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, drawing on Transactional Analysis to address the patterns underneath
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
Jeremy Fonteyne — humanistic, narrative, emotion-focused approach to depression that explores your experiences and stories shaping how you feel
Masha Wazny — reflective, skills based, and somatic for working with depression, particularly for clients early in adult life or new to therapy
Angelo Sison — direct work with depression that shows up as numbness, chronic shame, and identity instability
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
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 from an existential perspective, exploring what the behaviour is replacing and how to shift it
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 — attuned, attachment-based work with grief and the embodied impact of loss; brings depth from her background in women's health and the emotional terrain of major life transitions
Jeremy Fonteyne — humanistic, narrative work with grief that makes space for your experiences and finding meaning in your life again
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Angelica Janik — somatic, attachment-informed work for the kind of loss that lives in the body and isn't fully reachable through words alone
Masha Wazny — gentle, reflective grief work, including the kinds of loss that often go unnamed: cultural displacement, identity loss, and life transitions
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 nutritionist supporting women through cancer, chronic illness, fibromyalgia, and the emotional impact of menopause; integrates her clinical depth in attachment, somatic work, and the body-mind connection
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, and somatically-attuned work with sexuality and intimacy, addressing both the patterns and the embodied experience underneath
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.
Michael Grisonich — direct, focused work with complex anxiety, OCD, depression, and the unconscious patterns playing out in identity and relationships
Jeremy Fonteyne — expands the emotional experiences of men, creating space for what's been suppressed, dismissed, or filtered through cultural norms
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
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 — EFT, Gottman, and attachment-based couples work with strong somatic attunement; particularly skilled at reading the relational dynamics in the room
Jeremy Fonteyne — EFT-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
Joe Seddon — extensive work with infidelity, betrayal, attachment patterns, and communication breakdowns
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.
Angelica Janik — works with families on attachment, family systems, and the lasting impact of early experiences and complex family dynamics
Jeremy Fonteyne — EFT-trained family work, helping members identify patterns and cycles rather than problem people, and reorient against the dynamic itself
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.
Angelo Sison — works with adults and adolescents on the patterns that often accompany ADHD, including emotional dysregulation, chronic shame, and identity instability
Stephanie Orr — attachment and emotion-focused work with the self-criticism, overwhelm, and patterns of feeling not-quite-yourself that often run alongside ADHD
Jacqueline Gowans — practical, results-oriented work integrating CBT, mindfulness, and nervous system regulation
Megan Flynn — trauma-informed and skills-based work integrating CBT and DBT skills to support emotional regulation and executive functioning
Masha Wazny — gentle, paced work for clients feeling emotionally overwhelmed or disconnected, drawing from ACT, IFS, and CBT
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.
Masha Wazny — reflective space for clients navigating identity questions, cultural adjustment, and the work of building who you are; offers full counselling services in Russian
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
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
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