Questions, answered plainly.

Sessions are $200 for 50 minutes. This is in the mid-to-upper range for Registered Psychotherapists in Toronto, where rates typically run between $120 and $250 per session. I don't offer a sliding scale at this time.

No. OHIP does not cover private psychotherapy with Registered Psychotherapists. OHIP covers psychiatrist appointments and some hospital-based mental health services, but not private practice therapy. You'll pay out of pocket or through extended health benefits.

Most employer-sponsored extended health benefit plans cover sessions with a Registered Psychotherapist (RP). Coverage varies by plan. Typical annual limits range from $500 to $2,500. Check your benefits for the specific amount, whether you need a referral, and whether your plan covers RPs specifically. Some plans only cover psychologists.

I provide detailed receipts with my CRPO registration number for you to submit.

A Registered Psychotherapist (RP) is regulated by the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario and provides talk therapy. A psychologist holds a doctoral degree and can do psychological assessments. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor who can prescribe medication. All three can provide therapy, but the training, scope, and cost differ. Psychotherapists typically charge $120 to $250. Psychologists charge $200 to $300 or more. Psychiatrists are covered by OHIP with a referral.

Yes. I exclusively offer virtual therapy across Ontario via secure video.

Currently online only.

No. I don't offer free consultations. My experience is that the people who do best in this work have already decided it's the right fit before they reach out. They read the site. They recognized themselves. A free consultation wouldn't change that recognition. If you're unsure, keep reading. The content on this site is the consultation.

You talk. I listen. Not passively. I'm tracking the energy underneath what you're saying. At some point, I'll invite you to notice something in your body. A tightness, a feeling, a shift. We follow it. That's where the work starts. The first session isn't an intake form that comes to life. It's a real session.

There's no standard answer. Some people come for six months. Some stay for a year or more. Some come back after a break when something shifts in their life. Depth work takes the time it takes. What I can tell you is that the people who do well here aren't looking for a quick fix. They're looking for something that actually changes.

I practice Internal Family Systems (IFS). IFS is an experiential, body-oriented approach. Rather than explain the theory, I'll describe what it feels like: you go inward. You notice parts of yourself you didn't know were running things. You meet them. Something shifts. It's not talk therapy in the traditional sense. It's deeper and much more interactive.

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a model that works with the idea that we all have different parts of ourselves that have taken on different roles. Protectors. Managers. Parts that carry old pain. The work is about getting to know those parts directly. Not just talking about them. Going inward, meeting them and developing Self-led leadership. I use IFS because it takes people past their head and into their experience. If you want the textbook version, you can Google it. What I can tell you is what it feels like. And it feels different from talking about your problems.

CBT focuses on changing thought patterns and behaviors. It's structured, often shorter-term, and gives you specific strategies to manage symptoms. IFS goes inward. We “manage” our symptoms by actually getting to know them and developing the skill of self-leadership. CBT asks: "How can I formulate this thought differently?" IFS asks: "What's underneath this, and what is the unmet need?"

Neither is better. They serve different needs. If you're looking for strategies and symptom management, CBT might be the right fit. If you've already tried the strategies and they're not reaching what's actually going on, that's where I come in.

Self-aware adults, usually late 20s to late 40s. People who are intellectually curious and have already done some self-work. They're in a life transition. Career change, relationship shift, loss, identity reckoning. They're not in crisis. They're in a place where the way they've been managing just isn’t cutting it anymore. They want depth.

I don't work with people in active crisis. If you're in an emergency, please call 911. I don't do couples therapy, and I don't work with children or adolescents. I also don't do surface-level, strategy-based work. If you're looking for tips and coping skills, I'm not the right fit. That's not a judgment. It's just not what I do.

You don't need to be broken. You don't need a diagnosis. You don't need to be in crisis. "Something feels off but I can't name it" is enough. “I’m not growing any more” is enough. Most of the people I work with look like they have it all together. That's kind of the point. The work is for people whose outside doesn't match their inside.

A friend listens. That matters. But a friend has their own feelings about what you're going through. Their own opinions. Their own needs in the relationship. Demands on their attention span. And most friends, even the best ones, stay in the conversation at the level of talking about things.

What I do is different. I have no agenda and nothing I need from you. I am compassionate but impartial and unafraid. I notice what's happening underneath the words. I can hold something without needing to fix it or respond to it emotionally. And I can take you into the experience itself, not just the story about it.

It depends on what "didn't work" means. If therapy felt like talking in circles or staying in your head for months without ever going deeper. If you left sessions feeling like you'd just narrated your week. That's a different kind of therapy than what I do.

This work goes inward. It's experiential. You're not just talking about your feelings. You're interacting with them. With someone who can hold what comes up. If previous therapy stayed on the surface, this will feel different.

Whatever feels relevant. Your name and a few sentences about what's going on is enough. You don't need the perfect words. You’ll have an intake form to fill out that will ask for more indepth information before the first session.

Nah.. Nothing formal, anyway. Naturally, I would recommend that you take what you’re learning and be mindful of it between sessions. Additionally there’s movement in between sessions that can happen on its own as parts of you start to settle after being met.

Most people start with weekly sessions. That rhythm works because the work builds. Each session goes a little deeper than the last. Some people shift to biweekly after a while. We figure that out together. Spacing sessions further apart than that can make it harder to maintain any momentum.

That's a real question and it deserves a real answer. At $200 a session, weekly therapy costs about $800 a month. That's significant. For the people who are the right fit for this work, the shift that happens is worth more than the number. But I'm not going to tell you therapy is priceless or that you can't put a price on your wellbeing. That’s just nonsense. Here's what I'll say. If you've been managing your inner life from the outside for years, the cost of that management is growing. Therapy is an investment in something you can't get any other way. Not from books. Not from friends. And worst of all, not from managing harder.

48 hours notice. If you cancel with less than 48 hours notice or miss a session without notice, the full fee applies. Obviously, some exceptions do apply.

As of now, I’m choosing to work exclusively online.

Read this site. If something on these pages made you stop. Does something here resonate with you? What’s your body saying? A little mix of nerves and excitement? That's information. The right fit isn't about credentials on paper, it's about the therapeutic relationship and whether this person can hold what you're carrying.

Tell me. Directly. The relationship only works if you're honest about what's happening in it. Feedback is important - both what works and what doesn’t. Sometimes the work feels stuck because something important is underneath the stuckness. And sometimes it's genuinely not the right fit. I'd rather we name that than have you quietly disappear. If it's not working, we talk about why. And if it's not the right match, I can access my network to make a referral.