Carla Ribeiro & Associates Phone: 647.588.1505
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Welcome to our website. We are so glad you found us!
We offer counselling and psychotherapy services that meet you where you are. If you are looking for support to face some of your life’s challenges or to live a more satisfying life, we may be able to help.
Our work is guided by the following key principles:
- All human beings possess a natural tendency toward growth and healing and this tendency is strengthened when supported and nurtured.
- As social beings we develop who we are in relationship with others; it is also in relationship with a warm, caring other that we learn to heal past wounds.
- Counselling/psychotherapy is a collaborative process in which the client is in the driver’s seat, directing the process according to their own goals and needs
- Cultural factors (such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, etc.) can be just as important as individual ones, in understanding who we are and what we need to grow and heal
- We are all so much more than the worst thing we have ever done
Most of us will at some point in our lives come to a place where we could benefit from working with a counsellor or therapist. If you are at such a place now, we invite you to explore this website to get a sense of whether it might be a good fit for you. You can also give us call.
Regardless of which counsellor or therapist you choose, counselling or psychotherapy is an investment in yourself, your well being and your future. Here are some of the possible outcomes and benefits we might work towards:
- Increased self-confidence
- Increased sense of purpose, value and self worth
- More satisfying, balanced relationships
- Elimination or decrease in self-destructive behaviours
- Decrease in stress due to improved capacity (strategies & tools) to manage life’s challenges
- Increased sense of compassion for self and others
- More positive, optimistic and hopeful attitude towards life and the future
We hope to hear from you! Best of luck on your journey to your best self!
Please Note: Services are now being offered primarily via secure video and telephone platforms. In person sessions are available based on therapist availability and by appointment only.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge the land on which we live and love and work is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, as well as settlers and newcomers. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit and we recognize the enduring presence and resilience of Indigenous peoples in this area. As racialized newcomers from other colonized lands we understand that we have a responsibility to consider what it means to acknowledge the history and legacy of colonialism on Turtle Island, and we hope that our work helps to counteract the effects of colonial structures and ideologies on the mental health and well-being of all people.
