(She/Her)I understand and recognize that therapy can feel overwhelming. It can be hard and demanding work, requiring you to be vulnerable when facing and feeling emotions that can be extremely difficult to cope with. As a therapist, I tailor my approach with each client to ease this process by creating an open, non-judgmental, compassionate, and collaborative space where we can work to help you better understand your internal self, your values, and your relationship with yourself.My journey to becoming a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) led me to the University of Guelph, where I ...


Toronto, ON

I work with people who are dedicated to deep personal exploration. We work together by attending to your embodied physical and emotional experience in contact. I am informed by Gestalt, Somatic Experiencing, Virginia Satir, and the Alexander Technique. Online Sessions during COVID-19 Offered Many people are too distracted by the flow of fear and information and may not realize that this is the best time to do somatic work and psychotherapy.


Toronto, ON

Following both modern therapeutic methods as well as Indigenous modalities, I help others to un-cover what they come to know. During our sessions, as we discover more about you, this information informs me to choose the best approach/method to hold you while you uncover your truth. The focus of the healing process is the restoration of relationships that have become out of balance. As a counsellor, one is a supporter in a shared experience of learning and growing, with assessments usually being completed by the person being helped. I use questions, storytelling, humour, modelling, and proven ...


Feeling stuck or overwhelmed? You don’t have to face it alone. Pathway to Thrive Psychotherapy offers a supportive space to explore what’s holding you back, understand yourself more deeply, and create meaningful change. - Consult: Book a free, 50-minute consultation to discuss your needs and goals. - Explore: Together, we’ll assess how to support your journey and identify your goals. - Collaborate: In therapy, we’ll work on exploring your patterns, developing coping skills and building on your strengths to help you heal and grow. Schedule a consultation now at pathwaytothrive.ca.


Whitby, ON

My practice is trauma-informed sensorimotor(body) and relational (talk) psychotherapy. Together we will explore, what is happening in your life, where you struggle, what you hope for, and how we can move towards healing & thriving. I work primarily with queer and trans folks and the people who love them. I offer a place to explore some of the challenges that often come with; coming/being out; identity; community; life & gender transitions; and how we connect with ourselves and others within that. My practice is grounded intersectional feminism, anti-oppression & social justice. I ...


Toronto, ON

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Think outside. No box required. Rooted in phenomenological Gestalt, I approach therapy by brainstorming life and its complexities; by co-creating spaces where experiment offers perspective, art offers a bird's eye view, where dialogue leads to reflections, communication creates connection and movement allows for shifts. I summon Nature, land-based practices, heyoka ceremonies and the wisdoms of ancestors and elders as allies to help re-story, re-pattern, decolonize bodies and language, and to co-conspire in a healing journeys with individuals, groups and communities. Playfully. Mindfully. ...


Toronto, ON

Compassionately and creatively engaging with you around the relationships or life experiences which may be troubling or even intolerable for you right now is the thread that we will follow in our work together. Regardless of how knotted and tight you may feel at this moment, we will keep working with the thread to create pliable resiliency and ideally locate your inherent "freedom".


Guelph, ON

My Approach as a Psychotherist . . .As an introduction, it may be helpful for you to know about my overall approach as a psychotherapist. Through a relationship of trust, I assist clients discover how their behaviour and mental well-being is influenced by childhood experiences and inappropriate repetitive thoughts or feelings that often lie outside of their awareness. I provide guidance and encouragement to help clients develop their inborn resources. Most importantly, sessions are client centred, guided by the client's pace and comfort level, providing a gentle movement toward holistic ...


Kitchener, ON

I'm direct and supportive in session so that our time is used effectively. I go beyond 'talk-only' therapy, by working with your story, and your experience of the story, to get to the heart of your issues. Are you looking for support in order to heal, transform, and grow as a person? I work with individuals and couples to help them to go from just surviving, to thriving in their lives. All emotions can be explored in a safe environment during our sessions; including anger, grief or sadness as well as joy, curiosity and acceptance. I'm here to support you in developing healthy boundaries, to ...


Kitchener, ON

Toronto, ON

Being human means knowing confusion, loss, and uncertainty, but what feels overwhelming or unbearable need not be held alone. The relationship between therapist and client can offer the safety and space needed to make sense of your thoughts and feelings and to notice patterns that are occurring in your life. Together we will explore new ways of connecting that may bring greater clarity, comfort, and vitality, and strengthen your capacity to manage life's difficulties. Our work together will be collaborative as we explore significant relationships and experiences that have shaped how you ...


Toronto, ON

Nicole is both Founder & CEO of Wounds 2 Wings Trauma Psychotherapy Services https://www.wounds2wings.com/ and TEAO Canada (Trauma and Embodiment Association of Ontario) https://www.teaocanada.com/, a Yoga Instructor, Registered Psychotherapist, Child and Youth Counsellor, Trauma Consultant, Trauma Care Expert, Author and Trauma Survivor. Nicole has received two awards for her work at the People's Choice Awards, 2019 https://byblacks.com for ‘Best Youth and Family Services’ and ‘Best Counsellor. She is also a member of both the Colleges of Registered Psychotherapists in Ontario and the ...


BIPOCRelational Challenges or TransitionsAnxietyTraumaDepressionGrief / Death and Dying I am an integrated Psychodynamic Psychotherapist (Q) informed by the trauma lens.  Modleties used are Emotion Focus and Thought Focus Tapping, Talk Therapy, Gestalt, Somatic, CBT, Internal Family Systems and Inner Child and Brain-spotting, Mindfulness.  


Woodbridge, ON

I am passionate about women's wellness, body image/eating disorder recovery work, perinatal mental health, working with young professionals, parents, artists/creative types, and the LGBTQ+ community. I am devote to helping clients reclaim creative, supported ways of being in the body and in the world that resonate more fully with who they are. As a Registered Psychotherapist, I provide in-person and virual counselling and psychotherapy services for individual adults in Peterborough and across Ontario and Canada. In my practice I help clients develop deeper meaning in their lives and a greater ...

Please visit my website or contact me for more information on my approach and current availability:   molliepfendt.ca   /   mpfendt@gestaltmail.ca


Toronto, ON

Something remarkable happens when we are listened to deeply, when we speak openly to someone with psychological insight. The more understanding we have of ourselves and our feelings, the more choice and fulfillment becomes available to us. My role is to assist you in the art of living, to create new possibilities for resilience, connection, and well-being. Therapy is powerful work, it can help us shift from coping with life's challenges to feeling more fully alive, attuned in our relationships; daily life becomes marked by less struggle, and a greater capacity to relate meaningfully.In my ...


Areas of practice: Mindful approach to large and small types of trauma - emotional, sexual-physical; stress, overwhelm and coping difficulties. Communication, low self esteem, lacking recognition, frustration, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulty - whether at home, community or work. As a Life Skills Coach and Career Counsellor who often worked with traumatized people, I saw that trauma and other emotional difficulties were effecting their happiness and functioning in the world. I wanted to help so I needed to go deeper to support their life goals in a responsible and more thorough ...


Guelph, ON

Establishing a relationship with the hidden or unconscious aspects of your mind (psyche) and body (soma) can help you learn how to live with your deepest emotional wounds, while also offering you the opportunity to discover vitality, freedom, and joy. I can support you in learning how to lean into your pain and grow your edges so that you can express yourself more authentically. I use safe psychological practices to connect people to their own innate wisdom; coherence between your mind, heart, and body is possible.My clinical expertise is in issues relating to human development and its ...


St. Thomas, ON

I am a Somatic Experiencing Trauma Therapist. My interest in this came about from discovering that my approach to teaching yoga is ideal for trauma sensitized people. What I do is informed by Hanna Somatics and various other body mind awareness practices, such as meditation, mindfulness, and gentle somatic and hatha yoga. Presently I am an Advanced Gestalt  Student Therapist. The Gestalt approach encourages creative exploration of patterns of feeling and behaviour. My goal is to offer therapeutic support for my clients as they engage life's challenges.


Toronto, ON

I offer virtual therapy to give you flexibility, accessibility, and convenience. My approach is integrative and experiential. Integrative means the therapy is flexible and holistic and blends techniques from various therapeutic models to meet your unique needs. Specifically, I draw from experiential approaches, including Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic and psychodynamic therapy, as well as mindfulness practices. This blend allows us to address the interconnected aspects of your experience — mind, body, and emotions — creating a dynamic framework for exploration and healing.My goal as a ...


Toronto, ON

Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed or down? We all need support with these feelings sometimes. If you’re here, you are probably feeling ready for a change, which I know can also feel scary, even if you know things can't stay how they are. I practice in a relational, embodied way, using creative self-exploration and self actualization. I work with individuals seeking support with stress, self esteem, depression, anxiety, creative blocks, relationship issues, existential angst, trauma, and more. I offer somewhere to land and sift through what is present for you. I can be with you and support ...