Anxiety
Support for worry, panic, rumination, stress responses, and the habits that can keep anxiety active.
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Tim Kahtava, Registered Psychotherapist
Experienced Therapy for Individuals, Couples, and Families Using Practical CBT, DBT, EMDR, and Solution-Focused Strategies
Tim is a Registered Psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families. His approach is practical, collaborative, and focused on helping clients build emotional resilience and workable coping strategies.
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Registered Psychotherapist
Credential
Registered Psychotherapist
Eligible in
Ontario
INTRODUCTION
A grounded place to begin
Therapy can be especially useful when old coping patterns stop working or when stress, conflict, grief, or emotional pain begins to interfere with daily life.
Tim works collaboratively with clients to clarify goals, build practical skills, and support meaningful change.
He brings more than 20 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families, including extensive virtual therapy and EAP-related counselling experience.
AREAS OF SUPPORT
Therapy for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, Couples, and Family Support
Depression
Therapy for low mood, loss of motivation, isolation, and rebuilding routines that support emotional resilience.
Trauma
Support informed by EMDR and practical stabilization strategies for clients processing difficult experiences.
Emotional Resilience
Work on emotional regulation, coping skills, self-understanding, and steadier responses to stress.
Couples Therapy
Support for communication, conflict, relationship stress, and practical steps toward healthier interaction.
Family Therapy
Therapy for family communication, transitions, relational strain, and shared stressors.
Life Transitions
Support through change, uncertainty, grief, identity shifts, and new responsibilities.
Virtual Therapy
Experienced online therapy support for clients who prefer or require virtual sessions.
THERAPY STYLE
What sessions feel like
Approachable, practical, collaborative, and skills-focused.
Tim's style is approachable, practical, and collaborative. He draws from CBT, DBT, EMDR, and solution-focused approaches to help clients develop strategies they can use beyond the therapy room.
Sessions are goal-aware without feeling rigid, with attention to both immediate coping and longer-term change.
CBTDBTEMDRSolution-focused therapy
CREDENTIALS
Professional background
- Registration
- Registered Psychotherapist in Ontario
- Experience
- 20+ years supporting individuals, couples, and families
- Clinical Background
- Private psychotherapy experience from 2020 to present
- Prior Role
- Former director and therapist with Northshore Counselling Centre, 1997 to 2020
- Training
- CBT Practitioner course certificate, 2023
- Approaches
- CBT, DBT, EMDR, and solution-focused therapy
- Education
- Master of Divinity; BA in Psychology
LOGISTICS
Session details
- Session Fee
- $180/hour
- Free Consultation
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- Session Format
- Virtual therapy available across Ontario
- Session Length
- 50 minutes
- Availability
- Accepting new clients
- Receipts
- Receipts provided for insurance reimbursement where applicable
- Next Step
- Use the button below to book through Jane.
- Province Eligibility
- Ontario residents
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