In Person Therapists in Central Toronto, Toronto, ON

With cultural sensitivity in the forefront, HoYeung teams up with his clients to cultivate awareness and mastery over patterns of thought, emotion and behavior. He strives to build therapeutic relationships that are empathic, honest, trusting and compassionate. As an ex-international recruiter of 10 years, HoYeung understands how challenging it is to balance a demanding and competitive work life with a healthy, fulfilling and meaningful personal life. He leverages this to deliver therapy tailored to the client’s specific circumstances and needs. He has a knack for supporting working professionals and artists.

I offer personalized psychodynamic psychotherapy for adults and adolescents (11 to 18 years old). Psychodynamic psychotherapy is an approach focused on alleviating psychological distress and symptoms. Clients seek this form of therapy for a variety of reasons, often to overcome challenging emotions, behaviors, thoughts, or relationship issues. Central to my approach is a mindful and empathetic style of listening. Within our sessions, you'll be encouraged to engage in free association, a process of unrestricted self-expression.

Do you find yourself overwhelmed by anxiety or anger? Are you grappling with past traumas or feeling trapped in challenging relationships? Building meaningful connections with yourself or others can be frustrating, especially when you feel lost and anxious, or navigate significant life changes. Therapy helps you slow down, explore and care for all parts of yourself, and discover new ways of seeing and being seen. It offers a safe space for your fears, questions, and complexities, so you can be truly heard and accepted.

My aim is to help clients better understand their habitual ways of being and coping, and to acquire new skills that enable them an improved ability to negotiate whatever issues trouble them and more generally the stresses of everyday life. I'm trained to provide evidence-based treatments using a variety of approaches including cognitive behavioural and dialectical behavioural therapies, as well as psychodynamic therapies.

If you've found your way here, it means you're ready to begin a journey – one that may have its share of ups, downs, and unexpected detours. But you're not alone. My name is Vanessa and I'm here to walk alongside you. Through my experience in mental health crisis response services, I learned that behind every struggle lies a story of vulnerability, fears, worries, aspirations, and resilience. I recognized that we all face challenges that can feel hopeless at times. This strengthened my desire to become a therapist and work with individuals in need of support to navigate the complexities of their stories.

Are you struggling with low mood, anxiety, or relationship issues? Do you feel stuck, or trapped in patterns that leave you unhappy? I can help you find a way forward and gradually let go of limiting thought and behaviour patterns. As a gay man, I understand how identity and discrimination can also impact mental health. I'm a registered social worker and psychotherapist who has supported clients with anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, sexuality and gender concerns, and other life issues. Trained in CBT, DBT, EFT, and mindfulness, I use an integrative approach with clients based on what you bring to session.

I am passionate about mindful living and enriching all areas of life. Therapy is an essential wellness-based practice, allowing us the self-maintenance needed to thrive in all aspects of our lives. My aim is to create space for you to explore and reconnect with all parts of yourself through nurturing acceptance of emotions, imperfection, and vulnerability. I have worked in the community for 8 years supporting individuals in crisis, youth in conflict with the law and diverse families confronting structural and systemic barriers. My lived experience as a person of colour shapes my practice in supporting Toronto’s diverse communities.

The Clinic team offers individual, couple/family counselling. I use emotion & solution-focused techniques in session. We will talk about and explore feelings, helping you completely process emotions, to better guide you in relationships and decision-making. Our team has created the capacity to also offer CBT, IFS, DBT and many other person-centred/psychodynamic approaches, even mindfulness! We will also help you learn healthy relationship skills and other issues you may be struggling with ex: boundaries, assertiveness. The clinic is trauma specialized, helping people who have experienced trauma and related symptoms.

My goal as a therapist is to provide a safe and non-judgmental space to work with individuals who experience interpersonal relationship, parenting, stress, grief, trauma, workplace struggles, anxiety, and depression issues. I teach communication skills to better foster healthy relationships and assist in personal development. I specialize in early relational wounding, shame and trauma. My background includes a special interest in mid life women struggling with self-actualization and self-attunement.

Are you feeling the unexpected occurrences in your life to be stressful, anxiety inducing, saddening, and overwhelming? I’m here to help support you in working through these areas to help overcome the trials of everyday life and teach you new ways of thinking to access your best you. It is so important to have someone you can confide in, especially if you may not have that support system anywhere else. As your therapist, I want to apply what I have learned through my years of education and work experience to help you establish a positive sense of identity, handle life pressures, and improve interpersonal connections.

I treat adolescents and adults whose thoughts, emotions, behaviours, senses of self, and/or relationships are dysregulated. I use evidence-based therapies like Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), and Prolonged Exposure (PE) – to support clients with borderline personality disorder (BPD), complex trauma, substance use, and other difficulties (like anxiety and depression). I balance acceptance and change-based strategies to reduce clients’ suffering and to make their lives more meaningful.

I am a compassionate and dedicated therapist, who uses an empathetic and strength-based approach to create a safe and non-judgemental space for clients to explore their thoughts, feelings and challenges. I hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Queen’s University and a Master of Social Work Degree from Wilfrid Laurier University. I have supported clients navigating ADHD, adoption, trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, loss, and much more.. I have a deep commitment to helping individuals and families navigate the unique journey of adoption; inspired by my own lived experience as an alumnus of foster care and an adult adoptee.

Anxiety (be it social, panic, situational, or generalized) can be a beast and is largely at the forefront of my practice. Its impact on our relationships, physical/mental well-being, moods, self-worth, and how we approach milestones/life transitions can lead us astray from the life we want to be living. Therapy helps us dial down the volume of anxiety. In therapy, you're provided a rare opportunity to relax and focus on yourself without judgment or competing narratives. Your difficulties. Your successes. Your goals. You decide where your therapeutic journey goes. I welcome the opportunity to be a part of that journey.

What is blocking you from being present and fully experiencing joy? What patterns are you stuck repeating, and why? These are questions many of us need to explore at some point in our lives.

Fen Xing is a Registered Social Worker (OCSWSSW) and Registered Psychotherapist in the Province of Ontario (CRPO). She is certified Emotional Focused Therapist with ICEEFT and an approved practicum supervisor with Yorkville University. She can offer psychotherapy, counselling, and consultative services in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin. Fen Xing is the founder of FenTherapy. FenTherapy are located in Downtown Toronto, Markham, Scarborough, North York and Ottawa. FenTherapy have same day, evening and weekend availability. Fentherapy are also available to triage crisis situations.

In starting therapy or returning to it, you may be seeking someone to talk to, psychological perspectives, tools and resources, and change. You may be struggling with depression, anxiety, or any of the long list of names given to conditions we can struggle with. My approach is client-centered as you are the expert on you, and I prefer to not pathologize and stigmatize. My perspective is that there are causes and contributors to the thoughts, feelings and behaviours which we find most difficult, and which can become traits and labels - and yet also - which can be changed.

I provide individual, couples & family therapy. Do you feel burdened by your thoughts? Are feeling overwhelmed? Do you find it challenging to fall asleep at night? Do you wish that you could just turn your mind off, to finally get a few moments of peace? I can help you take your life back, feel better, experience ease of being and get more restful sleep. I help individuals overcome anxiety, depression, burnout, overwhelm & stress. I also help couples who have many unmet needs; feel frustrated, resentful & angry in their relationship; struggle to communicate effectively; no longer experience intimacy or have lost trust.

I believe therapy is for everyone. We all deserve a warm and empathic space to bring our innermost thoughts, fears, and needs. As a fat, queer, trans, and neurodivergent person, I have always found it difficult to fit myself into the world around me. For this reason, as a therapist, I don’t believe there is a one-size-fits-all therapeutic modality. I specialize in working with people who live outside of the margins and my goal is to provide you with a compassionate and collaborative space to make therapy work for you.

I work with adults who are seeking to experience more authenticity within relationships and work towards living more meaningful and fulfilling lives. Perhaps there are emotional wounds from the past that are keeping you stuck, or the reality of living in the modern world is overwhelming, leaving little room for connecting with yourself. My practice is rooted in the belief that within every person exists a wellspring — a source of wisdom, creativity, and innate capacity for healing. I strive to embody an empathic, grounded presence that creates a healing space for my clients to pause and reconnect to their own inner wisdom.