What are you looking to work through?
Select ONE from the list below and hit submit at the bottom for your recommended therapists by category.
This form recommends therapists by each single category at a time. On the recommendations page, please click the "start again" on the top left to see recommendations for a different category.
Your recommended therapists for EMDR work
Based on what you've shared, here are the therapists at Carbon trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). Each uses EMDR alongside complementary approaches to support real, lasting change.
Angelica Janik — combines EMDR with somatic and body-based practices for embodied trauma processing
Angelo Sison — uses EMDR to work at the root of shame, emotional dysregulation, and complex trauma
Tim Maxwell — uses EMDR to process the underlying experiences behind trauma and behavioural addictions, with a grounded, practical style
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Joe Seddon — integrates EMDR with IFS and somatic work to support clients moving past insight into lasting change
Your recommended therapist for OCD
Based on what you shared, here are therapists at Carbon with specialized training for OCD.
Michael Grisonich — Specialized training in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), the gold-standard treatment for OCD. Direct, focused, and collaborative.
Your recommended therapists for anxiety and panic
Based on what you've shared, here are the therapists at Carbon best suited to support you with anxiety, panic, and related concerns.
Michael Grisonich — works with complex and severe anxiety, panic, and existential dread using ERP, CBT, MCT, and ACT
Tim Maxwell — grounded, practical work with anxiety and the patterns underneath it, drawing from ACT and CBT, and EMDR for emotional processing
Melissa Penney — attachment-based and somatic work with anxiety, panic, and phobias to address the early patterns and survival strategies that are still running the show
Nick Pyke — practical, integrated work with anxiety, chronic stress, and performance pressure, particularly for clients whose bodies and nervous systems have been carrying the load for years (*Reduced rate for services)
Your recommended therapists for depression
Based on what you've shared, here are the therapists at Carbon best suited to support you with depression.
Michael Grisonich — works with depression, unconscious patterns, and existential questions
Jacqueline Gowans — Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist bringing depth and range to work with depression, burnout, and recovery
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Jeremy Fonteyne — humanistic, narrative, emotion-focused approach to depression that explores your experiences and stories shaping how you feel
Angelo Sison — direct work with depression that shows up as numbness, chronic shame, and identity instability
Nick Pyke — practical, grounded work with depression, particularly for men, first responders, and clients in high-pressure roles where depression often shows up as burnout, withdrawal, or functional decline rather than classic symptoms (*Reduced rate for services)
Your recommended therapists for trauma and PTSD
Based on what you've shared, here are the therapists at Carbon best suited to support you with trauma work.
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Angelo Sison — specializes in complex trauma with Level 2 Complex Trauma Certification, EMDR, IFS, and somatic work
Tim Maxwell — uses EMDR to process underlying experiences behind trauma, behavioural patterns, and addictions
Melissa Penney — attachment, somatic, and psychodynamic depth for trauma rooted in early experiences, family dynamics, and the survival strategies that followed
Angelica Janik — somatic, body-based trauma processing informed by attachment and family systems
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Jacqueline Gowans — Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist with extensive experience working with first responders, veterans, and survivors of sexual trauma
Stephanie Orr — attachment-based, somatic trauma work integrating EFT, parts work, and the Hakomi Method
Nick Pyke — trauma-informed work with military members, first responders, and uniformed personnel navigating PTSD and the specific weight of high-stakes, high-stress careers (*Reduced rate for services)
Your recommended therapist for substance use and addiction
At Carbon, we have a few therapists who work with addictions. Jacqueline is our therapist that works specifically with substance use and addiction.
Jacqueline Gowans — over two decades of experience including roles as an addiction therapist and recovery coach. Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist, trained in trauma-informed care, CBT, and nervous system regulation. Brings depth, range, and directness to addiction and recovery work.
Your recommended therapists for behavioural compulsions and Addictions
Based on what you've shared, here are the therapists at Carbon best suited to support you with behavioural compulsions and addictions, including pornography, gambling, gaming, social media, and phone use.
Tim Maxwell — pornography, gambling, gaming, social media, AI use, and exercise compulsion. Uses EMDR, ACT, CBT, and DBT
Michael Grisonich — works with compulsive behaviours (such as compulsive use of pornography) driven by anxiety, intrusive thoughts, or OCD-spectrum patterns, using ERP and psychodynamic approaches
Jeremy Fonteyne — works with phone and digital addiction. He works from a behavioural and emotional lens to create lasting change
Your recommended therapists for grief, illness, pregnancy loss, and fertility
Based on what you've shared, here are the therapists at Carbon best suited to support you through grief, loss, and the embodied experience of pregnancy and fertility journeys.
Melissa Penney — depth-based grief work informed by eight years supporting women through cancer, chronic illness, and major health transitions; particularly attuned to the grief that comes with changes in the body
Jeremy Fonteyne — humanistic, narrative work with grief that makes space for the meaning, memory, and story of the loss, including grief around identity, health diagnoses, and the versions of life that didn't unfold
Angelica Janik — somatic, attachment-informed work for the kind of loss that lives in the body and isn't fully reachable through words alone
Your recommended therapists for women's health
Based on what you've shared, here are the therapists at Carbon best suited to support you with women's health, including endometriosis, medical trauma, hormonal transitions, postpartum, perimenopause, and menopause.
Melissa Penney — eight years as a clinical nutritionist supporting men and women through cancer, chronic illness, fibromyalgia, autoimmune conditions. She has specific experience helping women and couples navigate the physical and emotional weight of menopause, including how menopause may shift dynamics in partnerships.
Jeremy Fonteyne — works with women navigating endometriosis, medical trauma, and being dismissed by healthcare systems; intentional about offering a steady, secure male presence for women who haven't always felt safe with male providers
Your recommended therapist for sex therapy and intimacy concerns
Melissa is our couples therapist at Carbon who does sex therapy, including changes women go through with menopause and other health issues that affect intimacy.
Melissa Penney — relational, attachment-based work with sex, intimacy concerns, and communication concerns. She has specialized experience for individuals and couples navigating changes after illness, menopause, or trauma
Your recommended therapists for men's mental health
Based on what you've shared, here are the therapists at Carbon best suited to support men through what often goes unspoken.
Jeremy Fonteyne — helps men to unpack what's been suppressed, dismissed, or filtered through cultural norms. Jeremy is particularly good with emotion, helping men to understand themselves or their partners emotions better.
Tim Maxwell — former tradesman who understands the cultural pressure to keep pushing through; grounded, real-life work with trauma, anxiety, addictions, and what happens when the old patterns stop working
Nick Pyke — direct, culturally informed work with military, first responders, and men in high-pressure professions who need a therapist who understands their world without needing it translated (*Reduced rate for services)
Michael Grisonich — direct, focused work with complex anxiety, OCD, depression, and the unconscious patterns playing out in identity and relationships
Joe Seddon — particularly strong fit for men and high-performers ready to look honestly at what's driving their behaviour, relationships, and sense of self
Angelo Sison — works with the harder presentations of men's mental health, including complex trauma, emotional dysregulation, chronic shame, and patterns keeping you stuck
Your recommended therapists for couples and relationship work
Based on what you've shared, here are the therapists at Carbon trained in couples therapy
Melissa Penney — Emotion-focused-therapy, Gottman, and attachment-based couples work with strong emotional attunement; particularly skilled at reading the relational dynamics in the room. Melissa is trained in sex therapy and working through infidelity and betrayal.
Jeremy Fonteyne — Emotion-focused-therapy-trained couples and family work. Working from an attachment lens to work through emotional dynamics and reactive patterns.
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Tim Maxwell — trained in the Gottman Method (Levels 1 and 2, including Treating Affairs and Trauma), bringing structured, evidence-based work for communication, conflict, and rebuilding connection
Angelica Janik — somatic and attachment-informed couples therapy with humanistic, expressive elements
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Stephanie Orr — Gottman-trained couples work focused on identifying patterns of disconnection, improving communication, and rebuilding emotional closeness; LGBTQ+ affirming
Jacqueline Gowans — direct, results-oriented couples work informed by trauma and nervous system regulation
Megan Flynn — Gottman-trained (Levels 1 and 2), practical tools and support for couples navigating relationship challenges
Your recommended therapists for family therapy
Based on what you've shared, here are the therapists at Carbon best suited to support you with family dynamics and parenting.
Jeremy Fonteyne — Emotion-focused-therapy-trained family work, helping members identify patterns and cycles rather than problem people, and reorient against the dynamic itself
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Angelica Janik — works with families on attachment, family systems, and the lasting impact of early experiences and complex family dynamics
Megan Flynn — trauma-informed family work with a focus on understanding how relationships and environment shape emotional wellbeing
Your recommended therapists for identity, gender, and sexuality
Based on what you've shared, here are the therapists at Carbon best suited to support you in identity, gender, and sexuality work.
Stephanie Orr — specialized training in gender and sexuality, working with LGBTQ+ clients exploring identity, relationships, and the experience of being who they actually are
Megan Flynn — affirming, trauma-informed work supporting clients navigating identity, gender, and sexuality questions
Your recommended therapists for children (ages 7-12)
Based on what you've shared, here are the therapists at Carbon best suited to support younger clients.
Megan Flynn — works with children ages 7 and up, integrating expressive and creative approaches alongside trauma-informed, relational therapy
Angelica Janik — work with children ages 7 and up, over 15 years in the wellness field working with children, teens, and families on attachment, expression, and embodied experience
Your recommended therapists for ADHD and executive functioning
Based on what you've shared, here are the therapists at Carbon best suited to support you with ADHD, executive functioning, and related patterns.
Jeremy Fonteyne — extensive experience working with teens and adults with ADHD, ODD, and complex behaviours
Jacqueline Gowans — trauma-informed, practical, results-oriented work integrating CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and nervous system regulation
Angelo Sison — works with adults and adolescents on the patterns that often accompany ADHD, including emotional dysregulation, chronic shame, and identity instability
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Stephanie Orr — attachment and emotion-focused work with the self-criticism, overwhelm, and patterns of feeling not-quite-yourself that often run alongside ADHD
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Megan Flynn — trauma-informed and skills-based work integrating CBT and DBT skills to support emotional regulation and executive functioning
Your recommended therapists for life transitions and general support
Based on what you've shared, here are the therapists at Carbon best suited to support you through life transitions and the broader work of figuring things out.
Melissa Penney — Emotion-focused and depth-based work through major life transitions, including illness, menopause, career and identity shifts, and the periods when your body or life has changed in ways that disrupt your sense of self
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Stephanie Orr — calm, emotionally attuned support for clients carrying the long quiet weight of feeling not-quite-yourself for too long
Megan Flynn — warm, down-to-earth support for navigating life transitions, anxiety, and the patterns shaping how you move through your life
Jacqueline Gowans — direct, results-oriented work supporting clients through transitions, recovery, and the development of greater self-awareness, including emotional intelligence assessments when useful
Nick Pyke — supports clients navigating major career transitions, identity shifts after leaving high-pressure roles, and the work of rebuilding after years of operational stress (*Reduced rate for services)
Your recommended psychologist for assessments
Assessments are a distinct service from therapy, focused on identifying specific learning, cognitive, or diagnostic profiles to support learning and necessary accommodations. At Carbon, Rachel is our assessment psychologist.
Rachel Tober — Registered Psychologist offering psychoeducational, ADHD, autism, cognitive, learning disability, social-emotional, and giftedness assessments across the lifespan
Your recommended therapist for first responders, military, and uniformed service
Based on what you shared, here are therapists at Carbon with specialized experience for work with military members, first responders, and uniformed personnel.
Nick Pyke — 15 years of direct experience supporting military, first responders, and uniformed service members, including work as a wildland firefighter and civilian contractor with the Canadian Armed Forces. Trauma-informed, culturally attuned, and comfortable with the demands of high-stress operational careers. (*Reduced rate for services)
General Therapy
Let's figure out the right fit together.
Therapy isn't always one specific thing. If you're not sure what category you fall into, that's completely fine, many of our clients aren't either.
Book a free 15-minute consultation or send us an email and we'll talk through what's bringing you in and match you with the right therapist at Carbon based on your needs.
Email us at admin@carbonpsychology.ca