Find a Therapist in North York, ON

Do you feel stuck in your life? Do you feel that no matter how hard you try, the same things keep happening- you keep getting the same results? Do you feel stuck in your relationship? Do you keep attracting the same kind of mate? Do you have seasons where your mood is very low, and you are not motivated? Do you have periods of time when you typically feel anxious or panicked? You may simply be repeating embedded, negative patterns that you learned growing up, and are repeating them today without your awareness. My team is in the business of breaking patterns! We are relationship and anxiety specialists. We also offer eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for trauma, specialized help for men's issues, and offer individual, couple, and family therapy in Mississauga and downtown Toronto. Sessions are also available via Zoom for your convenience. We offer affordable rates.

Recover from Narcissistic Abuse I’m Tracey Nguyen, and I see you—exhausted from narcissistic abuse, BPD, codependency, or complex trauma. If you’re walking on eggshells or having emotional storms in difficult relationships, doubting your worth, or feeling lost in shame and identity confusion, you’re not alone. My holistic, integrative, faith-based therapy helps you heal your soul, reclaim your voice, and feel safe in your body. Your Healing Journey We’ll address pain with: Complex trauma-informed DBT: Regulate emotions and heal core emotional wounds. Somatic Experiencing and Breathwork: Release trauma from your emotional nervous system and trapped trauma in your body Gestalt Therapy: Restore authenticity and wholeness Shadow Work: Uncover covert patterns hidden relationship patterns Faith-Based Healing: Find peace through Christ and God, if desired. Why Trust Me? With lived experience and expertise in CPTSD, BPD, and narcissistic abuse, I offer empathetic, evidence-based therapy. I know what it feels like to walk through the darkness of complex trauma's terrain of anxiety, uncertainty, loneliness and instability. I’ve guided clients worldwide to find clarity, empowerment, heal chronic stress, and build authentic relationships. I invite you to Book Your Free Consultation at truehealthcounselling.comcontact Heal CPTSD, Mend Narcissistic Somatic Symptoms True Health Counselling: As a holistic nurse psychotherapist, I offer complex trauma-informed care through The Integrative Somatic Trauma Healing Approach—a psychosomatic, mindfulness-based framework with Gestalt therapy, complex trauma-informed DBT, and a faith-based lens. Specializing in CPTSD, BPD, narcissistic somatic trauma symptoms, psychosomatic disorders, and immune dysfunction, I guide faith-oriented clients to authentic healing, safe relationships, and coming home to their souls

Relationships can be hard. Whether romantic, platonic, or familial, relationships can be a source of stress, anxiety and pain. Maybe your relationship just ended and you’re going through the throes of heartbreak. Or maybe you’ve had a few failed relationships and you’re starting to feel like you’re dating the same person over and over again. You could be realizing that you and your partner have been constantly arguing and you’re questioning the relationship. Or you’re at a loss for what to do about that difficult family member’s behaviour or treatment. Maybe you’re noticing that the fallout you had with a friend is affecting you more than you thought it would. Or maybe you’re feeling lonely and you want more meaningful connections in your life but social anxiety and lack of confidence are holding you back. If any of this resonates with you, you’re in the right place. Hi! I’m Audrey. I am a Registered Social Worker specializing in working with individuals (aged 18 & up) who are struggling with relationships. I am committed to helping you feel secure, calm, and confident in your relationships with romantic partners, family members, and friends. I practice from a combination of an attachment-based and a trauma-informed approach to help you process and heal past wounds and cultivate a sense of security in your relationships and within yourself. I draw from evidence-based modalities, including Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, to equip you with the necessary skills to manage difficult emotions and build healthy relationships with others and with yourself.

I believe therapy is a space where we can slow down, reflect, and reconnect with parts of ourselves that may have been overlooked or silenced. My approach is grounded in compassion, curiosity, and collaboration. Together, we explore your thoughts, emotions, and patterns—not to judge them, but to understand what they might be trying to communicate. I draw from evidence-based approaches such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), solution-focused therapy, and emotionally-focused principles, while always tailoring our work to fit your unique needs and pace. My style is gentle, yet engaged—I aim to create a warm, safe environment where you can feel both supported and challenged to grow. Whether you’re navigating stress, relationship challenges, or periods of transition, my goal is to help you make sense of your experiences and move toward greater self-understanding and ease. I believe that healing happens through connection—with ourselves, with others, and within a space where we feel truly seen and heard.

I am available to support you through virtual sessions. Contact me to arrange a phone call to explore whether starting therapy with me is right for you. Please visit my website to learn more about me. My approach integrates psychotherapy with creative process to engage the mind, body, emotions and imagination on the journey of change. I ground my practice in a belief in human resilience and in our innate potential for healing and transformation through difficult times. My work is informed by anti-oppressive perspectives, understanding of trauma and environmental influences on the psyche, neuroscience research findings, the mind-body relationship, symbolic process, and spirituality. I am committed to principles of social justice, and to promoting balanced and respectful relationships. In over twenty years of practice, I have incorporated creativity and mindfulness with many types of verbal therapies. My experience includes work in public healthcare and community settings, including: mental health services in hospital outpatient clinics; addiction and trauma recovery; counselling for women and children exposed to domestic violence; specialized programs for children and youth with complex difficulties. I also provide specialized services in Jungian Sandplay Therapy. Sandplay Therapy is a unique modality that provides a nonverbal way for clients of any age to experience and transform inner tensions through creative expression with sand, water and miniatures. While engaging the body and imagination, you become the creator of your personal journey. With children and youth, playful and non-verbal approaches are central components of my practice. These imaginative modalities engage young people in creatively exploring their struggles while building a sense of mastery and self-worth. I am a Registered Social Worker providing psychotherapy in Ontario and hold Masters Degrees in both Social Work and Sociology. I am also an internationally certified Jungian Sandplay Therapist with the Canadian Association for Sandplay Therapy (CAST) and the International Society for Sandplay Therapy (ISST). I am a past President of CAST, and a Senior Teacher-Supervisor for CAST and ISST. I provide internationally recognized sandplay training, supervision, workshops and conference presentations.

My integrative therapeutic approach is rooted in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) and trauma therapies. I believe that we become stuck in our pain when we hold it alone, disconnected from our core emotional experiences, and build defenses that become in a way of living our lives authentically. In our work together, we will explore your struggles and their roots, identify how painful experiences became stuck and are affecting your present-day life, and examine ways of relating to yourself, others, and the world that no longer serve you. We will process unresolved experiences and feelings, helping you access your inner wisdom, strength, and resources to navigate your life in a way that feels right for you. In my work, I’m oriented toward the innate ability to heal and thrive that we all have. I strive to craft an environment where it becomes possible. Even though I co-create a unique therapy with each person, what stays the same is having a safe space to hear your story and a secure relationship to explore it together, figuring out many ways of dealing with life challenges, and reaching for strength and resiliency to master the skill of living. I focus on enhancing emotional awareness, building healthier emotional regulation skills, and cultivating self-compassion. Together, we will work towards healing past traumas, improving relationships, and empowering you to live a more fulfilling and authentic life. Additionally, we can explore existential questions such as the search for meaning, the inevitability of change, and accepting life’s uncertainties, leading to profound insights and a deeper understanding of your place in the world.

The creative adjustments you have made through out your life have supported you. However, are you now finding what has worked for you in the past, is no longer effective, nor fulfilling? Through dialogue, sensory awareness, and embodied experimenting in the here and now (gestalt psychotherapy/coaching), a deeper awareness of yourself, and how to break free from your old patterns may emerge- if you are up to doing the work. Our work together will ask you to look beyond what you know, and it will challenge you to your core, to look at yourself with new eyes. The authentic engagement, and risk taking that we both will share, will be demanding at times, and at other times quite sweet- we will be relating, finding meaning, getting creative, and going beyond our perceived limits. This honest, productive, and satisfying relational contact will support your need for something different personally andor professionally. My experiences as an educator for over 10 years has shown me that children are the best at this way of being. They are totally present with what is, they question without shame, and they take responsibility when given the freedom of choice. My personal work of getting out of my head and getting back to my senses, learning to accept that slow can be fast, and that my vulnerability is my new strength, has helped me to overcome childhood trauma, addictions, mental health issues and ADHD, failed relationships, and major life and career obstacles and changes. I can hold the space for you to do the same if that is what you desire. I am an existentialist, and I have faith that we can each find our path to an authentic existence in this absurd world together, we just need support for greater awareness and contact. Reluctant to take a risk, and work with people only in my presence has taught me how my beliefs, rules, interjects, whatever you might call them, of what a therapy session "should" look like have limited my experiences and impact. Going beyond my perceived limitations, I have learned that I can see, just as well with my ears, that at times I can be even more creative, and ask different questions of you when you are not physically in my sight. These powerful insights have helped me to be open to technology, and reaching you, where ever you may be. Personally feeling like an alien at times, and wondering where are "my people" hiding on this planet, has been tough. However, by staying with my own process, I have come to some new awareness' that even if "my people" aren't in my own backyard, I can make contact. Please reach out and contact me. I will not be able to fix you, however, I will be able to support and accept you.

My belief is that each person can positively change their lives, and that sometimes we just need a little help to do it. I work with a range of individuals, including those challenged by body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), such as trichotillomania and skin picking, grief, anxiety, depression, single parenthood, neurodivergence, and life transitions. As an experienced teacher myself, I also often support educators. My approach is grounded in humanistic principles, believing in everyone’s capacity for growth. Typically, I take an integrative approach depending on the client's specific needs and goals. I'm most often told that my approach is warm, humorous, and genuine. Please schedule a complimentary 30-minute consultation with me to discuss your goals, and share any accessibility needs when reaching out.

My approach to therapy is rooted in the process of change. Change can be difficult but is possible with the right assistance and researched methods. My aim is to facilitate a therapeutic process that allows clients- to realize their own strengths and capabilities, view their issues from a new perspective and have a renewed hope as they begin their journey towards a brighter tomorrow. I acknowledge the strength it takes for anyone to reach out to a stranger in the face of personal struggle and as such I make it my personal endeavor from the time I first communicate with you on the phone to provide the comfort and empathy that is needed in order for you to feel safe and empowered to book an appointment to meet with me.

I bring a whole lot of warmth, curiosity, and openness to my work with individuals, couples, and others in relationship. I am guided by a firm belief that attuned relationships hold transformative power for connecting to the fullness of our experiences. They are a resource for tapping into the wisdom, pain, and longings that each of us carry. I ground my practice in a commitment to prioritize the voice, collaboration and agency of those I work with. I am also attentive to the many ways that structural power, social systems, and past and present relationships can impact our lives and the shape of our struggles. Above all, I listen closely and centre what each person identifies as relevant to them, where they are, and where they wish to go. Some of the areas where I have experience and may be able to offer support in navigating include: - relationships with partners, peers, family and others - gender, sexuality, and other facets of identity and practice - sexual and reproductive health - chronic pain, disability, madness, and neurodiversity - feeling states of anxiety, restlessness, hopelessness, depression, sadness and grief - life transitions and daily living - gender-based and sexual violence - power dynamics and harm - unwanted substance use - health-care, housing and other social systems My approach is informed by anti-oppressive, harm reduction, anti-racist, and mad values. The care I offer is sex and kink positive and affirming of queer and trans identities and non-normative relationship structures.

I am the founder of Therapy Uninterrupted, where our focus is on providing exceptional and uninterrupted care from day one and beyond. I work with clients from a person-centred approach, working with you collaboratively to tailor a treatment plan that works best for you. a trained therapist with experience using evidence-based therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Strengths Based Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Solutions Focused Therapy, Schema Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and perspectives from the Gottman Method Couples Therapy. I work from a trauma-informed lens and focus on your well-being in a holistic way. Coming from an anti-oppressive lens, I practice with the values of dignity, diversity, and self-empowerment at the forefront. I highly value honesty, collaboration, respect, and empathy, with the hope of supporting clients in reaching the learning, growth, healing, and true potential they are capable of.

I offer virtual online psychotherapy services with a focus on helping clients understand themselves more deeply, navigate challenges with greater clarity, and move toward meaningful change. My approach is collaborative, grounded in curiosity and care, and tailored to each person’s unique experiences and needs. Whether you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or simply ready to explore something more fully, I provide a space where we can make sense of things together.