Anxiety and stress
Support for overthinking, worry, overwhelm, coping, and the pressure to hold everything together.
Meet Kristen
Kristen Lawrynowycz
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), CRPO #18172
Kristen works with teens, adults, and couples who may be dealing with anxiety, attachment and relational trauma, rejection sensitivity, stress, shame, loneliness, grief, including the kinds of grief that often go unrecognized, or a difficultlife transition.
You may replay conversations long after they happen, question what you said or how you came across, or carry the feeling of being too much and not enough at the same time. Rejection, disappointment, or disconnection may land harder for you than for the people around you. Kristen's work starts from there.
In session
If you have been suffering in silence, it may be time to heal out loud.
For Kristen, grief is not limited to bereavement. Sometimes it follows the loss of a person or a relationship. Other times it is the life you thought you would have, an opportunity that passed, parts of yourself you had to leave behind, or an imagined future that no longer feels possible.
These experiences rarely exist in isolation. The ways you learned to seek connection, protect yourself from rejection, or make sense of your emotions can quietly shape how you relate to yourself and others. You may understand your patterns and still repeat them, and wonder why insight alone has not been enough.
Therapy with Kristen is a place to slow down and get curious about those patterns rather than judge them. Her approach is collaborative, relational, and grounded in compassion and respect, drawing from psychodynamic, attachment-based, humanistic, and trauma-informed perspectives. The work is not about becoming a different version of yourself. It is about understanding yourself more deeply, making room for what has gone unseen or unspoken, and finding new ways of relating to yourself and the people who matter to you. You do not need to have everything figured out to begin. You can start where you are.
Areas of support
Care for emotional and relationship patterns.
Trauma and attachment
A paced space to understand how trauma and attachment experiences can shape emotions, safety, and relationships.
Relationships and rejection
Care for recurring relationship patterns, codependency, rejection sensitivity, peer concerns, and loneliness.
Grief and life transitions
Room for recognized or overlooked losses, identity changes, unrealized futures, and periods of uncertainty.
Self-esteem and shame
Explore self-criticism, shame, confidence, and the feeling of being either too much or not enough.
ADHD and mood concerns
Support with ADHD, depression, emotional distress, and patterns that make everyday life harder to navigate.
Credentials
Kristen's practice details.
- Credentials: Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), CRPO #18172. Verify on the CRPO public register.
- Education: Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology, Yorkville University.
- Client focus: Adolescents, youth, and adults for individual therapy, and couples.
- Language of care: English.
- Modalities: Psychodynamic, attachment-based, humanistic, relational, and trauma-informed therapy.
- Availability: Online psychotherapy across Ontario and in-person appointments in Mississauga.
- Fees: $160 for a 50-minute individual session; couples sessions are $200 for 50 minutes or $290 for 80 minutes.
- Does not provide: Psychological assessment, diagnosis, or medication.
Start with a free 15-minute consultation.
Ask questions, discuss what you are looking for, and see whether Kristen's approach feels like the right fit.