Each person who visits our counselling centre has options to find clarity, overcome fears, and change directions. With care, compassion, and support we are here for you!

We are proud of our commitment to providing you with a safe space that is discreet (located within a wellness centre), non-judgmental, and confidential.

"Counselling was a worthwhile expenditure that helped me see value in myself. Although quite dimly to start with, I had come to realize that I possess qualities of strength and perseverance. The change I experienced helped me in every aspect of my life. If you’re looking for a therapist for yourself or a family member, don't hesitate to call. I have no doubt they’ll be able to help you."
- T.M. - Vaughan, Ontario

Maple/Vaughan Counselling Centre's Psychologist Program

Too Busy or Nervous to Call? Try Texting/Imessaging Us - 416-999-3437

Counselling Vaughan We understand that calling a therapist can be difficult. We also recognize that your busy schedule doesn't always allow you time to book important appointments. To help make booking your first appointment easier, you may now text in your appointment request. Text us when you're ready and will help you with any questions that you may have. **Please Note** we may not be able to text back right away, but we will try our best to get back to you as soon as we can.

Life Transitions/Relationship Issues/Coping

We understand that people can experience difficulties with personal changes that may happen in a person's life. This could be the death of a loved one, the birth of a child, acute or chronic illness, relationship issues, unemployment, or even a promotion. Our work focuses on providing support to individuals to help navigate the perspective change. We do this by providing supportive counselling while offering careful guidance and support. Activities are given and reflective questions are provided to help bring on insight and relief. For more information, find out how our counselling agency can help by calling us 416-999-3437.

Grief Counselling - Loss of a Loved one

We all will experience loss in our life. Grief can come as a terrible shock it can be painful and isolating. Whether you are an adult or a teen you may be feeling quite uncertain about how to deal with all of this. When death comes it can also bring on genuine conflicts within a person's family, which can often put siblings against one another or even parents against children. Navigating death is not simply processing the loss, it's also learning to navigate the pauses that naturally occur in one's life, dealing with family, managing change, and ultimately coming to acceptance. Our goal in our counselling program is to help our patients navigate through the treacherous waters and move towards peace.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Complex Anxiety Program

Our clinic has trained extensively to provide the York Region community with treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and anxiety disorders. We work by helping introduce our clients through the use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). We introduce our clients to concepts that will help clients better understand their OCD. We also provide them with carefully chosen exercises to help decrease their anxiety through the use of exposure. We do this by first working with the client on reducing rituals and then walk them through exposures. The cognitive work helps them better understand how inconsistent their OCD actually is and we better prepare our clients through the use of educating them on cognitive distortions that keep them stuck in the OCD cycle. If you would like to learn more, please feel free to contact us and see how our counselling agency can help.

We Are Now Offering Distance Counseling - Via Telephone or Video

We understand the importance of providing accessible and convenient service. To make the process of obtaining counselling easier, we are now offering sessions via telephone or skype. Please note that our service is covered by most insurance plans. Please note that not every type of therapy can be conducted via telephone or online video conferencing.

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Featured Book - How to Memorize for Tests and Examinations: Effective Study Skills for the Ambitious Student - By: Robert Lighter

This text is highly recommended by our staff. All students who have been recommended this text have reported improvements in their academic performance. This text will provide the skills to help you study and better engage with your coursework. We recommend this text for anyone in high school, college, or university.

If you're interested in learning more about the text, check out our review.

If you're interested in purchasing the text, you may do so at amazon.ca.

Winner of the Consumer's Choice Award

We are proud to announce that we have won the Consumer’s Choice Award for top counselling agency in York Region. We want to thank everyone who helped us attain our goals for the year. This year we made it a priority to work collaboratively with other healthcare practitioners on meeting the needs of our patients. This helped us learn, foster growth, and provide better care for each individual in our practice. We also focused on developing stronger psychologist led counselling programs through the use of research and consultation. We hope to continue our great work into the future. Thanks for the support!

Winner of the Ruth Berman Award

Our resident Psychologist, Robert Roopa, has won the Ruth Berman Award for demonstrating leadership in the field of psychology. The prestigious award was presented to him by the Ontario Psychological Association among members of the College of Psychologist’s at the OPA Conference in Toronto, Ontario. Robert was nominated by his peers, patients, and colleagues.

Our Featured Psychologist Counselling Programs for Vaughan, Ontario

York Region's Anger Management Program

Our program is designed to help individuals understand how to control their emotions and be able to assert their needs, without damaging their interpersonal relationships. Our program is recognized judicially (court-approved). The program is Psychologist developed through the use of Cognitive Therapy. The program is one-on-one and designed specifically for the individual. The program speaks to the purpose of anger, its intent, and how anger can be used appropriately. We look at specific strategies of regulating emotions and helping and work to assist our clients in implementing them into their lives. Find out how our Vaughan clinic can help you!

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Physician Recommended Anxiety Counselling

Many of us struggle with anxiety difficulties. Our provincial renowned anxiety program has helped many individuals work through their difficulties with success. Our counselling program is designed to help you challenge your thoughts and choose alternatives to problematic behaviour. We educate our clients through the use of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. We also introduce strategies that will help reduce the anxiety through the use of Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). We help our clients by walking them through a structured program that was designed to help them see success and get their life back.

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Recognized
We recognized in our community as an organization with effective treatment and compassionate care.

Research Informed
Our therapists are also researchers who are on top of the most recent diagnostic and treatment advances.

Professional
We are proud of our reputation of providing quality counselling services in our
community.

Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) gives priority to the emotions experienced by the people (family member or partner) attending the session. Evoking the primary emotions, while managing stirred up compelling responses, helps the couple (or family) better organize themselves and aids each person in responding more congruently with each other.

Our goal is to create a safe, egalitarian relationship with our partners. Emotional responses are shaped and constructed so each couple can feel safe when expressing themselves. We teach our couples how to respond in this way on an ongoing basis. Couples are taught to recognize that much of their behaviours are influenced by social learning and each of them participate in a ‘cycle’ that keeps them stuck from successful conflict resolution.

EFT meta-analysis studies suggest that 70-73% of couples describe themselves as recovered from marital distress and 90% report having significantly improved after treatment. EFT has also demonstrated success across cultures and social classes.

Many relationships experience difficulty with conflict and excess negative emotion. Being apart of a high-conflict relationship is exhausting and often leaves both partners feeling frustrated and miserable. Research suggests that being in a high conflict relationship can lead to increased rates of depression, anxiety and substance abuse.

Our goal at our clinic is to identify variables that may influence the dysfunctional communication you and your partner experience. Together, we will work with you in developing goals for treatment and ensuring you are on the right path to success. We do this by monitoring progress session-by-session and providing guidance every step of the way.

Our clinic will only teach you research supported communication skills and techniques. You will be exposed to material that will help you assess your own communication style (both healthy and unhealthy) and how to effectively use your new knowledge in best practice. We also help our clients learn how to listen and respond empathetically, use appropriate guidelines for decision-making, and teach skills to help deescalate a situation.

Books you may find helpful:
Getting the Love you Want - Harvill Hendrix
Emotional Alchemy: How the Mind Can Heal the Hearth - Tara Bennet Goleman
Love Sense - Sue Johnson