Individual Psychotherapy in Hamilton & Online Ontario
Move beyond talk therapy. Overcome anxiety, process the past & transform relationship patterns through emotionally focused, attachment-based care.
When we give ourselves the chance to pause, we are able to make space for understanding, connection and choice.
Hello! I’m Marlena, a Registered Psychotherapist based in Hamilton, providing in-person therapy in Hamilton and virtual therapy across Ontario. I help individuals who want to make sense of their experiences and feel more connected in their relationships with their self and those around them.
Our emotions can feel uncomfortable, confusing, or overwhelming. We might find ways to move them aside and push forward, but over time what felt like protection can feel like prison. Shutting down, overthinking, self-criticism, or putting others’ needs ahead of your own keeps you stuck.
I can help you find ways to show up differently. By slowing down and creating a space to move into emotion, we can bring understanding to the ways you’ve learned to adapt. As we tune in to what happens to you in the moment, you can experience new ways to feel, to regulate, and to respond to your emotions.
We’re not fixed in our patterns: changing the way we understand and experience our self can transform the way we experience our world.
I can help with
Relationships & Attachment
Navigating relationships with partners, friends, family, and colleagues
Understanding attachment style and influence of childhood experiences, including trauma and emotional neglect
Parenting and caregiving
Fostering sense of safety and security within relationships
Working with Emotions
Exploring ways to understand and manage difficult emotions, including overwhelm, anxiety, depression and low mood, grief, anger, and guilt
Building awareness of emotions and patterns of emotions, thoughts, and behaviours
Managing stress, burnout, and life transitions
Emotional regulation and developing healthy ways of coping
Reconnecting to Self
Exploring challenges related to self-worth, self-doubt, and inner critic
Navigating boundaries, perfectionism, and people-pleasing parts
Exploring issues related to identity and meaning
Understanding your needs
Fostering mindfulness, self-compassion, and self-awareness
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
-Viktor Frankl
