Liz Dean
Social Worker, Psychotherapist
About Me
Professional Credentials
Masters in Social Work, Mental Health Specialization, University of Toronto
Registered Social Worker, Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service workers (OCSWSSW)
Approaches to Psychotherapy
Adult Attachment Informed Therapy
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MCBT)
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBTi)
More about Me
In 2009, I found myself miserable, doing a job I didn't like and living a life that just felt wrong. Someone told me to try a Mindfulness and Meditation course and that started me down a path of complete life change. Just like most life changes, the change part was painfully slow and it wasn't until I completed my Masters in Social Work and finally saw my first client, in 2016, that I knew it was real.
My life experiences, extensive training, and self-led research have shown me that growth and change are possible. But It's not easy, in fact it's hard and messy. Yet everyday I am grounded by my knowledge that this is the human condition (as evidenced by research - the combination of the way our brains work, the social circumstances we grew up in, and our genetics can have a negative impact on our mental health) and all of this messy hard-ness makes sense. And I love that I get to tell people they are not crazy, broken, or a lost cause, because not only does it make sense that they are struggling, but there are also things that can be done about it. So that's why I do what I do and why I am looking forward to meeting you.