Find a Qualified Therapist in Toronto

To feel comfortable in our own skin, to heal our inner wounds so that we have more energy to live, to grow, and to meet the world as it is. These are the essential tasks that therapy can help us accomplish.

It is my privilege, as a therapist, to join you as you seek a deeper understanding of who you are, what it is you need to move forward, and discover what you need to experience a sense of wholeness. Our journey will focus on creating the internal and external space for you to uncover old patterns and reach for new desires

We all too often find ourselves on a treadmill of stress, unprepared to make the changes which might enhance our lives. Seeking help in the form of professional treatment from a qualified Psychotherapist is a natural consequence of our desire to discover personal solutions to our perplexing issues – issues that can feel virtually insurmountable if they are not understood and dealt with.

In a sense, all therapy — even individual psychotherapy — is family therapy. We carry the voices, gazes, expectations, approvals, disapprovals and the deep connections to those we first knew within us, throughout our lives. Therapy can help to uncover and clarify these links and engender a better understanding of our own motivations, giving us more space to make effective decisions in our daily lives.

I am a psychodynamic therapist, group therapist and trauma specialist, trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and AEDP.

“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” – Carl Jung. Therapy provides a unique opportunity to have someone walk alongside you and help light the way as you forge your own path toward self-discovery, healing, and change. Your courage brought you here. Let’s take the next step together.

Welcome to my personal bio. The fact that you are researching therapists means you have already taken the courageous first step to self-exploration and the desire to improve your life as your currently experience it. I would be honoured to help you with this exceptional journey and invite you to contact me if you would like more information on how I work with my clients and what you can expect from the therapy process.

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.

I am currently accepting new clients and offering online sessions.

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 and maladaptive coping mechanisms act as filters that constrain our development and perceptions of ourselves, others, and the world. But things can get better. Psychotherapy can help us to understand ourselves more fully, develop more satisfying relationships, take risks, and live the lives we long to lead.

The demands of our lives and the pressure we feel can overwhelm us. Even with our best efforts, we can still find ourselves struggling. I welcome you to start where you are. Through weekly sessions, my role as a psychotherapist aims to help you uncover new experiences – a way of seeing something old, newly. A good fit is important to our work. If you’re interested in speaking further, please contact me by phone or email and we’ll go from there.

You are an intelligent, competent business professional, yet, despite your best efforts, your life isn’t feeling the way you had hoped. Perhaps you are struggling with relationship difficulties at home or at work, career indecision, substance abuse, or chronic anxiety. I specialize in working with people whose backgrounds and struggles are similar to yours.

“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)

One of my favorite writers described psychotherapy as an acknowledgment of how difficult life can be. Whatever those difficulties may be for you, if you think that an intimate, engaged, therapeutic experience could help, feel free to contact me.

I primarily work relationally.  The key thing is to establish rapport; a safe space between client and therapist, as well as a sense of security within one’s own body.  I let the client set the starting place for their therapy.  I feel it is essential to respect the culture and life history of the client.  Also, my training in body-based approaches such as biochemistry and somatic therapy can inform my work with clients who are addressing anxieties, depressions and past traumas.

I’m here to help you overcome anxiety, to feel empowered about yourself, to flourish in your relationships and to facilitate the healing and change you desire in a safe, confidential, creative and compassionate setting. A confidential therapeutic relationship can facilitate the emotional insight and growth you need to move beyond limiting behaviours and reach a level of self-understanding, self-awareness, healing, relating, living and loving you would’ve never thought possible before.

It is a big step to want to make changes in your life. The journey of self-discovery can happen in the confidential space of my office. My collaborative and empathic approach will allow you to open the “closed doors” of your life in a safe environment.

We all, in varying degrees, struggle to bring healthy change into our lives. We easily fall into patterns; we gravitate to the familiar even if the outcomes are not in our best interest. If you find yourself struggling with heightened anxiety, depression, creative blocks, I would be happy to meet with you for a consultation and provide more information about how psychotherapy has helped others and might assist you to bring about the change that you seek.

We look to therapy for help in easing what can feel like unmanageable stress in life – brought on by the many challenges of living, such as major life transitions and the difficulty inherent in living with others or, alternatively, the pain of not having others in our lives through loss or conflict.

Congratulations, for taking the first step towards better emotional well-being. Entering therapy can be a daunting decision. What can I tell you that might make this step easier?

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.

Words are very important−they distinguish us as human beings from our fellow creatures. In psychotherapy the particular importance of putting thoughts and feelings into words is unmistakable. Psychoanalytic or psychodynamic psychotherapy is sometimes called the “talking cure.” When you talk in a psychotherapeutic context about what is bothering or upsetting or puzzling you, something can change.

People come to therapy for many different reasons: anxiety, depression, relational difficulties, grief. But at the heart of the decision to seek therapy is often a deep desire for change. And while it isn’t easy, real change is possible through guided discussion with a trusted therapist who can offer compassion, insight and a new perspective. Therapy can help you find a greater sense of personal freedom, can inspire hidden creativity, help you discover renewed energy, improved self-expression and better coping skills. If you want things to be different in your life, therapy can help.

I have learned from my own personal struggles, challenges and evolution that seeking support and building trust can bring a person to a place of fulfillment, healing and peace. This contributed to my decision to become a psychodynamic psychotherapist over 20 years ago.

I believe that what brought you here is important. I honour your courage and effort it took for you to get here. Therapy can help. Let’s talk.

Within us all is the ability to overcome the obstacles to a happier more fulfilling life. Sometimes all we need is some help to get there. Together we can explore the path to a more grounded and contented way.

“Real isn’t how you are made,’ said the Skin Horse. It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.” – Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit