Mindfulness-Based Therapy in Toronto
Mindfulness-Based Therapy in Toronto
Mindfulness has been sold as a lot of things: a productivity hack, a lifestyle, a candle scent. Underneath the marketing is something more useful and more demanding — a trainable capacity to notice what's happening, inside and out, without immediately being swept along by it. In therapy, that capacity becomes a foundation for almost everything else.
We offer mindfulness-based therapy in person on Dundas West and online across Ontario.
What is mindfulness-based therapy?
Mindfulness-based therapy integrates attention and awareness practices into psychotherapy. You learn to observe thoughts, emotions and sensations with curiosity rather than judgment. That creates a small but crucial gap between what you feel and what you do next — and in that gap, choice becomes possible.
Where it comes from
Mindfulness practices have roots in contemplative traditions, particularly Buddhism. In 1979, Jon Kabat-Zinn introduced Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in a medical setting. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), developed by Zindel Segal, Mark Williams and John Teasdale, later showed strong results in helping prevent depressive relapse. Mindfulness is also central to ACT and DBT.
How mindfulness-based therapy works
Guided practices in session: breath, body scan, sensory anchoring, movement
Informal practice: bringing awareness to everyday moments like walking, eating, a hard conversation
Working with difficulty: turning toward uncomfortable experience in small, tolerable doses
Reflection: noticing what you learn and applying it to the patterns you want to change
What mindfulness-based therapy can help with
Stress and burnout
Anxiety and rumination
Recurring depression
Chronic pain and illness
Sleep difficulties
ADHD and attention regulation
Emotional reactivity
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Is mindfulness-based therapy right for me?
It may suit you if you're caught in your head, if stress is chronic, or if you want skills you can use for life. If you've tried meditation and found it frustrating or distressing, you're very welcome here. That's useful information.
Mindfulness therapy in Little Portugal and across Ontario
Our office is at 1364 Dundas Street West in Little Portugal, between Ossington Avenue and Dufferin Street — steps from Brockton Village and a short walk to Dufferin Grove, Queen West, and Trinity Bellwoods. We're on the 505 Dundas streetcar line and near the 29 Dufferin bus and 63 Ossington bus, and Liberty Village, Parkdale and Roncesvalles are a quick ride away.
FAQs
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No. We start from wherever you are.
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In therapy it's taught as a secular practice, though its roots in contemplative traditions are acknowledged.
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That happens, particularly after trauma. We'll adjust the practice so it supports you.
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