We offer counselling and related support for teens and families in Leslieville, with services designed to meet young people where they are.
Teen therapy gives young people a private place to speak openly, process emotions, and build healthier coping tools. Sessions can support confidence, emotional regulation, school stress, self-esteem, and life transitions.
Supporting a teenager can be challenging, especially when communication changes or emotions start running high at home. Parent counselling offers a space to reflect, get guidance, and respond in ways that support connection.
Family therapy can help when home life feels tense, repetitive, or emotionally stuck. We work with families to improve communication, reduce conflict, and create a more supportive dynamic.
Teens may struggle with food, body image, routines, eating patterns, or sports nutrition. Dietitian support can help young people build healthier habits and a more balanced relationship with food.
Anxiety can affect how a teen thinks, feels, studies, sleeps, and socializes. We help teens understand their anxious patterns and develop practical ways to feel more grounded and capable.
Depression in teens may show up as sadness, irritability, exhaustion, numbness, withdrawal, or loss of motivation. Therapy can help teens feel more understood, more supported, and less alone.
High Park is one of Toronto’s best-known west-end neighbourhoods, shaped by its namesake park, nearby residential streets, and easy access to Bloor West Village. Destination Toronto describes High Park as one of the city’s largest public parks and a destination known for trails, green space, a zoo, playgrounds, and seasonal cherry blossoms.
For families, High Park often offers a mix of calm residential living and busy city access. That can be a great environment for teens, but it does not cancel out the stress young people carry. Many teens here are managing school pressure, social expectations, identity questions, and internal struggles that are not always obvious from the outside.
Teens in High Park may grow up in a neighbourhood that feels stable, green, and family-oriented, but that does not mean life feels simple on the inside. Many young people are carrying a lot quietly.
Some teens feel they always need to keep up, achieve, stay organized, and look like they are handling everything well. Over time, that pressure can turn into anxiety, burnout, or constant self-criticism.
Teen friendships can feel intense and unpredictable. A young person may be dealing with exclusion, peer tension, comparison, or uncertainty around who they are and where they fit. Therapy can help them feel more secure in themselves.
Parents and teens often care deeply about one another while still ending up in the same arguments again and again. Therapy can help shift those patterns and make communication feel less reactive and more productive.
Not every teen talks about anxiety directly. Sometimes it looks like avoidance, perfectionism, irritability, trouble sleeping, procrastination, or feeling on edge all the time. We help teens understand what is happening and find ways to manage it.
Our Bloor West & Runnymede office is a convenient option for many families in High Park because it is close to the neighbourhood and easily accessible from the west end. The practice lists the office at 267 Runnymede Rd and identifies it as the Bloor West & Runnymede location.
We offer multiple forms of support in one practice so families can access care in a way that feels connected and practical.
267 Runnymede Rd,
Toronto, ON, M6S 2Y5
374 Danforth Ave. 2nd Floor
Toronto, ON, M4K 1N8
Monday to Thursday
11am - 8pm
Friday
10am to 7pm
Saturday and Sunday
10am - 6pm
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267 Runnymede Rd,
Toronto, ON, M6S 2Y5
374 Danforth Ave. 2nd Floor
Toronto, ON, M4K 1N8