Highly Sensitive Person therapists in Markham, Ontario ON, Canada CA
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Highly Sensitive Person
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
Highly Sensitive Person
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
Highly Sensitive Person
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
Highly Sensitive Person
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
Highly Sensitive Person
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
Highly Sensitive Person
Robert Stanford
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, Qualifying
If you feel things deeply, get overstimulated easily, or carry other people’s emotions, you are not broken. We help you strengthen boundaries, regulate overwhelm, and use sensitivity as a strength rather than a burden.
4 Years Experience
In-Person Near Markham, ON
Online in Markham, ON Ontario
Highly Sensitive Person
Edan Tasca
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, Qualifying
Our HSP-informed therapy turns sensitivity into a strength. We teach nervous-system care, boundaries, and relationship tools that reduce overwhelm. Thrive without shrinking yourself.
10 Years Experience
In-Person Near Markham, ON
Online in Markham, ON Ontario
Highly Sensitive Person
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)
Highly Sensitive Person
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)
Highly Sensitive Person
Durham Psychotherapy (In-person + Direct Billing Available)
Registered Social Worker, MSW,RSW
Turn sensitivity into a strength. Learn nervous-system care, boundaries, and relationship tools that reduce overwhelm. Thrive without shrinking.
16 Years Experience
In-Person Near Markham, ON
Online in Markham, ON Ontario
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.
Highly Sensitive Person therapists in Markham, Ontario, Canada Statistics
Highly Sensitive Person therapists in Markham, Ontario, Canada average 10 years of experience and charge around $167 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (70%), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) (59%), and Narrative Therapy (58%).
Average years in practice
10 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$167
Accept insurance
80%
Offer sliding scale
61%
Gender ID
| 71% |
Female |
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| 18% |
Male |
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| 6% |
Non-Binary |
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| 5% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 50% |
In Person and Online |
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| 50% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 70% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 59% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 58% | Narrative Therapy |
| 55% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 55% | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) |
| 52% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 50% | Internal Family Systems (IFS) |
Ages Served
| 98% | Adult |
| 78% | Young Adult |
| 59% | Senior |
| 59% | Teen |
| 30% | Children |
Client Focus
| 70% | Women |
| 53% | Men |
| 52% | LGBTQ+ |
| 39% | Persons with Disabilities |
| 39% | Christian |