BEHIND THE WORK
Meet Deborah Walker, Registered Psychotherapist
I work with adults across Ontario who are somewhere in the middle of a change they did not plan for.
Where this work began
Before this, I worked in health care, teaching people how to manage a diagnosis. A lot of them booked time with me just to talk. The medical part of the appointment was rarely the part they needed most, and that stayed with me long enough to change my career.
The short version
I finished my Master's in Psychology at Adler Graduate Professional School in 2022, after training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy through 2019 and 2020 and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy in 2020. I'm registered with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario and a member of the Ontario Society of Registered Psychotherapists.
I live in Burlington with a small dog who follows me from room to room. Fall is my season, sweater weather and walking through the leaves, and the rest of the year I swim, bike, and spend as much time with my family as I can.
Most people arrive convinced they are failing at something. What I usually see instead is someone who has already survived a great deal and has stopped giving themselves any credit for it. Part of my job is pointing that out until you believe it.
You will not be judged here, and you will not be rushed into saying anything before you are ready. What you bring into the room stays there, and how much you share is always your call.
Regardless of where you come from or what has happened to you, you have something worth offering. That belief shapes how I listen, and it tends to change what people are willing to say out loud.
There is no single approach that works for everyone. We use the tools that suit how you think and what you are dealing with, and if something is not working, we change it rather than pushing through.
HOW I WORK
Theraputic Approaches
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, for the thoughts that loop
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, for emotions that overwhelm
A client centred approach, shaped around you
WHAT’S NEXT
Your first step
A free fifteen minute call, with no obligation after it.