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# West End Psychological Services: West End Psychological Services is a team of licensed Psychologists and Registered Social Workers providing evidence-based treatment for a range of concerns in the West End of Toronto, servicing the Roncesvalles, High Park, and Parkdale communities. Now serving Clients Online in all of Ontario and Quebec!

We offer in-person or virtual therapy and assessment services to those residing in the GTA. We also service anyone living in Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia virtually.

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- [First Responder Support](https://westendpsych.ca/services/first-responder-therapy/): First Responders are those who are always first on the scene during an emergency, crisis, or disaster. First Responders are subject to frequent, intense crisis scenarios, often leading to the development of an Operational Stress Injury.
- [Group Therapy](https://westendpsych.ca/services/group-therapy/): This is an ongoing group which is skills training group that is designed to teach you specific skills to help you better understand and manage your emotions, relationships and build a better life for yourself. This group is much like being in a classroom for 2 hours teaching you skills that, when practiced, will become new and more effective ways of coping with difficult emotions and situations.
- [Assessment](https://westendpsych.ca/services/assessment/): Assessments may require interviewing yourself and others in your life, completing questionnaires, undergoing testing, and reviewing relevant academic and psychological records.
- [Couples Therapy](https://westendpsych.ca/services/individual-therapy/couples-therapy/): We offer Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy. Add more content. Back to Individual TherapyInterested in Couples Therapy?
Contact West End Psychological Services to ask about Couples Therapy.Contact Us About Couples Therapy
- [Specialty Programs](https://westendpsych.ca/services/individual-therapy/specialty-programs/): West End Psychological Services offers specialty therapy programs designed to improve access to care and support clients with specific clinical or occupational needs.
- [Prolonged Exposure (PE)](https://westendpsych.ca/services/individual-therapy/prolonged-exposure-therapy/): Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE)
Prolonged Exposure therapy teaches clients to gradually approach their trauma-related memories, feelings, and situations. Exposure is an intervention strategy commonly used in cognitive behavioural therapy to help individuals confront fears. By facing what is feared and avoided, clients can decrease their symptoms of PTSD by actively learning that trauma-related memories and cues are not dangerous and do not need to be avoided.Back to Individual TherapyInterested in PE?
Contact West End Psychological Services to ask about Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and whether it may be a good fit for your needs.Contact Us About PE
- [Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)](https://westendpsych.ca/services/individual-therapy/cognitive-processing-therapy/): Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is a specific type of cognitive behavioural therapy that has been shown to be effective in reducing symptoms of PTSD. CPT is generally delivered over 12 sessions and helps you learn to challenge and modify unhelpful beliefs related to your trauma. After undergoing CPT, clients learn to create a new understanding and conceptualization of the traumatic event so that is reduces the ongoing negative effects on their lives.Back to Individual TherapyInterested in CPT?
Contact West End Psychological Services to ask about Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and whether it may be a good fit for your needs.Contact Us About CPT
- [Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)](https://westendpsych.ca/services/individual-therapy/dialectical-behaviour-therapy/): Dialectical Behaviour Therapy is an evidence-based treatment. Originally, this treatment was designed for individuals who were in frequent crisis, suicidal and struggled with coping with their day to day life. DBT has now been validated for a variety of other disorders, such as PTSD, depression, anxiety, addictions, eating disorders, mood disorders, impulse control disorders, personality disorders, and for those with other self-injurious behaviours. The main goal of this treatment is to assist people in improving their quality of life.
- [Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy](https://westendpsych.ca/services/individual-therapy/cognitive-behavioural-therapy/): Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a type of psychological treatment used to help people with a variety of different mental health problems. CBT is based on the idea that psychological difficulties often result from the interplay of thinking patterns, emotions, actions, and situations. Learning CBT can give you greater insight in the types of thought patterns that generate your depressive, anxious, angry or many other problematic and distressing emotions and reactions that are having a significantly negative impact on your life.
- [Services May 10](https://westendpsych.ca/services-3/): Our clinic offers psychological assessments, including psychodiagnostic, psychoeducational, and cognitive assessments, to individuals aged 12 to 60. Assessments may require interviewing yourself and others in your life, completing questionnaires, undergoing testing, and reviewing relevant academic and psychological records. Our assessments conclude with a feedback session and a written report, during which the results are reviewed, recommendations are discussed, and clients are given time to process the findings and ask questions. Reports and/or letters can be sent to a physician’s office, school and/or a treatment provider if requested.
- [Individual, Adolescent, Adult and Couples Therapy](https://westendpsych.ca/services/individual-therapy/): Individual therapy is available for adolescents and adults seeking support with emotional wellbeing, relationships, and quality of life. Couples therapy is also available for partners seeking support with communication, connection, conflict, and repair.
- [Resources](https://westendpsych.ca/resources/): BounceBack
- [Services](https://westendpsych.ca/services/): We offer in-person therapy and assessment services in Toronto’s west end, including Roncesvalles, High Park, Parkdale, Bloor West Village, Liberty Village, The Junction, and the greater GTA, as well as virtual services for clients across Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia.Our Services
West End Psychological Services offers a range of assessment and therapy services for adolescents, adults, couples, groups, and first responders. Explore the service areas below to learn more about the support available.Assessment Services
Our clinic offers psychological assessments, including psychodiagnostic, psychoeducational, and cognitive assessments, to individuals aged 12 to 60.Learn More About Assessment ServicesIndividual Therapy
Individual therapy services are available for adolescents, adults, individuals, and couples seeking support for a range of mental health concerns.Learn More About Individual TherapyGroup Therapy
Group therapy at West End Psychological Services offers structured skills training to help clients better understand their emotions, manage distress, improve relationships, and build more effective coping strategies.Learn More About Group TherapyFirst Responder Support
West End Psychological Services provides confidential assessment and therapy support for first responders and public safety personnel experiencing the impact of high-stress and high-trauma work.Learn More About First Responder SupportIndividual Therapy Approaches
Individual therapy may include a range of evidence-based approaches depending on each client’s needs, goals, and concerns.Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy
CBT helps clients understand the connection between thoughts, emotions, behaviours, and situations. It may be helpful for depression, anxiety, anger, stress, substance use concerns, chronic pain, psychosis symptoms, and other mental health difficulties.Learn More About CBTDialectical Behaviour Therapy
DBT helps clients build skills for managing intense emotions, tolerating distress, reducing harmful behaviours, and communicating more effectively. It may support people experiencing crisis patterns, self-harm, suicidal ideation, trauma, anxiety, depression, addictions, or personality-related concerns.Learn More About DBTCouples Therapy
Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy can support partners with communication, emotional disconnection, conflict, repair, and recurring relationship patterns. Therapy can help couples better understand the patterns keeping them stuck and work toward more connected ways of relating.Learn More About Couples TherapyCognitive Processing Therapy
CPT is a trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy for PTSD. It helps clients challenge and modify unhelpful beliefs related to trauma so the event has less ongoing negative impact on daily life.Learn More About CPTProlonged Exposure Therapy
PE helps clients gradually approach trauma-related memories, feelings, and situations that have been feared or avoided. Over time, this can help reduce PTSD symptoms and support recovery from trauma-related distress.Learn More About PESpecialty Programs
Our specialty programs include lower-cost therapy options with supervised doctoral trainees and prioritized support for first responders. First responder services are provided by clinicians with training and experience in trauma and high-stress occupational environments.Learn More About Our Specialty ProgramsNot Sure Which Service Is Right?
You do not need to know which service is the best fit before reaching out. Contact West End Psychological Services and we can help determine the next step.Contact Us
- [Contact us](https://westendpsych.ca/contact-us/): We are located at 27 Roncesvalles Ave, Suite 508 (5thfloor) in the West end of Toronto (just east of High Park).
- [Who we are](https://westendpsych.ca/psychologists-and-social-workers/): Dr. Sean Kidd is a clinical psychologist registered with the College of Psychologists of Ontario. He is the co-founder of West End Psychological Services. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 2003 from the University of Windsor. Dr. Kidd has trained in a range of settings in the United States and Canada and he completed his residency and postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University. He has experience in several psychotherapy approaches, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), as both a practitioner and a clinical supervisor. He is a Senior Scientist at a large mental health and addictions service setting in Toronto and a Professor with the University of Toronto Department of Psychiatry. He has published extensively on complex interventions for marginalized populations and in areas related to health equity. His clinical interests focus on depression, grief, complex trauma, anxiety, and psychosis. He is interested in providing services to diverse populations and works with adults and adolescents.
- [Psychological Services FAQ](https://westendpsych.ca/psychological-services-faq/): Our office administrator will register you with an OWL Practice account prior to your first appointment. OWL is a PHIPA and PIPEDA compliant digital practice service that contains your clinical record, displays your appointments, and allows you to complete administrative forms securely. If you are receiving individual therapy, you will also use OWL to securely attend your virtual sessions.
- [Our Clinic](https://westendpsych.ca/): At West End, we are a team of licensed Psychologists and Registered Social Workers providing evidence-based treatment for a range of concerns in the West End of Toronto, servicing the Roncesvalles, High Park, and Parkdale communities.