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Online mental health therapy services in Ontario specializing in individual counseling, couples therapy, fatherhood support, and anger management.

ONLINE THERAPY ONTARIO

Online Therapy Ontario offers inclusive and affirming therapy for individuals, couples, and families across Ontario. We specialize in supporting clients navigating challenges related to relationships, identity, trauma, narcissistic abuse, and personal growth.

Our practice was created to provide accessible, safe, and client-centered therapy with a strong focus on mental wellness, relational healing, and BIPOC and 2SLGBTQIA+ support. We believe that therapy should feel human, grounded, and free from judgment.

Whether you're dealing with anxiety, sadness, relationship strain, or the impact of narcissistic dynamics, we’re here to help you untangle what’s heavy—and move forward with clarity.

This is a space where you're met with empathy, not pressure. Where healing is collaborative, not prescriptive and where your identity, experience, and voice guide the work we do together.

Ready to talk? You can book a free consultation to see if we’re the right fit.

VIRTUAL THERAPY SERVICES ACROSS ONTARIO AND IN-PERSON/HYBRID DOWNTOWN TORONTO

(WELLESLEY ST NEAR SHERBOURNE)

Online mental health therapy services in Ontario specializing in individual counseling, couples therapy, fatherhood support, and anger management.

DARREN ELLIOTT

RELATIONAL THERAPIST

Darren Elliott, RP,BED,CRPO,OCT

Founding Therapist | Online Therapy Ontario

Darren Elliott is the founding therapist at Online Therapy Ontario. He specializes in relational therapy, narcissism and narcissistic abuse recovery, ADHD, and generational trauma, with a particular focus on how emotional patterns are formed — and healed — in close relationships.

Darren brings both professional training and lived experience to his work. Having personally experienced narcissistic abuse and living with ADHD, he offers therapy that is grounded, compassionate, and deeply relational. He shares aspects of his own journey thoughtfully and intentionally, not to center himself, but to build trust and help clients feel less alone in theirs.

At the heart of Darren’s work is a simple belief:

People heal in relationships — not in isolation.

A Relational Approach Rooted in Love Loops™

Darren works from a relational orientation known as Love Loops™, a framework that focuses on how fear and disconnection take hold in relationships — and how love, safety, and repair can be practiced instead.

In Love Loops™, love and kindness are not abstract ideas. They are goal behaviors — practiced skills that help individuals, couples, and families move out of fear-based reactions and back toward connection.

This means Darren’s work often explores:

  • How defensive patterns show up under stress

  • How fear disrupts empathy and connection

  • How accountability and repair are learned with others, not alone

  • How small, repeatable relational changes create lasting growth

For some clients, this includes relationship sessions alongside individual therapy, when clinically appropriate and ethically supported. Darren is transparent about this approach and offers clear informed consent, boundaries, and safeguards.

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Clinical Foundations

Darren’s work is rooted in Gestalt therapy, with additional influence from the teachings of Terry Real, Ellyn Bader, Tara Brach, Peter Levine, Arielle Schwartz, and other relational and trauma-informed clinicians. This integrated approach allows him to offer practical tools for emotional regulation, relational repair, and personal growth — without pathologizing clients or reducing them to diagnoses.

He holds degrees in Business and Education, and integrates psychoeducation and solution-focused strategies into his sessions. As a member of the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) and an educator, Darren also works with teachers, particularly around burnout, boundary fatigue, and creating more sustainable classroom environments.

Working Together

Darren offers individual and couples therapy online, with in-person options available by request. His therapy space reflects his values — filled with meaningful objects from his travels that honour culture, creativity, and healing.

Through Online Therapy Ontario, Darren supports clients in building healthier relationships, reclaiming their sense of self, and learning how to move out of fear-based cycles and back into connection.

His first book of the Love Loops™ Series, is scheduled for re-release in Winter 2026. Find some of his writing at LoveLoopsMovement.substack.com

Darren grew up in a narcissistic family system, which shaped his understanding of invisible trauma and emotional neglect. These early experiences, along with his global travels across over 20 countries and residency in several, give him a unique lens to support clients from varied cultural and family backgrounds.

Why Online Therapy Ontario?

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    Therapist Who Meet You Where You Are

    We don’t push. We join. Whether you’re just starting or deep in your healing, we adapt to your pace and your goals.

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    Free Consultation—No Pressure

    We offer a free 20-minute call so you can explore fit without commitment. Therapy is personal. The choice should be yours.

  • Three women sitting on a sofa, embracing each other, with two of them in the foreground and one in the background, in a cozy indoor setting with plants and curtains.

    Relational, Human-Centered Approach

    You won’t be treated like a diagnosis. Our work is grounded in real connection, mutual respect, and your lived experience.

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    Specialized in Narcissism, Narcissistic Abuse & Relational Trauma

    We understand the complex impact of narcissistic dynamics. You’ll get support that’s informed, compassionate, and tailored to your needs.

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    Inclusive & 2SLGBTQIA+ Affirming

    We create a safe space where all identities are respected. No need to explain who you are—we already welcome you as you are.

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    Flexible, Online Sessions Across Ontario

    No travel. No waiting rooms. Just accessible care from the comfort of your space, on your time. Our experience has demonstrated no perceptible difference in client outcome whether online, by phone or in-person.

Real support for real-life challenges—because your experience matters.
We specialize in:

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    Individual Therapy

    Support for those ready to embrace a personal growth journey, to make new choices with new awareness and support, and healing from controlling, manipulative, or emotionally damaging relationships.

  • Narcissistic Abuse Recovery & Narcissism-Aware Therapy

    Narcissistic Abuse Recovery & Narcissism-Aware Therapy

    Support for those recovering from manipulative or emotionally harmful relationships.
    Also offering therapy for individuals who relate to narcissistic traits and are ready to explore their behavior, emotional patterns, and relational impact.

  • Two people smiling with their faces and clothes covered in colorful powder, celebrating Holi outdoors on a sunny day.

    2SLGBTQIA+ Affirming Therapy

    Safe, inclusive care that respects your identity, relationships, and lived experience. Ethical non-monagamy, sessions for couples navigating their open relationship.

  • A man and woman hugging outdoors in a grassy area with trees in the background, expressing emotion.

    Couples Therapy

    Guidance for better communication, deeper connection, and shared growth.

  • A man with glasses and a beard holding a smiling toddler, outdoors in front of a blue garage door.

    Parenting & Fatherhood Support

    Therapy for parents navigating the demands of raising children.

    Be an emotional mentor rather than an emotional avoider in your family and nuture deep trust and connection. I

    We may focus on emotional connection, co-parenting strategies, and reimagining fatherhood beyond stereotypes.

  • Group of women praying together with hands placed on each other's shoulders and back, heads bowed in a moment of prayer or reflection.

    Trauma-Informed Support

    Collaborative, compassionate therapy for past or ongoing emotional wounds.

  • woman sits in classroom looking hopeful with a mug in her hands on a table she is sitting at.

    Teacher Burnout Support

    Teachers often need to be too many things to too many humans.

    Teachers are acting as counsellors, mediators and human regulators just to get through the day, as well as teaching leading to chronic overwhelm and stress.

    How you feel matters.

    Reach for support to create more Love Loops in your day.

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