Online Therapy for Adults in Ontario

One-on-one therapy for adults across Ontario, for when your mind won’t switch off, you can’t shake the low feeling, or you don’t feel like yourself. Sessions are held over secure video or phone, from wherever you are.

Not sure where to start? Book a free 15-minute consultation first, no commitment. Call 647-313-4030.

What Brings Adults Across Ontario to Individual Psychotherapy

You were never broken, only waiting to be seen in your own light.

Most days, you’re getting by. You show up for family and friends who need you, you show up at work. You keep repeating to yourself: it still isn’t bad enough to do anything about. But getting by isn’t the same as being okay. And if it’s grinding you down, or you’re snapping at the people you love, or you find yourself telling everyone you’re fine when you’re not, you probably already know that.

Whatever brings you here, you don’t have to keep handling it on your own. Therapy for adults at Luceris makes room for what you’re carrying, including the things you can’t say out loud even to yourself… yet.

People come to us navigating:

Anxiety, panic, and chronic worry
Depression, numbness, and emotional disconnection
OCD and compulsive behaviours
Life transitions, existential fears, or loss of purpose
Trauma, PTSD, and unresolved grief
Shame, perfectionism, and harsh self-judgment
Addictions and impulsive patterns
Chronic personality patterns or emotional dysregulation
Identity confusion and self-esteem issues

The struggles listed here are just examples of what we see—and help deal with—every day at Luceris. But maybe you don’t have a name yet for what brings you to therapy? That’s okay: your struggle doesn’t need a name to be worth attention. You don’t need to be in crisis, and you don’t need to know exactly what you’re looking for.

If you’re not sure where to start, reach out by phone or email. Every story deserves a beginning, and every beginning deserves a light to guide it.

Modalities That May Be Integrated

Therapy for individuals at Luceris draws from a range of clinical approaches. Your therapist may integrate several of those clinically-proven approaches, depending on what fits you.

Cognitive & Behavioural Models

Start here if you want structure and practical tools. This work targets the thought patterns and habits that keep anxiety, low mood, and avoidance going.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

You’ll learn to recognize and shift the thought patterns and behaviours feeding anxiety, depression, and avoidance. It’s structured and goal-oriented, with practical tools you can use between sessions.

Metacognitive Therapy

Worry and rumination lose their grip when you change how you relate to your thinking, rather than trying to argue with the thoughts themselves. This is particularly effective for anxiety and depression.

Mindfulness & Values-Based Therapies

This is for when arguing with your thoughts hasn't worked. The focus shifts to how you relate to what you think and feel, so you can keep moving toward what matters.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

You’ll build the flexibility to act on what matters to you, even when difficult thoughts and feelings are present. This is especially helpful for chronic avoidance, emotional rigidity, or existential anxiety.

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy

Learning to respond differently to your own inner experience is one of the more reliable ways to keep depression from returning. This approach combines mindfulness with cognitive strategies.

Emotion Regulation & Trauma Work

Look here if your emotions feel too big to manage, or if something that happened still shapes how you live now. This work builds skills for intense feelings and helps you work through what trauma left behind.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

You’ll develop concrete skills for managing emotional intensity, tolerating distress, and navigating conflict in your relationships.

Cognitive Processing Therapy

You’ll work through traumatic memories and the beliefs that formed around them, the ones interfering with daily life, relationships, and how you see yourself. This includes identifying and challenging the points where you get stuck.

Depth, Parts, and Self-Compassion Work

This is the work for patterns that feel older than you can explain, or a self-critical voice that won't let up. It goes beneath the surface, to where those patterns began.

Internal Family Systems-Informed Parts Work

You’ll come to understand and heal the inner “parts” shaped by trauma, fear, or shame, moving toward a renewed sense of wholeness. This is depth-oriented work, centred on learning to lead yourself with compassion.

Schema Therapy

Some emotional patterns feel entrenched because they are, often tracing back to needs that went unmet in childhood. This work addresses them directly, integrating cognitive, attachment, and experiential strategies.

Compassion-Focused Therapy

You’ll learn to soften harsh self-criticism and loosen the grip of shame, particularly if you carry trauma or perfectionistic tendencies. It works by strengthening your capacity to extend warmth inward.

Narrative & Existential Therapies

Consider this work if you're facing questions of identity, meaning, or direction, often during a transition, or when your life no longer fits the story you've been telling about it.

Narrative Therapy

You’ll reauthor the limiting stories you’ve been telling about yourself into ones that recognize your own agency and resilience.

Existential Therapy

Questions of mortality, freedom, responsibility, and purpose tend to surface during major transitions or crises of identity. This approach engages them directly rather than steering around them.

Meet Your Therapist

Individual psychotherapy at Luceris is led by Francesco Addesi, Registered Psychotherapist (BA, MA, RP) and Director & Founder of Luceris Psychotherapy Clinic. His approach blends evidence-based cognitive, behavioural, and experiential methods, and he continues to deepen his clinical expertise through ongoing research, supervision, and advanced study.

What to Expect in Individual Therapy

Individual psychotherapy at Luceris is one-on-one between you and your therapist, held entirely online. Sessions are 50 minutes and $180.00 per session, by secure video or phone from wherever you are in Ontario and wider Canada, with evening and weekend appointments available.

Your therapist draws on a range of evidence-based approaches and adapts them to what you need, which can change as the work goes on. Early sessions focus on understanding your history, what’s happening now, and what you want to change. From there, you and your therapist decide together where to go and how quickly.

Start Here

You can start with a free 15-minute consultation. It’s a short call to talk about what’s bringing you to therapy, ask questions, and get a sense for the work, with no obligation to book further.

If you decide to continue, you’ll be set up with access to our secure client portal, where you can view and manage your appointments.

Joining a Session

Sessions run through the Jane app, a Canadian platform built for healthcare providers. You’ll receive a secure link, so there’s nothing to download and no separate account to create.

All you need is a device with a camera and microphone, an internet connection, and some privacy. Phone sessions are available if video isn’t the right fit.

Your First Session

This session gives your therapist a chance to understand the bigger picture: your current concerns, history, relationships, and any past therapy experience.

You’ll spend part of this session working out what you want from the process, which is often harder to name than people expect.

Where Therapy Fits

Sessions are 50 minutes, with evening and weekend appointments available, so therapy doesn’t have to compete with work or family. Most people start with weekly sessions and space them out as they make progress.

Because Luceris is fully virtual, you can meet from anywhere in Ontario, without a commute or a waiting room.

Virtual therapy is appropriate for many mental health concerns, but it isn’t a crisis service. If you are experiencing an emergency or are at immediate risk of harm, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency department. If you’re unsure whether therapy is the right level of care, we’re happy to discuss your situation during a consultation.

For details on insurance, receipts, and policies, see our Virtual Therapy FAQs.

FAQs About Individual Psychotherapy

Is Online Individual Psychotherapy as Effective as In-Person?

For most people, online psychotherapy is as effective as in-person therapy. What makes therapy work is the relationship you build with your therapist, and that forms just as readily over video as it does in a room. Many people also find the online format easier to stick with, since there’s no commute and fewer reasons to reschedule.

Do You Offer Individual Psychotherapy Anywhere in Ontario?

Luceris offers individual psychotherapy to adults located anywhere in Ontario. Your therapist is a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario, and sessions take place over secure video or phone, with evening and weekend appointments available.

Do I Need a Doctor’s Referral for Individual Psychotherapy?

No, you don’t need a doctor’s referral to start individual psychotherapy at Luceris. You can book the free 15-minute consultation or a full session directly. Some insurance plans ask for a referral before they’ll reimburse you, so check your plan if you’re planning to claim.

How Much Does Individual Psychotherapy Cost, and Is It Covered by Insurance?

Individual psychotherapy at Luceris is $180.00 for a 50-minute session. Many extended health benefit plans include coverage for psychotherapy, and you’ll receive a receipt after each appointment to submit for reimbursement. For details on insurance and policies, see our Virtual Therapy FAQs.

Is Individual Psychotherapy Right for Me?

Individual psychotherapy is a good fit if what you’re working through is mainly personal, whether that’s a major life transition, a pattern you can’t shift on your own, or something you haven’t found words for yet. It also suits people who have tried therapy before and want a different approach, and people who are new to therapy and unsure where to begin. If the concern centres on your relationship or your family, couples therapy or parenting support may be a better fit, and the free consultation is a good place to sort that out.

Tend the Light Within

Therapy at Luceris begins with a quiet hope that you come to recognize:
The Light you seek is the light you carry.