Transgender Therapists in Toronto, ON
Yasmin Kowlessar
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M6G (Online Only)
In order to facilitate insight and cultivate empowerment, I work to support my clients in adopting mental wellness, exploring identity formation, understanding intergenerational trauma, navigating issues related to body image and gender dysphoria, and negotiating interpersonal relationships.
As a queer Trini-Canadian psychotherapist, I combine my training in psychology with my intersectional feminist values and lived experience when supporting my clients. I specialize in working with LGBTQ and BIPOC (racialized) clients as well as intersectional identities. In addition to expertise in culturally-sensitive therapy, I'm also well-versed in issues related to queer and trans health, ADHD & the neurodivergence spectrum, non-monogamy, and kink / BDSM culture.
In order to facilitate insight and cultivate empowerment, I work to support my clients in adopting mental wellness, exploring identity formation, understanding intergenerational trauma, navigating issues related to body image and gender dysphoria, and negotiating interpersonal relationships.
As a queer Trini-Canadian psychotherapist, I combine my training in psychology with my intersectional feminist values and lived experience when supporting my clients. I specialize in working with LGBTQ and BIPOC (racialized) clients as well as intersectional identities. In addition to expertise in culturally-sensitive therapy, I'm also well-versed in issues related to queer and trans health, ADHD & the neurodivergence spectrum, non-monogamy, and kink / BDSM culture.
Alison Sharp
Registered Social Worker, RSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M6P (Online Only)
Welcome, I am so pleased you landed here. Maybe you're exploring your identity, feeling stuck in an unhelpful behaviour pattern, or feeling anxious or down; maybe you're experiencing unresolved memories or feelings coming up; or maybe you don't quite feel how you would like to feel about yourself at this point in your life. I can help you to make sense of these experiences and make the changes you want. While I work with clients on a range of concerns, I have extensive experience working with people who have endured abuse or neglect, as well as with people of transgender experience and LGB folks.
Welcome, I am so pleased you landed here. Maybe you're exploring your identity, feeling stuck in an unhelpful behaviour pattern, or feeling anxious or down; maybe you're experiencing unresolved memories or feelings coming up; or maybe you don't quite feel how you would like to feel about yourself at this point in your life. I can help you to make sense of these experiences and make the changes you want. While I work with clients on a range of concerns, I have extensive experience working with people who have endured abuse or neglect, as well as with people of transgender experience and LGB folks.
Yijia Shao |2SLGBT+ Affirmative Therapy
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MPS, RP(Q)
Verified Verified
11 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M4Y
I offer Transgender and Queer affirmative therapy; I provide relational therapy for adults who are struggling with dating, self-esteem, and anxiety.
Are you looking for a therapist with lived experience and a deep understanding of transgender or queer identities? Do you often feel isolated and rejected in relationships? Maybe you find yourself successful in other people's eyes, but yet still feel empty inside. As a queer trauma therapist, I dedicate myself to supporting clients in reclaiming their freedom, joy, and self-worth. I specialize in trauma and complex trauma healing. Through a relational approach, I will help you foster a sense of worthiness and security within yourself. You deserve to be authentically you, you deserve to feel joy in life.
I offer Transgender and Queer affirmative therapy; I provide relational therapy for adults who are struggling with dating, self-esteem, and anxiety.
Are you looking for a therapist with lived experience and a deep understanding of transgender or queer identities? Do you often feel isolated and rejected in relationships? Maybe you find yourself successful in other people's eyes, but yet still feel empty inside. As a queer trauma therapist, I dedicate myself to supporting clients in reclaiming their freedom, joy, and self-worth. I specialize in trauma and complex trauma healing. Through a relational approach, I will help you foster a sense of worthiness and security within yourself. You deserve to be authentically you, you deserve to feel joy in life.
Tynan Rhea, Sex & Relationship Therapist
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, MACP
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M4K (Online Only)
Whether that is within queer relationships, transgender identities, sensory overwhelm during sex, or exploring their asexuality.
I am a Registered Psychotherapist with the CRPO (008887). I take a non-pathologizing, non-judgmental, holistic approach to sex counselling and sex therapy. I provide sex therapy and sex counselling for individuals or within relationship counselling or couples therapy that incorporates an understanding of how our sexuality is shaped by the relationship between the mind, body, spirit, and larger society. I believe there are limitless ways to live a pleasurable life when practiced in a compassionate, caring, consensual environment with or without sex.
Whether that is within queer relationships, transgender identities, sensory overwhelm during sex, or exploring their asexuality.
I am a Registered Psychotherapist with the CRPO (008887). I take a non-pathologizing, non-judgmental, holistic approach to sex counselling and sex therapy. I provide sex therapy and sex counselling for individuals or within relationship counselling or couples therapy that incorporates an understanding of how our sexuality is shaped by the relationship between the mind, body, spirit, and larger society. I believe there are limitless ways to live a pleasurable life when practiced in a compassionate, caring, consensual environment with or without sex.
Sherel Griffiths Therapy & Mediation Services
Registered Psychotherapist, MSW, LCSW, CFT, AFM, MSc
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5T (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Through CFT training, an internship at MUSIC, and being a member of the transgender research group, I have developed a growing competency and keen interest in working with 2SLGBTQIA+ racialized, immigrant clients and couples.
Maneuvering through the different stages of "Life Journey" can be fulfilling as well as filled with periods of high stress, and emotional imbalance. Through the guiding principles of dignity, diversity, and self-determination, individual therapy brings growth by focusing on your strengths and resilience. Couple therapy can be beneficial to couples who are looking to strengthen their emotional connection in all stages of their relationship. Through the process of couple therapy, I vow to help you understand and become unstuck from the repetitive cycle of miscommunication, stepping on each other's toes, and triggering unhealed wounds.
Through CFT training, an internship at MUSIC, and being a member of the transgender research group, I have developed a growing competency and keen interest in working with 2SLGBTQIA+ racialized, immigrant clients and couples.
Maneuvering through the different stages of "Life Journey" can be fulfilling as well as filled with periods of high stress, and emotional imbalance. Through the guiding principles of dignity, diversity, and self-determination, individual therapy brings growth by focusing on your strengths and resilience. Couple therapy can be beneficial to couples who are looking to strengthen their emotional connection in all stages of their relationship. Through the process of couple therapy, I vow to help you understand and become unstuck from the repetitive cycle of miscommunication, stepping on each other's toes, and triggering unhealed wounds.
Jane van de Ven - Certified Nurse Psychotherapist (Q)
RN, MScN, CNP/CPN, (Q)
Verified Verified
Toronto, ON M6G (Online Only)
Are you struggling with anxiety, stress, or depression from work/life burnout, chronic illness (e.g., addiction, cancer, pain), toxic relationships or intimate partner violence, traumatic pregnancy, labour and delivery or postpartum, autism spectrum disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), identifying as two-spirited, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (2SLGBTQ+), or having symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from careers such as teaching, military, corrections, and healthcare? Is your goal to mentally heal and bring health and wellness into your life?
Are you struggling with anxiety, stress, or depression from work/life burnout, chronic illness (e.g., addiction, cancer, pain), toxic relationships or intimate partner violence, traumatic pregnancy, labour and delivery or postpartum, autism spectrum disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), identifying as two-spirited, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (2SLGBTQ+), or having symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from careers such as teaching, military, corrections, and healthcare? Is your goal to mentally heal and bring health and wellness into your life?
Ander Negrazis / Holding it Together
Registered Psychotherapist, MEd, RP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5A (Online Only)
I work exclusively with autistic adults, many of whom are queer & trans, and multiply neurodivergent. I am an autistic, trans & queer, learning disabled trauma therapist. I don't ‘treat’ autism/neurodivergence or gender divergence as 'issues' or problems to be fixed. I treat the trauma caused by neurodisablist worldviews, ways, and conversion - based treatments. Instead of helping you to “fit in” to neurotypical culture, I support you to diverge: to take back space, find your other way, and find your way to others. Together we can turn the tables on disablement & pathologization from the inside out.
I work exclusively with autistic adults, many of whom are queer & trans, and multiply neurodivergent. I am an autistic, trans & queer, learning disabled trauma therapist. I don't ‘treat’ autism/neurodivergence or gender divergence as 'issues' or problems to be fixed. I treat the trauma caused by neurodisablist worldviews, ways, and conversion - based treatments. Instead of helping you to “fit in” to neurotypical culture, I support you to diverge: to take back space, find your other way, and find your way to others. Together we can turn the tables on disablement & pathologization from the inside out.
I am a registered social worker with over 10 years of experience providing support to youth ( ages 10+), young adults, and adults. I hold a specialty in working with 2SLGBTQ+ people to explore their identity, confront barriers to living authentically, envision their futures, as well as for their family members looking to better understand their 2SLGBTQ+ family member. I'm open to working with people from any community. I am supportive and informed on asexuality, aromanticism, polyamory, and intersex experiences. I offer creative ways to process experiences, sometimes using art, music, play, and history.
I am a registered social worker with over 10 years of experience providing support to youth ( ages 10+), young adults, and adults. I hold a specialty in working with 2SLGBTQ+ people to explore their identity, confront barriers to living authentically, envision their futures, as well as for their family members looking to better understand their 2SLGBTQ+ family member. I'm open to working with people from any community. I am supportive and informed on asexuality, aromanticism, polyamory, and intersex experiences. I offer creative ways to process experiences, sometimes using art, music, play, and history.
Hello and welcome! I'm a queer, transmasculine therapist with a background in health and community-based work, as well as in music, writing, and theatre. I draw upon a range of strengths-based and trauma-informed approaches in my therapy practice, with the intention of increasing my clients' capacity to safely connect to themselves and to move toward ways of living and relating that affirm them in their wholeness. I aim to be an active and supportive presence in the therapy process, and to work in a way that is guided by the political frameworks I value in my everyday life: socialism, anti-oppression, harm reduction, and abolition.
Hello and welcome! I'm a queer, transmasculine therapist with a background in health and community-based work, as well as in music, writing, and theatre. I draw upon a range of strengths-based and trauma-informed approaches in my therapy practice, with the intention of increasing my clients' capacity to safely connect to themselves and to move toward ways of living and relating that affirm them in their wholeness. I aim to be an active and supportive presence in the therapy process, and to work in a way that is guided by the political frameworks I value in my everyday life: socialism, anti-oppression, harm reduction, and abolition.
My name is Lou Gallo and I am a trans-identified clinical social worker who has been in the mental health field for over 20 years. I have worked in school settings, in the community with LGBTQ2IS youth, and within clinical mental health setttings. I have a specialization working with adults who have experienced trauma, including those who have experiences of suicidality and suicidal behaviours. I also have specific experience supporting people who identify as having a Learning Disability and/or ADHD.
My name is Lou Gallo and I am a trans-identified clinical social worker who has been in the mental health field for over 20 years. I have worked in school settings, in the community with LGBTQ2IS youth, and within clinical mental health setttings. I have a specialization working with adults who have experienced trauma, including those who have experiences of suicidality and suicidal behaviours. I also have specific experience supporting people who identify as having a Learning Disability and/or ADHD.
Adrian Daniels
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MEd, HBSc
Verified Verified
Toronto, ON M4K
Waitlist for new clients
Hello! My name is Adrian and I am passionate about delivering affordable quality psychotherapy to underserved and vulnerable communities. I have over 10 years of counselling and peer support experience. Additionally, I have 15 years of practice and training in applied mindfulness and compassion cultivation. I have a wealth of experience working within the private mental healthcare sector, as well as working with community-based organizations. I specialize in working with bipolar disorder, other mood and anxiety disorders, sexual and gender diversity issues, sex addiction, as well as with intersex folks, HIV+ folks, sex workers.
Hello! My name is Adrian and I am passionate about delivering affordable quality psychotherapy to underserved and vulnerable communities. I have over 10 years of counselling and peer support experience. Additionally, I have 15 years of practice and training in applied mindfulness and compassion cultivation. I have a wealth of experience working within the private mental healthcare sector, as well as working with community-based organizations. I specialize in working with bipolar disorder, other mood and anxiety disorders, sexual and gender diversity issues, sex addiction, as well as with intersex folks, HIV+ folks, sex workers.
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Registered Psychotherapist, DipTIR, MSc, BEd
Verified Verified
Toronto, ON M5S
I practice trauma-informed somatic & relational psychotherapy. Relational psychotherapy values how the relationships in our life, from birth to death, impact how we understand ourselves, each other, our connections, ruptures and how we engage in daily experiences. Body-centered therapy uses the body to access, resource and heal unresolved trauma. Developing somatic resources, increases our capacity to feel safe in our bodies, gain a deeper knowing of ourselves, feel resourced & to heal. Together we will explore, what's happening in your life, where you struggle, your hopes, and how to move towards healing & thriving.
I practice trauma-informed somatic & relational psychotherapy. Relational psychotherapy values how the relationships in our life, from birth to death, impact how we understand ourselves, each other, our connections, ruptures and how we engage in daily experiences. Body-centered therapy uses the body to access, resource and heal unresolved trauma. Developing somatic resources, increases our capacity to feel safe in our bodies, gain a deeper knowing of ourselves, feel resourced & to heal. Together we will explore, what's happening in your life, where you struggle, your hopes, and how to move towards healing & thriving.
Wesley Giselle Gos
Registered Psychotherapist, RP
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5R (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I provide a warm and accepting place where you can be yourself - with all your thoughts and feelings, whatever they might be. Together we will explore what's going on in your life today, and how past experiences affect you in the present. I support you in identifying and moving towards areas of growth and healing that feel right for you, so that you can feel better and thrive in all aspects of your life, including your relationship with yourself and others.
I provide a warm and accepting place where you can be yourself - with all your thoughts and feelings, whatever they might be. Together we will explore what's going on in your life today, and how past experiences affect you in the present. I support you in identifying and moving towards areas of growth and healing that feel right for you, so that you can feel better and thrive in all aspects of your life, including your relationship with yourself and others.
My therapeutic approach is person-centered and rooted in values of diversity, anti-oppression, social justice, and personal growth, and is inclusive of all identities and expressions. I work with individuals and couples with the goal of helping them meet their goals for wellbeing and self-understanding. I work with a variety of presenting concerns, including anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, situational stress or distress, emotional exploration, and difficulties in relationships.
My therapeutic approach is person-centered and rooted in values of diversity, anti-oppression, social justice, and personal growth, and is inclusive of all identities and expressions. I work with individuals and couples with the goal of helping them meet their goals for wellbeing and self-understanding. I work with a variety of presenting concerns, including anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, situational stress or distress, emotional exploration, and difficulties in relationships.
Do you feel like you have to fight every day just to be yourself? Maybe you don’t fit the mold of what others expect, or you’re still exploring who you are. I’ve helped many people who wanted to understand their gender and sexual identities. Others were facing challenges in a neurotypical world. I’m a queer, trans, nonbinary person with ADHD and autism myself. Navigating a judgmental culture can lead to problems like depression, anxiety, relationship conflict, or career challenges. I support people with these and other issues so they can not only cope in life but thrive as they step into their authentic selves.
Do you feel like you have to fight every day just to be yourself? Maybe you don’t fit the mold of what others expect, or you’re still exploring who you are. I’ve helped many people who wanted to understand their gender and sexual identities. Others were facing challenges in a neurotypical world. I’m a queer, trans, nonbinary person with ADHD and autism myself. Navigating a judgmental culture can lead to problems like depression, anxiety, relationship conflict, or career challenges. I support people with these and other issues so they can not only cope in life but thrive as they step into their authentic selves.
Maja Witter
Registered Psychotherapist, MA
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5A (Online Only)
As much as we may want something or to be some way, we can find it difficult to arrive. Our work, then, is to examine ourselves in our beautiful complexity, to seek to truly understand and to fully experience ourselves, to become alive to our experience. In this way we come to allow ourselves to move forward and to discover new ways of being and relating. It is through learning to speak our truths, connecting with what we've always known but perhaps struggled to articulate, that we can find a new path forward.
As much as we may want something or to be some way, we can find it difficult to arrive. Our work, then, is to examine ourselves in our beautiful complexity, to seek to truly understand and to fully experience ourselves, to become alive to our experience. In this way we come to allow ourselves to move forward and to discover new ways of being and relating. It is through learning to speak our truths, connecting with what we've always known but perhaps struggled to articulate, that we can find a new path forward.
We all face difficult times in our lives. I believe, however, that we have the strength to meet these challenges head on, overcome our blocks, and ultimately benefit from these opportunities for growth. Of course, we may not always be able to see our way through these times on our own. A collaborative therapeutic relationship established in a safe and supportive environment can allow us to unlock the strength and resiliency we all carry within us.
We all face difficult times in our lives. I believe, however, that we have the strength to meet these challenges head on, overcome our blocks, and ultimately benefit from these opportunities for growth. Of course, we may not always be able to see our way through these times on our own. A collaborative therapeutic relationship established in a safe and supportive environment can allow us to unlock the strength and resiliency we all carry within us.
Zachary Templeman
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M4K (Online Only)
I work with folks going through life transitions, having difficulty in relationships, dealing with low self-esteem, or experiencing depression or anxiety. The folks I work with often find that patterns or feelings from their past are coming into their present in ways that no longer serve them.
I work with folks going through life transitions, having difficulty in relationships, dealing with low self-esteem, or experiencing depression or anxiety. The folks I work with often find that patterns or feelings from their past are coming into their present in ways that no longer serve them.
Ezra Cake
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, BA(Hon)
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M6G (Online Only)
You really can feel more comfort and joy in your own skin! You can unwind shame and anxiety around your a/sexuality and a/gender and discover them as a source of vibrancy and affirmation. Pleasure is a profound healer and you deserve more of it in your life! I’m here to help you live your most fabulous life while enjoying the process along the way. You might be thinking, is that even possible? Isn’t therapy painful? Therapy with me is a warm collaboration, with laughter, practicality, good science and more than a pinch of creativity. I show up as a real person and journey beside you towards your goals.
You really can feel more comfort and joy in your own skin! You can unwind shame and anxiety around your a/sexuality and a/gender and discover them as a source of vibrancy and affirmation. Pleasure is a profound healer and you deserve more of it in your life! I’m here to help you live your most fabulous life while enjoying the process along the way. You might be thinking, is that even possible? Isn’t therapy painful? Therapy with me is a warm collaboration, with laughter, practicality, good science and more than a pinch of creativity. I show up as a real person and journey beside you towards your goals.
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 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.
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