Racial Identity Therapists in Ajax, ON
Varshini Skantharajah
Registered Psychotherapist
Andrea Kwan
Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist
I’m a Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist who specializes in grief counselling and education. I support individuals coping with grief, loss, and life transitions and focus on serving those who have experienced sudden and unexpected loss. I work from a trauma-informed, Intersectional, Feminist, Anti-Racist, Anti-Oppressive, and LGBTQ2S-allied perspective.
Kumasi Jay Gwynne
Registered Psychotherapist
Relationships of any kind can be challenging. I never underestimate how complicated things can get once we tease out the relational pieces in our lives and try to understand how they are affecting us.
Kimberly Lee-Louis
Counselor, RSW
Registered Social Worker offering integrative, culturally responsive therapy that considers identity, family systems, and broader social and institutional influences. I support clients navigating stress, burnout, and intergenerational patterns using CBT and strengths-based approaches to foster self-awareness, emotional balance, and more aligned ways of living.
Donnica Campbell
Registered Social Worker/ Psychotherapist
Beginning therapy can feel like a vulnerable step, and it can also open the door to greater grounding, clarity, and self-connection. I work from a trauma-informed and inclusive approach. Together, we’ll explore what healing looks like for you, at a pace that feels supportive, and work toward feeling more connected, empowered, and well.
Aliya Murray
Master of Social Work (M.S.W, R.S.W) -Social Worker/ Psychotherapist
Life has its own unique journey; it has been my passion to understand my journey and to help others. This has led me to work with youth, families and various systems that serve them. I find value in connecting with each client in a unique manner, and I feel privileged to be a part of their journey. I am here to help you fulfill your hopes and dreams as you navigate life's various chapters.
Sharise Sealy-McCallum
Registered Social Worker (RSW)
I am a Registered Social Worker with over 10 years of experience providing compassionate, virtual therapy for youth and adults across Ontario. Specializing in CBT, Narrative Therapy, and School Navigation Counselling, I provide a safe, trauma-informed space to help you navigate anxiety, stress, and life transitions, moving toward the clarity and peace you deserve.
Ariel Dasrath
Registered Psychotherapist
With so many elements that shape who we are and how we navigate the world, how can we expect mental health treatment to focus on only one at a time? Creating the space for nuanced conversations, MargINs Psychotherapy focuses on culturally responsive practices, primarily catering to intersectionally marginalized populations.
Hitomi Yokota (she/her)
Registered Psychotherapist (RP)
I specialize in relationship-based trauma and anxiety. My clients come to me for relationship challenges, Anxious or Avoidant attachment styles, people-pleasing, boundaries, and childhood trauma. I provide somatic therapies, EMDR, and Attachment-based therapy based on your needs.
Daniela Arrieta Galvan
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
I am passionate about helping people heal from soul wounds created by historical, collective and relational trauma. Many of my clients struggle to find a sense of self & identity, disconnection to themselves & others and childhood & intergenerational trauma. I help them make meaning of their experiences, process emotions, heal wounds and find their way back to themselves.
Horace Spence
RSSW, Psychotherapist
Coach Spence Wellness & Therapy Services provides trusted, culturally grounded therapy and holistic coaching for individuals, couples, and families. We support healing from stress, anxiety, and conflict while strengthening communication, resilience, and self-care. Through counseling, workshops, and wellness tools, we help clients build balance across mind, body, and spirit.
Jane Chukwujekwu, MSW
Registered Clinical Social Worker
"Maintaining a client-centred approach, I meet you where you're at, empowering you to navigate new ways of thinking that lead to a more positive life outlook and improved well-being. I am passionate about creating a safe space where you can reflect and re-evaluate, enabling you to make healthier life choices that will alleviate life stressors, leading to a more balanced and fulfilled life. My p...
Maya Dousti
Registered Psychotherapist
I am a BIPOC trauma therapist, and I work with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, trauma, emotional dysregulation, self-esteem, life transitions, racial/cultural issues, new parenthood, identity, family and interpersonal relationships. I work eclectically, borrowing from several modalities to meet my client's needs.
Yasmin Ahmad
Registered Psychotherapist
Sisu Therapy offers virtual psychotherapy to adults across Ontario. A calm, collaborative space for anxiety, overwhelm, life transitions, and navigating cultural or family expectations, with care taken to move forward at a manageable pace.
Sasha Sky
Registered Psychotherapist
Hi, I’m Sasha Sky, and I believe healing happens in relationship—with ourselves, with one another, and with the land. As the founder of Wiidookodaadiwin, I view my role as one to walk beside people on their healing journey, with warmth, humility, and curiosity. My work is shaped by my identity as an Indigenous therapist who deeply values cultural connection, community care, and reciprocity. Ther…
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Frequently Asked Questions About Racial Identity
What is racial identity and how does it relate to therapy?
Racial identity refers to how a person understands and relates to their racial and ethnic background — including their sense of belonging to a racial group, the meanings they make of their racial experiences, and how race shapes their worldview and sense of self. Racial identity is a legitimate and important focus in therapy, particularly for racialized people navigating a society where race has significant implications for how one is treated, seen, and included. Therapy can provide a space to explore these dimensions without minimization or pathologizing.
What is race-based traumatic stress?
Race-based traumatic stress (RBTS) refers to the emotional and psychological distress resulting from experiences of racism — including direct discrimination and harassment, witnessing racism against others, chronic microaggressions, and the ambient stress of living in a society where one's race places one at a disadvantage. RBTS can produce symptoms similar to PTSD: hypervigilance, avoidance, emotional numbing, and intrusive reactions. Standard trauma treatments may need to be adapted to account for the ongoing (rather than past) nature of race-based stressors.
How does racism affect mental health?
A substantial body of research documents the mental health effects of racism. Experiences of discrimination are associated with elevated rates of depression, anxiety, PTSD symptoms, and reduced wellbeing among racialized people. Internalized racism — the internalization of negative messages about one's racial group — can affect self-esteem and self-concept. The cumulative burden of navigating racial discrimination across institutions and daily life is a chronic stressor with real psychological consequences. These are systemic problems, not individual pathology.
Who benefits from racial identity-focused therapy?
Therapy with a racial identity focus can benefit racialized people processing experiences of discrimination or race-based trauma, people navigating bicultural identity or family and community expectations related to race and culture, people exploring the psychological impact of colorism, people grappling with belonging in predominantly white spaces, and anyone seeking a therapist who will understand their racial experience without requiring them to educate the therapist. It is not limited to any single racial group.
Should my therapist share my racial background?
Shared racial background can offer valuable understanding and a sense of safety — knowing you do not have to explain your experience or worry about being seen through a distorted lens. However, what matters most is that the therapist has genuine cultural humility, has done their own work on race and bias, and is able to hold your racial experience with curiosity and respect rather than minimizing or pathologizing it. A therapist of a different background who is deeply committed to anti-racist practice can serve you well; one of a shared background who has not examined their own biases may not.