Self-Destructive Patterns

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  • Alysha Rajkumar

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    WAITLISTING NEW CLIENTS
    Recurring feelings of anxiety, sadness or anger can overwhelm us. Past experiences, unhealthy patterns, or difficulty in relationships can intensify these feelings. Therapy can offer a space to explore your internal landscape in conversation with another. Through honest dialogue, you can come to know yourself anew, finding greater connectedness, security, and balance.
  • Toronto Psychotherapists - Dana Kelso

    Dana Kelso

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl, BA Hons (Psychology), MBA
    NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    You are an intelligent, competent business professional, yet despite your best efforts your life isn’t feeling the way you’d hoped. Perhaps you’re struggling with relationship difficulties at home or at work, career indecision, substance abuse, or chronic anxiety. I specialize in working with people with backgrounds and struggles similar to yours.
  • Kimberley Wright

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    WAITLISTING NEW CLIENTS
    We sometimes doubt that others truly understand what we are feeling, so we struggle in silence. This takes a toll on our minds and our bodies and leaves us feeling anxious or depressed. I offer a place to have these thoughts and feelings held, respected, and cared for. A place for you to explore yourself with another.
  • Caroline Millen

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP
    WAITLISTING NEW CLIENTS
    Therapy helps to carve a clearer path as you journey along life’s many winding roads. In a supportive space fit for conversation and silence we tune in to your authentic self and tackle obstacles interfering with your potential. Starting therapy is a courageous act. Welcome. You are on your way.
  • Sara Gilchrist

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    Sometimes it is more difficult to ask a question than to answer it. In conversation with another, one practiced in the art of attuned listening, it becomes possible to discover not only what is worthy of questioning, but why answers have remained so stubbornly concealed from our own searching.
  • Penny Firth-Eagland

    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    We are wired for connection and growth, striving to achieve the fullest expression of who we are. But there can be challenges along the way. Psychotherapy is a means of illuminating a path through difficulty, at time of pressing need and across the arc of one’s engagement with all of life.
  • Kusum Dole

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    Together, you and I talk about your hopes, fears, troubles, disruptive behaviours, and all the other feelings and experiences that are hard to bear. We treat these with care and respect as we explore at your pace. We discover your uniqueness, potential, strengths, and inner resources by exploring your past, present life, and the immediate moments in therapy.
  • Toronto Psychotherapist - Mary Fulford Winsor

    Mary Fulford-Winsor

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    Exploring who we are and what is happening within us doesn’t need to be a journey that is undertaken on our own. I work with individuals and couples in a safe and open environment where all of the elements that make you and your relationships unique are welcome. I have additional training in couples’ therapy, sex therapy and working with the creative process in artists and others.
  • Toronto Psychotherapist - Alex Borovoy

    Alex Borovoy

    (he/him)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl, Certified Hakomi Practitioner*
    WAITLISTING NEW CLIENTS
    This is where we begin: with your desire to be in your life, and in the world, with less fear, and with as much authenticity and happiness as possible; to simply be more of who you are.
  • Mary Catherine Travers Registered Psychotherapist

    Mary Catherine Travers

    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    WAITLISTING NEW CLIENTS
    Traumatic experience occurring in early life, as well as ongoing instances of neglect, loss or unmet need, may significantly affect our sense of self. Negative events act as filters that constrain our development and perceptions. But things can get better. Psychotherapy can help to us to understand ourselves more fully, develop more satisfying relationships, and live the lives we long to lead.
  • Muneeza Mooraj

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
    RP Qualifying, CTP Dipl
    NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    Challenges are inevitable, and needing another’s support is human. In psychotherapy, your emotional depths, and your relationship to self and others are explored compassionately. We work together to understand your uniqueness and co-create the lasting change you want. During this work, your developing self-awareness both heals and helps. Using a flexible approach, I offer a non-judgmental and safe therapeutic space.
  • Leah Lucas Registered Toronto Psychotherapist

    Leah Lucas

    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    WAITLISTING NEW CLIENTS
    Many clients entering therapy wonder, “How can only talking help me?” The increased sense of well-being we gain in therapy is more than just a worded experience. Current research in neurobiology validates the effectiveness of talk therapy, in which the therapeutic conversation creates “limbic resonance.” When you sit with a calm, knowledgeable, experienced psychotherapist you are neurologically regulating mind and mood.
  • Wallace Murray

    Registered Therapeutic Counselor
    RTC, Counselling Hypnotherapist
    ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    In therapy, I advocate for you to become who you are meant to be on this planet. I have personally worked with over 4,000 people living out their purpose. I coach, lead group work, and facilitate workshops and retreats. I accompany you while you heal and step firmly into your truth.
  • Michèle Croteau

    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    Difficult life circumstances become powerful agents of positive change when they push us to seek help in a safe environment where we can be seen and heard for who we truly are. Our therapeutic collaboration will aim at reclaiming meaning through psychological insights, fostering stability, and exploring different life choices.
  • Diana Grigorova

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
    RP (Qualifying), CTP Dipl
    ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    Good psychotherapy can be powerful work. It expands our personalities and ability to think, feel, and connect in new, more deeply satisfying ways. It orders our chaos and clarifies who we are. Entering therapy is a courageous move toward change, and toward creating and enjoying a life of our own conscious design.
  • Fadi Abou-Rihan

    (he/him)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, TICP Dipl, PhD (Philosophy)
    WAITLISTING NEW CLIENTS
    In spite of great difficulties, you’ve not given up on finding meaning in your life. In helping you figure out what moves you, psychotherapy allows you to make better sense of what you’re going through, to be more aware of your strengths, and more mindful of what you need to sort out.
  • Andrey Caric

    (he/him)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    Psychotherapy is an opportunity to shed old, unhelpful ways of being for more authentic forms of connecting. Recognizing your own patterns, let alone changing them, can be difficult without support. Working with an empathetic therapist who listens attentively and without judgement can lead to lasting transformational change.
  • Rachel Fulford

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    Creative, accomplished people often feel a sense of emptiness, and struggle with relationships. An event or problem may spark questions and conflicts about identity and what your purpose may be; or, you may wonder how to build connections and live a more fulfilled life. Speaking honestly and being heard can foster self-enrichment and discovery.
  • Michael Connolly

    (he/him)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    To feel comfortable in your own skin, to heal your inner wounds so that you have more energy to live, to grow, and to meet the world as it is—these are the important tasks that therapy can help you undertake.
  • Todd Hartley

    Regsitered Social Worker
    MSW, RSW
    WAITLISTING NEW CLIENTS
    Welcome! Deciding to enter therapy takes courage. I work from an empathic and non-judgmental perspective to meet every client’s individual needs. We'll work together to improve your well-being so that you can live your best life. You can feel better!
  • Simone Scott

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    Early life experiences inform how we construct and move through our adult lives. But outdated models of relating or patterns of feeling can block growth and fulfillment. In therapy we work to strengthen the essential capacities you already possess, and support new ways of being and relating that better serve you.
  • Toronto Psychotherapy - Barry Olshen

    Barry Olshen

    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl, PhD (English Literature and Drama)
    NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    Therapy in my office begins with you, the client. It goes in whatever direction you wish and it covers whatever concerns and subjects you choose. A confidential relationship based on compassionate support, empathic understanding, appropriate guidance, and mutual trust provides the foundation for all our work together.
  • Diana Chang

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
    RP Qualifying, CTP Dipl
    WAITLISTING NEW CLIENTS
    The turbulence of life can leave us feeling like we are merely getting by, even amid deeply painful experiences. We all need a safe and compassionate space to land in to help us make sense of what’s happening. When witnessed therapeutically, it can be a powerfully healing and revitalizing experience.
  • Rom Malik

    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, M.Ed
    ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    I create a non-judgmental space, which is essential for successful individual and couples therapy. In individual therapy, I will assist you in overcoming your fears, worries, and stressors. If you seek therapy as part of a couple, I can help you and your partner work through your communication, intimacy, and relationship conflict issues.
  • Mafalda Urbanyi

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    WAITLISTING NEW CLIENTS
    “Nothing that feels bad is ever the last step” (Gendlin, 1981). We often seek therapy when we find ourselves struggling, when everything else we have tried has not worked. The good news is the strength, resilience and courage you need to create the change you want are already within you.
  • Aaron Rotbard

    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    The way we speak about our experiences shapes the way we know ourselves and interact with others. Through dialogue, I help individuals harness the power of expression to forge healthy and vibrant connections both inwards and outwards. As new perspectives are spoken into being, we can bring about the changes that we have long hoped for.
  • Toronto Psychotherapist - Jena Ledson

    Jena Ledson

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    In therapy, we'll embark on a journey of self-discovery, helping you find your true self and what truly matters to you. We'll explore the origins of your mental and emotional discomfort and working towards healing and adopting healthy coping strategies. Therapy is a powerful tool for personal growth and meaningful change.
  • Toronto Psychotherapist - Kristin Casady

    Kristin Casady

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    Therapy is a process of supported inquiry. It is powerful work—it can help us shift from merely coping with life’s challenges to feeling more fully alive. My role is to assist you to create a style of living, or ways of connecting in your intimate relationships, marked by less struggle. A greater sense of vitality and authenticity, and better relating, can emerge from the process.
  • Diana Orgera Registered Toronto Psychotherapist

    Diana Orgera

    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    Something remarkable happens when we are listened to deeply and openly. Whether we have a strong sense of ourselves but are struggling with difficult feelings or we are lost, afraid, and overcome with anxiety, speaking about it with someone who has the psychological insight and space to truly hear us, as a psychotherapist does, can be a powerful and healing experience.
  • Melissa Emerson

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    Consider what brought you here. Are you worried about the future? Relationships suffer when we feel dissatisfied, lonely, or lost. Do you feel misunderstood? That can leave us anxious or angry. We can bring awareness to the beliefs guiding our lives and create greater connection to ourselves and others through the honest conversation therapy offers.
  • Kristopher Saric

    (he/him)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    Everyone’s need for change is unique. You may be in search of healing and personal growth or compelled by feelings you cannot fully understand. Psychotherapy provides a non-judgemental space for you to safely and effectively reflect, risk, and restore. In your therapy, we work together to co-create change in the areas of living that are troubling you.
  • Toronto Psychotherapist - Natalie Sammut

    Natalie Sammut

    Registered Social Worker
    RSW, CTP Dipl
    ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    Therapy is about deciding to move beyond fears and limitations, and about making a commitment to being fully and uniquely yourself.
  • Mary Ellen Mahoney Registered Toronto Psychotherapist

    Mary Ellen Mahoney

    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    How are you doing in the aftermath of an unbelievably stressful two years? Stuck in your working life and/or relationships? Longing to feel more clear, calm, focussed and alive? I offer a highly effective neuro-biological approach to psychotherapy. For individuals and couples. Let's talk.
  • Mathew Peters

    Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
    RP Qualifying, CTP Dipl
    ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    At times we can be strangers to ourselves; our actions and responses seem mysteriously out of place and "not me”. If we slow down enough to approach these moments with curiosity and without judgement, we no longer have to remain under the thumb of what lies beyond our awareness. Therapy helps slow things down.
  • Carmy Huppeler

    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    Are you seeking change in your life? Therapy helped me when I found myself struggling and needing answers. Together we can explore your current situation and help you find the answers you need. I look forward to meeting you in person so we can begin your own unique journey towards lasting change.
  • Toronto Psychotherapist - Deborah Odell

    Deborah Odell

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    WAITLISTING NEW CLIENTS
    The most powerful agent of deep and lasting change is emotional insight. Through compassionate and attuned listening, as your therapist I will assist in facilitating these insights in you – so that you may begin to understand, and adjust, ways of being that may be affecting your ability to create healthy relationships and to feel fulfilled in your life.
  • Jai Colborne

    (she/they)
    Registered Social Worker
    RSW, MSW, CTP Dipl
    NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    As you consider the idea of therapy and begin your search for a therapist, I’m guessing you may feel pretty vulnerable. I get it, I’ve been there. Trusting another with your personal story and letting go of some of the protections you have put in place over the years takes time. As your unique story unfolds, we will get there - together.
  • Lisa Shouldice

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, MA, CCC
    ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    People work with me because I am a caring person who loves her job. Working with individuals who have experienced trauma and other challenges, being there for them at every step, is my passion. I would feel honoured to create and hold space for you. Everyone has a story, and I would love to hear yours.
  • John Neumin

    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    More than a treatment for your emotional suffering, psychotherapy is also a tool for deepening your experience, for engaging with the challenges of living, and for catalyzing your potential. The reasons for coming to therapy are as varied as the people who come. Overwhelming or subtle, no two reasons are alike.
  • Anna Kohn

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    WAITLISTING NEW CLIENTS
    Talking to friends or family is different from speaking with a therapist. With a therapist, you connect to strengths you may have lost along the way; you develop the capacity to calm and regulate your nervous system. Together, you and your therapist build an alliance that is fully focused on your growth.
  • Stefania Baresic

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    “Human beings have an inbuilt propensity toward self-realization. If obstacles are removed, the individual will develop into a mature, fully realized adult, just as an acorn will develop into an oak tree.“ –Irvin D. Yalom, The Gift of Therapy
  • Deirdre O’Sullivan

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
    RP (Qualifying), CTP Dipl
    ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    The demands of life can sometimes feel difficult to bear or even overwhelming. Giving yourself time in a non-judgmental space with a person dedicated to listening is a significant first step toward relief. Together we can gain clarity and define what support means for you.
  • Fereshteh Majidiani

    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    The world can be either a meaningful or miserable place, depending on how we perceive ourselves. This perception is usually formed by our mental environment and is responsible for our emotional suffering. Therapy offers a safe place to explore and even remodel our perspective, which brings long-lasting changes to our lives.
  • Allison Greene

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    WAITLISTING NEW CLIENTS
    In therapy, we explore who you are and who you aren’t, with curiosity and non-judgment. Knowing yourself and understanding how you relate to yourself and others can relieve suffering, and help you find greater freedom to create the life that you want.
  • Jennifer Bettger

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, OPC Dipl
    ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    Welcome. People come to therapy for many different reasons, often seeking relief from some form of suffering, and hoping to feel more like themselves again. When the challenges you’re facing become too much to bear alone, a safe and accepting therapeutic relationship can provide the support you need to move forward.
  • Arrezoo Moradian

    Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
    RP Qualifying, CTP Dipl
    ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    In finding the self, we require a space to speak freely, for our thoughts, feelings, and life experiences to come into view from the present and past as we orient towards the future. Psychotherapy is an open dialogue about the things that matter to you.
  • Patricia Gaviria

    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    In psychotherapy we work to put into words what concerns you now and what is yet to be spoken. Proceeding with equal parts curiosity and openness, we use this opportunity to discern what is pos-sible from what is not. What you learn orients your own way of forging your path.
  • Penelope Park

    Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
    RP (Qualifying), CTP Dipl
    ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    If you’re feeling overwhelmed, lost, anxious, or are searching for greater understanding or purpose, you’re not alone. Connecting with a therapist can deepen your understanding of yourself and help you tap into your greatest resources. I commend you for taking this first step.
  • Mung-Ling Tsui

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    We have all been puzzled by our own behaviours. Perhaps you do things that are self-defeating. or have difficulty navigating challenging relationships. Maybe you live with a pervasive feeling of emptiness or a panicky sense of dread. These can be signposts that something in your life needs exploration and healing. My goal is to help guide you to healing in a safe and supportive way so you live a more fulfilled and authentic life.
  • Laurie Kolesa

    (she/her)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, MACP (Masters of Arts in Counselling Psychology)
    WAITLISTING NEW CLIENTS
    Psychotherapy can be a transformational experience of self-discovery. This work can generate new strength rooted in your expanding self-awareness. As a catalyst of change, therapy supports your efforts to identify patterns that are no longer serving you and to reconnect with yourself in a new, compassionate way. I look forward to travelling this journey with you.
  • Larry Smith

    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    WAITLISTING NEW CLIENTS
    “If every event which occurred could be given a name, there would be no need for stories.” - John Berger, Once in Europa. Our lives unfold in the telling, and in our listener’s responses. Through telling and being heard we may be altered, our symptoms changed. This is the vision of possibility that the psychotherapeutic process offers.
  • Jon-David (JD) Rodway

    (he/him)
    Registered Psychotherapist
    RP, CTP Dipl
    NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
    Certain ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving may be causing you to struggle. Such patterns mark an effort to cope with excessive anxiety, depression, relationship issues, trauma, or other difficulties. Sharing this with others isn’t easy, but I offer a safe, confidential space to reflect on what’s happening in your life. Deeper self-understanding can shift your struggle.
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