In Person Therapists in Kitchener, ON
Songqin Wei
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MA, MSc
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Kitchener, ON N2H
Accepting New Clients – Individuals (16+) and Couples. Do you feel stuck in life? Are you struggling with anxiety, stress, depression, or navigating life transitions? Are you facing overwhelming emotions, coping with loss and grief, or dealing with relationship challenges? I am here to support you on your journey toward a more fulfilling and empowered life. I believe in creating a safe, warm, and non-judgmental space where you can explore your thoughts and feelings. Together, we can navigate your challenges and work towards achieving your goals.
Accepting New Clients – Individuals (16+) and Couples. Do you feel stuck in life? Are you struggling with anxiety, stress, depression, or navigating life transitions? Are you facing overwhelming emotions, coping with loss and grief, or dealing with relationship challenges? I am here to support you on your journey toward a more fulfilling and empowered life. I believe in creating a safe, warm, and non-judgmental space where you can explore your thoughts and feelings. Together, we can navigate your challenges and work towards achieving your goals.
Melissa Lowe
Registered Social Worker, MSW RSW
Verified Verified
Kitchener, ON N2M
Waitlist for new clients
I'm a registered social worker that provides evidence-based therapy for individuals and couples. Perhaps you are struggling with feelings of anxiety and depression or you are unhappy in your relationship. You might be avoiding difficult situations or finding ways to escape from how you are feeling. As a couple, you might be feeling stuck. Your conversations or arguments go in circles and never feel resolved. It's become difficult to communicate and you feel disconnected from each other.
I'm a registered social worker that provides evidence-based therapy for individuals and couples. Perhaps you are struggling with feelings of anxiety and depression or you are unhappy in your relationship. You might be avoiding difficult situations or finding ways to escape from how you are feeling. As a couple, you might be feeling stuck. Your conversations or arguments go in circles and never feel resolved. It's become difficult to communicate and you feel disconnected from each other.
Reaching out for help can be a difficult thing to do and takes courage. If you are struggling with Relationships, Mental Health, PTSD/Trauma, Depression, Anxiety, Grief, Loss, Eating Disorders, you don't have to struggle alone. Together we can work towards the best version of you and progress towards your healing goals. I am a clinical Social Worker and provide Individual, Couple and Family counselling for a wide range of concerns. Effective therapy happens when there is a relationship established between the client and the counsellor. I have many years of experience working with clients from diverse backgrounds.
Reaching out for help can be a difficult thing to do and takes courage. If you are struggling with Relationships, Mental Health, PTSD/Trauma, Depression, Anxiety, Grief, Loss, Eating Disorders, you don't have to struggle alone. Together we can work towards the best version of you and progress towards your healing goals. I am a clinical Social Worker and provide Individual, Couple and Family counselling for a wide range of concerns. Effective therapy happens when there is a relationship established between the client and the counsellor. I have many years of experience working with clients from diverse backgrounds.
Madeleine Satov
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), BAS, MACP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Kitchener, ON N2B
Do you feel overwhelmed and burnt out from life’s stressors, and are struggling to improve your mental health? Whether or not you are experiencing any particular mental health challenges, most individuals can benefit from therapy! Madeleine has an extensive background in helping professions, with experience facilitating rehabilitation therapy for adults with neurodegenerative diseases, applied behavioural analysis for individuals on the Autism spectrum, and in long-term care facilities. These experiences have allowed Madeleine to work with diverse individuals, fostering an inclusive space for those seeking help and guidance.
Do you feel overwhelmed and burnt out from life’s stressors, and are struggling to improve your mental health? Whether or not you are experiencing any particular mental health challenges, most individuals can benefit from therapy! Madeleine has an extensive background in helping professions, with experience facilitating rehabilitation therapy for adults with neurodegenerative diseases, applied behavioural analysis for individuals on the Autism spectrum, and in long-term care facilities. These experiences have allowed Madeleine to work with diverse individuals, fostering an inclusive space for those seeking help and guidance.
I work with individuals, couples and families through an adult attachment lens, trained and Certified in Emotionally Focused Therapy. Because we are so important to each other and feeling safely, emotionally connected is our survival as humans, we tend to use strategies we learned in our earliest relationships with our caregivers. We all fear the universal anxiety of abandonment or rejection and are wired to monitor our relationships for security. The ways we cope with our vulnerability when these fears get triggered can push us into negative patterns with ourselves and others. Learn to trust our needs and send clear signals.
I work with individuals, couples and families through an adult attachment lens, trained and Certified in Emotionally Focused Therapy. Because we are so important to each other and feeling safely, emotionally connected is our survival as humans, we tend to use strategies we learned in our earliest relationships with our caregivers. We all fear the universal anxiety of abandonment or rejection and are wired to monitor our relationships for security. The ways we cope with our vulnerability when these fears get triggered can push us into negative patterns with ourselves and others. Learn to trust our needs and send clear signals.
• Accepting clients facing Relationship Issues & Trauma Concerns • Are you still impacted by your trauma? Are you in a constant state of worry with overwhelming anxiety? Irritable, angry and unable to find that joy that everyone talks about. Feelings of sadness and guilt taking over what is supposed to be the happiest time of your life • Are you and your partner arguing more often leading to a breakdown in effective communication? Has there been an affair or a boundary that has been crossed? • I would love to support you in these issues. I offer a supportive, integrative and empathetic therapy experience.
• Accepting clients facing Relationship Issues & Trauma Concerns • Are you still impacted by your trauma? Are you in a constant state of worry with overwhelming anxiety? Irritable, angry and unable to find that joy that everyone talks about. Feelings of sadness and guilt taking over what is supposed to be the happiest time of your life • Are you and your partner arguing more often leading to a breakdown in effective communication? Has there been an affair or a boundary that has been crossed? • I would love to support you in these issues. I offer a supportive, integrative and empathetic therapy experience.
It is my privilege to walk with individuals to a life that optimizes satisfaction and personal self worth - for zest, confidence, and skillful setting of boundaries for excellence in all areas of the life of business and the business of life. Business is not a career - it is an area of purpose that generates meaning: an Ikigai . I am also qualified to supervise other therapists who are seeking qualifications for registration with our Provincial governing body of regulated health care providers. Family systems is my foundation; training in body-mind energy modalities for further augments healing, growth and development.
It is my privilege to walk with individuals to a life that optimizes satisfaction and personal self worth - for zest, confidence, and skillful setting of boundaries for excellence in all areas of the life of business and the business of life. Business is not a career - it is an area of purpose that generates meaning: an Ikigai . I am also qualified to supervise other therapists who are seeking qualifications for registration with our Provincial governing body of regulated health care providers. Family systems is my foundation; training in body-mind energy modalities for further augments healing, growth and development.
Janine Fischer
Registered Social Worker, RP, CPGC, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Kitchener, ON N2H
Waitlist for new clients
Through my work I believe that compassion and empathy are two of the most important qualities when seeking support. From time to time life can feel overwhelming and heavy, due to many of the experiences that we are faced with from Life Transitions, Substance Use (or Abuse), Gambling/Gaming Concerns, Trauma Events, or Mental Health Concerns; I am here to support you through it. I provide both individual and family therapy.
Through my work I believe that compassion and empathy are two of the most important qualities when seeking support. From time to time life can feel overwhelming and heavy, due to many of the experiences that we are faced with from Life Transitions, Substance Use (or Abuse), Gambling/Gaming Concerns, Trauma Events, or Mental Health Concerns; I am here to support you through it. I provide both individual and family therapy.
As a child psychotherapist, my approach involves keen observation of a child's play, drawings, words, and behavior. Through this process, I help children verbalize the thoughts and emotions underlying their challenging behaviors. I tailor my methods to each individual child or family, ensuring an age-appropriate approach. Maintaining a neutral and non-directive stance, I create an atmosphere where children and adolescents feel free to express themselves without fear of punishment or rejection. This fosters trust and understanding, allowing them to communicate their hopes and fears ultimately shaping their perception of the world.
As a child psychotherapist, my approach involves keen observation of a child's play, drawings, words, and behavior. Through this process, I help children verbalize the thoughts and emotions underlying their challenging behaviors. I tailor my methods to each individual child or family, ensuring an age-appropriate approach. Maintaining a neutral and non-directive stance, I create an atmosphere where children and adolescents feel free to express themselves without fear of punishment or rejection. This fosters trust and understanding, allowing them to communicate their hopes and fears ultimately shaping their perception of the world.
Sometimes, we go through tough times like depression, anxiety, or trauma, and it can be easy to forget the strength and abilities we already possess, leaving us feeling like there’s no way out. Think of psychotherapy as the start of a journey toward better days, and the best part is, you won’t be taking this journey alone. Brendan will meet you right where you are in life so that together, you can work towards achieving realistic and meaningful life and health goals. Brendan has earned an Honors bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Windsor and a master’s in counselling psychology from Yorkville University.
Sometimes, we go through tough times like depression, anxiety, or trauma, and it can be easy to forget the strength and abilities we already possess, leaving us feeling like there’s no way out. Think of psychotherapy as the start of a journey toward better days, and the best part is, you won’t be taking this journey alone. Brendan will meet you right where you are in life so that together, you can work towards achieving realistic and meaningful life and health goals. Brendan has earned an Honors bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Windsor and a master’s in counselling psychology from Yorkville University.
Thriving Families Counselling with Teri Lane
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
Kitchener, ON N2E
Parenting isn’t easy and kids and teens don’t come with a handbook. We put high expectations on ourselves to be “good parents” and are often left feeling inadequate and overwhelmed. Kids' behaviour can be baffling and for parents whose child has received a mental health diagnosis wondering "what do we do now" are common. I created Thriving Families Counselling to provide a place in which parents could receive new understanding of their child or teen, explore how their own life experiences have influenced their approach to parenting and for families together to learn new ways to create healthy communication and functioning.
Parenting isn’t easy and kids and teens don’t come with a handbook. We put high expectations on ourselves to be “good parents” and are often left feeling inadequate and overwhelmed. Kids' behaviour can be baffling and for parents whose child has received a mental health diagnosis wondering "what do we do now" are common. I created Thriving Families Counselling to provide a place in which parents could receive new understanding of their child or teen, explore how their own life experiences have influenced their approach to parenting and for families together to learn new ways to create healthy communication and functioning.
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Registered Social Worker, MTS, AAMFTCF, RSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Kitchener, ON N2H
Your Way Counselling is about helping good people achieve the psychological well-being, relationships, self image, and mental health they want. Services are Family Therapy based and build on your strengths. You may find that you already have the knowledge you need to achieve your goals and yet choose to have professional support to gain confidence in yourself. Whether you are feeling completely overwhelmed or want support to deal with relationships and behavioural issues that are affecting your wellbeing and mental health please feel free to call. We can talk over your needs and make a plan that suits you.
Your Way Counselling is about helping good people achieve the psychological well-being, relationships, self image, and mental health they want. Services are Family Therapy based and build on your strengths. You may find that you already have the knowledge you need to achieve your goals and yet choose to have professional support to gain confidence in yourself. Whether you are feeling completely overwhelmed or want support to deal with relationships and behavioural issues that are affecting your wellbeing and mental health please feel free to call. We can talk over your needs and make a plan that suits you.
Shaziya Vellani
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Kitchener, ON N2M
Waitlist for new clients
Are you facing a challenging time or coming to terms with feelings and emotions that seem heavy and difficult to understand? Are you struggling with stress, burnout or anxiety and feel overwhelmed? Do you wonder if life should somehow feel better? I see so many individuals who are feeling exhausted from trying to manage relationships, careers and their lives; who suffer from depression or a painful past and find themselves in repetitive thinking patterns making them feel stuck and uncertain about the future. I believe that taking time for yourself and exploring what it is that you need can get you closer to achieving your goals.
Are you facing a challenging time or coming to terms with feelings and emotions that seem heavy and difficult to understand? Are you struggling with stress, burnout or anxiety and feel overwhelmed? Do you wonder if life should somehow feel better? I see so many individuals who are feeling exhausted from trying to manage relationships, careers and their lives; who suffer from depression or a painful past and find themselves in repetitive thinking patterns making them feel stuck and uncertain about the future. I believe that taking time for yourself and exploring what it is that you need can get you closer to achieving your goals.
When you find yourself struggling, its good to have a compassionate and confidential place to explore your complex feelings and experiences. Anxiety, depression and addiction often are signs of deeper unresolved issues. Together, we explore what is hindering your sense of well being. I offer compassionate guidance to help develop clarity. Using depth techniques and action steps, you can be guided to challenge patterns that don't work for you or your relationships anymore. Whether you are struggling with overwhelm, conflicts, loss or emotional and behavioural patterns, can help you navigate the waters promotes change.
When you find yourself struggling, its good to have a compassionate and confidential place to explore your complex feelings and experiences. Anxiety, depression and addiction often are signs of deeper unresolved issues. Together, we explore what is hindering your sense of well being. I offer compassionate guidance to help develop clarity. Using depth techniques and action steps, you can be guided to challenge patterns that don't work for you or your relationships anymore. Whether you are struggling with overwhelm, conflicts, loss or emotional and behavioural patterns, can help you navigate the waters promotes change.
Life is messy and not always easy to navigate. It is easy to beat ourselves up, focus on all of the "shoulda-woulda-coulda's", but it is difficult to see the frame when you are part of the picture. Kindsight Counselling is about finding a soft place to land within the storm and learning how to be gentle with yourself and thrive in the face of adversity. My passion for understanding your personal experiences allows me to provide compassionate and empathic support, while helping you overcome barriers and live your life with courage and joy.
Life is messy and not always easy to navigate. It is easy to beat ourselves up, focus on all of the "shoulda-woulda-coulda's", but it is difficult to see the frame when you are part of the picture. Kindsight Counselling is about finding a soft place to land within the storm and learning how to be gentle with yourself and thrive in the face of adversity. My passion for understanding your personal experiences allows me to provide compassionate and empathic support, while helping you overcome barriers and live your life with courage and joy.
Meghan Clemmer
Registered Social Service Worker, RSSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Kitchener, ON N2H
I'm a Registered Social Service Worker (RSSW) with over 17 years of experience working in Children’s Mental Health. I provide individual counselling support to children and youth ages 5 and up, as well as their parents and have experience supporting with a range of challenges including anxiety, attachment and behavioural issues, mood and self-esteem challenges, autism, and emotion dysregulation. I have extensive experience providing support to parents of children with mental health concerns, to better understand their children’s challenges and learn strategies to support their children’s needs.
I'm a Registered Social Service Worker (RSSW) with over 17 years of experience working in Children’s Mental Health. I provide individual counselling support to children and youth ages 5 and up, as well as their parents and have experience supporting with a range of challenges including anxiety, attachment and behavioural issues, mood and self-esteem challenges, autism, and emotion dysregulation. I have extensive experience providing support to parents of children with mental health concerns, to better understand their children’s challenges and learn strategies to support their children’s needs.
Christi-an Slomka
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Kitchener, ON N2H
Are you feeling burnt out, overwhelmed or anxious? Do you struggle to know/honour the true needs of your body, mind and heart? Are boundaries difficult for you? Do you wish for less stress and more balance and deeper rest?
Are you feeling burnt out, overwhelmed or anxious? Do you struggle to know/honour the true needs of your body, mind and heart? Are boundaries difficult for you? Do you wish for less stress and more balance and deeper rest?
People come to therapy with the hope of enhancing their life story in a meaningful way, yet many find themselves held back due to painful emotions, relationship problems, and trauma. Psychotherapy can be the chapter in a person’s life where stuck circumstances finally start to change. Psychotherapy can be the chapter where a person grieves their losses, confronts their fears, heals deep-seated wounds, and finds within themselves the courage and strength to go forward with greater confidence, joy, and peace.
People come to therapy with the hope of enhancing their life story in a meaningful way, yet many find themselves held back due to painful emotions, relationship problems, and trauma. Psychotherapy can be the chapter in a person’s life where stuck circumstances finally start to change. Psychotherapy can be the chapter where a person grieves their losses, confronts their fears, heals deep-seated wounds, and finds within themselves the courage and strength to go forward with greater confidence, joy, and peace.
Therapy can be a helpful tool in navigating the unexpected challenges and transitions that life brings. I believe each and every person has their own unique strengths and capacity for growth, and we do our best with the tools and skills that are available to us. As a therapist, I am privileged to be able to support clients in their journey of shaping a life that feels meaningful and authentic.
Therapy can be a helpful tool in navigating the unexpected challenges and transitions that life brings. I believe each and every person has their own unique strengths and capacity for growth, and we do our best with the tools and skills that are available to us. As a therapist, I am privileged to be able to support clients in their journey of shaping a life that feels meaningful and authentic.
Sanctuary Counselling and Training
Registered Social Worker, HBA, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Kitchener, ON N2G
Waitlist for new clients
A Sanctuary is a place of comfort, safety and healing, a refuge from the storms of our life. I aim not only to provide a sanctuary for my clients but to help them build one within themselves. Whatever you are struggling with I can help you to navigate by providing a safe & comforting environment where you can explore your own unique path to healing, growth and change. Together we will address the current issues as well as the relational patterns, experiences and beliefs that wound your sense of belonging and create obstacles to building a life worth living.
A Sanctuary is a place of comfort, safety and healing, a refuge from the storms of our life. I aim not only to provide a sanctuary for my clients but to help them build one within themselves. Whatever you are struggling with I can help you to navigate by providing a safe & comforting environment where you can explore your own unique path to healing, growth and change. Together we will address the current issues as well as the relational patterns, experiences and beliefs that wound your sense of belonging and create obstacles to building a life worth living.
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Registered Psychotherapist, MACP, BA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Kitchener, ON N2N
Do you struggle with low self-esteem, stress, ADHD or anxiety? Are you a child, teen, or in your 20's or 30's? Are you overwhelmed by school or life, or worried about fitting in? Struggling with relationships with friends, roommates or family? Is someone gaslighting you? Resentment and anger can build up fast! Learn to express your opinions and feelings to others and become more confident. I know how it can be difficult to find solutions and remain hopeful at times.
Do you struggle with low self-esteem, stress, ADHD or anxiety? Are you a child, teen, or in your 20's or 30's? Are you overwhelmed by school or life, or worried about fitting in? Struggling with relationships with friends, roommates or family? Is someone gaslighting you? Resentment and anger can build up fast! Learn to express your opinions and feelings to others and become more confident. I know how it can be difficult to find solutions and remain hopeful at times.
I became a Social Worker because of this intrinsic desire to walk alongside people through their pain and into their growth. As I’ve continued my own growth, both personally and professionally, I have developed a deep passion for working with folks across the lifespan, from ages 8 to 90, as they work towards healing and peace. I have worked with folks with various neurotypes, substance use and addiction, those experiencing housing insecurity and poverty, intimate partner violence/domestic violence, trauma and attachment challenges, self-esteem, emotion regulation, self-harm, suicidal ideation/suicidality, Dementia, and TBI/ABIs.
I became a Social Worker because of this intrinsic desire to walk alongside people through their pain and into their growth. As I’ve continued my own growth, both personally and professionally, I have developed a deep passion for working with folks across the lifespan, from ages 8 to 90, as they work towards healing and peace. I have worked with folks with various neurotypes, substance use and addiction, those experiencing housing insecurity and poverty, intimate partner violence/domestic violence, trauma and attachment challenges, self-esteem, emotion regulation, self-harm, suicidal ideation/suicidality, Dementia, and TBI/ABIs.
Karla Rivera
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MA, RP (Q)
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Kitchener, ON N2M
The essence of my therapeutic approach is rooted in creating a space where you feel safe, relaxed, and comfortable to be yourself. Together we can take a journey where we spend time with your wounds and what hurts, where we honour your challenges and hardships while also growing and investing in your healing, pleasure, and joy.
The essence of my therapeutic approach is rooted in creating a space where you feel safe, relaxed, and comfortable to be yourself. Together we can take a journey where we spend time with your wounds and what hurts, where we honour your challenges and hardships while also growing and investing in your healing, pleasure, and joy.
In our daily lives, we can run up against challenges that hold us back from living our lives to the fullest. These barriers and challenges have profound impacts on our mental health and wellbeing. I believe that truly seeing your identity in its complex layers can help you to develop advocacy skills, equipping you to be an advocate in your own life or your child's life. When working with children and young adults, I aim to understand the perspectives of child and parent together, seeking to collaboratively develop treatment goals that are client centred.
In our daily lives, we can run up against challenges that hold us back from living our lives to the fullest. These barriers and challenges have profound impacts on our mental health and wellbeing. I believe that truly seeing your identity in its complex layers can help you to develop advocacy skills, equipping you to be an advocate in your own life or your child's life. When working with children and young adults, I aim to understand the perspectives of child and parent together, seeking to collaboratively develop treatment goals that are client centred.
Joscelyn Guindon
Registered Social Worker, BA, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Kitchener, ON N2H
Accepting clients. NIHB provider. Each and every person that has crossed my path has their own unique life journey, and so needs a unique approach to building tools to move through them. My neuro, gender inclusive therapeutic approach is to gain understanding of who you are and your concerns, and work together to explore tools and solutions unique to you. My focus is on creating space where folx can build their skills in an open and judgment-free environment, where you know you best and I'm here to offer support and guidance. I have extensive experience working with 2SLGBTQ+ youth and adults, and with ENM and polyamory communities.
Accepting clients. NIHB provider. Each and every person that has crossed my path has their own unique life journey, and so needs a unique approach to building tools to move through them. My neuro, gender inclusive therapeutic approach is to gain understanding of who you are and your concerns, and work together to explore tools and solutions unique to you. My focus is on creating space where folx can build their skills in an open and judgment-free environment, where you know you best and I'm here to offer support and guidance. I have extensive experience working with 2SLGBTQ+ youth and adults, and with ENM and polyamory communities.
