Lara offers a warm and collaborative space for individuals to explore their inner lives. Originally from Brazil and fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, Lara brings over a decade of experience in psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy, with a focus on supporting LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, immigrant, and trauma-impacted communities. Her approach integrates psychoanalytic insight with trauma-informed and culturally responsive care, while helping patients identify patterns and increase their self-understanding. Lara meets each patient where they are and creates a space for reflection and growth as she is known for her direct yet compassionate style as a therapist.

Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying): 16060 | Supervisor: Marcela França (RP), 009675

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Jeff Driscoll is a Registered Psychotherapist and has a Master of Psychology from Adler Graduate Professional School. Jeff works with adolescent boys (13–17) navigating anxiety, anger, ADHD, school pressure, performance stress, and father-son conflict. With a background in education and coaching, he offers structured, emotionally grounded therapy tailored specifically to teen boys. His approach integrates psychodynamic therapy, somatic-based distress tolerance, and logotherapy to help patients move beyond trauma toward personal growth. Drawing from object relations, self-psychology, attachment theory, and Adlerian concepts, he explores both childhood influences and future possibilities for meaning-making. With experience working with adolescents, adults, seniors, and couples, he uses evidence-based assessments and interventions tailored to each individual. Committed to a strength-based, collaborative approach, Jeff helps patients navigate their inner world, reduce distress, and cultivate deeper self-awareness and fulfillment.

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Andres is a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers, holding a Master of Social Work, a Master of Philosophy, and undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Philosophy. His philosophical background in existentialism and phenomenology informs his psychoanalytic and psychodynamic clinical approach. Andres also has experience in community mental health agencies, psychiatric units, crisis intervention, child protection services, and working with at-risk populations, and has studied other therapeutic frameworks which focus on intergenerational trauma and family systems approaches. His work focuses on helping individuals make deeper sense of their experience, understand recurring patterns, and explore how they create meaning in their lives, creating more authentic relationships and new possibilities for change.

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Jason is a Registered Psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience working with patients from diverse and often complex life circumstances, including those from varied cultural, social, and economic backgrounds and LGBTQ+ communities. His work shows a deep respect for each patient’s worldview, lived experience, family system, and community context. Jason’s approach is psychodynamic (Adlerian), while remaining flexible and responsive to each patient’s unique needs, values, preferences, and goals.

In his clinical work, Jason helps patients explore how early life experiences and core beliefs shape current emotional patterns, relationships, self-worth, and coping strategies. Alongside this insight-oriented work, he emphasizes the development of practical skills such as emotional regulation, distress tolerance, communication, boundary-setting, and relapse prevention. He integrates mindfulness and motivational interviewing techniques to support patients in staying present with difficult emotions, building self-trust, and creating a greater sense of stability.

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Aya is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) who supports individuals navigating anxiety, relationship challenges, identity, and life transitions. Her work is based on a psychodynamic and relational approach, with an emphasis on helping patients make sense of their emotional experiences and untangle patterns in their relationships across personal, social, and professional contexts. Aya integrates person-centered principles to create a supportive, non-judgmental space where patients can work at their own pace while feeling heard and understood.

In her clinical work, Aya also incorporates a somatic perspective, attending to the role of the nervous system and how emotions are held in the body. She works collaboratively with patients to look at how past experiences shape present-day thoughts, emotions, and behaviours, while also offering practical tools to navigate daily challenges and relationships.

Having moved to Canada from Lebanon, Aya brings cultural sensitivity and a lived understanding of identity, belonging, and transition into her work. Through therapy, she supports patients in developing clarity and a stronger sense of connection to themselves and others.

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Bolour’s clinical training in psychology abroad led to a deep interest in the underlying meaning of psychological symptoms and the defenses and strategies individuals develop to navigate their worlds. Her commitment to understanding the inner lives of patients led her to pursue psychodynamic psychotherapy, drawing on the works of Freud, Rank, Klein, Winnicott, Bion, Kernberg, and other foundational psychoanalytic thinkers. With a focus on philosophy, psychoanalysis, and the arts, Bolour brings a thoughtful, reflective approach to working with individuals from diverse backgrounds.

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Jacob is a Mental Health Clinician and a Candidate in the Practice of Psychology with the College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario (CPBAO), whose clinical work integrates psychodynamic and constructivist perspectives, drawing from psychoanalytic and existential models. His approach emphasizes thoughtful exploration of life transitions, including changes in career, relationships, health, and personal identity. Jacob views psychotherapy as a collaborative and reflective process that creates space for individuals to examine their inner lives, values, and aspirations while navigating the complexities of modern life. His work encourages clients to notice recurring patterns in their experiences and relationships, integrating broader questions about meaning and purpose with practical reflection on one’s needs, skills, and direction in life. Through a warm and nonjudgmental therapeutic environment, Jacob supports individuals in deepening self-understanding, engaging their creativity and imagination, and cultivating a greater sense of agency in shaping their lives.

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Cydney is a passionate and empathic psychotherapist known for bringing warmth and positive energy into the treatment room. With over a decade of experience, she supports patients in overcoming challenges and achieving personal goals through a holistic, psychodynamic approach. Her work is deeply influenced by the theories of Alfred Adler, Carl Rogers, and John Bowlby, drawing on Adlerian Psychotherapy, Person-Centred Therapy, and Attachment Theory to guide her practice. Cydney also brings a strong connection to the fitness world, integrating physiological awareness and somatic techniques into therapy when appropriate. This mind-body integration reflects her belief in the power of movement, inspired by Adler’s idea that “life is movement” and all behaviour is motivated.

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Oren brings a thoughtful and insightful approach to psychotherapy, focusing on the often-unseen structures that shape how we make sense of our lives. With a background in film, he developed a deep appreciation for how meaning and identity are shaped—what gets emphasized, what gets left out, and how structure informs understanding. In therapy, he draws on this lens to help clients explore the personal narratives they’ve inherited or unconsciously constructed, including the defenses that shape emotional life and relationships. His approach combines close attention to emotional detail with a broader view of the historical, relational, and contextual patterns that influence experience. His thinking is shaped by a range of psychodynamic influences, including Adler, Freud, Klein, Winnicott, and Kohut. Oren offers a steady, reflective presence that encourages curiosity, self-awareness, and emotional openness.

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Daniel Rochman (PhD), is a seasoned psychologist with over two decades of experience, offering psychodynamic psychotherapy in both English and Spanish. He is deeply committed to helping people explore the underlying forces that shape emotional life, supporting those struggling with concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, self-esteem issues, and relational difficulties (see a complete list at https://www.centreforpsychodynamicinsights.com/daniel-rochman).

Daniel’s approach values respectful listening. He aims to establish a collaborative environment so that therapy can delve into meaningful experiences. Conversations will focus on explicit, as well as implicit levels of psychological functioning, where the goal is to clarify issues and gain self-agency. His therapy is informed by traditions such as Mentalization-Based Therapy, the intersubjective approach, and Object Relations, providing a space for people to reflect and develop curiosity for all aspects of their life see more at https://www.centreforpsychodynamicinsights.com/daniel-rochman).

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Ann is a Registered Psychotherapist who brings a deeply relational and creative approach to her clinical work, based on Jungian, psychodynamic, and somatic principles. She is passionate about building meaningful connections and places strong emphasis on understanding each patient’s unique personal narrative. Her work integrates experiential modalities such as somatic awareness, dreamwork, myth, and movement to support patients in accessing and making sense of their unconscious dynamics and inner world.

Ann’s approach invites patients to step beyond the structures of daily life and engage their challenges in a more intuitive way. She works collaboratively to look at experiences such as anxiety, depression, anger, and procrastination, helping patients recognize underlying relational patterns and shift from reactive responses toward more intentional ways of engaging with themselves and others. Her work is informed by an understanding of early bonding experiences and how these shape present-day emotional patterns. Through this, Ann supports patients in deepening self-understanding and developing a more meaningful relationship with themselves and their lives.

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Maria is a Registered Social Worker whose work is strongly informed by her lived experience in both Pakistan and Canada, as well as over 15 years of community engagement in the immigration and settlement sector. She brings a strong commitment to social justice and personal freedom into her clinical practice. Maria’s approach integrates an understanding of how broader social structures influence, and are influenced by, our inner psychological world. Her therapeutic work is based on psychoanalytic and psychodynamic traditions, informed by her training at the Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis and the Toronto Psychoanalytic Society.

Maria works collaboratively with patients to create a safe and supportive space where they can engage in therapy without judgement. She focuses on helping individuals develop deeper self-understanding by examining unconscious dynamics and the ways past and present experiences coincide.

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