Why Beaches?
Finding a therapist shouldn’t feel like another job.
You’re already trying to figure out what you need. You shouldn’t also have to become an expert in therapy approaches, credentials, insurance, and therapist bios just to get started.
That’s where our Care Team comes in.
Close to Home. Or From Home
Come see us in Leslieville, or meet with your therapist online when getting across town just isn’t happening that week.
A Thoughtful Match
Tell us what’s going on, what matters to you, and what you’re looking for. Our Care Team will help match you with a therapist based on your goals, personality, and needs. If the fit isn’t right, we’ll help you rematch. No awkward explanation required.
Grounded in What Works
Our clinicians draw from evidence-based approaches including CBT, DBT, ACT, EMDR, and more. The approach is chosen and adapted for the person in front of us, not handed out like a script.
Change to Details, Taken Care Of
Where your insurance provider allows it, we offer direct billing. Our Care Team can also help you navigate the practical side of getting started.
How Can We Help?
Whatever brought you here, we can start there.
Sometimes you know exactly what you want help with. Sometimes the best description you have is, “I just don’t feel like myself lately.”
Both are perfectly reasonable places to begin.
Our Leslieville clinicians work with individuals, couples, and families across a range of concerns, in person and online.
Anxiety Therapy
When your mind has already rehearsed tomorrow’s conversation six times and somehow moved on to worrying about next Thursday. Therapy can help you understand what’s driving the anxiety and find different ways to work with it.
Depression Support
Maybe everything feels heavier. Maybe the things you usually care about barely register. Or you’re getting through the day, but it feels like that’s all you’re doing. Therapy gives you somewhere to begin making sense of it.
Couples & Relationship Therapy
When every conversation somehow becomes the same conversation. When you’re great at managing the calendar but not so great at finding each other in the middle of it. Couples therapy creates space to understand what’s happening between you and find a different way forward together.
Trauma & PTSD (EMDR)
Some experiences don’t stay neatly in the past. Our trauma-focused care, including EMDR with trained therapists, gives you space to process what happened at a pace that works for you.
Grief & Loss
There’s no tidy timeline for missing someone or adjusting to a life that looks different from the one you expected. You don’t need to make your grief more understandable before bringing it here.
Self-Esteem & Identity
For the voice that always has one more criticism. The version of yourself you think you’re supposed to be. Or the quiet question of who you are now that something in your life has changed.
ADHD & Neurodivergent Support
Support built around understanding how your brain works, rather than trying to force it into someone else’s operating manual. We offer ADHD and neurodivergent support for kids and adults.
Child & Teen Therapy
School pressure. Friendships. Family. Identity. Big feelings at deeply inconvenient times. Our therapists give children and teens a space to talk about the hard parts of growing up.
Family Therapy
Sometimes what one person is going through changes the rhythm of the whole family. Family therapy creates room to understand what’s happening together and find healthier ways of relating.
Anger Management
For the moments when the reaction happens before you’ve had time to decide how you actually want to respond. Therapy can help you understand your anger and build other ways of handling what sits underneath it.
Separation & Divorce
There are the logistics of separation. And then there’s everything that doesn’t fit neatly into a spreadsheet: grief, anger, parenting, identity, uncertainty, relief, guilt, and figuring out what life looks like from here.
Not Sure Where to Start?
You don’t need to know what kind of therapy you need.
That’s something we can help you figure out.
Tell our Care Team a little about what’s been going on and what you’re hoping for. We’ll talk through your options and help connect you with a clinician who makes sense for you.
The Leslieville Location
A quieter hour in the middle of a very full week.
Our Leslieville clinic sits on Gerrard Street East, surrounded by the shops, restaurants, homes, and everyday bustle of the east end.
Then you come inside.
It’s private and unhurried, giving you somewhere to step out of the pace of the day for a while. Come from work, between errands, after school pickup, or simply because you need an hour where nobody needs anything from you.
Our clinicians offer in-person and virtual care, so your therapy doesn’t have to disappear the week your calendar gets ridiculous.
Location Details:
- On the 506 Carlton streetcar line, with stops near Greenwood Ave and Ashdale Ave.
- Evening and weekend appointments available alongside daytime hours.
Visit Us
Our Leslieville Location
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Virtual Therapy: Can’t make it in? We offer secure virtual therapy across Ontario, so care can continue wherever you are in the province.
Our Team
Meet the therapists at our Leslieville location
Credentials matter. Training matters. So does whether you can imagine sitting across from this person and actually telling them what’s going on.
Browse our therapists to learn more about how they work and what they specialize in, or let our Care Team help you narrow things down.
Getting Started
You’ve decided to look into therapy. What happens now?
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Start With a Free Care Consultation
Have a real conversation with our Care Team about what’s bringing you in, what you’re looking for, and anything that matters to you in choosing a therapist. No cost. No pressure. No need to arrive with the perfect explanation.
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We Help You Find the Right Fit
We use what you’ve told us to recommend a therapist based on your goals, personality, and clinical needs. If the match doesn’t feel right, tell us. We’ll help you find another.
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Make Therapy Yours
Your therapist will get to know you, understand what you want from therapy, and work with you on a way forward. You don’t have to be “good at therapy.” You just have to show up as yourself.
What You Can Expect
Good care should come with fewer question marks.
Our team includes Registered Psychotherapists, Registered Social Workers, and Psychologists, registered with their respective Ontario regulatory colleges.
Your Privacy Matters
What you share is confidential and handled in accordance with Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act.
Appointments That Fit Real Life
Evening, weekend, and video conferencing appointments are available because therapy has a better chance of fitting into your life when you can actually find time for it.
Help With Coverage
Many extended health plans cover psychotherapy. Where your provider allows it, we offer direct billing, and our Care Team can help you understand your coverage.
FAQs
Questions About Therapy In Leslieville, Toronto
How do I find the right therapist?
You’re not expected to figure it out from a wall of headshots.
During your free consultation, our Care Team will ask about what’s bringing you to therapy, what you’re hoping for, and what matters to you in the person you’ll be talking to. From there, we’ll help match you with a therapist.
And if it doesn’t feel right once you meet? Tell us. We’ll help you rematch.
Do you take insurance? Are you covered by OHIP?
Many extended health plans cover psychotherapy, depending on your plan. Where your provider allows it, we offer direct billing.
As a private practice, Beaches Therapy Group is not covered by OHIP. We also offer a reduced-rate intern therapy program.
Visit our Rates and Insurance page for more information, or talk to our Care Team about your options.
What’s the difference between an RP, RSW, and Psychologist?
They’re different regulated professions with different training pathways.
Registered Psychotherapists, Registered Social Workers, and Psychologists are regulated by their respective Ontario colleges. If the type of professional matters for your needs or insurance coverage, our Care Team can help you understand your options.
How long are sessions, and what should I expect?
Most individual sessions are about 50 minutes, with couples and family sessions sometimes running longer.
Your first appointment is largely about getting to know you: what brought you in, what matters to you, and what you’d like therapy to help with. There’s nothing you need to prepare and no right way to tell your story.
Should I choose virtual or in-person therapy?
It doesn’t have to be a forever decision.
In-person therapy gives you a dedicated space away from the rest of your day. Virtual therapy can make life considerably easier when schedules, commuting, mobility, or comfort get involved.
We offer both, including virtual therapy across Ontario.
How do I book an appointment?
Book a free Care Consultation online, call (647) 484-8622, or email [email protected]
We’ll start by understanding what you’re looking for and help you figure out what comes next.
What happens during my first appointment?
Mostly, you talk.
Your therapist will want to understand what brought you in, some of the context around it, and what you’d like therapy to help with. You don’t need a polished version of your life story.
“I’m not quite sure where to start” is a perfectly good place to start.
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Ready When You Are
You can start before you have everything figured out.
Maybe there’s something you’ve been meaning to deal with. Maybe you’re tired of having the same argument, carrying the same worry, or telling yourself you’ll look for someone when life settles down.
Our Care Team can help with the next part.