Church Wellesley Counselling and Psychotherapy

04/10/2026

📢 We’d like to introduce Samer Lazkani, one of our Registered Psychotherapists at Church Wellesley Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Samer is available for:

In-Person Sessions at our Church Wellesley office:
• Monday 10:00 AM - 7:30 PM
• Tuesday 10:00 AM - 7:30 PM
• Friday: 10:00 AM - 7:30 PM
• Saturday: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Online Sessions:
• Monday 10:00 AM - 7:30 PM
• Tuesday 10:00 AM - 7:30 PM
• Wednesday 10:00 AM - 7:30 PM
• Thursday 10:00 AM - 7:30 PM
• Friday 10:00 AM - 7:30 PM
• Saturday 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

✨ Samer supports clients with:

• Anger
• Anxiety
• Coping skills
• Depression
• Grief
• LGBTQIA+-related challenges
• Life transitions
• Relationship issues
• Self-esteem
• Stress
• Trans and non-binary support

Interested in working with Samer? Email him at samer@cwcp.ca to get started.

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04/10/2026

Sometimes, we grieve positive changes too... |

Clinician: Cari Ferguson (she / her)
Email: cari@cwcp.ca
Clinician Profile: cwcp.ca/clinician/cari-ferguson

About CWCP:
Church Wellesley Counselling and Psychotherapy (CWCP) is a mental health clinic in downtown Toronto that provides counselling and psychotherapy services.

Location & Contact:
📍 Address: 491 Church St, 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON M4Y 2C6
📞 Phone: 647-358-5815
🌐 Website: https://cwcp.ca
🚇 A short walk from Wellesley subway station in the Church-Wellesley Village area.

Services Offered:
CWCP provide individual and relationship therapy, both in-person and online, focusing on issues such as:
- Anxiety and depression
- Gender and sexuality support (including trans and non-binary clients)
- Grief counselling
- Relationship and couples counselling
- Stress and life transitions
- Self-esteem and identity exploration
- Trauma and PTSD

We also offer:
- Assessments for gender-affirming surgeries
- Programs for First Nations and Inuit clients (NIHB)
- Support for clients through WSIB Community Mental Health Program

Our Approach:
Our clinicians use a trauma-informed and anti-oppressive approach, aiming to create a safe and inclusive space for diverse communities, including the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

What is Ask a Therapist?
Ask a Therapist is a social media series where our clinicians answer common questions about mental health, relationships, and everyday emotional challenges. Each clinician episode offers insights, perspectives, and practical tools that we can use in our daily life. Whether you’re curious about therapy or looking for guidance, Ask a Therapist brings honest conversations mental health into the open.

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04/09/2026

📢 Maria is now accepting new patients!

🗓 Maria is available for:

In-Person Sessions at our Picton office on:
• Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• Tuesday 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Wednesday 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Thursday 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Online Sessions on:
• Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• Tuesday 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Wednesday 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Thursday 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

✨ Maria supports clients with:

• ADHD
• Anger
• Anxiety
• Coping Skills
• Depression
• Grief
• Life Transitions
• Mood Disorders
• Postpartum
• Relationship Issues
• Self-Esteem
• Spirituality / Spiritual Wound
• Stress
• Trauma

Interested in working with Maria? Email her at maria@peccp to get started.

Learn more about Maria: peccp.ca/clinician/maria-aurora-zimmerling

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04/08/2026

🎙️ Today’s Rant Read by a Therapist:

“I’m quitting therapy. I’m just bored and tired of talking about my life. I just want to be in my life for a while and not talk about it.”

Clinician: Spencer Wheeler (he / they)
Email: spencer@cwcp.ca
Clinician Profile: cwcp.ca/clinician/spencer-wheeler

About CWCP:
Church Wellesley Counselling and Psychotherapy (CWCP) is a mental health clinic in downtown Toronto that provides counselling and psychotherapy services.

Location & Contact:
📍 Address: 491 Church St, 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON M4Y 2C6
📞 Phone: 647-358-5815
🌐 Website: https://cwcp.ca
🚇 A short walk from Wellesley subway station in the Church-Wellesley Village area.

Services Offered:
CWCP clinicians provide individual and relationship therapy, both in-person and online, focusing on issues such as:
- Anxiety and depression
- Gender and sexuality support (including trans and non-binary clients)
- Grief counselling
- Relationship and couples counselling
- Stress and life transitions
- Self-esteem and identity exploration
- Trauma and PTSD

CWCP also offers:
- Assessments for gender-affirming surgeries
- Programs for First Nations and Inuit clients (NIHB)
- Support for people in the WSIB Community Mental Health Program

Approach:
Our clinicians use a trauma-informed and anti-oppressive approach, aiming to create a safe and inclusive space for diverse communities, including the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

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Rants Read by a Therapist is a social media series aiming to fuse online rants with therapist insight. Each episode features real posts posted by real people online blending humour, empathy, and psychoeducation to explore everyday mental health struggles — whether at work, in relationships, or modern life’s challenges. Let’s turn venting into reflection and valuable insight.

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04/01/2026

What’s a common misconception about grief? |

Clinician: Cari Ferguson (she / her)
Email: cari@cwcp.ca
Clinician Profile: cwcp.ca/clinician/cari-ferguson

About Church Wellesley Counselling and Psychotherapy:
Church Wellesley Counselling and Psychotherapy (CWCP) is a mental health clinic in downtown Toronto that provides counselling and psychotherapy services.

Location & Contact:
📍 Address: 491 Church St, 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON M4Y 2C6
📞 Phone: 647-358-5815
🌐 Website: https://cwcp.ca
🚇 A short walk from Wellesley subway station in the Church-Wellesley Village area.

Services Offered:
CWCP clinicians provide individual and relationship therapy, both in-person and online, focusing on issues such as:
- Anxiety and depression
- Gender and sexuality support (including trans and non-binary clients)
- Grief counselling
- Relationship and couples counselling
- Stress and life transitions
- Self-esteem and identity exploration
- Trauma and PTSD

CWCP also offers:
- Assessments for gender-affirming surgeries
- Programs for First Nations and Inuit clients (NIHB)
- Support for clients through WSIB Community Mental Health Program

Our Approach:
We use a trauma-informed and anti-oppressive approach, aiming to create a safe and inclusive space for diverse communities, including the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

What is Ask a Therapist?
Ask a Therapist is a social media series where our clinicians answer common questions about mental health, relationships, and everyday emotional challenges. Each clinician episode offers insights, perspectives, and practical tools that we can use in our daily life. Whether you’re curious about therapy or looking for guidance, Ask a Therapist brings honest conversations mental health into the open.

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04/01/2026

Can AI be used for therapy? |

Clinician: Adam Terpstra (he / him)
Email: adam@cwcp.ca
Clinician Profile: cwcp.ca/clinician/adam-terpstra

About CWCP:
Church Wellesley Counselling and Psychotherapy (CWCP) is a mental health clinic in downtown Toronto that provides counselling and psychotherapy services.

Location & Contact:
📍 Address: 491 Church St, 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON M4Y 2C6
📞 Phone: 647-358-5815
🌐 Website: https://cwcp.ca
🚇 A short walk from Wellesley subway station in the Church-Wellesley Village area.

Services Offered:
CWCP clinicians provide individual and relationship therapy, both in-person and online, focusing on issues such as:
- Anxiety and depression
- Gender and sexuality support (including trans and non-binary clients)
- Grief counselling
- Relationship and couples counselling
- Stress and life transitions
- Self-esteem and identity exploration
- Trauma and PTSD

CWCP also offers:
- Assessments for gender-affirming surgeries
- Programs for First Nations and Inuit clients (NIHB)
- Support for clients through WSIB Community Mental Health Program

Our Approach:
Our clinicians use a trauma-informed and anti-oppressive approach, aiming to create a safe and inclusive space for diverse communities, including the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

What is Ask a Therapist?
Ask a Therapist is a social media series where our clinicians answer common questions about mental health, relationships, and everyday emotional challenges. Each clinician episode offers insights, perspectives, and practical tools that we can use in our daily life. Whether you’re curious about therapy or looking for guidance, Ask a Therapist brings honest conversations mental health into the open.

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04/01/2026

Dreams can be powerful tools for understanding your emotions, processing experiences, and even unlocking creativity.

In our latest blog, we explore how dreamwork and dream interpretation therapy can help you make sense of recurring themes, navigate difficult emotions, and turn insight into meaningful change.

Whether you’re curious about starting a dream journal or looking for deeper therapeutic support, this guide offers practical ways to begin.

And if you’re interested in exploring your dreams in a supportive, clinical setting, our clinician Penelope Park (she / her) offers
dreamwork as part of her therapeutic approach.

🔗 Learn more about Penelope's therapeutic approach: https://peccp.ca/clinician/penelope-park/
🔗 Read more:
https://cwcp.ca/blog/dream-interpretation/

Explore dreamwork, dream analysis, and dream interpretation. Uncover dream meanings, understand nightmares, and find therapeutic insights.

03/30/2026

We asked the internet: Can anxiety be a good thing?

Here’s what people had to say.

03/27/2026

🎙️ Today’s Rant Read by a Therapist:

“I’m tired of mental health advice that ignores the fact that we’re living through unprecedented collective trauma while being told individual self-care is the solution. Sometimes anxiety is a rational response to irrational circumstances.”

Clinician: Tim Lee (he / they)
Email: tim@cwcp.ca
Clinician Profile: cwcp.ca/clinician/tim-lee

About CWCP:

Church Wellesley Counselling and Psychotherapy (CWCP) is a mental health clinic in downtown Toronto that provides counselling and psychotherapy services.

Location & Contact:
📍 Address: 491 Church St, 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON M4Y 2C6
📞 Phone: 647-358-5815
🌐 Website: https://cwcp.ca
🚇 A short walk from Wellesley subway station in the Church-Wellesley Village area.

Services Offered:
CWCP clinicians provide individual and relationship therapy, both in-person and online, focusing on issues such as:
- Anxiety and depression
- Gender and sexuality support (including trans and non-binary clients)
- Grief counselling
- Relationship and couples counselling
- Stress and life transitions
- Self-esteem and identity exploration
- Trauma and PTSD

CWCP also offers:
- Assessments for gender-affirming surgeries
- Programs for First Nations and Inuit clients (NIHB)
- Support for people in the WSIB Community Mental Health Program

Approach:
Our clinicians use a trauma-informed and anti-oppressive approach, aiming to create a safe and inclusive space for diverse communities, including the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

—

Rants Read by a Therapist is a social media series aiming to fuse online rants with therapist insight. Each episode features real posts posted by real people online blending humour, empathy, and psychoeducation to explore everyday mental health struggles — whether at work, in relationships, or modern life’s challenges. Let’s turn venting into reflection and valuable insight.

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03/25/2026

Here are some things to consider if you're looking for a therapist. |

Clinician: Rachel Warner (she / her)
Email: rachel@cwcp.ca
Clinician Profile: cwcp.ca/clinician/rachel-warner

About Church Wellesley Counselling and Psychotherapy:
Church Wellesley Counselling and Psychotherapy (CWCP) is a mental health clinic in downtown Toronto that provides counselling and psychotherapy services.

Location & Contact:
📍 Address: 491 Church St, 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON M4Y 2C6
📞 Phone: 647-358-5815
🌐 Website: https://cwcp.ca
🚇 A short walk from Wellesley subway station in the Church-Wellesley Village area.

Services Offered:
CWCP clinicians provide individual and relationship therapy, both in-person and online, focusing on issues such as:
- Anxiety and depression
- Gender and sexuality support (including trans and non-binary clients)
- Grief counselling
- Relationship and couples counselling
- Stress and life transitions
- Self-esteem and identity exploration
- Trauma and PTSD

CWCP also offers:
- Assessments for gender-affirming surgeries
- Programs for First Nations and Inuit clients (NIHB)
- Support for clients through WSIB Community Mental Health Program

Our Approach:
Our clinicians use a trauma-informed and anti-oppressive approach, aiming to create a safe and inclusive space for diverse communities, including the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

What is Ask a Therapist?
Ask a Therapist is a social media series where our clinicians answer common questions about mental health, relationships, and everyday emotional challenges. Each clinician episode offers insights, perspectives, and practical tools that we can use in our daily life. Whether you’re curious about therapy or looking for guidance, Ask a Therapist brings honest conversations mental health into the open.

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03/24/2026

We asked the internet: “What’s a common misconception about grief?”

Here’s what people had to say.

03/24/2026

🎙️ Today’s Rant Read by a Therapist:

“Vacations are good for mental health.”

Clinician: Bailey Toyota (she / they)
Email: bailey@cwcp.ca
Clinician Profile: cwcp.ca/clinician/bailey-toyota

About Church Wellesley Counselling and Psychotherapy:

Church Wellesley Counselling and Psychotherapy (CWCP) is a mental health clinic in downtown Toronto that provides counselling and psychotherapy services.

Location & Contact:
📍 Address: 491 Church St, 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON M4Y 2C6
📞 Phone: 647-358-5815
🌐 Website: https://cwcp.ca
🚇 A short walk from Wellesley subway station in the Church-Wellesley Village area.

Services Offered:
CWCP clinicians provide individual and relationship therapy, both in-person and online, focusing on issues such as:
- Anxiety and depression
- Gender and sexuality support (including trans and non-binary clients)
- Grief counselling
- Relationship and couples counselling
- Stress and life transitions
- Self-esteem and identity exploration
- Trauma and PTSD

CWCP also offers:
- Assessments for gender-affirming surgeries
- Programs for First Nations and Inuit clients (NIHB)
- Support for people in the WSIB Community Mental Health Program

Approach:
Our clinicians use a trauma-informed and anti-oppressive approach, aiming to create a safe and inclusive space for diverse communities, including the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

—

Rants Read by a Therapist is a social media series aiming to fuse online rants with therapist insight. Each episode features real posts posted by real people online blending humour, empathy, and psychoeducation to explore everyday mental health struggles — whether at work, in relationships, or modern life’s challenges. Let’s turn venting into reflection and valuable insight.

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