Currently Accepting New Clients

Contact: peter@bendingtree.ca

You’re here because you want to work through stress, anxiety, and trauma.

You feel stuck and out of options. You know life shouldn’t feel this hard, but you don’t know what to do about it.

You can’t figure out why you’re triggered by the smallest things. You find yourself doing and saying things you are ashamed of, but don’t know why you do them or how to stop.

Either your emotions feel too overwhelming to handle or you feel completely numbed out.

You’re at a breaking point and need a place to become grounded, where things can begin to make sense, and where you can heal and learn to live again.

You want an expert who treats you as a person, not a problem. You need a plan, but also the flexibility to go at your own pace and the option to switch things up as needed.

You want to feel safe in your own skin and with others.

Welcome.

You will find I’m steadfast, friendly, and help you feel comfortable and at ease. I use a variety of trauma and attachment-informed approaches to help you work through pain, increase personal well-being, and gain deeper personal insight.

In our first sessions, we’ll explore your story and your needs. I place a heavy emphasis on engaging the body, emotions, and mind as we learn new ways of regulating and feeling grounded. During treatment, our goal is not just helping you learn how to cope, but to actually heal your wounds.

I am a Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO# 11838) and Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCPA# 10004795). I am also an EMDR Certified Therapist. When not in the therapy chair, I find fresh energy exploring nature, feasting with family and friends, and working with my hands. I also enjoy reading good books, deep discussions, and learning new skills.

I provide virtual and in-person counselling services to individuals 16 years and older.

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Not Accepting New Clients

Contact: kathryn@bendingtree.ca

My relational approach to therapy is rooted in compassion and empathetic curiosity. I long to create a space where my clients sense they have an authentic, non judgmental friend joining them on their journey.

I believe that you are the expert on your life and that as we listen to your story together a relationship will grow where healing, growth and understanding can take place. I am convinced that each client has strengths, skills and resources and that as we ask the right questions we may gain new perspectives or uncover solutions you hadn’t noticed before.

From a client-centered holistic perspective I invite clients to explore their faith and spirituality and its impact upon their life, if they chose to do so.

As a young mother myself, I am also familiar with both the joys and challenges of becoming a parent. Each woman’s journey through pregnancy, post partum and beyond is complex and unique and can present unexpected stresses that can lead to anxiety, depression, poor health, relationship strain, or feeling generally overwhelmed. Sometimes in the journey towards growing a family you may have experienced profound loss and grief through infertility, miscarriage or stillbirth. In our therapeutic relationship I invite you to enter into these spaces with me as a gentle friend. Together we can honour and hold space for your story and slowly look towards healing, hope, and resilience.

I am a counselling intern. I provide affordable therapy online and in person in Mississauga to individuals 16 years old and older.

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Currently Accepting New Clients

Contact: mc@bendingtree.ca

I believe each person deserves to feel understood, heard, and supported. Life can feel overwhelming at times, and you do not have to navigate it alone. I hope to provide a space where we can be curious together, deepen understanding, and move toward growth and healing. I offer a warm, relational, and client-centred approach to therapy.

I work with individuals facing stress, relationship challenges, caregiving demands, attachment concerns, adoption-related experiences, and the many complexities of life transitions and parenting. I have a special interest in supporting parents of young children, preteens, and teens, including families raising children with disabilities or learning differences.

As a parent of four teenage and young adult children, and as a volunteer with families in crisis, I understand that parenting can bring unexpected stress, worry, and self-doubt. I believe that parents are often the most influential people in a child’s life, and sometimes parents need a steady, compassionate place to process concerns and feel supported themselves.

Together, we can explore unique challenges you or your family might face, such as developmental delays, executive functioning difficulties, dyslexia, vision or hearing issues, navigating school or medical systems, caregiver burnout, family and life transitions, attachment issues, adoption complexities, birth family relationships, and multicultural family dynamics. I aim to create a therapeutic relationship in which your unique story—with all its joys and struggles—can be honoured, and healing can unfold over time.

I am a student therapist under supervision at the Toronto Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling Education and a member of the Ontario College of Teachers.

Outside of my work, you can often find me at the gym, walking, reading, travelling, or spending time with my family.

I offer affordable, low-cost, and sliding scale therapy online and in-person in Hamilton.

It is important to find the right relational fit in therapy. I offer a free 15 minute consultation so you can see whether working together fits with your needs.

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