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Explore the complex emotions, patterns, and traumas related to violence or abuse experienced in childhood in a supportive, non-judgmental environment. Reclaim your sense of self, heal old wounds, and bolster emotional well-being with therapeutic help.

Find a therapist who works with the legacy of Childhood Abuse.

Our therapists offer a confidential space for healing and empowerment in the wake of intimate partner violence.  A skilled psychodynamic therapist can help you both explore your past experiences but also help you generate new emotional resilience, and create pathways for healthier relationships.

Find a therapist who works with Abuse associated with Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence.

If addiction is an issue in your life, or in the life of someone you love, a seasoned, skilled therapist can help you address the deep-seated emotional roots and triggers of addiction, along with helping you to gain valuable insights and coping strategies.

Read more about Addiction and its treatment in therapy.

Find a therapist who works with Addiction.

Having ADHD can challenge one’s self-esteem and confidence. Adults with ADHD often carry a history of academic and professional struggles due to challenges with organization, focus, and impulsivity, which can affect one’s mood and self-perception. A supportive therapist can provide stability and collaborate in the effort to create a more positive sense of self.

Find a therapist who works with ADHD.

A therapist with experience in engaging with adoption-related challenges can offer you assistance and support in exploring issues related to any position you hold in the adoption triad.

Find a therapist who works with Adoption.

Working with the support of a psychodynamic therapist with a special interest in the unique challenges tied to growing older can be a source of support and insightful guidance.

Find a therapist who works with Aging and Age-Related Concerns.

With the assistance of a skilled therapist, you can equip yourself with the insights and tools to navigate your anger more constructively. Engaging with a therapist is a path to fostering self-awareness, healthier relationships, and a more tranquil life.

To find a therapist who works with Anger.

Experience relief from anxiety's grip with the support of a skilled psychodynamic therapist. Therapy can assist you in clarifying and addressing the root causes of your anxiety. You can gain valuable self-awareness and cultivate coping strategies for minimizing overwhelm.

Read more about Anxiety and its treatment in therapy.

To find a therapist who works with Anxiety.

BIPOC individuals are faced with navigating discrimination and marginalization daily. Racism leaves people in survival mode. An informed, compassionate therapist can provide validation, support, and a forum for better understanding how social experiences impact your mental and emotional well-being. Therapy can offer a safe, empathetic space for wellbeing and empowerment.

Find a therapist who works with BIPOC/Racial Issues.

Navigate the challenges of a bipolar diagnosis or the experience of being bipolar with the compassionate support of a psychodynamic therapist. A seasoned therapist can offer meaningful help in managing and living well with bipolar disorder.

Find a therapist who works with Bipolar Disorder.

A supportive therapist can help you navigate both the challenges and joys of blending families following divorce and re-partnering. Our therapists provide a confidential, empathetic space for meeting the difficulties and fostering understanding within your new family structure.

Find a therapist who works with Blended Families.

Work with your vulnerabilities and fluctuating self–perceptions regarding your body image with the support of a therapist, who can help you not only explore the roots of these concerns but also better manage the shifts in your self-regard. You can carve a path towards greater self-acceptance and emotional well-being.

Find a therapist who works with Body Image.

Enduring career dissatisfaction is, in the long term, emotionally and energetically depleting. A therapist can assist you in your exploratory path, helping you to gain greater clarity about your professional choices.

Find a therapist who works with Career Dissatisfaction or Transition.

Young children and teens can generate an emotional or behavioural volatility that throws family life off balance.  A therapist can offer valuable support for facing the challenges of parenting young kids and teenagers.

To find a therapist who works with Children and Teens.

Chronic pain is a multifaceted stressor that challenges daily ease and wellbeing. Given that medical interventions are often unable to fully resolve pain, or courses of chronic illness or disability, many individuals have to find complementary ways to care for their wellbeing. Psychotherapy can enhance physical, emotional, and social well-being, making way for greater resilience and personal fulfillment.

To find a therapist who works with Chronic Pain and Disability.

It is established fact that the climate crisis is a global threat to ecosystems and all forms of life on our planet—plant, animal, and human. However, this threat also affects our physical and mental wellbeing, and there is clear evidence of a growing mental health crisis as climate change alters our sense of a liveable future, compromising our sense of meaning, purpose, and security. A psychotherapist able to work with climate anxiety and climate grief skillfully meets and holds the emotional, personal, and existential upset of climate-related distress. They can assist you in maintaining resilience and holding your purpose amid an era of unprecedented challenge.

Find a therapist who works with Climate Anxiety/Climate Grief.

For a creative person, encountering a creative block can be overwhelming and defeating. Working with a psychotherapist can help you explore the impediments to your creative expression, resolve your impasse, and tap into new inspiration.

Find a therapist who works with Creative Blocks.

Medication is not the only option for treating the prolonged negative mood states associated with depression. Working with a psychodynamic therapist to manage depression can bring needed emotional understanding to challenges with one’s outlook, mood, and behaviour. Therapeutic conversation offers a path to emotional growth, flexible self-perception, and resilience.

Read more about Depression and its treatment in therapy.

Find a therapist who works with Depression.

Dissociation is an adaptive mechanism that defends the mind against the predations of trauma. However, excessive numbing and compartmentalization can hamper your capacity to lead a full life. We need access to present-moment awareness and a broad range emotional expression. A seasoned therapist can help.

Find a therapist who works with Dissociation and Dissociative Identity.

Incorporating discussion of dreams into your therapy is a route to expansion of your personal consciousness. Exploring your dreams with a therapist can help you gain more intimate knowledge of yourself, in all its fullness.

Find a therapist who works with Dreamwork and Dream Interpretation.

Eating disorders often require multifaceted treatment. Working with a therapist as part of your treatment approach can help provide valuable insight into the development and enduring hold of disordered eating. A therapist can assist you to explore your self-concept, your complex emotions and patterns, as well as your food-related behaviours in a supportive, non-judgmental environment.

Find a therapist who works with Eating Disorders.

All human beings must grapple with a set of core existential concerns: our mortality, the shape and finitude of subjective identity, and a sense of personal meaning. Working with a therapist as a form of philosophical exploration and counselling can help you navigate these ultimate human concerns.

Find a therapist who works with Existential Concerns.

Weight bias is a social justice issue, and the field of psychotherapy is still working to root out its own history of anti-fat bias. A growing appreciation for size diversity and movements such as “Health at Every Size” are forms of an evolving liberatory consciousness. However, the social world remains largely sizeist, which can result in ruptures to self-esteem. A knowledgeable therapist can support your commitment to self-acceptance.

Find a therapist who works with Fatphobia and Sizeism.

Depth psychotherapy can be an invaluable space in which to explore your personal experiences of gender dysphoria—or, gender euphoria. Working with a therapist who is informed about the complexity of gender identity and offers an affirmative approach to exploring gender, can be an important space in which to explore your sense of self, the effects of faulty mirroring and social bias, and to support your personal sense of authenticity.

Find a therapist who works with Gender Identity.

Wellness and ill health are features of everyone’s life, but some experience serious, prolonged challenges to physical wellbeing. Working with a psychodynamic therapist if you experience chronic illness or other long-term health struggles can bring needed emotional understanding to challenges with your self-concept, your outlook, and your emotional states. A therapist’s support can fortify your resilience and help you feel grounded within your personal version of wellbeing.

Find a therapist who works with Health and Illness.

Immigration and the experience of being a newcomer to Canada has likely been a life-defining experience for someone born abroad. If this describes your background, finding a culturally competent therapist is likely to be top of mind if you are considering entering therapy.

Find a therapist who works with Immigration and Newcomer Experiences.

Trying to control impulses and feelings that upset or overwhelm you entirely on your own is burdensome. Working instead with the support of a therapist, you can not only explore the roots of these experiences but also learn to better manage triggers and build new skilfulness in responding, rather than reacting, to what disturbs your equilibrium.

Find a therapist who works with Impulsive Behaviour.

Infertility-related psychoemotional distress is a burden to those already feeling overwhelmed and stressed by their fertility journey. A therapist can provide crucial support for your emotional wellbeing as you navigate the process of assisted conception.

Find a therapist who works with Infertility and Fertility.

The past we bear can intimately connect to the emotional and psychological health we live with in the present day. A therapist who works with a comprehensive and intergenerational lens on trauma can support your evolving understanding of the embeddedness of your personal psyche within your larger familial and cultural history.

Read more about Intergenerational Trauma and its treatment in therapy.

Find a therapist who works with Intergenerational Trauma.

Affirming, stigma-free therapy is an invaluable resource for those who exist outside of cisgender and heteronormative strictures, and who are seeking a respectful space for self-exploration.

Read more about the value of therapy to support LGBTQ2SIA+ identified folks.

Find a therapist who works with LGBTQ2SIA+ individuals.

Working with a therapist to meet the challenges of aging, loss, or major life change affords you the chance to encounter life’s shifting tides with greater resilience, fortitude, and self-awareness. If you’re experiencing anxiety, confusion, or despair amid an important transition or change, a therapist can offer invaluable support.

Read more about the value of therapy to support you through a Life Crisis or Transition.

Find a therapist who works with individuals experiencing a Life Crisis or Transition.

The need for interpersonal contact and intimacy with others is deeply human. A therapist can offer important forms of support, and stand with you, as you explore themes of relatedness and separateness in your life.

Find a therapist who works with Loneliness and Isolation.

Psychodynamic therapy for experiences of loss and grief can offer you help in understanding and relieving unresolved feelings your loss may have triggered. A therapist can support your efforts to grieve and to define what it means for you personally to move forward from loss—or move forward with your loss.

Read more about the value of therapy to support you through Loss and Grief.

Find a therapist who works with individuals experiencing Loss and Grief.

Unrelenting self-attack and self-criticism can hamper your attempts to fulfill goals and aspirations that matter to you. Idealizing others while turning against yourself sloughs off precious life energies that should be at your disposal. A therapist can you clarify any contributions from your personal history to these dynamics, and can help you unlearn your negative and unhelpful patterns and perceptions.

Find a therapist who works with Masochism and Self-Defeating Behaviours.

If you find yourself fraught with upsetting and repetitive preoccupations, and/or compulsively attempt to neutralize these anxieties with ritualized behaviours, a therapist can help. Therapy offers you space to create understanding around the conscious and unconscious meanings of these experiences. A psychotherapist can help you to contain and redirect the energy these thoughts and behaviours claim toward more positive personal ends.

Read more about the value of therapy for Obsessive and Compulsive Thoughts and Behaviours.

Find a therapist who works with individuals experiencing Obsessive and Compulsive Thoughts and Behaviours.

Becoming a parent, and the experience of parenthood, features a host of joys and challenges. Sometimes a parent struggles with a legacy of not having been themselves well-parented. Sometimes asymmetry in the character or behaviour of a child and parent brings challenges to their household. A therapist can support a parent to bring difficulties to full awareness and create positive strategies for more peaceful relating.

Find a therapist who works with Parenting and Co-Parenting.

Some challenges and mental health struggles are embedded in character or the shape of personality. If you have a diagnosed personality disorder, such as Borderline Personality Disorder, therapy can help. A therapist who works with personality disorders will take a respectful approach as they support your efforts to relate better, to keep self-esteem sturdy, manage mood, and to maintain caring regard for self and others.

Find a therapist who works with Personality Disorders.

If you have shaped your intimate and romantic bonds beyond traditional norms, you will expect your therapist to hold respectful regard for your consensually nonmonogamous or polyamorous relationships. A qualified therapist will offer an affirmative perspective on your intimacy and relationships, and treat the relational stressors that may have arisen for you and your partner(s) respectfully.

Find a therapist who works with Polyamory and Non-traditional Relationships.

Unravel the complexities of your relationship patterns and explore more constructive forms of relating with the assistance of a psychodynamic therapist. Dive into the origins of your behavior, understand emotional dynamics, and develop healthier ways to connect with others. Therapy can assist you in creating fulfilling, more harmonious relationships that rest on open communication, good boundaries, and an expanded capacity to engage constructively with conflict.

Read more about the value of therapy for Relationship issues.

Find a therapist who works with Relationship issues.

While sadism is often associated with the sphere of sexuality, sadistic and abusive behaviours can show up in a variety of settings and relationships. If you are concerned about a pattern in your own life of gaining aggressive advantage over others, or find yourself in a pattern of victimization with those who behave abusively, a therapist can help.

Find a therapist who works with Sadistic Tendencies and Abusive Behaviour.

If you find yourself repeatedly enacting patterns of relating or roles in which you are demeaned, ignored, or minimized, it is in your power to reclaim your responsibility for yourself and end this pattern of dysfunction and defeat. A therapist can help you negotiate a different stance in your personal and professional life.

Find a therapist who works with Self-Destructive Patterns.

Low self-esteem hampers your capacity to live your life to its fullest. If you struggle with a persistently negative view of yourself, a therapist can work with you to realistically deepen your self-awareness, enhance your appreciation of your strengths, and develop compassion for the parts of yourself that are continuing to evolve.

Read more about the value of therapy for Self-Esteem.

Find a therapist who works with Self-Esteem.

A therapist can offer help, and hope, if you are struggling with impulses or acts of self-harm. They can assist you in exploring the emotions and triggers that lead to self-harming behaviour and can offer a safe, compassionate environment for creating both understanding and healthier coping mechanisms. Take the first step toward living freer from self-harm.

Find a therapist who works with Self-Harm.

Amid the emotional turbulence of separation and divorce, a psychodynamic therapist provides crucial support. They offer a space to explore complex feelings and the aftermath of communication breakdowns, and can support your efforts to cope with challenging emotional responses during trying times. Therapy can help you navigate these challenging transitions, offering a more stable path forward.

Find a therapist who works with Separation and Divorce.

Therapy that supports your exploration of your sexuality and/or sexual practices (e.g., kink, BDSM) with competence and sensitivity is an invaluable resource. If you’re interested in a deeper understanding of your desires and sexual identity within a non-judgmental and confidential setting, promoting self-discovery and self-acceptance, therapy is a valuable resource.

Read more about the value of therapy to explore issues related to Sex and Kink.

Find a therapist who works with concerns related to Sex and Kink.

If you’re struggling with sleep difficulties, a therapist can be a source of help. Medication is only a stop-gap solution; sleep difficulties are generally a symptom of another issue rather than a primary health challenge. A therapist can help you better understand the underlying causes of your sleep issues, from stress to emotional challenges, and assist you in sorting out healthier patterns, for sleep and beyond.

Find a therapist who works with Sleep Difficulties.

Spiritually oriented therapy is a space to explore how your religious and spiritual beliefs shape your sense of self. A therapist can support your exploration of the existential questions that you hold, and can help resource you in your journey of creating personal meaning. Further, if you grew up with a religious narrative or framework you have come to experience as limiting, a therapist can provide support for addressing that struggle. You can expect a validating approach, one that does not debate meaning or claims of faith.

Read more about the value of therapy to work with Spirituality.

Find a therapist who works with Spirituality.

Excess stress can drain your sense of wellbeing. A therapist can assist you in exploring the underlying causes of your stress, and help you find new ways of bearing the demands of everyday life. Therapy is a space to better understand how historical patterns of emotional overwhelm may inform your present challenges, and help you develop better approaches and tools to regulate yourself and build resilience.

Find a therapist who works with Stress.

Experiencing suicidal thoughts, or having impulses toward suicidal attempts, is a painful and heavy burden. A therapist can help you work with and shift states of crisis or despair. Psychotherapy is a place to create new experiences of hope, to more deeply understand your emotions, to address frameworks of thinking about yourself and your life that may be ripe for modification, and to develop appreciation for the capacities you have that are worth nurturing and protecting. In a confidential and empathetic environment, our therapists guide you on a journey toward emotional well-being, and a safer future.

Find a therapist who works with Suicidal Thoughts and Attempts.

The effects of trauma can linger for years, leaving those who have experienced it existing in its shadow, while still bearing its effects on mind and body. Seeing a therapist to address the effects of trauma offers a safe space in which you can address its lingering effects while identifying your strengths and resilience, which is the basis for a new vitality and hopeful orientation.

Read more about the value of therapy for working through Trauma.

Find a therapist who works with Trauma.

Persistent or prolonged underemployment can have powerful and negative consequences on mental health and wellbeing. These include lowered self-esteem and confidence; anxiety and/or depression; social isolation and loneliness; and loss of hope. When such states persist, it may lead to social isolation, anxiety, depression, reduced life satisfaction, and hopelessness about the future. Further, it has been established that these effects often prevent re-employment. Therapy can help you reframe challenges and uplift self-esteem.

Find a therapist who works with Underemployment.