EMDR Therapists in Toronto, ON

Are you feeling chronically stressed, anxious, depressed, or trying to cope with little or big unresolved trauma(s)? Perhaps you're struggling with excessive worry, unresolved guilt, grief or loss from a breakup, or accident. Are you worrying about the future or dwelling in the past and having a difficult time living in the present? Through therapy, I can support your journey to help you to discover ways to overcome these obstacles. Together, we will explore a treatment plan based on your needs, so that you can move one step closer to accomplishing your goals and achieving emotional freedom!

You might feel stressed and overwhelmed at school or work. Perhaps, your anxiety is crippling your life. You might be going through transitions in life and experiencing worries and sadness. You might feel lost and alone, and are not sure how to deal with these difficulties. As a therapist, I can help you with emotional difficulties such as anxiety, depression, stress, perfectionism, and trauma. I work with youth, young adults, and adults of diverse identities including those who identify as LGBTQIA2S+ and/or racialized.

Sunspring Counselling specializes in psychotherapy for children, adolescents, and parents' own healing journey. You want your child to have the best opportunity to thrive in life, yet you may see them struggling at home or school. For yourself, you want to shift patterns that are blocking you from making the progress and enjoying life. I help when anxiety and emotions, relationships, trauma or past experiences, inattention, learning, behaviour, and school or work concerns are holding your child or yourself back. Join me on a path toward reaching greater confidence, personal success, and realizing one’s true potential.

In my years of practice, my focus has been centred around individuals from different walks of life (i.e race, religion, gender, sexual orientation etc). Particularly, ones who have trauma, body image issues, low self esteem, fibromyalgia, phobias and/or are anxious, depressed, stressed, destructive, angry, lonely, abused and in or have been in the child welfare system. In regards to my approach, I am genuine and compassionate, but remain equally honest and direct. Rather than bombarding clients with endless questions, I aim to engage them through meaningful methods and effective interventions.

I became a therapist because of my own personal experiences with depression, anxiety, and insomnia. I am able to offer a unique perspective of someone who has been both a patient, and a therapist. I specialize in working with issues related to depression, anxiety, relationships, and trauma.

Do you feel stuck? Have you been cycling through the same unhealthy patterns for weeks, months, years, or even a lifetime? You're not alone. Every day, I work with people who are struggling to break the patterns that are holding them back. By working alongside and supporting you, I can help you gain a deeper understanding of your personal values, learn about your blocks, and develop new, more skillful behaviors for coping with challenges. Above all else, I seek to provide you with a safe space where you can gain insight into yourself, work through your challenges, and improve the quality of your life.

My professional experience includes assessing, treating and working collaboratively with children, youth and adult clients who are struggling with PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, and low self esteem. I also support clients who may be struggling with social, personal adjustment and mental health challenges impacting their personal and professional lives.

As a Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO), for the last 10 years I am offering individual, couple, relationship and family therapy, therapy groups and workshops. I also provide individual and group coaching. I received my education in various European Universities in the following areas: Theology (Catholic University of Lublin, Poland), Science of Education (Pontifical Salisian University, Rome, Italy), Psychology and Psychotherapy (Pontifical University Regina Apostolorum/Skinner Institute, (Rome, Italy); Oxford Center of CBT; UICBT; Austrian Institute of EMDR (Vienna, Austria).

It’s not always easy being human, is it? I find that the greatest gift of therapy, when there is a strong air of compassion, presence and curiosity in the therapeutic alliance, is the ability to reclaim our needs, our full range of feelings, our joy and our aliveness. While building skills of mindfulness, self-compassion, and embodied awareness, I believe there is immense possibility that lies in our unfolding wholeness, waiting to be discovered - creative choice made more accessible, when we're less held back by our fears, our core beliefs, and pain that we've had to organize around to survive.

Traumatic events from the past affecting your life today? You may be experiencing symptoms such as anxiety, hyper vigilance, insomnia, nightmares, flashbacks, numbness and the need to keep yourself busy, or self-medicated. This is affecting your work and your relationship with your loved ones and yourself. You may also have been referred to try out EMDR therapy, by a health professional. I specialize in treating anxiety, PTSD, Complex PTSD stemming from past traumas, including childhood trauma. I focus on the mind-body-spirit connection and value a holistic approach to healing that examines the root causes behind your challenges.

It feels as if your negative experience is stuck to your brain like a barnacle on a ship. You try not to think about it but every day there’s something that reminds you of what happened. You find yourself ruminating in the shower and becoming irritated or overwhelmed by minor inconveniences. You feel anxious, sad, angry, and distressed. Maybe you’re even experiencing physical symptoms. You wish you could simply “let it go” but you just… can’t. The ghosts of your past have robbed you of your present and you’re terrified that they’ll steal your future as well.

If you are ready to dive into your healing journey - to understand the patterns and where, why and how you are stuck, and how to get unstuck - then I might be the therapist for you. My approach is different - I offer longer therapy sessions (often 90 minute sessions) so that we can get to the deep healing work that is often required for you to make the shifts that you want for yourself. We go at the pace you need but with longer sessions we tend to get there more quickly, allowing you to get on with your life in the ways that align with your values, goals and vision for yourself.

Do you find yourself struggling with negative views of self or questioning your worth in relationships? Are you people-pleasing, struggling to set boundaries or regulate your emotions? Do you struggle with understanding yourself/identity and your needs? These are some concerns that might be related to negative experiences that have occurred at different stages in our lives. I work with individuals navigating impacts of trauma from interpersonal relationships, as well as anxiety and self-esteem concerns. I hold a strong desire to support you through the process of change, growth, and optimal wellbeing.

Your conversations with a therapist should help you to explore your situation, look for alternative perspectives and find solutions or new strategies. Whether you are discussing sexuality issues, anxiety, depression, trauma, or life transitions, you should feel supported, understood and challenged to explore all the different aspects of the situation. My goals for therapy are to help you increase coping strategies, increase boundary-setting, communication and negotiation skills, increase self-esteem, increase your awareness of your strengths and to process difficult situations like loss or the experience of a traumatic event.

As a psychotherapist, Board-Certified hypnotherapist, EMDR therapist, & lawyer, I provide integrative clinical services to find solutions to the daily challenges that impact individuals across the life span. I utilize EMDR, CBT, DBT, and hypnotherapy to address issues of anxiety/stress, depression, trauma, grief, life stages, fears, phobias, low self-esteem, procrastination, anger, family conflict, etc. I have studied trauma at the Ph.D level. As a lawyer, I practiced family law, etc. My clinical framework is solution-focused, strengths-based, motivational, trauma-informed, culturally competent, client-centered, and results-driven.

Mental health is the ability to deal with our problems. I bring over 30 years expertise and specialized training to help you deal with most of life's challenges and relationships. I teach clients to effect change in anxiety, interpersonal relationships, loss, illness, abuse issues, shyness, family conflicts, intimacy and sexual issues and self confidence. I treat addictions which I see as unwanted or compulsive behaviors. I work with both individuals and couples with relationship and sexual issues and adults/parents with family issues. As I age myself l like to work with aging related issues, including sexual and adult children.

I graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA. I have a Diploma from Transformational Arts College in Transpersonal Psychotherapy, Past Life Regression Therapy and Bardo State Regression therapy. I am an Associate member of EMDRIA and a registered member of College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). I am a certified EMDR therapist. I have training in Relational Somatic Psychotherapy, EMDR with Dissociation, level 1 and 2 training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Deep Brain Reorienting. I also work at Dimensions Algonquin Highlands using Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy in a group setting.

Many of us have life experiences that shake up our worlds and dramatically transform how we see ourselves. They may be relationship breakdowns, major traumas, the loss of a family pet, becoming a parent, or receiving a life-changing diagnosis. These challenges can leave us feeling overwhelmed and oftentimes isolated - know that you are not alone. My role is to help you to feel heard, make sense of difficult experiences, as well as teach you strategies to cope with distressing thoughts and emotions that accompany trauma and anxiety. Together we can work towards reconnecting you with who you are and the life you wish to lead.

Starting or resuming therapy can be difficult, I commend you on taking the step towards support. I believe each individual brings their own experiences and perspectives to therapy. Through collaboration, we can better understand how the cycles and thoughts that may cause you to feel stuck or cause distressed can be shifted to create change and inspire hope. My practice is client centered, and connection focused. I believe through creating a validating and safe space to process difficulties, important skills can be learned that will help create change in your life.

I am a cisgender woman, with Mi’kmaw and Settler roots; as a result, the holistic therapy I provide is rooted in an anti-oppression approach. I was lucky enough to earn a Master of Social Work from the University of Buffalo. I chose that program because, unlike most other programs, it offered a specialty in utilizing a Trauma-Informed Focus. I was also trained in using EMDR. I have six years’ experience providing therapy; first in the USA and now in Canada. I’ve also provided services in community settings like the youth justice system and a community task force created to help deal with the human trafficking epidemic.

Discover A New Perspective on Your Life. | EMDR Certified Therapist (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). | Chances are, you are searching for answers, ways to cope, emotional regulation, insight, or meaning. Ultimately, you want to feel better about yourself, others, or the world around you. I have extensive experience working with individuals who struggle with self-pressure, a self-critical voice, a sense of guilt or shame, or find security through seeking achievement or perfection.

I am a relational psychotherapist. I would describe my way of working as integrative which means that I draw from all my trainings to work out how best I can help you. I am trauma informed and am also influenced by psychodynamic, person centred, self-psychology and humanistic theories. I enjoy working with a wide variety of clients with a wide range of presenting issues although I have a particular interest in working with women with ADHD. I have recently trained in attachment focussed EMDR which I am enjoying incorporating into my client work.

Navigating the different pathways of life can be challenging, and often, no one understands your story, and you may feel lost in figuring things out on your own. I am here to SUPPORT you because you haven't come this far to stay stuck here! Like Michael Jordan, "Obstacles do not have to stop you. You don't turn around and give up if you run into a wall. You figure out how to climb, go through, or work around it." As an experienced therapist, I can challenge you to become the best version of yourself by creating a customized treatment plan to help you achieve optimal mental health. I am accepting NEW Clients (individuals & couples).

I see you as the expert of your own experiences. I begin with meeting you where you are and work collaboratively with you to establish a strong therapeutic relationship. Foundational safety and trust is central to your healing process. My role is to bear witness, encourage you to look inward for insight and to explore patterns in your life. Together we can build internal resiliency for greater depth and richness.