
Maria Yammine
LCSW
I provide couple therapy, individual therapy, family therapy, and child therapy. Clients come to me expressing difficulty with communication, anxiety, depressive symptoms, difficulty with their emotions, or a history of trauma. Individuals also almost always also have relationship concerns - romantic, parental, friendship, or family dynamics. I’m skilled at helping people who feel they’ve lost their identity as a partner, a parent, or just as an individual. I’m very skilled at helping people of all ages explore their emotions in a way that’s gentle but transformative at the same time.
My therapeutic approach is always relationship based. I mostly draw from interpersonal psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, trauma therapy, and family systems therapy. I work with people of all ages, including children (ages 3-years and older) where I provide modified, age-appropriate counselling and play-based activities to connect with your little one.
Much of who I am professionally comes from who I am as a person. I am originally from New Brunswick and am a proud queer, Arab-Canadian. My identity has influenced my work by discovering the resiliency found within empathic connections. I am always be guided by anti-racism, queer theory, as well as feminist theory. I am committed to being a critical social worker and believe that many societal stigmas contribute to/exasperate many mental health concerns, interpersonal issues, as well as familial conflicts. This means I already know there is nothing wrong with you.
Age Groups:
Toddler
Children (6 to 10)
Preteen
Teen
Adults
Elders (65+)
Ethnicity:
Lebanese
Faith:
Christian
Gender:
Female
Language(s):
English
French
Specialties:
ADHD
Anxiety
Autism
Behavioral Issues
Bipolar Disorder
Body Positivity
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Codependency
Depression
Divorce
Domestic Abuse/Intimate Partner Violence
Dual Diagnosis
Education and Learning Disabilities
Grief
Infertility
Infidelity
Intellecual Disability
LGBTQ+
Marriage Counseling
Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
Parenting
Racial Identity
Relationship Issues
Religious Abuse
Self Harming
Sex-Positive/Kink Allied
Sleep or Insomnia
Spirituality
Suicidal Ideation
Transgender
Trauma and PTSD
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Women's Issues
Insurance:
Blue Cross
Types of Therapy:
Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
Attachment-Based Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Couples Counseling
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
Family Therapy
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
Motivational Interviewing
Play Therapy
Psychodynamic
Solution Focused
Trauma Focused
Location:
Ontario, CAN

