Transgender Therapists in Toronto, ON
Dr. Evangeline Castronuevo-Ruga
Psychologist, PhD, CPsych
Verified Verified
Toronto, ON M6P (Online Only)
I am an internationally-trained psychologist with 20+ years of experience in academic and NGO settings and specialized knowledge in mental health, counselling/psychotherapy, assessment, learning facilitation, research, and design and delivery of services for diverse settings. I completed my MA in Psychology at the Polytechnic University, Philippines and my PhD in Psychology at the University of the Philippines. I was a faculty member and chair of the Psychology Department at De La Salle University-Dasmarinas in Cavite. I've worked as a director of student counselling services and supported displaced women and children in NGOs.
I am an internationally-trained psychologist with 20+ years of experience in academic and NGO settings and specialized knowledge in mental health, counselling/psychotherapy, assessment, learning facilitation, research, and design and delivery of services for diverse settings. I completed my MA in Psychology at the Polytechnic University, Philippines and my PhD in Psychology at the University of the Philippines. I was a faculty member and chair of the Psychology Department at De La Salle University-Dasmarinas in Cavite. I've worked as a director of student counselling services and supported displaced women and children in NGOs.
Only accepting refugee claimants for individual work. Open to all for relationship therapy. Counselling can be a powerful tool for change. I strive to co-create a therapeutic environment in which people can safely push their edges of self reflection & feel supported to deepen their awareness of themselves in relationship to self, intimate others, community and a broader sociopolitical context. My work is deeply shaped by queer-positive, anti-racist, and trauma-informed perspectives. I am experienced working with issues related to migration & belonging, sexuality & gender, trauma, relationship dynamics & identity formation in youth.
Only accepting refugee claimants for individual work. Open to all for relationship therapy. Counselling can be a powerful tool for change. I strive to co-create a therapeutic environment in which people can safely push their edges of self reflection & feel supported to deepen their awareness of themselves in relationship to self, intimate others, community and a broader sociopolitical context. My work is deeply shaped by queer-positive, anti-racist, and trauma-informed perspectives. I am experienced working with issues related to migration & belonging, sexuality & gender, trauma, relationship dynamics & identity formation in youth.
Valerie Tamiko Takeda
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
Toronto, ON M5B (Online Only)
You don't have to face life's difficulties alone. If you are struggling with trauma, shame, depression, anxiety, or low-self esteem, or have concerns about relationships, intimacy and setting healthy boundaries, my compassionate, intuitive and collaborative style will help you to become more aware of, and reconnect to your own strengths, develop greater self-compassion and self-acceptance, as well as connect to your potential and find new ways of approaching challenges. I've been a therapist for over 15 years and I offer both individual and couple therapy in downtown Toronto.
You don't have to face life's difficulties alone. If you are struggling with trauma, shame, depression, anxiety, or low-self esteem, or have concerns about relationships, intimacy and setting healthy boundaries, my compassionate, intuitive and collaborative style will help you to become more aware of, and reconnect to your own strengths, develop greater self-compassion and self-acceptance, as well as connect to your potential and find new ways of approaching challenges. I've been a therapist for over 15 years and I offer both individual and couple therapy in downtown Toronto.
As a client, you may or may not have a clear sense of what brings you to therapy. You may be dealing with depression, anxiety, or addiction, among other things. You might just feel not-great but don't have a clear idea of what the matter is. Maybe you're experiencing trouble in relationships. Perhaps you can't seem to kick some destructive habits.
As a client, you may or may not have a clear sense of what brings you to therapy. You may be dealing with depression, anxiety, or addiction, among other things. You might just feel not-great but don't have a clear idea of what the matter is. Maybe you're experiencing trouble in relationships. Perhaps you can't seem to kick some destructive habits.
Naaila Ali
Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5S (Online Only)
Welcome! I am so happy you're here. As a therapist, I hope to join you wherever you are- navigating paths known and unknown, welcoming tender moments to slow down and rest, and all that is between and beyond. I work primarily with BIPOC and 2SLGBTQ+ clients, including queer and trans Muslims, newcomers and immigrants, and third culture individuals. I draw from somatic, narrative, and expression-based practices. My therapy is political and slow; embracing of pleasure and joy, and holding space for the impacts of navigating a world designed to marginalize and oppress.
Welcome! I am so happy you're here. As a therapist, I hope to join you wherever you are- navigating paths known and unknown, welcoming tender moments to slow down and rest, and all that is between and beyond. I work primarily with BIPOC and 2SLGBTQ+ clients, including queer and trans Muslims, newcomers and immigrants, and third culture individuals. I draw from somatic, narrative, and expression-based practices. My therapy is political and slow; embracing of pleasure and joy, and holding space for the impacts of navigating a world designed to marginalize and oppress.
Sarah works with adults (from ages 17+) who are experiencing challenges in their lives. With a background in community mental health, Sarah has supported clients with challenges including anxiety, low mood, borderline personality disorder, interpersonal stressors, grief and bereavement, trauma, and more. Sarah also has experience working with clients from diverse walks of life, including individuals who are neurodiverse, part of the LGBTQ2S+ community, and who come from various socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
Sarah works with adults (from ages 17+) who are experiencing challenges in their lives. With a background in community mental health, Sarah has supported clients with challenges including anxiety, low mood, borderline personality disorder, interpersonal stressors, grief and bereavement, trauma, and more. Sarah also has experience working with clients from diverse walks of life, including individuals who are neurodiverse, part of the LGBTQ2S+ community, and who come from various socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
Therapy is a journey towards appreciating, knowing and growing into who you are. I want to help you find breathing room in the spaces that feel small, tight and limiting in your life. With the support of my presence, curiosity and body-mind awareness we can clarify what is confusing and bring energy and focus to the next step. With person-to-person humility, I endeavour to meet you in the blank, heavy and unsteady times ready for tears to unravel or the spark of humour that puts it all into perspective. This process can help you create a life that is rich in meaning, dignity and purpose unique to you.
Therapy is a journey towards appreciating, knowing and growing into who you are. I want to help you find breathing room in the spaces that feel small, tight and limiting in your life. With the support of my presence, curiosity and body-mind awareness we can clarify what is confusing and bring energy and focus to the next step. With person-to-person humility, I endeavour to meet you in the blank, heavy and unsteady times ready for tears to unravel or the spark of humour that puts it all into perspective. This process can help you create a life that is rich in meaning, dignity and purpose unique to you.
ThriveWell Counselling Inc.
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, RPQ, RP
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5S
Feeling overwhelmed, anxious or down? Do negative beliefs, experiences or pain feel like daily events? Does hurt from the past seem to replay itself? Are you navigating rough waters with school, work or relationships? ThriveWell Counselling is here to help. We provide individual, couple and family counselling and psychotherapy related to trauma, attachment, LGBTQ identities and hoarding/clutter support. ThriveWell Counselling helps you confidently live a more peaceful life, both inside & out! ThriveWell has skilled counsellors taking new clients, as well as counsellors-in-training that offer high-quality support at reduced rates.
Feeling overwhelmed, anxious or down? Do negative beliefs, experiences or pain feel like daily events? Does hurt from the past seem to replay itself? Are you navigating rough waters with school, work or relationships? ThriveWell Counselling is here to help. We provide individual, couple and family counselling and psychotherapy related to trauma, attachment, LGBTQ identities and hoarding/clutter support. ThriveWell Counselling helps you confidently live a more peaceful life, both inside & out! ThriveWell has skilled counsellors taking new clients, as well as counsellors-in-training that offer high-quality support at reduced rates.
Pathway-Therapy, Cindy (Ha) Allison, RP, TIRP
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, TIRP
Verified Verified
Toronto, ON M5R
Understanding why and how we react or feel the way we do in relationships with others is a step towards a healthy, grounded, and fulfilled place in the world. Working with a trained psychotherapist will help you explore your life with different lenses and introduce alternative choices and pathways. I seek to help people who wish to break out of patterns and behaviours that keep them feeling stuck in their lives.
Understanding why and how we react or feel the way we do in relationships with others is a step towards a healthy, grounded, and fulfilled place in the world. Working with a trained psychotherapist will help you explore your life with different lenses and introduce alternative choices and pathways. I seek to help people who wish to break out of patterns and behaviours that keep them feeling stuck in their lives.
Debbie Papadakis
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, CHT, CI
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M6P
Hello, my name is Debbie Papadakis. My goal is to empower you to unfold your inherent potential by accessing the subconscious mind using a combination of psychotherapy with hypnotherapy to help you live a healthy, wealthy, productive and happy life. For more than 25 years, I have worked with a wide variety of individuals, couples and groups from diverse backgrounds to help empower them to overcome limiting beliefs, unwanted behaviours, negative thoughts and emotions, addictions and/or afflictions, fears and phobias that were hindering them from achieving their goals, unleashing their full potential, and living in harmony.
Hello, my name is Debbie Papadakis. My goal is to empower you to unfold your inherent potential by accessing the subconscious mind using a combination of psychotherapy with hypnotherapy to help you live a healthy, wealthy, productive and happy life. For more than 25 years, I have worked with a wide variety of individuals, couples and groups from diverse backgrounds to help empower them to overcome limiting beliefs, unwanted behaviours, negative thoughts and emotions, addictions and/or afflictions, fears and phobias that were hindering them from achieving their goals, unleashing their full potential, and living in harmony.
Iryna Dutko
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, RSW
Verified Verified
9 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M6P (Online Only)
Many people hold the belief that challenges with emotional and mental well-being are a result of difficulty in coping, functioning, or adaptability. We may attempt to use willpower, intellect, and behavioural changes to tackle these issues; if these attempts fail to bring us inner peace or lasting change, we can begin to feel ashamed, alone, and stagnant. It is my belief that challenges with mental health, emotion, and relationships do not exist in a vacuum. These are more than personal failings at coping and functioning. Once we settle into this understanding, we can begin to uncover the deeper questions of your healing work.
Many people hold the belief that challenges with emotional and mental well-being are a result of difficulty in coping, functioning, or adaptability. We may attempt to use willpower, intellect, and behavioural changes to tackle these issues; if these attempts fail to bring us inner peace or lasting change, we can begin to feel ashamed, alone, and stagnant. It is my belief that challenges with mental health, emotion, and relationships do not exist in a vacuum. These are more than personal failings at coping and functioning. Once we settle into this understanding, we can begin to uncover the deeper questions of your healing work.
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Do you find past trauma affecting your day-to-day life? Are you looking for a safe space to discuss challenges you might struggle to put into words? Perhaps it’s hard to recognize the roots of uncomfortable feelings and everyday struggles, but you know you don’t want to feel the way you do. I started ThriveWell Counselling in 2017, with the unwavering belief in the possibilities of moving from Surviving to Thriving. As a Registered Social Worker (RSW), EMDR Certified Therapist and Clinic Owner, I believe that counselling and psychotherapy are often an integral part of healing and learning to not only thrive, but to thrive well!
Do you find past trauma affecting your day-to-day life? Are you looking for a safe space to discuss challenges you might struggle to put into words? Perhaps it’s hard to recognize the roots of uncomfortable feelings and everyday struggles, but you know you don’t want to feel the way you do. I started ThriveWell Counselling in 2017, with the unwavering belief in the possibilities of moving from Surviving to Thriving. As a Registered Social Worker (RSW), EMDR Certified Therapist and Clinic Owner, I believe that counselling and psychotherapy are often an integral part of healing and learning to not only thrive, but to thrive well!
Savannah Finnessey
Registered Social Worker, BSW, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
Toronto, ON M6S (Online Only)
We all experience points in our lives that can be challenging to manage. Traumatic events, loss, conflict, and crisis impact all of us. When these difficulties begin to impede our daily functioning, mood, and relationships, social workers can help by providing psychotherapy. I am committed to a collaborative, encouraging, and non-judgmental approach which supports self-awareness, healing and growth. My areas of expertise include helping teens and young adults (ages 13-25) overcome anxiety, trauma, depression, panic, agoraphobia, PTSD, OCD, eating disorders, chronic pain, and a range of mental health disorders. 2SLGBTQ+ safe space.
We all experience points in our lives that can be challenging to manage. Traumatic events, loss, conflict, and crisis impact all of us. When these difficulties begin to impede our daily functioning, mood, and relationships, social workers can help by providing psychotherapy. I am committed to a collaborative, encouraging, and non-judgmental approach which supports self-awareness, healing and growth. My areas of expertise include helping teens and young adults (ages 13-25) overcome anxiety, trauma, depression, panic, agoraphobia, PTSD, OCD, eating disorders, chronic pain, and a range of mental health disorders. 2SLGBTQ+ safe space.
Are you struggling with anxiety, stress, trauma or nervous system issues? Are you living in your head or constantly fighting negative thoughts? Would you like both compassionate support and evidence-based holistic tools to help you feel better in your daily life? If so, welcome. Our traumas, emotional patterns, and negative beliefs can affect all parts of our lives-our sense of safety, our relationships, our health, and our ability to find peace and move towards our dream life. Managing these challenges alone can feel isolating and hopeless at times. You do not have to figure this out alone. I am here to help.
Are you struggling with anxiety, stress, trauma or nervous system issues? Are you living in your head or constantly fighting negative thoughts? Would you like both compassionate support and evidence-based holistic tools to help you feel better in your daily life? If so, welcome. Our traumas, emotional patterns, and negative beliefs can affect all parts of our lives-our sense of safety, our relationships, our health, and our ability to find peace and move towards our dream life. Managing these challenges alone can feel isolating and hopeless at times. You do not have to figure this out alone. I am here to help.
Seeking therapy is a radical act of self love. It takes courage to reach out when in pain or transition. Wanting support is a sign of the impulse to thrive. I hold space for you to heal your attachment and other wounds. I am a Registered Psychotherapist and have a Masters of Psychology, with a private practice in downtown Toronto. My special interests include transitions across the life span, attachment and trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, low self-esteem, Post Traumatic Stress, newcomer and multi cultural issues, intersecting with LGBTQ issues, women's mental health, transitioning genders, and newcomer issues.
Seeking therapy is a radical act of self love. It takes courage to reach out when in pain or transition. Wanting support is a sign of the impulse to thrive. I hold space for you to heal your attachment and other wounds. I am a Registered Psychotherapist and have a Masters of Psychology, with a private practice in downtown Toronto. My special interests include transitions across the life span, attachment and trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, low self-esteem, Post Traumatic Stress, newcomer and multi cultural issues, intersecting with LGBTQ issues, women's mental health, transitioning genders, and newcomer issues.
Lindsay M Sommerauer
Registered Psychotherapist, RP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M4Y (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Do you want to know yourself better and feel more grounded? Are you tired from struggles within yourself and with others? Are you facing a major transition? Would you like to set and hold boundaries so you can show up as you’d like in your life? For these questions and more, I’m here with wholehearted support for your change journey. I help folks connect within themselves so they can discover and grow in capacity to foster self-compassion, set healthy boundaries, and create the space and confidence to show up and move forward authentically in their lives.
Do you want to know yourself better and feel more grounded? Are you tired from struggles within yourself and with others? Are you facing a major transition? Would you like to set and hold boundaries so you can show up as you’d like in your life? For these questions and more, I’m here with wholehearted support for your change journey. I help folks connect within themselves so they can discover and grow in capacity to foster self-compassion, set healthy boundaries, and create the space and confidence to show up and move forward authentically in their lives.
Deciding to seek support is not always easy. Typically it's made when a conflict gets to the point where it can no longer be managed alone. Once the decision has been made, there can be fear or unease around talking about vulnerable emotions or life situations. I recognize the courage that it takes to reach out for help, and endeavour to work from a framework of empowerment so clients can uncover their inherent strengths and abilities. Solutions to our troubles often lie within, however the journey to uncovering these is one that many people struggle to walk alone.
Deciding to seek support is not always easy. Typically it's made when a conflict gets to the point where it can no longer be managed alone. Once the decision has been made, there can be fear or unease around talking about vulnerable emotions or life situations. I recognize the courage that it takes to reach out for help, and endeavour to work from a framework of empowerment so clients can uncover their inherent strengths and abilities. Solutions to our troubles often lie within, however the journey to uncovering these is one that many people struggle to walk alone.
Chanderbhan Counselling Services
Registered Psychotherapist
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M2N
Chanderbhan Counselling Services provides individual couples, and family services . Our team of clinical therapists, psychotherapists, and counsellors are dedicated to providing you with psychotherapy, counselling and therapeutic services and assisting you in the selection of a professional that suits your needs. We believe in using a multi-modal approach to counselling to structure each session based on your therapeutic goals and needs. What's most important to us is building a therapeutic alliance with our clients and creating an environment where clients can gain the most from their experience and create lasting change.
Chanderbhan Counselling Services provides individual couples, and family services . Our team of clinical therapists, psychotherapists, and counsellors are dedicated to providing you with psychotherapy, counselling and therapeutic services and assisting you in the selection of a professional that suits your needs. We believe in using a multi-modal approach to counselling to structure each session based on your therapeutic goals and needs. What's most important to us is building a therapeutic alliance with our clients and creating an environment where clients can gain the most from their experience and create lasting change.
Melanie Baker
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), BAHons, MACP
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M6S
I am honoured to offer service to you in Spanish or English under an approved supervisor. Please know you are welcome just as you are – in this precise moment. Together, we can co-explore your unique journey, the impact of your experiences, and possibilities going forward, within a safe, open, nonjudgemental setting. I am committed to walking beside you without wavering, while appreciating you as a whole, complex, individual holding innate resources and strengths for your own growth. I strive towards providing culturally responsive service to you rooted in anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, and feminist principles.
I am honoured to offer service to you in Spanish or English under an approved supervisor. Please know you are welcome just as you are – in this precise moment. Together, we can co-explore your unique journey, the impact of your experiences, and possibilities going forward, within a safe, open, nonjudgemental setting. I am committed to walking beside you without wavering, while appreciating you as a whole, complex, individual holding innate resources and strengths for your own growth. I strive towards providing culturally responsive service to you rooted in anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, and feminist principles.
I am intrigued by the way that humans are wired to connect with others. In my practice, I strive to build a meaningful connection between us in a gentle and caring way. Similarly, I aim to assist you in building authentic connections with important people in your life. I will help you to explore your strengths and resilience while assisting with the goals that brought you to therapy. I value diversity and the strength that it brings to the development of authentic relationships. I operate from a trauma-informed and anti-oppressive framework that is LGBTQ2IA+ affirming.
I am intrigued by the way that humans are wired to connect with others. In my practice, I strive to build a meaningful connection between us in a gentle and caring way. Similarly, I aim to assist you in building authentic connections with important people in your life. I will help you to explore your strengths and resilience while assisting with the goals that brought you to therapy. I value diversity and the strength that it brings to the development of authentic relationships. I operate from a trauma-informed and anti-oppressive framework that is LGBTQ2IA+ affirming.
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