Gloriya Petrova, RP
Gloriya is a registered Psychotherapist who works from a compassion-focused and trauma-informed perspective. She believes that understanding our thoughts, emotions, and reactions is part of understanding what it means to be human. With experience supporting individuals living with PTSD and complex PTSD, she offers a warm, authentic, and non-judgmental space where clients can work alongside life’s challenges rather than against them. Gloriya welcomes individuals, youth, and couples seeking greater self-understanding, resilience, and meaningful change in their lives.
AREAS OF FOCUS
Trauma, PTSD
Anxiety
Depression and Mood Difficulties
Life Transitions and Personal Growth
Youth
Couples Counselling
Stress and Burnout
Self-Esteem and Identity
Grief and Loss
Relationship Difficulties
Workplace Stress and Occupational Trauma
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My practice is grounded in the belief that understanding our thoughts, emotions, and reactions is part of understanding what it means to be human. I completed my Honours Bachelor of Arts inCognitive Science specializing in Psychology, and my Master’s of Arts degree in Counselling psychology from Yorkville University. I welcome a broad range of individuals, youth, and couples in Toronto navigating PTSD, complex PTSD, anxiety, depression and mood difficulties, and life transitions and personal growth. I offer an authentic, warm, and non-judgemental space where clients can work alongside life’s challenges rather than against them. I integrate a range of evidence-based therapeutic practices to offer a safe, affirming, and supportive environment, including Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), and trauma-informed, and somatic approaches.
I view therapy as a collaborative process that is adjusted based on each client’s needs, goals, identity, and lived experiences. My clients can expect a safe and supportive environment where we can explore patterns of behaviour together and develop strategies to build self-awareness and control. Healing begins not in becoming someone new, but in learning to attend, with honesty and compassion, to who we have been all along.
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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT)
Mindfulness-Based Interventions
Trauma-Informed Therapy
Logotherapy/Existential Modalities
Somatic Approaches
Healing begins not in becoming someone new, but in learning to attend, with honesty and compassion, to who we have been all along.
The Journeys Team
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Michael Lander - MSW, RSW
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Marie Schoppen - RP, RHN
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Nakayla Dennis - MSW, RSW
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Emily Lewis - MSW, RSW
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Abby Seigel - MSW, RSW
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Samantha Marentette - MSW, RSW
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Lauren Vandervoort - RP
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Gloriya Petrova - RP
