Compassion Focus Therapy therapists in Toronto, Ontario ON, Canada CA
Compassion Focus Therapy
Redbird Therapy Centre
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapists
Redbird Therapy Centre is a diverse group of psychotherapists providing mental health services in English and Spanish. We have therapists specializing in depression, anxiety, trauma, bereavement, addiction, career, gender, and sexuality. We offer low-cost therapy options September to April. We believe change is possible and we're happy to work with you towards those tangible outcomes. We work with individuals (teens & adults), couples, and families, including poly-identified folks. We are an organization committed to high quality, trauma-informed, anti-oppressive approaches. Our therapists are deeply rooted in an empathic approach, focused on supporting you with what matters most to you!
29 Years Experience
Compassion Focus Therapy
Ojasvi Bhardwaj
Registered Psychotherapist, RP (Qualifying)
A warm hello to you. Taking the first step to seek therapy can be both empowering and dauting. As a therapist, I am here to support you, co-creating an environment where your experiences are valued, your struggles understood, and your growth recognized and understood. I work with individuals, couples, families, and youth 16+ and offer a free consultation to ensure we are a good fit.
2 Years Experience
Compassion Focus Therapy
Rachel Brennan
Registered Psychotherapist, B.Sc., M.A., Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Do you feel like your anxiety stops you from living your life? Like self critical thoughts are always running through your mind and your brain won't "shut off"? Or maybe you've been through trauma that you feel like keeps affecting you in the present? I specialize in supporting teens and adults to help you have more confidence, feel more in charge of your own life and finally feel hopeful about your future again. My work is rooted in compassion and together we can equip you with the tools to cope with life's challenges, understand yourself better, and go from surviving to thriving in order to create the life that you deserve.
I specialize in treating anxiety, depression, adhd, self-esteem + body image issues, trauma and more. I have trainings in multiple therapeutic approaches to help you with the tools that you need for sustainable healing. I'd love to help you deepen your understanding of yourself, break free from what is holding you back, and create a more confident you.
I believe that there is no one-size-fits-all in therapy and use an individualized approach to suit all of my clients needs. With me by your side, we are not just tackling surface level issues, we are diving deep. You deserve a therapist who truly gets it and can help you create lasting change. Contact me to book your free phone consult today!
2 Years Experience
Compassion Focus Therapy
LifeCycle Counselling
Registered Psychotherapist, MACP, MPE, RP
When you feel confused or lost about what to do in life, or you feel like no matter what you say or who you talk to they just don’t get it.. lean on us. We are here for you.
I became a therapist, because like you, I am human and have had my fair share of battles. It is difficult when you feel unheard, misunderstood, and overwhelmed.
That is why I created LifeCycle Counselling. Our primary focus is YOU. We meet you where you are, and walk alongside you to help you get to where you want to go.
Remember, therapy is an investment, not an expense. Rediscover yourself.
5 Years Experience
Compassion Focus Therapy
Headway Mental Health
Registered Psychotherapist, Joshua Dvorkin, MPsy, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying),
Joshua has been treating a variety a patients since 2017. He not only posses the tools that his masters gave him, but also the tools that life experience has given him. In 2004 Joshua sustained a traumatic spinal cord injury that almost took his life and left him using a power wheelchair. Joshua therefore has deep rooted empathy and first hand understanding and can therefore take you beyond where you are now to where you have always wanted to be.
7 Years Experience
Compassion Focus Therapy
Ellie Borden
Registered Psychotherapist, BA, RP
Ellie Borden, BA, RP - Registered Psychotherapist, Certified Life Coach, and Clinical Director of Mind By Design™.
Ms. Borden is now a successful international author with years of experience in CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy), couple and family therapy, anxiety/depression, PTSD, psychological assessments, corporate transformation, and much more. She is proud to have founded a top-quality, well-established and rapidly-growing network of clinics that provide evidence-based psychological services to adolescents, adults of all ages, couples, small businesses, and corporations.
She looks forward to meeting you and developing a long-standing and fruitful relationship in client care. Call, email clinicaldirector@gmail.com or visit the website (https://www.mindbydesign.ca/) for more information. Ms. Borden welcomes you to reach out with any questions you may have. Whatever your goal might be, she is eager to help you achieve the results you want!
22 Years Experience
Compassion Focus Therapy
Tina Bohin
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP
Oftentimes, feelings of hopelessness and helplessness can emerge in our lives and make us feel stuck. In addition, experiences with trauma can make us feel like we are not deserving of support. You deserve mental health support that seeks to understand your unique experiences, needs and goals. Depression, anxiety and experiences with trauma can be debilitating mental health concerns that impact our well-being, relationships and daily living. These moments can be tough to navigate without someone to trust and confide in for support. I also have an abundance of experience in the realm of sexuality and education including: self-confidence, navigating relationships, arousal, kink, exploring sexuality, sexual orientation, gender identity and sexual health.
The first step of seeking help can feel intimidating and overwhelming. I would love to make the process as comfortable as possible for you. I strive to offer a safe and non-judgemental space where we can collaboratively and compassionately work through your challenges. Kindly feel free to reach out with a questions about my qualifications! Let’s work together to explore and address your unique experiences and needs. Please give our office a call to book your first session. I am looking forward to meeting you!
2 Years Experience
Compassion Focus Therapy
Vanessa Marie Life Coach
Life Coach, BA (Soc.)Honors, Cert. PT, Mindfulness Cert.
My approach focuses on delivering effective strategies that cultivate emotional connections with oneself and empower women to pursue their goals from a place of worthiness and self-confidence. I guide women in identifying specific obstacles that block them from moving forward and provide a process that quickly identifies their pain points to create fast solutions for lifelong change and success.
13 Years Experience
Compassion Focus Therapy
Whitney Reinhart
Registered Psychotherapist, MA., RP.
*I currently have a waitlist for new clients *
The action you have made to seek help is not an easy one, rather it demonstrates great strength, commitment, and resiliency. The effects of trauma can leave us feeling vulnerable and unsafe long after the event itself. So often people can be left feeling hopeless, disconnected, and ashamed. Healing these wounds are essential to developing a strong sense of self, positive self view, and safety within relationships. I work from a trauma-informed perspective and pull from approaches that will allow us to build an understanding of the protective strategies formed to survive the emotional and mental impact of the trauma and cultivate self-acceptance and trust with ourselves and others. I hope to create a space where you feel valued, seen, and safe as I believe the therapeutic relationship is the most important part of the healing process.
Primarily, I work with those who have experienced recent and historical trauma, such as attachment trauma and abuse/assault. Additionally, I work with clients seeking support for emotional distress (e.g., reactivity, difficulties regulating, depression, anxiety), interpersonal relationships (e.g., relationship patterns, vulnerability issues), self-esteem issues, and personality disorders, among other areas as well. My practice is inclusive, as I work with diverse problems, histories and cultural identities, and ensure the approaches used are catered to each unique individual. My hope is to work together to heal old wounds and painful current experiences, and guide you through your journey towards a healthier life and empower you to become your most authentic self.
6 Years Experience
Compassion Focus Therapy
Lindsay Renaud
Registered Psychotherapist, H.B.A., B.Ed., M.A., RP (Qualifying)
Accepting NEW Clients! - Are you looking for a safe, non-judgmental space to grow and heal? As the owner of Afterglow Counselling and Wellness, I am a compassion-focused therapist with a trauma and culturally-informed lens. I guide my clients toward understanding themselves better and achieving their goals while meeting them where they are at.
2 Years Experience
Compassion Focus Therapy
Sarah Elizabeth McMillan
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, MA, MSW, RSW
What would living a meaningful life with illness, pain and uncertainty look like for you? Where do you want to spend your precious time and energy? How do you want to treat yourself and others during these challenging times? I help my clients answer these and similar questions based on their personal values so they can show up in their lives in ways that are authentic and fulfilling to them.
As someone who lives with serious medical conditions, I am attuned to the challenges of living with an unpredictable body and uncertain future. Whether you're facing a sudden life change, a progressive illness or a long-term health challenge, my practice focuses on supporting folks currently struggling against what they can’t change about themselves, their body and the world around us.
6 Years Experience
Compassion Focus Therapy
Amy Chen
Registered Psychotherapist, RP (Qualifying), MEd, CCPA
We will work together to discover your goals for therapy, explore what ‘feeling better’ means for you, and create a path to get you there. My collaborative approach integrates principles and techniques from many therapy modalities to find the approach that fits with your needs. Change can be daunting, but starting therapy doesn’t need to be! Whether you’re considering therapy or just want to learn more about the therapeutic process, I encourage you to call or email me for a free consultation. It would be a privilege to support you in your journey of healing and growth.
1 Years Experience
Compassion Focus Therapy
Synergetic Healing Psychotherapy
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Welcome to Synergetic Healing Psychotherapy!
We Have Clinicians Specializing in: ADHD | Mental Flexibility | Emotional Regulation | Sex Therapy | Sexual Dysfunction | Intimacy and Desire | Erotica | Kink | Pain During Sex | Sexual Trauma | Sexual OCD | Individual Therapy | Couples Therapy | Trauma Healing | Borderline Personality Disorder | SO MUCH MORE!
Our clinicians are accepting new clients in person and virtually!
3 Years Experience
Compassion Focus Therapy
Ashley Carr Therapy
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
My practice is built on the understanding that a safe and authentic space to express and get curious about ourselves is essential for our well-being and growth. Through conversation and curiosity, I am to help you deepen your understanding of yourself and your life, and carve out new pathways that lead to increased freedom, joy, and meaning. The process may be filled with hesitation, relief, laughs, silence, and tough but valuable realizations, and I feel grateful to be a witness and collaborator through it all.
10 Years Experience
Compassion Focus Therapy
Jeffrey Driscoll
Pre-Licensed Professional, Counsellor, Master of Psychology Graduate Student , yoga life coach, Ontario certified teacher
I help you find meaning and greater joy as a collaborator in experiential work. We can first move into what limits us to understand it, and then move forward. Always caring and empathetic, I value my ability to be non judgemental. As a gay male I welcome all walks of life and am poly +, kink + and lbgt +
4 Years Experience
Compassion Focus Therapy
Jennifer Shneer Therapy
Registered Social Worker, AWCCA, M.S.W., RSW, CT
As a therapist, my goal is to help you uncover your true potential and lead a life that is worth celebrating. While we can't change the difficult situations of the past, we can work together to better understand and resolve challenges in your life. By applying practical therapy approaches and techniques, we will unearth long-standing behaviour patterns or negative perceptions that may be holding you back from experiencing a more fulfilling and meaningful life.
25 Years Experience
Compassion Focus Therapy
Lisa Koole Counselling and Nutrition
Registered Psychotherapist, B.A., R.P., HCA-RHNC, CAIN-RHNP
IAre you dealing with anxiety, stress, overwhelm or struggling with emotional eating or food addiction? Would you like to learn how to make healthier decisions, apply new skills to cope with stressors and develop new perspectives? It takes courage to embark on the therapeutic journey and allow for positive change to occur. I am a Registered Psychotherpist and Registered Holistic Nutritionist offering weight loss therapy and therapy to support stress, overwhelm and anxiety. My role is to do that alongside you as you and create a safe and compassionate environment for you to explore personal healing and growth.
8 Years Experience
Compassion Focus Therapy
Courtney Mann
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, MACP
Everyone experiences life’s challenges differently, and my goal is to make sense of it together. I will strive to ensure that you feel heard, understood, and comfortable to express your needs and concerns. I am committed to using a dynamic and collaborative approach throughout the therapeutic process. I have experience supporting individuals, couples, and families experiencing emotional and relational distress, grief/loss, anxiety, and depression. I aspire to help you cultivate greater awareness of yourself as well as your strengths while maximizing the resources and tools that are accessible to you.
6 Years Experience
Compassion Focus Therapy
Sexuality & ADhD Solutions
Counsellor/Therapist, Registered Therapist/Certified Coach - RSSW, AAC, CEBC, CAE
Having ADHD/ASD myself, I started my practice in 2013, with the passion to empower those with different brains to learn management skills that work for their specific issues.
Within a few years, I realized there was a big need to understand that ADHD is an executive function malfunction and it does impacting our sexuality. Our struggle with creating and maintaining boundaries, will definitely impact how we make choices throughout our life, including our sexual choices.
Did you know there is a higher rate of sexual issues among people with ADHD? I had to overcome many.
Since then, my passion has becomes stronger with each client who overcomes their blocks and hurts, and sets themself up for success, whatever that meant to them. I am honoured to do this unique work that changes people's lives in major ways.
There is nothing more important than being heard, seen, and supported.
I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES!
11 Years Experience
Compassion Focus Therapy
Laura Farberman
Registered Social Worker, RSW, MSW
Currently accepting new clients. Therapy is the journey of becoming free to be ourselves. Instead of becoming a better version of ourselves, we can connect to who we are at our core, without the coping mechanisms we unconsciously took on to survive. These ways of coping, often wired into our brain and nervous system, can show up differently for each person. For you, it might be perfectionism, procrastination, an inner critic, low self-esteem or anxiety, to name a few. My approach combines the best of practical psychology, science and grounded spiritual psychology. I make the roots of complex emotions, behaviours and addictions accessible and actionable so that you can achieve sustainable change and true transformation. I am trained in Compassionate Inquiry, a psychotherapeutic approach developed by Dr. Gabor Maté that reveals the patterns beneath how we present to the world amongst other psychotherapeutic modalities.
Through Compassionate Inquiry you begin to recognize the unconscious patterns, which show up as triggers, traumas and ways of coping and suppressing emotions, and how to become free from them. I support clients to reconnect with their bodies, via somatic experience. Benefits include, relief of symptoms of chronic pain, anxiety, depression and addiction.
Soulful Therapy is a compassionate and non-judgmental approach to psychotherapy and an effective way to begin down the path of introspection. It is a place to process what’s going on in your present, make sense of your past, or explore factors that may guide choices to cultivate a life that feels self-compassionate, vibrant, and authentic above all else.
14 Years Experience