a value-driven life. I believe in nurturing self-compassion and developing skills to engage with and overcome struggles. This happens through validation, exploration, and challenge. This all starts with building a trusting, open relationship with my clients. With a client-centred approach, I am dedicated to staying up-to-date on current research through reading, consulting with colleagues, and learning from leaders in the field.
Specializing in Teens (14+), Young Adult Therapy and family therapy. I am committed to helping clients build resilience and create a value-driven life. I believe in nurturing self-compassion and developing skills to engage with and overcome struggles. This happens through validation, exploration, and challenge. This all starts with building a trusting, open relationship with my clients. With a client-centred approach, I am dedicated to staying up-to-date on current research through reading, consulting with colleagues, and learning from leaders in the field.
ICA Counselling and Supervision
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
Ancaster, ON L9G
I offer online psychotherapy and clinical supervision services, with a flexible schedule. Working as both a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor, I support those impacted by trauma, including anxiety, depression, and interpersonal issues. Together, we'll navigate the complexities of your experiences in a non-judgmental and compassionate space. We'll explore the effects of trauma, build resilience, and help you reclaim your life.
I offer online psychotherapy and clinical supervision services, with a flexible schedule. Working as both a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor, I support those impacted by trauma, including anxiety, depression, and interpersonal issues. Together, we'll navigate the complexities of your experiences in a non-judgmental and compassionate space. We'll explore the effects of trauma, build resilience, and help you reclaim your life.
Do you struggle with feeling disconnected from others and from yourself or do you find it difficult to be fully present in the moment with those you love? Do you sometimes feel that danger or bad things are lurking around every corner causing you to feel like you're just waiting for the other shoe to drop? Are there things that have happened to you that cause you to feel like you don't belong or just can't relate? Do you worry that you will always feel this way? If you are looking for for healing that moves you past the stuck points, that critical voice in your head that says "I'm not enough", I am here to help.
Do you struggle with feeling disconnected from others and from yourself or do you find it difficult to be fully present in the moment with those you love? Do you sometimes feel that danger or bad things are lurking around every corner causing you to feel like you're just waiting for the other shoe to drop? Are there things that have happened to you that cause you to feel like you don't belong or just can't relate? Do you worry that you will always feel this way? If you are looking for for healing that moves you past the stuck points, that critical voice in your head that says "I'm not enough", I am here to help.
Marissa Martins
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), BA, MA
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Ancaster, ON L9K (Online Only)
Accepting New Clients! (As of Nov. '24) - I take an integrative approach to therapy, meaning I draw from a variety of therapeutic styles to create a personalized experience that works for you. I favour experiential modalities like Internal Family Systems (IFS)/parts work, which helps us explore and understand the different parts of you that may have conflicting needs or desires—for example, one part may long for love while another fears commitment. By working with these parts, we can reduce inner conflict and foster more balance and self-compassion. Alongside IFS, I incorporate practical and grounded tools from cognitive modalities.
Accepting New Clients! (As of Nov. '24) - I take an integrative approach to therapy, meaning I draw from a variety of therapeutic styles to create a personalized experience that works for you. I favour experiential modalities like Internal Family Systems (IFS)/parts work, which helps us explore and understand the different parts of you that may have conflicting needs or desires—for example, one part may long for love while another fears commitment. By working with these parts, we can reduce inner conflict and foster more balance and self-compassion. Alongside IFS, I incorporate practical and grounded tools from cognitive modalities.
Are you seeking relief from stress, anxiety, or trauma-related triggers? Are you learning to navigate uncertainty or change, or struggling to set healthy boundaries? Finding a supportive space to explore your thoughts and feelings is important. My goal is to help you deepen your insight and develop self-awareness as we foster a sense of resiliency, empowerment and focus on your strengths. I take a collaborative and honest approach to wellness, and I aim to create a safe space for you to honour your feelings as you pursue self-reflection and growth.
Are you seeking relief from stress, anxiety, or trauma-related triggers? Are you learning to navigate uncertainty or change, or struggling to set healthy boundaries? Finding a supportive space to explore your thoughts and feelings is important. My goal is to help you deepen your insight and develop self-awareness as we foster a sense of resiliency, empowerment and focus on your strengths. I take a collaborative and honest approach to wellness, and I aim to create a safe space for you to honour your feelings as you pursue self-reflection and growth.
Kate Harding
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), BA Psyc, MACP, CTP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Ancaster, ON L9K
Have you ever heard the expression “you cannot pour from an empty glass”? Makes sense, right? But how do we fill our own glass? The truth is, there is no one size fits all answer. This is where I can help! I am passionately committed to leading with empathy and kindness, providing all individuals with a safe and non-judgmental space to explore the root of their concerns and find power amongst perceived barriers. Together we can collaboratively set and reach goals that encourage positive changes, allowing you to fill your own glass so you can be authentically present for those you love; most importantly yourself.
Have you ever heard the expression “you cannot pour from an empty glass”? Makes sense, right? But how do we fill our own glass? The truth is, there is no one size fits all answer. This is where I can help! I am passionately committed to leading with empathy and kindness, providing all individuals with a safe and non-judgmental space to explore the root of their concerns and find power amongst perceived barriers. Together we can collaboratively set and reach goals that encourage positive changes, allowing you to fill your own glass so you can be authentically present for those you love; most importantly yourself.
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You are not alone. Some of our thoughts, feelings, physical sensations and experiences may lead us to that place where we can feel isolated and lost. The darkness is all around. I do this work primarily because I hope we can go together to that darkness. Together, we can move through this pain to the other side.
You are not alone. Some of our thoughts, feelings, physical sensations and experiences may lead us to that place where we can feel isolated and lost. The darkness is all around. I do this work primarily because I hope we can go together to that darkness. Together, we can move through this pain to the other side.
Audrey Barta
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MA, BScH
Verified Verified
Ancaster, ON L9G (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Healing looks different for everyone, and that is why we begin with a full understanding of your experiences and the context in which they occur. I work collaboratively with you to explore those meanings and help you gain agency over these narratives to live a life with more space for compassion and curiosity in mind, body, and experience. Whatever you are working through, I respect you as the expert. My role is not to analyze, pathologize, or label you, it is to understand you as your whole self, including your experiences, identities, values, and how you have been impacted by the current systems that are set in place.
Healing looks different for everyone, and that is why we begin with a full understanding of your experiences and the context in which they occur. I work collaboratively with you to explore those meanings and help you gain agency over these narratives to live a life with more space for compassion and curiosity in mind, body, and experience. Whatever you are working through, I respect you as the expert. My role is not to analyze, pathologize, or label you, it is to understand you as your whole self, including your experiences, identities, values, and how you have been impacted by the current systems that are set in place.
Holly Davis
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, MACP, BA Hons, EMDR
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Ancaster, ON L9G
I practice somatic EMDR and trauma-informed psychotherapy, which includes a mind-body inclusion to wellness, counselling for those who have been impacted by interpersonal trauma, loss, separation, parenting and other forms of life adversity. We all need connection in our lives. Connection to our loved ones, friends, ourselves and our therapist. As someone who is easy to talk with, I provide counselling to those who are struggling with life transitions, challenging circumstances, stress, burnout, generalized anxiety, depression, OCD and processing trauma from their present or past. Through a compassionate, collaborative approach, .
I practice somatic EMDR and trauma-informed psychotherapy, which includes a mind-body inclusion to wellness, counselling for those who have been impacted by interpersonal trauma, loss, separation, parenting and other forms of life adversity. We all need connection in our lives. Connection to our loved ones, friends, ourselves and our therapist. As someone who is easy to talk with, I provide counselling to those who are struggling with life transitions, challenging circumstances, stress, burnout, generalized anxiety, depression, OCD and processing trauma from their present or past. Through a compassionate, collaborative approach, .
Sometimes life can be difficult and these challenges can cause a sense of suffering in ourselves and those we care about. It can all feel overwhelming and exhausting, making it difficult to know what to do or where to turn for help. It takes courage to reach out for support so that you don’t have to suffer alone. Counselling can provide the opportunity to learn to share and process one’s struggles in a safe and non-judgemental space. Learning how to foster self-directed kindness and self-compassion can help nurture an individual’s personal growth and resilience.
Sometimes life can be difficult and these challenges can cause a sense of suffering in ourselves and those we care about. It can all feel overwhelming and exhausting, making it difficult to know what to do or where to turn for help. It takes courage to reach out for support so that you don’t have to suffer alone. Counselling can provide the opportunity to learn to share and process one’s struggles in a safe and non-judgemental space. Learning how to foster self-directed kindness and self-compassion can help nurture an individual’s personal growth and resilience.
Are you struggling with anxiety, stress and burnout from years of avoiding your trauma? Do you feel overwhelmed by difficult emotions or people pleasing habits that are affecting your relationships, work or day-to-day life? Are you ready for change? I provide therapy to people who are ready to change dysfunctional patterns and heal the wounds that block them from living the life they want. I have extensive experience in anxiety, trauma and relationships. I have a special focus on working with those who have experienced dysfunctional childhoods or childhood trauma, and for those that work in helping professions.
Are you struggling with anxiety, stress and burnout from years of avoiding your trauma? Do you feel overwhelmed by difficult emotions or people pleasing habits that are affecting your relationships, work or day-to-day life? Are you ready for change? I provide therapy to people who are ready to change dysfunctional patterns and heal the wounds that block them from living the life they want. I have extensive experience in anxiety, trauma and relationships. I have a special focus on working with those who have experienced dysfunctional childhoods or childhood trauma, and for those that work in helping professions.
"Sometimes when it feels that life is falling apart, it is actually falling into place". During our life's journey all of us experience times of loss, despair, and loneliness. During these occasions we are often unable to see the patterns we need to change. I have previously spent many years practicing as a nurse. I came to realize that healing the body was less meaningful if the mind is struggling with personal pain.
"Sometimes when it feels that life is falling apart, it is actually falling into place". During our life's journey all of us experience times of loss, despair, and loneliness. During these occasions we are often unable to see the patterns we need to change. I have previously spent many years practicing as a nurse. I came to realize that healing the body was less meaningful if the mind is struggling with personal pain.
We all have within us a profound sense of knowing that helps us to live the life we ought to be living. When our lives are not aligning with this inner wisdom, we experience isolation, depression, and feel unfulfilled, stuck, and bored. We find ourselves in old repetitive patterns, jobs, and relationships that are no longer serving us. I can help you address these issues and guide you to explore the deepest parts of your self so that you can begin to live your authentic life.
We all have within us a profound sense of knowing that helps us to live the life we ought to be living. When our lives are not aligning with this inner wisdom, we experience isolation, depression, and feel unfulfilled, stuck, and bored. We find ourselves in old repetitive patterns, jobs, and relationships that are no longer serving us. I can help you address these issues and guide you to explore the deepest parts of your self so that you can begin to live your authentic life.
Jessica Van Raay
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), RP(q), MACP, MEd
Verified Verified
Ancaster, ON L9K (Online Only)
Do you struggle with a loss of sense of self that affects your ability to show up in your own life? Do you feel overwhelmed or exhausted just getting through the day? Do you ever wonder if your day-to-day life could be different? Now more than ever, people are experiencing a sense of disconnection with themselves. While reasons and experiences vary widely, the reality is life feels heavier when we do not feel connected to ourselves. While navigating the changes, challenges, and chaos of life are universal aspects of the human experience, we do not need to travel these roads alone, right?
Do you struggle with a loss of sense of self that affects your ability to show up in your own life? Do you feel overwhelmed or exhausted just getting through the day? Do you ever wonder if your day-to-day life could be different? Now more than ever, people are experiencing a sense of disconnection with themselves. While reasons and experiences vary widely, the reality is life feels heavier when we do not feel connected to ourselves. While navigating the changes, challenges, and chaos of life are universal aspects of the human experience, we do not need to travel these roads alone, right?
Belinda N. Marazzato
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), RN, BScN, MACP(c), EMDR
Verified Verified
Ancaster, ON L9K
Life is unpredictable. We can get thrown curve balls at any stage of life. I see myself as someone who can help navigate stress, life transitions and coping with loss. Even in the darkest of times, I truly believe that people are resilient. I want to meet my clients where they are at, to help them be kinder to themselves and to support them as they make courageous steps towards change and personal growth. As a certified addiction counselor and trained in trauma sensitive EMDR, I believe in a holistic approach where a balanced mind-body connection is important to our over all well-being.
Life is unpredictable. We can get thrown curve balls at any stage of life. I see myself as someone who can help navigate stress, life transitions and coping with loss. Even in the darkest of times, I truly believe that people are resilient. I want to meet my clients where they are at, to help them be kinder to themselves and to support them as they make courageous steps towards change and personal growth. As a certified addiction counselor and trained in trauma sensitive EMDR, I believe in a holistic approach where a balanced mind-body connection is important to our over all well-being.
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