Avigal Willing
MSW RSW
Individual and Child Therapist
About Avigal
Pronouns: She/Her
Welcome! I am a registered Social Worker with a background in Child and Youth Care, working specifically within the youth shelter and transitional housing systems. This work has shown me the valuable healing and growth that happen in our relationships to one another and in community. I am passionate about supporting youth and young adults in navigating mental health, developing coping skills, and building greater self-esteem and self-acceptance.
As a queer therapist, I am informed by lived experience and committed to working alongside members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community to support journeys of self-discovery and mental, emotional wellbeing.
Accepting New Clients
Online and In Office Appointments
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2SLGBTQIA+ Issues
Play Therapy
Support for Dancers
Mood Disorders
Trauma and PTSD
Intergenerational Trauma
Family Conflict and Communication
Self-Esteem
Identity Formation and Questioning
Suicide
Self-Harm -
Trauma Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST)
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Informed
Dialectic Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Informed
Polyvagal Theory
Play Therapy -
Children (4+)
Teens
Adults
2SLGBTQIA+
Pre-Professional and Professional Dancers -
Individual Psychotherapy
Child Psychotherapy -
Monday through Thursday
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Individual Psychotherapy 50 mins: $160
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My therapeutic approach is grounded in the belief that we are experts in our own experiences and that effective therapeutic relationships must honour this truth. I believe that we all come to therapy with different strengths, expectations, and goals, which must be respected and explored to best guide our work together. I take a trauma-informed, harm reduction, and anti-oppressive approach to working with clients from all walks of life.
I'm also a graduate of Canada's National Ballet School, completing 7+ years of ballet training at the pre-professional level. This background informs the therapy I provide to dancers, allowing me to connect and understand your unique needs through lived experience. I have a deep understanding of the passion and discipline needed in dance as well as the pressures and stressors dancers experience. Having the combined knowledge of mental health and dance helps me provide support that is in alignment with your wants and needs.