Compassion Focused Therapists in Waterloo, ON

Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)

I help individuals and couples break painful relationship cycles so they can feel more connected, secure, and confident. I support concerns like recurrent conflict, relationship anxiety (and ROCD), limerence, and resentment. Using an attachment- and evidence-based approach, I offer warm, non-judgmental virtual therapy across Ontario. Book a free 15-minute consultation to get started.

Registered Therapeutic Counsellor, Registered Expressive Arts Therapist

My approach is compassionate, curious, resourcing, arts-based and informed by my particular constellation of interests and experiences in the field of psychotherapy. I'm dedicated to helping folks navigate liminal (in-between) spaces of not knowing. Sometimes this looks like stuck-ness, or feeling at a standstill... experiencing grief, overwhelm, depression or anxiety. ​I'm here to help.

Registered Psychotherapist

My name is Liz, and I offer virtual individual therapy sessions for adults across Ontario. I specialize in helping my clients navigate issues such as perfectionism, career burnout, anxiety, low self-esteem, overthinking, people-pleasing, and difficulty setting boundaries in relationships. Ready to take the next step? Visit my website to book a free consultation so we can see if we're a good fit!

Registered Psychotherapist & Registered Clinical Counsellor

Krista is an RP and RCC serving women in Ontario and BC, with over 8 years of experience. Krista is highly skilled in body-based, depth-oriented therapy for women who have already tried traditional talk therapy but feel stuck in unresolved emotional patterns. Her practice blends body based modalities to access deeper layers of healing beyond what insight alone can reach.

Registered Psychotherapist (RP)

New clients are welcome! I'm Sam, a Registered Psychotherapist in Ontario specializing in trauma, grief, and work stress for adults navigating difficult experiences and life transitions. Together, we work to make sense of what you’re experiencing, gently connect with your nervous system and emotions, and support meaningful shifts that feel aligned with who you are.

Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), Naturopath

About me I’m embracing Eldership in my counselling practice: individuals, dyads, and families through transitions and challenges. During our conversation your life story, influences, and challenges emerge. We’ll collaborate on how to best shape the life you want to lead. Integral counselling weaves mind, body, and spirit into healing. I bring a deep appreciation of wholeness to our work.​

Registered Psychotherapist(Q)

Anxiety, grief, trauma, and life transitions using a culturally responsive, trauma-informed approach. My specialties include EMDR, CBT, DBT, ACT, and mindfulness. I support neurodivergent youth, newcomers, refugees, caregivers, and individuals facing emotional distress. Sessions focus on emotional regulation, boundary-setting, and healing.

Registered Psychotherapist

Many people arrive looking capable and feeling quietly strained. I offer virtual psychotherapy for adults and couples across Ontario. A steady place to look at anxiety, repeating relational patterns, and the transitions that have not quite landed.

Registered Psychotherapist, Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC)

Do you and your partner speak different languages? Whether it’s the silence of a "roommate phase," sexual dysfunction, or the weight of chronic illness, you don't have to navigate it alone. I provide inclusive Sex Therapy, Gottman Couples Counselling, and Chronic Pain support in Etobicoke & Toronto. My practice is judgment-free and not "one-size-fits-all." Let's start your new era.

Registered Psychotherapist, 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.

Registered Clinical Social Worker, MSW, RCSW

Heather Andrew is the founder of Aspen Wellness Centre. Heather has been a Mental Health Therapist for over eight years, supporting clients with a variety of needs including complex trauma, ADHD, PTSD, grief, anxiety, depression, family conflict and more. Heather is passionate about providing trauma informed care to her clients and is a fierce advocate for mental health awareness.

Registered Psychotherapist

Li offers relational psychoanalytic and trauma-informed somatic/EMDR/IFS/EFT therapy, to support individual, couples and families in communities such as immigrants, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent (ADHD), and professionals, whose experiences resonate with her own life journey the most. She holds a compassionate, culturally attuned space where clients can express freely and rediscover their authentic self.

Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)

I work with teens, students, and adults navigating anxiety, perfectionism, stress, motherhood, body image, and eating disorders. My approach is compassionate, direct, and focused on real change—not just talking in circles. Using CBT and solution-focused therapy, I help clients understand what’s keeping them stuck, develop practical tools, and create meaningful change in their everyday lives.

Registered Psychotherapist

Registered Psychotherapist

I’m a Registered Psychotherapist specializing in relational trauma, narcissistic abuse, attachment wounds, identity, self-worth, and emotional regulation. My approach is trauma-informed, integrative, culturally responsive, and deeply collaborative, helping clients move beyond survival patterns toward self-trust, healthier boundaries, and meaningful change.

Registered Psychotherapist, CCC, RD

Healing from relationship trauma is possible—and you don’t have to face it alone. I specialize in helping people recover from betrayal or infidelity trauma, narcissistic or emotional abuse, childhood or parental trauma, and other wounds caused by painful relationships.

Registered Social Worker

Do you find yourself overthinking and anxious? Anxiety, emotional overwhelm or low self-worth may be taking up more of your life than you want. Perhaps you are facing a change and want space to understand what you need. You want to talk openly about what is happening, explore your experiences and relationships, and consider what you would like to be different. Change happens when one feels seen.

Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)

Do you feel like you’re constantly fighting against yourself, weighed down by anxiety, or caught in painful patterns in your relationships? You might find yourself overthinking, putting everyone else’s needs before your own, struggling to trust yourself or others, or feeling stuck in guilt and shame around food and your body. This isn't something you have to carry alone.

Registered Social Worker

Psychotherapy for individuals navigating anxiety, career burnout, identity stress, intergenerational trauma, relationship challenges, relocation adjustments and major life transitions.This is not about fixing who you are; it is about helping you gently understand your emotional patterns, your nervous system responses and the profound experiences shaping your life.

Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MA, BA

I work with individuals and couples experiencing anxiety, ADHD, stress and burnout, self-esteem concerns, relationship challenges, identity shifts, and major life transitions. I also have a particular interest in supporting women and parents through fertility, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and the transition into parenthood.