Kato Perdue, PhD, R.P. (qual)
Couples Counselling, Relational Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy, LGBTQ+ Counselling and Psychotherapy
Contact:
647-219-0538
[email protected]
My Psychotherapy practice is Relationally Focused, which means that it is the co-created relationship between us that is the healing force of the therapy. Moreover, therapeutic sessions draw upon our experiences of the past and these sessions bring to light how these experiences get replayed, without our knowing it, in the present. Whether it is a toxic relationship that keeps repeating over and over in our lives, whether it is the same debilitating anxiety that keeps getting in the way of our moving forward, or depression that casts a shadow over our prospects of joy; these past life experiences (whether in childhood or older) keep us stuck in a dead end job, or in old ways of relating to others. Maybe our fears have shaped a kind of survival system that has worked well for us—up until now.
Perhaps these experiences or genetics have led us into addictions as coping mechanisms, or have resulted in other ways that we dealt with the exterior world, but these mechanisms no longer work—in fact they are causing pain—to yourself and to others. Or maybe we are looking to get in touch with the best parts of our being. Psychotherapy can help us change the stories that we tell ourselves. That is why I call my practice more life psychotherapy—because I have found that psychotherapy brings us more life in ways that we never thought possible.
I have been involved in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis for more than a decade. I have been in private practice for the last four years. I trained at the very highly reputed Toronto Institute of Relational Psychotherapy—one of the best Institutes in the field. I am also adjunct faculty at York University where I have been teaching as a Professor of Gender History and Sexuality Studies for the last 15 years.
647-219-0538
[email protected]
My Psychotherapy practice is Relationally Focused, which means that it is the co-created relationship between us that is the healing force of the therapy. Moreover, therapeutic sessions draw upon our experiences of the past and these sessions bring to light how these experiences get replayed, without our knowing it, in the present. Whether it is a toxic relationship that keeps repeating over and over in our lives, whether it is the same debilitating anxiety that keeps getting in the way of our moving forward, or depression that casts a shadow over our prospects of joy; these past life experiences (whether in childhood or older) keep us stuck in a dead end job, or in old ways of relating to others. Maybe our fears have shaped a kind of survival system that has worked well for us—up until now.
Perhaps these experiences or genetics have led us into addictions as coping mechanisms, or have resulted in other ways that we dealt with the exterior world, but these mechanisms no longer work—in fact they are causing pain—to yourself and to others. Or maybe we are looking to get in touch with the best parts of our being. Psychotherapy can help us change the stories that we tell ourselves. That is why I call my practice more life psychotherapy—because I have found that psychotherapy brings us more life in ways that we never thought possible.
I have been involved in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis for more than a decade. I have been in private practice for the last four years. I trained at the very highly reputed Toronto Institute of Relational Psychotherapy—one of the best Institutes in the field. I am also adjunct faculty at York University where I have been teaching as a Professor of Gender History and Sexuality Studies for the last 15 years.
Credentials:
Availability:
Sundays (2-9pm.) – Mondays (daytime)-Tuesdays (daytime); occasionally Skype Regular Rate: $90/ session $120/session for couple (First consult session is $50)
Sliding Scale fee:
($75.00 dependant on financial need and session frequency)
- RP (Registered Psychotherapist—qualifying CRPO)
- PhD (History/Sexuality Studies)
- DipTIRP (Toronto Institute of Relational Psychotherapy)
- Member, CAPT (Canadian Association for Psychodynamic Therapy)
- Member, TICP (Toronto Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis)
- Member, IARRP (International Association of Relational Psychotherapists and Psychoanalysts)
Availability:
Sundays (2-9pm.) – Mondays (daytime)-Tuesdays (daytime); occasionally Skype Regular Rate: $90/ session $120/session for couple (First consult session is $50)
Sliding Scale fee:
($75.00 dependant on financial need and session frequency)
