Online Addictions therapists in Richmond Hill, Ontario ON, Canada CA
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Substance Abuse
Cara Briscoe
Registered Psychotherapist, RP
Addiction is a multifaceted challenge, and understanding its roots is key to recovery. While I do not offer therapy sessions for addiction, we have several addiction specialists at Psychotherapy Collective who are available to schedule a free 15-minute consultation with you to ensure they are the proper fit for your journey. Visit our profiles at https://www.psychotherapycollective.ca/our-team
7 Years Experience
Online in Richmond Hill, ON
Substance Abuse
Chris Pankewich, Registered Psychotherapist – Toronto Therapy for Anxiety, Addiction, Relationships & Men’s Emotional Resilience
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist (RP), Masters of Counselling Psychology (MACP)
Working through addiction and compulsive habits can be one of the most challenging things we ever have to do. Fortunately, our knowledge and understanding of this work has shifted to a trauma-informed approach that embraces healing the unique individual who is struggling with addiction rather than the addiction itself. As a therapist, I work with clients to cultivate an environment that will allow for a deeper exploration into understanding the important role the addictive habit has been playing in your life as we seek to transform the relationship you have with yourself in the process. Schedule a free consultation with me to ensure we are a good fit.
6 Years Experience
Online in Richmond Hill, ON
Substance Abuse
Dayong Quan
Registered Psychotherapist, MACP, MS
The one-year program Addiction and Mental health has provided me with basic training in the area of addiction. Using mindfulness and experiential skills, I have helped my client successfully process their cravings.
3 Years Experience
Online in Richmond Hill, ON
Substance Abuse
LifeCycle Counselling
Registered Psychotherapist, MACP, MPE, RP
Addiction counselling sessions can explore the reasons why the addiction happened such as the behaviour and the motivations of the person. This then helps the individual to become more aware of their actions and understand themselves better. This is very important in the process of recovery.
7 Years Experience
Online in Richmond Hill, ON
Substance Abuse
Robert M. Lee
Registered Psychotherapist
I approach addiction and substance use not as a moral failing but as an attempt to regulate pain, trauma, or inner conflict. Using mindfulness, depth psychology, and somatic awareness, we explore the underlying patterns driving compulsive behaviors. Rather than focusing solely on abstinence, our work centers on understanding the emotional and psychological roots of addiction—helping you develop self-awareness, resilience, and healthier ways of relating to yourself. Whether you're navigating substance use, dependency, or seeking integration after psychedelic experiences, therapy provides a space for healing and transformation.
2 Years Experience
Online in Richmond Hill, ON
Substance Abuse
Dan Sileshi.,RP
Registered Psychotherapist, Diplomate Clinician in Logotherapy
Taking a collaborative non-judgmental approach, Dan works with you to build a plan that works for your unique situation.
36 Years Experience
Online in Richmond Hill, ON
Substance Abuse
Usman Khan
Registered Psychotherapist, MD, MPH, MACP, RP
Addiction can feel like an insurmountable barrier to a fulfilling life, but recovery is possible with the right support. My approach combines Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help you address the complexities of addiction and develop effective coping strategies. Together, we’ll explore the underlying causes of your addiction, build a support system, and create a personalized plan for recovery. Whether you're dealing with substance abuse or behavioural addictions, I’m here to support you in achieving lasting change and a healthier life. Reach out to start your path to recovery. Book a free 15-minute consultation today.
4 Years Experience
Online in Richmond Hill, ON
Substance Abuse
Preeti Taneja
Registered Social Worker, Registered Social Worker - R.S.W, M.S.W, B.S.W
I bring a compassionate, non-judgmental approach to supporting clients struggling with addiction. I help individuals explore the emotional and psychological triggers behind their substance use and guide them toward building sustainable coping mechanisms and reclaiming control over their lives.
18 Years Experience
Online in Richmond Hill, ON (Online Only)
Substance Abuse
Mind By Design®
Registered Psychotherapist, Psychology and Coaching Clinics
The constant use of some sort of “intervention” (be it drugs, alcohol, gambling, etc.) to look outside of oneself or feel better when life gets out of control. The problem is that even though these “interventions” might work in the short-term they do not help in the long-term, and usually make life spin further out of control. Psychotherapy and rehabilitation are used to help a person wine off of the aforementioned “interventions.”
17 Years Experience
Online in Richmond Hill, ON
Substance Abuse
Sara Sherstobitoff
Registered Psychotherapist, MEd, RP
Addiction is a multifaceted challenge, and understanding its roots is key to recovery. While I do not offer therapy sessions for addiction, we have several addiction specialists at Psychotherapy Collective who are available to schedule a free 15-minute consultation with you to ensure they are the proper fit for your journey. Visit our profiles at https://www.psychotherapycollective.ca/our-team
5 Years Experience
Online in Richmond Hill, ON
Substance Abuse
Samantha Williams-Lauder
Registered Social Worker, MSW,RSW
Substance use can sometimes become a way to cope with stress, trauma, anxiety, grief, loneliness, or emotional overwhelm. Over time, it may begin to create shame, secrecy, relationship strain, or conflict with the life you want to live. I offer a nonjudgmental space to explore your relationship with substances, understand your triggers, and build healthier, more intentional ways of coping.
1 Years Experience
Online in Richmond Hill, ON
Substance Abuse
Angie Kingma (Mindfulness for Health)
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist
As a Registered Psychotherapist, I will support you in understanding your addictive patterns in a whole new way and cope with the symptoms in ways that are rooted in evidence-based interventions. We will go at your pace and ensure that you meet the goals that are meaningful to you. Looking forward to hearing from you so that you can move forward in your life with more clarity, insight, self-awareness, self-compassion, empowerment and confidence.
26 Years Experience
Online in Richmond Hill, ON
Substance Abuse
New Moon Psychotherapy
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, MACP, MSW, RSW, RP, RP(Q)
We believe that addiction and substance use problems are an attempt to cope with the pain of living. More often than not, people who engage in substance abuse and who experience addiction have experienced loss or adversity and were not taught adaptive strategies to cope with it.
To find relief from this incredible pain, they leaned into a substance or behaviour and found that it worked better than anything else to provide temporary relief from their pain and suffering. When using they thought about what happened a little bit less, difficult emotions like sadness, guilt, anger and shame were dulled, physical pain subsided, and there was a sense of lightness.
The problem is that the high wears off, the physical and emotional pain returns, and the memories come flooding back. Eventually, you feel the relief less and less.
Other problems such as those listed below also occur:
- conflict and instability in relationships
- feeling isolated
- difficulty meeting obligations and work/school/family responsibilities
- financial strain
- hangover/emotional and physical stress
- intense urges for the substance or behaviour
- finding oneself in risky and dangerous situations
These difficulties cause more pain and lead to a vicious cycle of getting high, coming down, experiencing even more pain than initially, seeking the same relief which over time becomes shorter and less effective.
The good news is that it doesn't have to stay this way.
Our highly trained therapists offer evidence-based treatments for substance use and addiction.
Typically, substance abuse and addiction treatment at New Moon Psychotherapy will involve three components
1) Psychoeducation: Helping you understand substance abuse and addiction including why you are experiencing this problem and the function that this problem serves.
2) Coping Strategies: Teaching you various cognitive, behavioural, and somatic strategies to help you manage cravings, regulate your emotions, tolerate distress, and calm your nervous system.
3) Trauma and/or Grief Processing: This gets to the root of the addiction and allows you to heal the pain that has been keeping you stuck all this time. This is incredibly important because it is more likely to prevent the addiction from recurring.
Each of these components build upon one another and will allow you to heal and create meaningful, long-lasting change in your life.
Dr. Gabor Mate, an expert in the research and treatment of addiction, has said that addiction begins and ends with pain. The good news is that you can change the narrative and through therapy, change your ending.
At New Moon Psychotherapy, our team supports individuals experiencing various forms of substance abuse and addiction including alcohol, illicit and prescription drugs, and sex and pornography.
16 Years Experience
Online in Richmond Hill, ON
Substance Abuse
Novus Rehab
Registered Social Worker, RSW
No matter what stage you are at with addiction, we work with clients on harm reduction approaches, stages of change and goal setting, as well as exploring underlying factors that result in addiction behaviour. Often there are experiences of abuse and trauma behind using substances to cope. We work with you to identify the root cause of your addiction, and provide strategies to help you cope better. You may be in the contemplation stage (unsure if you want to stop using) or you may have been in recovery for some time and would like to explore more deeply the root causes or ongoing challenges you experience.
11 Years Experience
Online in Richmond Hill, ON
Substance Abuse
Michelle Iacobucci
Registered Psychotherapist, RP
Addiction is a multifaceted challenge, and understanding its roots is key to recovery. While I do not offer therapy sessions for addiction, we have several addiction specialists at Psychotherapy Collective who are available to schedule a free 15-minute consultation with you to ensure they are the proper fit for your journey. Visit our profiles at https://www.psychotherapycollective.ca/our-team
8 Years Experience
Online in Richmond Hill, ON
Substance Abuse
Maor Bernshtein, MSW, RSW, Psychotherapist
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, Psychotherapist
When addiction takes hold, it’s easy to feel trapped in a cycle you don’t fully understand. You may know what you want to change, but still feel powerless to stop. This can leave you questioning your own worth. I am committed to helping you uncover the deeper causes of your struggles and regain control of your life. In therapy, you can work to identify the triggers that lead to substance use. The goal of therapy is to help you make clearer, more informed choices about your use of substances or alcohol and to live a life that is more manageable and congruent with your goals. Together, we’ll understand the root of your struggles, unpack the patterns that keep them going, work through shame without judgment, and build healthier ways to cope, make clearer choices, and regain control. Visit pathwaytoself.ca to book a free 20-minute consultation and ask any questions you have.
8 Years Experience
Online in Richmond Hill, ON
Substance Abuse
Moeez Munshi
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, Qualifying, Clinical Intern
Addictions or Substance Abuse often lives at the intersection of stress, habit, and relief-seeking. We’ll map your triggers and craving cycles, then use Motivational Interviewing and CBT to build small, sustainable changes that actually fit your life. Expect a non-shaming, harm-reduction frame and practical relapse-prevention tools. Available in person in Durham and online across Ontario.
2 Years Experience
Online in Richmond Hill, ON
Substance Abuse
Caitlin Marchand
Registered Psychotherapist, RP
Addiction is a multifaceted challenge, and understanding its roots is key to recovery. While I do not offer therapy sessions for addiction, we have several addiction specialists at Psychotherapy Collective who are available to schedule a free 15-minute consultation with you to ensure they are the proper fit for your journey. Visit our profiles at https://www.psychotherapycollective.ca/our-team
8 Years Experience
Online in Richmond Hill, ON
Substance Abuse
Adrienne Sharma-Richardson PhD MEd RP OCT
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Gestalt Psychotherapist Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Gottman Trained Couples Therapist
Counselling for addiction and codependency is available.
I am a recovering addict myself, it takes one to know one, and it takes one to help one!
You do not need to struggle alone, let me be your one!
FYI I am also a Certified Sex Addictions Therapist (CAST) and a Certified Partner Trauma Therapist (CPTT)
I have a team of CSATs (rate $150) working under me if my rates ($250) are not in your price range.
Please reach out to find out more.
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Do you or a loved one need help for alcohol or substance abuse?
Are addictions to pornography, sex and/or the internet hurting the people in your life?
Do you have a gambling, drug, alcohol, food, sex, work, and/or shopping addiction (s) that are impacting your life?
Are you impacted by your family member's addiction?
I am a Cannabis Friendly Psychotherapist
13 Years Experience
Online in Richmond Hill, ON
Substance Abuse
Ryan Bittinger
Pre-Licensed Professional, Registered Psychotherapist (Q), DPsychotherapy, LPCC, CAS
Dealing with challenges around substance use can feel very daunting - and yet struggles with this have touch nearly everyone's life. I take a completely non-judgmental approach here that focuses on understanding what is driving substance for each individual. Developing compassion for the way we try to meet our needs with substances is foundational here, so that after understanding this we can move towards more healthy coping behaviors and be kind to our past selves.
11 Years Experience
Online in Richmond Hill, ON (Online Only)
Richmond Hill is a rapidly growing Toronto suburb in York Region with a majority Chinese population in many of its newer residential developments, alongside significant South Asian and Middle Eastern communities, creating strong demand for Mandarin-, Cantonese-, and Farsi-speaking therapists who can work within East Asian and Iranian cultural frameworks. The city's affluent suburban character and proximity to Toronto's tech and finance economy create a population with both the means and motivation to seek therapy, though help-seeking stigma in some East Asian and Middle Eastern communities remains a consideration. Mackenzie Health provides institutional mental health resources, with many residents also accessing the broader Greater Toronto Area therapy ecosystem. Richmond Hill's fast growth and relatively new development mean community ties can be shallow, and therapists frequently address social isolation and the challenge of belonging in a transient suburban environment.
Addictions therapists in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Statistics
Addictions therapists in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada average 12 years of experience and charge around $177 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Addictions or Substance Abuse (100%), Anxiety or Fears (92%), and Depression (89%).
Average years in practice
12 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$177
Gender ID
| 63% |
Female |
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| 34% |
Male |
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| 2% |
Non-Binary |
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| 1% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 69% |
In Person and Online |
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| 31% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Addictions or Substance Abuse |
| 92% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 89% | Depression |
| 81% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 72% | Anger Management |
| 72% | Self Esteem |
| 71% | Loss or Grief |