A free 15-minute virtual consultation gives us a chance to briefly connect before booking a first session. You can share a little about what is bringing you to therapy, ask any questions you may have, and get a feel for whether my approach seems like a good fit.

The first session is usually an intake: a broad, practical conversation about what has brought you to therapy, what you hope will change, and the personal, family, relational, cultural, mental and physical health history that may help us understand what is happening now. My intake is intentionally broad—with the exception of people specifically coming for brief, solution-focused therapy. In these cases, there is something pressing that needs to be tended too first, but even then, we are spending at least half an hour on intake so that we’re not unknowingly missing a huge piece of the puzzle that could be impacting the situation.

That can feel a little anticlimactic, especially if you have spent a long time deciding whether to come to therapy. But context is critical. The anxiety you are experiencing today may be connected to patterns that have been developing for years, and I want to understand those patterns before deciding what needs attention. Sometimes what looks like a problem with this person, this email, this relationship or this situation is actually part of a much larger pattern involving attachment, trauma, hypervigilance, boundaries, self-trust, or how you learned to create safety.

I also want to understand what you make of your experiences. Over a lifetime, we accumulate layers of family, culture, relationships and personal meaning. Something that feels obvious or insignificant to one person can carry a completely different meaning for you. That context helps us avoid treating the symptom while missing the pattern underneath it.

The first session is also a chance for you to get a feel for me and for how we work together. You do not need to arrive with a perfectly organized story or know exactly what is wrong. We can figure that out together.

For very complex histories, the intake may take two sessions. This is not a sign that something is wrong or that you are being made to “jump through hoops.” It simply gives us enough room to understand the bigger picture before we start deciding where to go next.

At this time, I only see clients virtually via the Jane app. Please note that while we do the call over video, I do not use AI transcription or record any sessions—our time together is confidential.

$85/h (no HST) per hour.

Starting September 14th, 2026, you can book in any of the following ways:

• By using any of the booking buttons on this site, which take you to the Acutoronto booking page.

• By calling the administrator Lori at Acutoronto clinic - 416-486-5222.

• By calling me direct - 647-250-7258. Please expect to leave a voicemail; I do callbacks once a week or so, usually on Saturdays and occasionally on weekday evenings.

• By submitting a message through this website’s contact form.

Some folks connect for just a few sessions to get quick solutions to manage an issue for the time being, like navigating difficult work situations or setting up boundaries to buy some time through a hard point in life. For that I use a more cognitive and solution-focused approach, still rooted in mindfulness.

Others are coming for deeper work, to gain insight on themselves and their lives. This work can take longer, a year or more, because we have our unconscious ways of being that can take some time and some (uncomfortable, at times) work to identify and process.

The ultimate hope and goal for many folks is that I support you in rediscovering parts of yourself and elements of life so that you don’t need me anymore for the same issue you came in with. :)

Direct billing occurs when I submit direct to your insurer and you pay only the outstanding amounts that your insurer did not cover.

As a student, I cannot bill insurers directly. This means clients pay my supervising clinic directly, and they use the invoice they receive with my and my supervisor’s details to get reimbursed.

Best practice is to check directly with your insurer if a supervised Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) is covered, what your cap is per session as well as for the year, and if there are any other requirements you need to know about (i.e., do they need you to have a doctor referral, does it need to be submitted to them, etc.).

I am completing my student practicum at Acutoronto Fertility and Wellness Centre. I also have a professional online presence through TO Therapy (i.e., here!), where clients can learn more about my areas of psychotherapy interest and the populations I hope to support. Client bookings and administrative matters are arranged through the clinic’s office manager Lori, and I’m grateful to be able to provide care within such a supportive and collaborative environment under the supervision of Dr. Talia Singer.

An RP (Qualifying) is a designation granted by the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). It indicates that a practitioner has met the rigorous educational standards required to begin practicing psychotherapy in the province. Practitioners with this title are fully authorized to see clients, but they do so under the regular, ongoing guidance of an experienced clinical supervisor. This structure ensures that clients receive safe, highly effective, and ethically sound care while the RP (Qualifying) completes their final requirements for full, independent registration (such as accumulating specific clinical hours and passing the provincial licensing exam).

Though registration as an RP (Qualifying) isn't required to see clients as a student, I applied for my designation early after substantially completing my Master's coursework and ethics training in a CRPO-approved program. Securing this status ahead of my practicum allowed my application to be processed promptly, letting me practice as a fully regulated health professional under clinical supervision while completing my degree.

The College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) is the official government-designated regulatory body for psychotherapists in the province of Ontario, Canada.

Despite using the word "College," it is not an educational institution or school. Instead, it functions as a regulatory council (similar to the College of Physicians and Surgeons or the College of Nurses) established under the Psychotherapy Act, 2007 and the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991.

The Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) is a national professional body that ensures high national standards for clinical practice, ethics, and ongoing training.

If you think you may pose a risk to yourself or others, you can call 911 for transport to hospital (police and EMS may attend).

988 is the suicide crisis line—you can also go to 988.ca for their online chat.

211 is the human services phone line for Canada. 211.ca is their website, where you can find a variety of resources local to you.

811 is the line to speak to a nurse, to see if you need to go to your local Emergency department in Ontario, or if you can wait until tomorrow to go to a walk-in.

Medimap.ca is a great tool to see the live wait-times at local walk-ins.

The province also has this landing page for additional resources: https://www.ontario.ca/page/find-mental-health-support