Melissa Donohue Toronto Therapist

Melissa Donohue

Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist

MSW, RSW, LCSW

Toronto | Pickering | Ontario

In-Person Therapy

Virtual Therapy

Psychology Today and Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers Certifications

Meet Melissa

 Why I'm a therapist.

Helping individuals process trauma so they can live life with greater joy and freedom is my passion. That's why I chose the path of becoming an internationally trained and licensed psychotherapist. I will always treat you as whole person, and not just the issues you're dealing with.  I provide compassionate, science-backed therapy, that helps you break patterns that are holding you back so that you can learn to thrive.

 Ontario OCSWSSW Licence # 827276

 Board Certified LCSW # CW020871

I can help you with

  • Anxiety & overthinking
  • Stress & Overwhelm
  • depression
  • Trauma
  • PTSD
  • Social Anxiety
  • EMDR
  • OCD
  • Eating Disorders
  • GRIEF & loss
  • Chronis Pain & Illness
  • domestic violence
  • self esteem
  • mood disorders
  • addictions
  • Stress Management
  • Sexual Health
  • Sexuality & Intimacy
  • Major life transitions
  • Confidence
  • boundaries
  • academic pressure
  • Attachment styles
  • Social anxiety

My Specializations & Certifications

EMDR Therapy Toronto

EMDR Certified Therapist

Healing Trauma, PTSD, Anxiety

Most people think trauma is a story about the past, but for many, it’s a physical weight carried in the present. I specialize in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)—a gold-standard, neurobiological intervention that does more than just "talk" about trauma.

Think of your brain like a wound that wants to heal, but is currently stuck on a "glitch". EMDR is the reboot that helps your brain move distressing memories from the high-alert "threat center" to the "long-term storage," where they belong.

Melissa OCD Therapist Toronto

Specialized OCD Therapist

International OCD Foundation Trained

OCD can feel like a "broken record" of the mind—sticky, repetitive, and exhausting. With over 10 years experience treating OCD, and training from the International OCD Foundation, I provide specialized, evidence-based treatment to help you reclaim what OCD has hijacked.

Using Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), we move from being stuck in  compulsions to concrete, measurable freedom. You don’t need more willpower; you need the right tools to rewrite the internal script.

Qualifications

Education

U of T | Masters of Social Work

Master of Social Work

Mental Health

University of Toronto

U of T | Masters of Social Work

Honors Bachelor of Science

Psychology & Neuroscience

University of Toronto

Licenses

U of T | Masters of Social Work

Registered Social Worker

OCSWSSW

License Number 827276

U of T | Masters of Social Work

Licensed clinical Social Worker

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

License Number CW020871

Availability

EMDR Therapy Toronto

Toronto and GTA

  • In-person Therapy
  • Virtual Therapy

Pickering and Durham Region

  • In-person Therapy
  • K
    Coming soon
  • Virtual Therapy

Across Ontario, Canada

  • Virtual Therapy

You're Ready. Let's start the Journey.