Highly Sensitive Person therapists in Markham, Ontario ON, Canada CA
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Sanofer Ansari
Licensed Mental Health Counsellor, MACP
Approach: Emotion-focused, somatic and self-compassion-based approaches.
I help clients understand heightened emotional or sensory sensitivity without viewing it as a weakness. We explore overstimulation, boundaries, emotional regulation, relationships, and ways of creating environments that support well-being.
7 Years Experience
In-Person in Markham, ON L3S 3J6
Online in Markham, ON Ontario
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Kyla Lipsman
Registered Social Worker, RSW
I help highly sensitive individuals better understand their sensitivity, manage overwhelm, and use it as a strength rather than a limitation.
6 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON Ontario (Online Only)
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Bipolar Disorder Therapy
Registered Psychotherapist
We have a combined 22 years experience helping clients get down to the root of being highly sensitive and vulnerability. The recurring thoughts and feelings that need to be understood and identified. Greg Rennie and Josh Goordat are taking new clients. Go to https://rennieclinicalservices.janeapp.com
22 Years Experience
In-Person Near Markham, ON
Online in Markham, ON Ontario
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Sunlight Counselling, Melody Mann
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Being a highly sensitive person can be both a gift and a challenge. You might feel deeply affected by your surroundings, easily overwhelmed by noise or conflict, and quick to notice the emotions of others. While your sensitivity allows for empathy, creativity, and depth, it can also lead to exhaustion or self-criticism in a world that often feels too loud. In therapy, we’ll explore how to understand and honour your sensitivity as a strength, develop tools for emotional regulation and boundaries, and create space for rest and self-acceptance. Together, we’ll help your sensitivity feel like something to embrace, not something to manage.
22 Years Experience
In-Person Near Markham, ON
Online in Markham, ON Ontario
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Samantha Williams-Lauder
Registered Social Worker, MSW,RSW
Being highly sensitive can mean feeling deeply affected by emotions, conflict, sensory input, criticism, or the needs of others. While sensitivity can be a strength, it may also become overwhelming without support and boundaries. Therapy can help you better understand your nervous system, honour your sensitivity, and build tools for grounding and self-care.
1 Years Experience
In-Person Near Markham, ON
Online in Markham, ON Ontario
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Infinite Horizons Psychotherapy
Registered Psychotherapist, MCP, CCS, RP
Being highly sensitive can mean feeling emotions deeply and becoming easily overwhelmed by your environment. While this can be a strength, it can also feel exhausting at times. We help you understand your sensitivity and develop tools to manage overstimulation. Therapy supports you in embracing this trait while protecting your energy.
11 Years Experience
In-Person Near Markham, ON
Online in Markham, ON Ontario
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Amanda Neves Therapy + Associates
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Being highly sensitive can feel like both a gift and a challenge. Emotions, sensory input, and the feelings of others may feel overwhelming, leaving you drained or misunderstood. Our trauma-informed, somatic, and experiential approach helps you understand your sensitivity, regulate intense emotions, and embrace your depth as a strength. Using Attachment-Focused Therapy, AEDP, and IFS, we explore relational patterns, self-criticism, and stress responses, creating a safe space to cultivate self-compassion, resilience, and balance. Sessions are offered in-person in Toronto and virtually across Ontario, making support accessible wherever you are.
11 Years Experience
In-Person Near Markham, ON
Online in Markham, ON Ontario
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Ashleigh Bell
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, Qualifying
If you feel things “too deeply,” get overwhelmed in busy environments, or need more time to recharge, you may be a highly sensitive person. We’ll explore how your sensitivity shows up, protect your energy with boundaries and routines, and turn this trait into a strength rather than something to hide.
5 Years Experience
In-Person Near Markham, ON
Online in Markham, ON Ontario
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Thamina Ahmadzai
Registered Psychotherapist
Whether you feel overwhelmed by emotions, relationships, stress, or constant overstimulation, therapy offers a space to better understand your sensitivity and embrace it as a strength rather than a limitation. Using a person-centred and compassionate approach, I help clients navigate life while building self-awareness, confidence, and emotional resilience.
3 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON Ontario (Online Only)
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Madeleine Krupl
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Learn to work with sensitivity, not against it. We’ll regulate overload, set sustainable boundaries, and turn attunement into a strength.
8 Years Experience
Online in Markham, ON Ontario (Online Only)
Markham is one of the most ethnically Chinese cities in North America, with Chinese residents making up the largest share of the 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, AMD, 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.
Highly Sensitive Person therapists in Markham, Ontario, Canada Statistics
Highly Sensitive Person therapists in Markham, Ontario, Canada average 9 years of experience and charge around $168 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (69%), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) (60%), and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) (54%).
Average years in practice
9 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$168
Accept insurance
78%
Offer sliding scale
55%
Gender ID
| 69% |
Female |
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| 19% |
Male |
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| 7% |
Non-Binary |
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| 5% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 51% |
In Person and Online |
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| 49% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 69% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 60% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 54% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 52% | Narrative Therapy |
| 51% | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) |
| 51% | Internal Family Systems (IFS) |
| 48% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 79% | Young Adult |
| 60% | Senior |
| 55% | Teen |
| 21% | Children |
Client Focus
| 73% | Women |
| 55% | Men |
| 51% | LGBTQ+ |
| 42% | Christian |
| 40% | Persons with Disabilities |