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The relationship you build with your therapist matters as much as the training and methods they bring into the room

The Toronto, Ontario based office of teen and family therapist Katie Mead

Your ways of protecting yourself, pushing back, taking responsibility, or trying to stay in control will show up in therapy sessions.

WHICH IS WHY FINDING THE RIGHT THERAPIST IS SO IMPORTANT.

You need to know the person across from you can meet those responses without judgment, without taking over, and without leaving you to do the work alone.

I’m Katie

A TORONTO PSYCHOTHERAPIST WORKING FROM A GESTALT LENS

I often meet clients when change is already underway: teens becoming themselves, families trying to stay connected, women realizing old beliefs aren’t serving them, and therapists learning to trust their own clinical judgment.

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Across those different stages and relationships, my work is about helping people find their own voice and build the self-support to actually live from it.

 

In my own life, I’m drawn to experiences that have brought me closer to feeling fully alive and like myself, from singing opera and mentoring youth to living in Spain and Japan, collecting vinyl, and spending countless hours on the water.

 

I bring that same appreciation for full, complicated, not-always-neat lives into my practice.

Headshot of Toronto-based in person and virtual therapist Katie Mead

Listen In

and get a feel for how I think, connect, and approach therapy

Teens hang out on a sunny day

Gestalt therapy offers a way of healing that’s flexible, creative, and specific to you

Think of Gestalt as a container for the trauma-informed tools we can pull from in sessions. I’ll use my expertise and understanding of your goals to suggest specific tools and strategies for us to try, but the work is always co-created. Tools we may use include:

  • Conversation

  • Art

  • Music

  • Movement

  • Role-Play

  • Meditation

  • Guided Imagery

  • Dream Work

  • Somatic practices

  • Creative prompts

The beliefs that anchor Counter Current

Emotions crest, flow, and recede, even when they feel permanent in the moment

Youth need space to make choices, push back, and become themselves

Every family has its own unique dynamic, with its own way of staying connected

Healing asks you to take responsibility, even when the wound itself wasn’t your fault

Survival strategies deserve respect before anyone starts trying to change them

The right-fit therapist isn’t something you can decide by credentials alone

An initial session gives you a real sense of what working together could feel like.

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