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Virtual Parenting Therapy in Ontario

Get compassionate and professional support for the weight of parenting, whether that’s stress, conflict, guilt, or wanting to feel steadier in how you show up for your kids. Sessions are fully online, from anywhere in Ontario.

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What We Work With

For those entrusted with nurturing another’s light, even while doubting their own.
You’ve been showing up for your children consistently, but some seasons of parenting ask more of you than others. These are some of the challenges parents bring to therapy:
  • Parenting stress, burnout, or guilt
  • Co-parenting conflicts or blended family transitions
  • Navigating power struggles or behavioural challenges
  • Fear of "messing up" or repeating intergenerational trauma
  • Parenting after loss, divorce, or significant life change
  • Rebuilding trust and connection with children or adolescents
The concerns listed here are only examples of the challenges we work with; many others may just be a jumble of exhausting thoughts whirring through your head. That doesn’t make them less valid. Whether you’re coming on your own or with a partner, your experience is unique, and together we can collaborate on how to make things better. If you’re simply seeking clarity about therapy, feel free to 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

Behavioural & Values-Based Parenting Models

Start here if you want practical tools and a clearer sense of what to do in the moment. This work suits parents who feel unsure, reactive, or worn down, and who want their day-to-day parenting to line up with what they actually value.

Parenting Psychoeducation

This approach offers practical, evidence-based guidance on child development, emotional regulation, and effective responses to misbehaviour. It’s particularly useful for overwhelmed or uncertain parents.

Cognitive Behavioral and Acceptance-Based Parental Support

This work strengthens emotional regulation, increases psychological flexibility, and reconnects parenting behaviour to core values. It’s especially helpful if you’re looking to effectively manage reactivity, guilt, or burnout.

Narrative Therapy

This approach challenges internalized stories of inadequacy or failure, helping parents reshape their identity with intention and self-understanding.

Compassion-Focused Therapy

This work supports the development of self-compassion in parenting, particularly during periods of shame, self-criticism, or inherited trauma.

Gottman-Informed Emotion Coaching

Based on John Gottman’s model, this structured and accessible approach helps children name, regulate, and recover from emotional experiences through attuned parental guidance.

Relational Skill Building

This work strengthens communication, validation, and connection between parent and child, reinforcing trust and emotional safety within the relationship.

Meet Your Therapist

Parenting therapy 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.
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What to Expect

Parenting therapy sessions at Luceris are 75 minutes and $250.00 per session. Sessions take place over secure video from anywhere in Ontario, with phone available too. Everything runs through Jane, an encrypted Canadian platform designed to meet Ontario’s health privacy standards, with no separate app or account to set up.
Evening and weekend appointments are available for parents whose schedule is packed. A free 15-minute consultation is available, with no obligation, and an initial intake helps find the right starting point before ongoing sessions begin.

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

FAQs About Parenting Therapy

Can One Parent Attend Without Their Co-Parent?

Yes, one parent can attend a parenting therapy session without a co-parent. You’re welcome to start on your own or with a partner. Both are valid ways to begin, and many parents come in individually first.
Parenting therapy (sometimes called parenting counselling) is right for any parent who recognizes even one of the challenges above: stress, burnout, co-parenting conflict, or simply wanting to feel more grounded in how you parent. You don’t need to fit a category exactly to make it worth a conversation.
Yes, sessions are virtual. Parenting therapy sessions take place over secure video, with phone sessions available if that’s easier. Many parents join from home after the kids are asleep or during a quiet part of the day.
It’s a short call to talk through what’s happening at home, ask questions, and get a sense of whether parenting therapy is the right place to start. There’s no obligation to book afterward.
Yes, parenting therapy is appropriate for parents of teens. Many parenting sessions focus specifically on rebuilding trust and connection with a teenager. If your teen would also benefit from their own space to talk, our Teen Therapy page covers that side of support.

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.

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