Integrative Therapists in Niagara Falls, ON
Victoria Brassard-Monahan
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
I am a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with a Master of Counselling Psychology and an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (with Distinction). I am currently practising psychotherapy under the supervision of Kim Lawrence (BScH, MSW, RSW). I work best with folks seeking counselling for anxiety, ADHD support, burnout, grief, childhood trauma, PTSD, and relationship issues.
River Page
Registered Psychotherapist
I offer a warm, non-judgmental space for individuals and relationships to explore life’s challenges and deepen self-understanding. My work supports those navigating religious or relational trauma, 2SLGBTQIA+ identities, non-monogamy, neurodivergence, gender and sexuality, suicide and self-harm, and environmental anxiety. All with compassion, curiosity, and care.
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.
Anastasia Berezowsky
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
My practice blends talk therapy and structured accountability to help you find balance and resilience—especially when life feels demanding and you need some direction. With a background in Kinesiology and Psychology, I take a whole-person approach that connects mind and body. I support clients who feel misaligned and need the space to untangle themselves from the stressors of every day.
Cassandra Tennriello
Registered Psychotherapist
Hi! I'm a Registered Psychotherapist and Canadian Certified Counsellor with 11 years of experience. I walk alongside my clients as they heal, whether supporting emotional regulation, processing trauma, or navigating life transitions. I use an integrative approach, drawing from different theories, modalities, and approaches that fit their unique needs!
Natascha Piciga
Registered Psychotherapist
I am a psychotherapist who believes healing happens through connection, curiosity, and feeling truly understood. My approach is collaborative and a provide a warm and non-judgemental space where clients can explore life challenges, build resilience, and connect with themselves.
Loreana La Civita
Registered Psychotherapist
I’m a Registered Psychotherapist in Ontario offering trauma-informed, attachment-based therapy for teens and adults. I support clients navigating anxiety, OCD, disordered eating, emotional dysregulation, and neurodivergence (ADHD/autism). My style is warm, collaborative, and insight-oriented, blending depth work with practical tools.
Lester Vega
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
I offer psychotherapy rooted in both psychodynamic and Jungian approaches for adults living with the lasting impact of early adversity, complex trauma, and attachment wounds. Together we explore anxiety, burnout, relationship patterns, grief, shame, spirituality, and dreams at a pace that fits your nervous system. I provide secure online therapy across Ontario and a free 30‑minute consultation.
Kaitlyn Hillier B.A., M.C., Ph.D.
Registered Psychotherapist and Canadian Certified Counsellor
In private practice since 2016, I have been providing counselling and psychotherapy virtually and in person. Presently, I operate virtually in providing mental health support for many individuals who seek support while navigating life.
Rae Jardine
MA, RSSW, CC-PMH
I'm currently accepting new virtual clients in Ontario as well as in-person clients in Toronto with immediate availability and no waitlist, including limited sliding scale spaces. 2SLGBTQQIA+, Neurodivergence, Trauma, Perinatal
Shelley Sayle-Udall
Registered Psychotherapist (RP)
I’m Shelley, a psychotherapist offering integrative, mind–body therapy that goes beyond talk therapy. My work combines insight with nervous system, physiological, and gut–brain understanding to help clients truly make sense of their experiences. Through psychoeducation and compassionate support, I help people reconnect with their inner wisdom and create meaningful, lasting change.
Varshini Skantharajah
Registered Psychotherapist
Jessica DeMille
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MACP, B.Sc (Hons)
I work with individuals, couples, families, and children (10+), providing a safe, supportive space for exploration and growth. Using an integrative, client-centered approach, I help clients navigate anxiety, depression, relationships, and life transitions, fostering resilience, self-awareness, and meaningful change. Together, we explore tools and strategies to support emotional well-being.
Abby Tait
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
You might come to therapy feeling stuck in familiar patterns - ways of coping, thinking, or relating that once made sense but now feel hard to shift. You may be thoughtful and self-aware, yet find yourself overthinking, avoiding certain emotions, or feeling disconnected from who you are or where you’re headed. Questions about identity, values, and purpose often sit quietly underneath these experi…
Emma Hartley
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), BA (she, her)
Are you looking for a therapist that knows what it's like to feel lost or overwhelmed and how to find your footing again? Noticing yourself feeling more anxious, "just tired", and craving a space to slow down and reconnect with a sense of meaning or purpose? Trying to make sense of shifts in mood, questioning careers, exploring relationships, parenting and identity, or a major life transition?
Maya Awad
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), ADHD-SP, HBSc (she, her)
Accepting NEW clients - Are you feeling overwhelmed or like you’re carrying a lot on your own? Feel like you're doing everything you’re “supposed to do,” but something still doesn’t feel right? Have a desire to better understand your thoughts, emotions, or patterns, work on building confidence or self-esteem, or find support for your relationship?
Connie Coda
Registered Nurse Psychotherapist, Certified Nurse Psychotherapist
Connie is a Registered Nurse Psychotherapist and Certified Nurse Psychotherapist offering virtual therapy to individuals aged 16 and up across Ontario. She supports clients coping with chronic illness, anxiety, grief (including pet loss), stress, and life transitions, using a compassionate and collaborative approach.
Jodi Evers
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Providing person-centred, psychodynamic therapy for adults across a wide range of treatment goals. Using an integrative approach that considers the whole person, treatment is adapted to the individual and is deep, experiential, challenging, trauma informed and focused on the body, emotions, and patterns of behavior.
Michael Peddle
Registered Psychotherapist (RP), Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC), Certified IFS Therapist
Since 2011, I’ve supported clients through trauma and attachment wounds using IFS as my core approach. I integrate EMDR, SFBT, and evidence-based techniques to help people heal burdens, strengthen inner safety, and reconnect with their most grounded, empowered selves.
Annie Szalkai
Registered Psychotherapist
I work with adults from diverse backgrounds, supporting those navigating anxiety, stress, and self-esteem challenges. My approach is client-centred and integrative, drawing from CBT, ACT, EFIT, Solution-Focused Therapy, and more to meet each person’s unique needs.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Integrative
What is integrative therapy?
Integrative therapy is a therapeutic approach that deliberately blends theories, techniques, and perspectives from multiple therapeutic frameworks into a unified personal model. Unlike eclectic therapy (which selects techniques pragmatically) or single-model therapy (which adheres to one framework), integrative therapy seeks genuine synthesis — creating a coherent approach that draws on the best elements of different traditions in a theoretically consistent way. Most experienced therapists develop a personal integrative model over the course of their career.
What frameworks are commonly integrated in integrative therapy?
Common integrations include combining cognitive and psychodynamic approaches (to address both thoughts/behaviours and underlying relational patterns), CBT with mindfulness (as in MBCT), somatic and trauma-focused approaches with attachment theory, humanistic and CBT techniques, or relational and Gestalt elements within a broadly psychodynamic framework. Some well-known formally integrative models include Transtheoretical Therapy (Prochaska), Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT), and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (which integrates CBT with acceptance and mindfulness).
Who benefits most from an integrative therapist?
Integrative therapy is particularly well-suited to people with complex, multi-layered presentations that don't fit neatly into a single diagnostic or treatment category — those who have both trauma and mood symptoms, both relationship difficulties and specific phobias, both somatic symptoms and identity questions. It is also valuable for people who have tried single-model approaches and found them insufficient, or who want a therapy that can move flexibly between depth work and practical skill-building as their needs evolve.
How do I know if a therapist's integrative approach is well-grounded?
A well-grounded integrative therapist can clearly articulate their theoretical model, explain why they blend the specific approaches they do, and describe how they decide which techniques to use for which concerns. They have solid training in the approaches they integrate (not just superficial familiarity), can name the evidence base for their methods, and are transparent about their approach with clients. Asking a potential therapist to describe their orientation and how it applies to your concerns is a reasonable and important step.
Is integrative therapy evidence-based?
Some integrative models are formally evidence-based (MBCT, DBT, CAT). Research on integrative therapy broadly is complicated by the fact that "integrative" encompasses a wide range of approaches. However, meta-analytic research consistently shows that the common factors across all therapies — the therapeutic alliance, empathy, positive regard, and a coherent treatment rationale — predict outcomes as strongly as specific techniques. A skilled, thoughtful integrative therapist supported by a sound model has every reason to expect good outcomes.