Online Perfectionism therapists in Markham, Ontario ON, Canada CA
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Perfectionism
Steph Paolucci
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, Registered Yoga Teacher
People often seek therapy for perfectionism when the pressure to get everything “right” starts to feel exhausting, overwhelming, or never-ending. It can show up as harsh self-criticism, fear of making mistakes, procrastination, or feeling like nothing is ever good enough. Over time, this pattern can impact relationships, work, and overall well-being, leaving people feeling stuck and disconnected from a sense of ease or satisfaction.
6 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON
Perfectionism
Atlas Therapy
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP
Support for perfectionism focuses on helping individuals understand the underlying beliefs, pressures, and fears that drive unrealistic standards and self-criticism. Through a compassionate and evidence-based approach, clients are guided in challenging rigid thinking patterns, developing self-compassion, and learning to tolerate mistakes and uncertainty. The work aims to reduce anxiety and burnout while fostering healthier standards, greater balance, and a more flexible and fulfilling approach to personal and professional life.
11 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON
Perfectionism
Alison Taylor
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, GIT.Dip, CAPT, CRPO
Perfectionism can feel like constant pressure: to get it right, to not make mistakes, to meet expectations that may not even feel like your own. In our work together, we bring curiosity about your unique lived experience to exploring how perfectionism shows up in your thoughts, body, and relationships. We might gently ask: Who are you being perfect for? By whose standards? What do you imagine might happen if you made a mistake? How were mistakes handled in your home growing up? Rather than treating perfectionism as a personal flaw, we can understand it as a relational, contextual response to a situation/dynamic, a way of organizing/modifying yourself that developed in response to your environment. The existential statement underneath perfectionism could be, “In order to belong in this family, I must never mess up” or “I live my life as if I’ll be invisible/alone/worthless unless I am perfect.” Put in these contexts, perfectionistic strategies are a matter of life and death and basic survival. By slowing down and building awareness around how you got here, we can begin to tease apart these patterns, reconnect with what *you* need and value, and find more flexible, compassionate ways of being with yourself. It’s always a risk being more yourself, and I have huge respect for the ways you’ve learned to keep yourself safe and connected (basic human needs, btw). As we unravel your perfectionistic magnificence, you will likely surprise yourself with the brilliance and creativity that’s been hiding there all along, waiting for the right support to emerge.
5 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON
Perfectionism
Amanda Stokes
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, E-RYT 500
Perfectionism is a common sub personality born out of a survival need to keep ourselves safe and loved by our caregivers. It is almost always rooted in the underlying feelings of shame and negative core beliefs. Through IFS and Inner Child work, I find working with perfectionism is quite possible and can lead us back to a place of self-compassion and recognizing that you are 'enough' just as you are -without the over functioning.
9 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON (Online Only)
Perfectionism
Dr. Devina Daya
Psychologist, Ph.D., C. Psych
I help individuals who struggle with perfectionism develop greater self-compassion, flexibility, and balance in their lives. Together, we explore the underlying beliefs that drive perfectionistic tendencies and build healthier ways of approaching goals, mistakes, and self-worth.
5 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON (Online Only)
Perfectionism
Ashley Bargent Coaching & Counselling
Registered Social Worker, Associate Certified Coach, ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider MSW, RSW, ACC, ADHD-CCSP
I often assist clients with navigating and recovering from perfectionism. As a recovering perfectionist myself, I understand what you may be going through. Though I will tailor my approach to meet your unique needs, I often use Internal Family Systems Therapy. This approach can help you understand, and eventually befriend, your inner critic or perfectionist. My goal is to create more inner harmony between your perfectionist part and other parts of you that can help balance out your perfectionistic tendencies. Based in Toronto, I provide virtual counselling to clients across Ontario and coaching to clients across Canada. I've been in practice since 2015. Reach out anytime to learn more or schedule a free consultation. I'd love to hear from you!
11 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON (Online Only)
Perfectionism
Tehmina Ayana Meherali
Counsellor/Therapist, M.Ed, CCC, CMHP
I support individuals who struggle with perfectionism. Are you someone who feels constant pressure to get everything right, fear making mistakes, or never feel “good enough"? While perfectionism can look like high achievement on the outside, it often comes with stress, self-criticism, and exhaustion.
In our work together, we gently explore the patterns behind perfectionism and help you build more self-compassion, flexibility, and balance.
19 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON
Perfectionism
Alexis Bergeron (EMDR, Trauma, PTSD, Eating Disorders, Anxiety)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, MSW, BSW, RSW
Perfectionism can leave you feeling like nothing you do is ever "good enough," leading to stress, self-criticism, procrastination, and burnout. Alexis provides a supportive space to help you understand the patterns that keep perfectionism going and develop healthier, more balanced ways of thinking. Using evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), therapy focuses on building self-compassion, reducing fear of failure, and helping you move forward with greater confidence and flexibility.
9 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON (Online Only)
Perfectionism
Rebekah Wright
Registered Psychotherapist, MDiv, RP
Perfectionism often develops in high-performing individuals and can be both a strength and a source of distress. While it may drive achievement, it can also lead to burnout, isolation, and strain in relationships. Therapy focuses on understanding these patterns and developing more sustainable ways of functioning.
5 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON
Perfectionism
Jordyn Brownstein
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MA, BA
Perfectionism often masks fear, shame, and self-criticism. I help clients soften rigid standards, develop self-compassion, and reconnect with worth beyond performance.
1 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON (Online Only)
Perfectionism
Bhavna Lalwani
Registered Psychotherapist, MA Counselling, RP
Perfectionism can feel like a constant push to meet impossibly high standards, often leaving you stressed, critical of yourself, or afraid of making mistakes. It can affect work, relationships, and overall wellbeing, creating a sense of pressure that never truly goes away.
In therapy, I provide a supportive space to explore these patterns, understand the underlying fears or beliefs, and develop healthier ways of relating to yourself and your goals. Together, we work on building self-compassion, realistic expectations, and confidence, helping you achieve growth without being weighed down by perfection.
15 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON (Online Only)
Perfectionism
Tiffany Warmington
Registered Psychotherapist, MACP
I support individuals who are struggling with perfectionism, self-criticism, and the pressure to meet high or unrealistic standards. My approach is compassionate and trauma-informed, focusing on understanding the underlying patterns that drive perfectionistic thinking while supporting greater self acceptance and flexibility. Together, we can work toward reducing overwhelm, building self-compassion, and creating a more balanced and sustainable way of relating to yourself and your goals.
5 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON (Online Only)
Perfectionism
Shauna Switzer, MCP, MA RP
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, MCP, Registered Psychotherapist
Perfectionism can create constant pressure, fear of failure, self-criticism, and emotional exhaustion. Therapy helps individuals challenge unrealistic expectations, develop healthier coping patterns, and build greater balance, flexibility, and self-acceptance.
26 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON
Perfectionism
Sierra Gaudreault
Registered Psychotherapist, RP
Are you someone who has a hard time coping when you cannot meet your expectations for yourself? Perhaps you are so consumed by these expectations that you shut down and are unable to try at all. Perfectionism is not just about wanting to do things perfectly. It is an expression of rigid standards for ourselves that can lead to intense emotional suffering, avoidance and procrastination, unstable self-worth and constant overthinking. I use a blend of self-compassion strategies, narrative therapy and emotion regulation techniques to help you break out of shame spiralling and learn how to build more flexibility in your thinking.
4 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON
Perfectionism
Choosing To Heal
Registered Psychotherapist, PhD, RP
Break free from the pressure to be “perfect” and the fear of failure. At Choosing To Heal, we help you develop flexibility, self-compassion, and healthier standards for success. In person in Mississauga, and virtually all across Ontario.
26 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON
Perfectionism
Striving for Synergy Psychotherapy and Counselling Clinic
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW or RP
Perfectionism often looks like achievement on the outside but can feel like relentless pressure, self-criticism, burnout, anxiety, and never feeling “good enough” on the inside. Therapy for perfectionism can help uncover the roots of these patterns while building greater self-compassion, flexibility, and emotional balance. At Striving for Synergy, we support clients in Toronto, Pickering, and across Ontario who struggle with high expectations, people-pleasing, fear of failure, procrastination, and chronic self-doubt. Through CBT, mindfulness, somatic therapy, and deeper relational work, clients learn to release impossible standards and reconnect with a healthier sense of self-worth.
10 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON
Perfectionism
Jeremy Finkelstein
Registered Psychotherapist, RP
Perfectionism can look like high standards, overthinking, procrastination, people-pleasing, or fear of making mistakes. Therapy can help you loosen the grip of perfectionism and move toward more flexible, values-based action.
8 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON
Perfectionism
Mary D'Agostino
Registered Psychotherapist, RP(Qualifying)
Perfectionism often goes far beyond simply wanting to do well. It can involve intense self-pressure, fear of failure, overthinking, difficulty relaxing, people-pleasing, and feeling like your worth is tied to performance or productivity. Perfectionism is not about being perfect — it is about constantly striving for a level of perfection that is ultimately unattainable for anyone, and the emotional exhaustion that comes from endlessly trying to reach it. In therapy, we work to better understand where these patterns come from, what continues to drive them, and how they may be impacting your relationships, self-esteem, and overall well-being. Together, we focus on building greater self-awareness, flexibility, self-compassion, and healthier ways of relating to yourself and others.
3 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON
Perfectionism
Serene Lotus Psychotherapy
Registered Psychotherapist
Address self-criticism, fear of failure, high standards, burnout, and the emotional impact of perfectionistic tendencies.
2 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON
Perfectionism
Maddie Serhal - Limitless Living Psychotherapy
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist, MC, BSc
Perfectionism can have such a huge impact on your life, making it hard to try things, staying in your comfort zone, and being very hard on yourself. Together, we can work to explore the roots of perfectionism, what it's trying to teach you, and what wisdom you'd like to keep and what relationships to perfectionism you might want to shed.
6 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON
Markham is one of the most ethnically Chinese cities in North America outside of East Asia, with a majority Chinese population and a significant South Asian minority, creating a therapy community with unusually strong demand for Mandarin-, Cantonese-, and Punjabi-speaking practitioners. The city is a major technology hub — home to Canadian headquarters for IBM, Apple, and dozens of other multinationals — generating consistent demand for therapists who work with high-performance workplace stress, burnout, and the particular identity pressures of first-generation professionals navigating career expectations between cultures. Markham Stouffville Hospital provides institutional mental health resources, while many residents also access care through the broader Toronto metro therapy ecosystem. Help-seeking stigma in some East Asian communities remains an important context for therapists, who often find themselves helping clients normalize therapy alongside the clinical work.
Perfectionism therapists in Markham, Ontario, Canada Statistics
Perfectionism therapists in Markham, Ontario, Canada average 7 years of experience and charge around $163 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Perfectionism (100%), Anxiety or Fears (87%), and Self Esteem (87%).
Average years in practice
7 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$163
Gender ID
| 87% |
Female |
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| 9% |
Male |
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| 4% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 54% |
In Person and Online |
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| 46% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Perfectionism |
| 87% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 87% | Self Esteem |
| 85% | Depression |
| 79% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 79% | Stress |
| 77% | Life Transitions |