Female Therapists in Saint-Léonard, QC
Our team provides services utilizing best practices. We recently expanded our services to include adults as well as children and their families. In my 30 years working in mental health, I have held positions in a specialized school, a young offender facility, several psychiatric and medical facilities, as well as in several private practices. In my last position, I held the role of clinical director in a national multidisciplinary practice (Collage Pediatric Therapy). Currently, I am co-founder and director of a multidisciplinary practice providing speech-language, ABA, guidance, and psychology services to children and adults.
Our team provides services utilizing best practices. We recently expanded our services to include adults as well as children and their families. In my 30 years working in mental health, I have held positions in a specialized school, a young offender facility, several psychiatric and medical facilities, as well as in several private practices. In my last position, I held the role of clinical director in a national multidisciplinary practice (Collage Pediatric Therapy). Currently, I am co-founder and director of a multidisciplinary practice providing speech-language, ABA, guidance, and psychology services to children and adults.
Dr. Sara Quirke is a psychologist who earned her Doctorate degree at McGill University in School/Applied Child Psychology. She received her training at various institutions including the Montreal Children's Hospital - Autism Clinic, West Montreal Readaptation Center (CROM), the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, and a Child-based private practice in Ottawa. Since 2008, she has worked in public and private practice. Sara works as a Psychologist at the LBPSB as well as with the WQSB and Youth Protection.
Dr. Sara Quirke is a psychologist who earned her Doctorate degree at McGill University in School/Applied Child Psychology. She received her training at various institutions including the Montreal Children's Hospital - Autism Clinic, West Montreal Readaptation Center (CROM), the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, and a Child-based private practice in Ottawa. Since 2008, she has worked in public and private practice. Sara works as a Psychologist at the LBPSB as well as with the WQSB and Youth Protection.
Dr. Melissa Callaci
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Saint-Léonard, QC H1R (Online Only)
Has the spark faded? Feeling like roommates in a sexless relationship? Constantly fighting over the same things? Putting everyone else first or feeling guilty to prioritize your own wants and needs? Are you navigating transitions like becoming a new parent, or moving in with a partner and struggling to blend habits and preferences? If you resonate with any of these - therapy with me can help you gain insight into your patterns and learn practical skills to help you work through your challenges.
Has the spark faded? Feeling like roommates in a sexless relationship? Constantly fighting over the same things? Putting everyone else first or feeling guilty to prioritize your own wants and needs? Are you navigating transitions like becoming a new parent, or moving in with a partner and struggling to blend habits and preferences? If you resonate with any of these - therapy with me can help you gain insight into your patterns and learn practical skills to help you work through your challenges.
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Have you ever felt like talking just isn't enough? There are some feelings and experiences that words alone do not capture. Therapeutic play uses children's natural inclination for play to create positive changes in their life, creating a supportive environment for freedom of expression.
Have you ever felt like talking just isn't enough? There are some feelings and experiences that words alone do not capture. Therapeutic play uses children's natural inclination for play to create positive changes in their life, creating a supportive environment for freedom of expression.
I offer collaborative, empowering, and non-pathologizing drama therapy to adults and children. Creative arts therapy uses movement, story, art, and metaphor to re-establish communication between mind and body and unlock self-expression. My work is embodied: I sensitise my clients to the knowledge the body holds, support them to reinstate harmony between the physical and the mental, and integrate these practices into their daily lives.
I offer collaborative, empowering, and non-pathologizing drama therapy to adults and children. Creative arts therapy uses movement, story, art, and metaphor to re-establish communication between mind and body and unlock self-expression. My work is embodied: I sensitise my clients to the knowledge the body holds, support them to reinstate harmony between the physical and the mental, and integrate these practices into their daily lives.
Mingyue Tao
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MA, RP(Q), CCC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Montréal, QC H1V
Waitlist for new clients
Hey, too many profiles and you're tired? Let me make it easy for you :) My 'things' are: discovering true-self (who are you, really?), increasing confidence, and helping overachievers love themselves the way they are. I also work with people who experience immigration and cultural adaptation challenges. No matter what blockages you're facing, my job is to help you discover your power for change and accompany you through this transformative journey. Let's find the SPRING in you :)
Hey, too many profiles and you're tired? Let me make it easy for you :) My 'things' are: discovering true-self (who are you, really?), increasing confidence, and helping overachievers love themselves the way they are. I also work with people who experience immigration and cultural adaptation challenges. No matter what blockages you're facing, my job is to help you discover your power for change and accompany you through this transformative journey. Let's find the SPRING in you :)
Everyone at some point in their lives will experience events that lead to troubling thoughts, feelings and even pain. Whether it’s having relationship problems, going through large life changes, a stressful work environment or not letting your past go, it may simply be too much to make sense of it all. Know that you’re not alone and that the first step in helping yourself is recognizing your problems and seeking help. If you are at that point, I can help you. I offer you a safe space where you can share, explore and revisit difficult moments in your life so that you can finally tackle your problems head on.
Everyone at some point in their lives will experience events that lead to troubling thoughts, feelings and even pain. Whether it’s having relationship problems, going through large life changes, a stressful work environment or not letting your past go, it may simply be too much to make sense of it all. Know that you’re not alone and that the first step in helping yourself is recognizing your problems and seeking help. If you are at that point, I can help you. I offer you a safe space where you can share, explore and revisit difficult moments in your life so that you can finally tackle your problems head on.
I am a warm Social Worker, who understands that life can be very difficult and overwhelming at times. I am dedicated to helping clients to successfully face, manage, and overcome these very real difficulties. I also support clients in building stronger and more useful coping strategies to deal with the difficult situations and elements of life that cannot be changed or controlled. I help clients to identify and set meaningful goals and to hold clients accountable for their development and for making progress toward their goals. In this way, I help clients to achieve greater balance, resilience, peace, and success in their lives.
I am a warm Social Worker, who understands that life can be very difficult and overwhelming at times. I am dedicated to helping clients to successfully face, manage, and overcome these very real difficulties. I also support clients in building stronger and more useful coping strategies to deal with the difficult situations and elements of life that cannot be changed or controlled. I help clients to identify and set meaningful goals and to hold clients accountable for their development and for making progress toward their goals. In this way, I help clients to achieve greater balance, resilience, peace, and success in their lives.
Lily Jiménez Dabdoub Neurolotus Art Therapy
Art Therapist, CCC, ATPQ, ND, MACAT, BScPsy, BSPsy
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Montréal, QC H2E
Waitlist for new clients
As a multi-ethnic woman, I have experienced and endured the hardship of oppressive racism and social injustice.
Maya Angelou once said, “there is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you”. I am here to support you in expressing your untold stories. I will witness and listen to your untold stories and help you express and process them through the tools that expressive arts therapies provide, particularly art. Art therapy is a less challenging medium to explore your emotional needs. Through our art therapy sessions I will help you catch those overwhelming emotions and entangled thoughts. Together we will be able to find the best strategies for you to make the changes you need to feel better and heal.
As a multi-ethnic woman, I have experienced and endured the hardship of oppressive racism and social injustice.
Maya Angelou once said, “there is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you”. I am here to support you in expressing your untold stories. I will witness and listen to your untold stories and help you express and process them through the tools that expressive arts therapies provide, particularly art. Art therapy is a less challenging medium to explore your emotional needs. Through our art therapy sessions I will help you catch those overwhelming emotions and entangled thoughts. Together we will be able to find the best strategies for you to make the changes you need to feel better and heal.
I commend you for taking the first step towards healing. Everyone struggles with concerns in their life, it may be depression, anxiety, grief, family breakdowns, or struggling to figure out day-to-day life. You want to live a whole and happy life, and I would love to be that person to walk this journey with you. I provide a safe and non-judgmental space where you feel heard, valued, and empowered. I am culturally sensitive, client-centered, and a trauma-informed counsellor who believes in our ability to learn and grow.
I commend you for taking the first step towards healing. Everyone struggles with concerns in their life, it may be depression, anxiety, grief, family breakdowns, or struggling to figure out day-to-day life. You want to live a whole and happy life, and I would love to be that person to walk this journey with you. I provide a safe and non-judgmental space where you feel heard, valued, and empowered. I am culturally sensitive, client-centered, and a trauma-informed counsellor who believes in our ability to learn and grow.
To your heart, body, and soul. I invite you to explore the inner life that is waiting for you with creativity and imagination, strengthening your inner resources, as well as connecting with yourself and your community. Art therapy involves creation and exploration through artistic media with an art therapist. It enables the creative expression of emotions, awareness, and self-discovery in a safe and welcoming space. It can help you explore and connect with your true self. When emotions are overwhelming, art becomes a space where you can settle down, unravel, and reweave the meaning of your experience. No talent needed to benefit.
To your heart, body, and soul. I invite you to explore the inner life that is waiting for you with creativity and imagination, strengthening your inner resources, as well as connecting with yourself and your community. Art therapy involves creation and exploration through artistic media with an art therapist. It enables the creative expression of emotions, awareness, and self-discovery in a safe and welcoming space. It can help you explore and connect with your true self. When emotions are overwhelming, art becomes a space where you can settle down, unravel, and reweave the meaning of your experience. No talent needed to benefit.
I enjoy working collaboratively with my clients to identify their motivation for change, sense of self, and resiliency. It is always my goal to give care to your knowledge, desires, character strengths and connections. We will honour what guides you while building capacity for curiosity and self-compassion in the places that feel most difficult. We can work on anxiety and depression, trauma, life transitions, relationships, coping skills, and identity exploration. Practice theories I utilize include attachment theory, psychodynamic approaches, and Emotion Focused Therapy.
I enjoy working collaboratively with my clients to identify their motivation for change, sense of self, and resiliency. It is always my goal to give care to your knowledge, desires, character strengths and connections. We will honour what guides you while building capacity for curiosity and self-compassion in the places that feel most difficult. We can work on anxiety and depression, trauma, life transitions, relationships, coping skills, and identity exploration. Practice theories I utilize include attachment theory, psychodynamic approaches, and Emotion Focused Therapy.
Genevieve Cusson Mercier
Registered Social Worker, TS
Verified Verified
Montréal, QC H1Y (Online Only)
Service de consultation en travail social pour les individus, les couples et les familles offert partout au Québec et en Ontario. Bonjour à toi, tu fais preuve de beaucoup de courage pour entreprendre cette future démarche de soutien. Pour moi, la création de l'alliance thérapeutique dans un climat sans jugement et proche de l'humain représente l'élément au coeur d'un suivi. Je t'invite à m'appeler ou à m'écrire afin d'établir le premier contact. Au plaisir d'échanger! Mandat IVAC accepté.
Service de consultation en travail social pour les individus, les couples et les familles offert partout au Québec et en Ontario. Bonjour à toi, tu fais preuve de beaucoup de courage pour entreprendre cette future démarche de soutien. Pour moi, la création de l'alliance thérapeutique dans un climat sans jugement et proche de l'humain représente l'élément au coeur d'un suivi. Je t'invite à m'appeler ou à m'écrire afin d'établir le premier contact. Au plaisir d'échanger! Mandat IVAC accepté.
Hi, and welcome to my page! I'm a licensed counsellor offering services to individuals seeking support for stress, anxiety, and low mood, as well as people looking to improve their self-esteem and their interpersonal relationships. I believe in working collaboratively with my clients, using an approach tailored to each person's needs. Approaches I tend to draw from most frequently include Systemic Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Mindfulness-Based Therapies. I practice from a 2slgbtqia+ affirmative and intersectional standpoint.
Hi, and welcome to my page! I'm a licensed counsellor offering services to individuals seeking support for stress, anxiety, and low mood, as well as people looking to improve their self-esteem and their interpersonal relationships. I believe in working collaboratively with my clients, using an approach tailored to each person's needs. Approaches I tend to draw from most frequently include Systemic Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Mindfulness-Based Therapies. I practice from a 2slgbtqia+ affirmative and intersectional standpoint.
Katrine Zogbo
Psychologist, Psy D
Verified Verified
Montréal, QC H1N (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Katrine Zogbo (Psy. D) is an OPQ licensed clinical psychologist with an integrative approach to healing. She has experience working with clients from diverse sociocultural backgrounds presenting with a wide range of issues. She specializes in the treatment of relational difficulties, anxiety, depression and emotional regulation, with an expertise in challenges related to immigration and acculturation processes. She works primarily from a humanistic-existential approach, meaning she views the therapeutic relationship as a way to connect to your inner capacity to overcome life’s challenges and to attain the best version of yourself.
Katrine Zogbo (Psy. D) is an OPQ licensed clinical psychologist with an integrative approach to healing. She has experience working with clients from diverse sociocultural backgrounds presenting with a wide range of issues. She specializes in the treatment of relational difficulties, anxiety, depression and emotional regulation, with an expertise in challenges related to immigration and acculturation processes. She works primarily from a humanistic-existential approach, meaning she views the therapeutic relationship as a way to connect to your inner capacity to overcome life’s challenges and to attain the best version of yourself.
I am a registered Psychotherapist and Social Worker in QC. I subscribe to the idea that suffering is a natural part of the human experience; we suffer and experience discomfort so we can cope and grow. It is possible however that we can exceed our threshold of suffering and our normal coping mechanisms are no longer sufficient. This is when our discomfort begins to feel like pain, anxiety, and depressive thoughts and is no longer beneficial to our growth. I like to think of my role as the collaborator and support system for times like these.
I am a registered Psychotherapist and Social Worker in QC. I subscribe to the idea that suffering is a natural part of the human experience; we suffer and experience discomfort so we can cope and grow. It is possible however that we can exceed our threshold of suffering and our normal coping mechanisms are no longer sufficient. This is when our discomfort begins to feel like pain, anxiety, and depressive thoughts and is no longer beneficial to our growth. I like to think of my role as the collaborator and support system for times like these.
I also speak French. Children, youth, adults, elders.. if there’s a need to address issues or find solutions to problems, we can do it one day at the time. according to your own pace and needs. I also offer couple and family therapy.
I also speak French. Children, youth, adults, elders.. if there’s a need to address issues or find solutions to problems, we can do it one day at the time. according to your own pace and needs. I also offer couple and family therapy.
Catalina Tunariu
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MA
Verified Verified
Montréal, QC H1Y (Online Only)
Although it may not feel like it, you’re not broken, damaged, or a loser. You’re just stuck in patterns of thinking and behaving that are no longer serving you. For example, the thought of making a mistake, along with the resulting shame and criticism is terrifying so analyze all options before making a decision, double-triple check all your work, and avoid trying new things. Or you miss out on opportunities because you're trying to prepare for or prevent imagined "what ifs". Similarly, years of criticism have convinced you that you're not good enough, so you compare yourself to others, dwell on your past failures, and give up.
Although it may not feel like it, you’re not broken, damaged, or a loser. You’re just stuck in patterns of thinking and behaving that are no longer serving you. For example, the thought of making a mistake, along with the resulting shame and criticism is terrifying so analyze all options before making a decision, double-triple check all your work, and avoid trying new things. Or you miss out on opportunities because you're trying to prepare for or prevent imagined "what ifs". Similarly, years of criticism have convinced you that you're not good enough, so you compare yourself to others, dwell on your past failures, and give up.
I invite you, if you are tired of living on the "autopilot" mode and are looking to regain full control over your life, to read a bit more. Do you have a strong desire to embark on a journey of self-exploration and inner healing, fostering self-acceptance, compassion, playfulness and readiness to confront hidden parts of yourself? Have you tried traditional therapies such as talk therapy, and you still feel stuck? We experience life with our bodies and senses, and they all store our stories and experiences. I invite you on a self-exploration beyond words...
I invite you, if you are tired of living on the "autopilot" mode and are looking to regain full control over your life, to read a bit more. Do you have a strong desire to embark on a journey of self-exploration and inner healing, fostering self-acceptance, compassion, playfulness and readiness to confront hidden parts of yourself? Have you tried traditional therapies such as talk therapy, and you still feel stuck? We experience life with our bodies and senses, and they all store our stories and experiences. I invite you on a self-exploration beyond words...
Eliza Badalyan
Registered Psychotherapist, MPsych, RP
Verified Verified
Montréal, QC H1G (Online Only)
Hello, I am a trained and licensed professional with 20 years of experience working with people experiencing challenges with depression, stress, burnout, trauma or a family situation, the death of a loved one, the loss of a job, social anxiety, or fears. As a Registered Psychotherapist in private practice in Toronto, Ontario, I work online via videoconference only in French, Armenian, and Russian with adults and adolescents. I am now accepting new patients interested in more intensive online therapy. If you're curious about exploring yourself more deeply, I’m offering a reduced fee for those committed to 3 sessions a week.
Hello, I am a trained and licensed professional with 20 years of experience working with people experiencing challenges with depression, stress, burnout, trauma or a family situation, the death of a loved one, the loss of a job, social anxiety, or fears. As a Registered Psychotherapist in private practice in Toronto, Ontario, I work online via videoconference only in French, Armenian, and Russian with adults and adolescents. I am now accepting new patients interested in more intensive online therapy. If you're curious about exploring yourself more deeply, I’m offering a reduced fee for those committed to 3 sessions a week.
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Female Counsellors
Does it matter what gender my therapist is?
In general, this is not an important factor, as there is no relationship between a therapist’s gender and their efficacy. Some clients, however, prefer to see therapists of a particular gender, whether due to their own past experiences with men and women, or ingrained beliefs about how people of different genders think and behave. Exploring the roots of such preferences and considering what one wants to address in therapy can help someone determine whether their therapist’s gender truly matters to them.
Should I see a female therapist?
Many people—not just women—prefer to see a female therapist, either because they believe that a woman will be able to relate to their specific challenges (for example, sexism in the workplace) or because they imagine feeling more comfortable disclosing sensitive information to a woman. Such beliefs may not turn out to be accurate, however, and adhering too rigidly to a gender preference can at times hinder a client from finding the best therapeutic match.
Do therapists get specific training to help with women’s concerns?
Therapists are trained to provide care to clients of any gender. However, some therapists—both men and women—may pursue additional training in feminist therapy, gender-specific issues, or women’s mental health. Female clients may wish to ask prospective therapists whether they have received specific training in the client’s primary area(s) of concern, or whether they have worked extensively with women on issues similar to their own.
How can I inquire about a therapist’s experience in treating women?
It’s OK—even encouraged!—to ask a therapist directly whether and how often they have treated women in the past, or whether they have treated women dealing with the client’s most prominent concern(s). Competent therapists will be happy to share their educational background, preferred treatment modalities, and prior client experience to help an individual find the therapist best suited to their needs.