
Erica Warder (she/her)
- Availability:
- Accepting New Clients
- Session Format:
- OnlinePhone
- Office Days:
- MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursday
- Clientele:
- Adults (18+)LGBTQ2IA+ Affirming
About
Psychotherapy has been coined the “talking cure”. It’s about understanding the parts of ourselves, including the ones we’re sometimes not aware of, and how they affect how we feel and behave.
Together, we’ll be curious about your symptoms and look at what your body and mind are trying to tell you. Our goal is to make connections, discover insights and explore the different parts of you that perhaps you’re not always aware of. This process can strengthen your sense of self, and it can lead to real growth and change.
As your therapist, my role is to support you and create a space for you to consider who you are.
When we first begin, we’ll talk about what brings you to therapy and what you may be expecting or hoping to gain from the process. I’ll also ask about you, your family, and your early life. Importantly, I’ll listen to you with compassion and without judgment. As you become more comfortable and we build trust, I’ll encourage you to begin each session with what is foremost on your mind, and in our sessions we’ll follow your thoughts and feelings to discover where they lead. I’ll be there not only to listen and hear you, but also to help you pay attention to the thoughts, feelings, frustrations, and even the dreams that are affecting your current actions and behaviours.
I typically see clients for 50-minute sessions once per week. I am currently seeing clients virtually or by phone.
I graduated from the Centre for Training in Psychotherapy after eight years of study and currently live in Newmarket.
Before I decided to make a career transition into psychotherapy, I was a working musician. I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in music from Queen’s University and an Artist Diploma from The Glenn Gould School of Music in Toronto. It was because of one of my mentors there that I began my own transformational journey in psychotherapy; the process helped me understand myself better, and this in turn helped me deepen my relationships with others.
If you would like to know more about what the therapy process looks like, I encourage you to send me an email. I can be reached at ericawarder.therapy@gmail.com
I offer a no fee 20-minute consultation session so that we can see if we would be a good fit together. This is also a chance for you to ask any questions about the process that you may have.
Currently I only offer video and phone sessions. For video, I use a secure video platform called Doxy.me. I offer sessions Monday through Thursday and currently have daytime availability.
Issues
- Abuse (childhood/familial)
- Aging and Age-Related Concerns
- Anger
- Anxiety
- BIPOC/Racial Issues
- Blended Families
- Body Image
- Career Dissatisfaction or Transition
- Climate Anxiety/Climate Grief
- Creative Blocks
- Depression
- Dissociation and Dissociative Identity
- Dreamwork and Dream Interpretation
- Eating Disorders
- Existential Concerns
- Fatphobia and Sizeism
- Gender Identity
- Health and Illness
- Immigration and Newcomer Experiences
- Impulsive Behaviour
- Infertility and Fertility
- Intergenerational Trauma
- LGBTQ2SIA+
- Life Crisis and Transitions
- Loneliness and Isolation
- Loss and Grief
- Masochism and Self-Defeating Behaviours
- Obsessive and Compulsive Thoughts and Behaviours
- Parenting and Co-Parenting
- Personality Disorders
- Relationships
- Sadistic Tendencies
- Self-Destructive Patterns
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harm
- Separation and Divorce
- Sex and Kink
- Sleep Difficulties
- Stress
- Suicidal Thoughts and Attempts
- Trauma
- Underemployment