About working with Todd
Psychotherapy with Todd in Collingwood, The Blue Mountains & Toronto, Ontario and parts of Canada (Virtual)
“Making the world a better place, one conversation at a time.”
What sets my practice apart:
- Anxiety Release Protocol (ARP)⁽™⁾ — Is a structured, evidence-based and emerging-modality, skills-based approach.
- Developed over decades of clinical work to give patients a clear, stepwise path through anxiety, grounded in neuroscience, mindful attention training, and targeted behavioural experiments.
- Scholar–practitioner lineage. A student of Dr. Marian Diamond at UC Berkeley, whose seminal work helped establish that the brain is plastic (not fixed). See her lectures on YouTube and the beautiful and engaging documentary My Love Affair with the Brain on Vimeo.
- Trained internationally and with a decade of independent practice on the University of Toronto campus
- Author & trainer of medical practitioners and therapists. My patient toolkit book supports ARP⁽™⁾ work between sessions; a second book trains clinicians to deliver ARP⁽™⁾ effectively.
- Writer for various psychology and therapy outlets, including UpHeal (evidence-based content for patients and clinicians).
Who I work with:
Many of my patients have lived with anxiety for years—sometimes since childhood. Most have tried multiple therapies or medication changes and are looking for a solutions-based answer. ARP⁽™⁾ is a clear, structured approach that integrates psychology with what neuroscience has taught us about the brain.
What I offer is clarity of process, collaborative teamwork with your medical providers, and a reliable framework (ARP⁽™⁾) that is tailored to your life and your brain.
Doctor referral is preferred, not required.
Speaking, & Clinician Training
- Frequent guest lecturer & keynote speaker on evidence-based anxiety treatment.
- Grand Rounds & workshops for medical doctors, most recently at the Collingwood Cardiac & Internal Medicine Clinic (link).
- Clinician training in ARP⁽™⁾ (workshops, supervision). Content typically covers ARP⁽™⁾ fundamentals, attention/physiology retraining, and exposure/behavioural experiments—always tied to current neuroscience.
For hospitals, clinics, and professional groups: speaking/training inquiries welcome.
Medicine-aligned, 360° care that gets results.
Anxiety is not just about our symptoms and triggers.
Anxiety is complex, encompassing our brain, our mind, and our body and spirit.
I work as a team with your medical and mental healthcare providers and specialists. Treating you as a whole and complex person consistently provides better, faster and more permanent relief. My collaboration fully respects your privacy. What you don’t want shared outside of our confidential conversations goes nowhere unless you agree. This is holistic care to ensure you get results.
Education & background
- College Certified Registered Psychotherapist (CPSO #3626)
- Neuroscience roots: student of Dr. Marian Diamond (UC Berkeley), a pioneering woman who changed science by proving the plastic nature of the brain: neuroplasticity.
- Studied in both Canada and the USA across psychology, counselling, spirituality and applied mind–brain disciplines.
- Author, Lecturer, Educator
- Curriculum Development consultant for Master’s Level educational programs for therapists
- Lived around the world in various cultures, often in active social justice roles
- Intensive experience working with mental health, including addictions, depression, gender and self-awareness/spiritual growth
- Created and led numerous workshops and intensives in personal growth
- Proud dog parent of a clinically working therapy dog
- Practice location history: 10 years in private practice on the University of Toronto campus
Psychotherapy and Executive Coaching
The practise of psychotherapy is defined by the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) as engaging in the treatments of disorders of the mind. It is a definition they use for legal purposes however put more simply, psychotherapy is applying proven skills and modalities to help people learn to think in ways that bring them less stress, more happiness, and peace. Frankly, none of us has mastered the art of thinking, and when we are not intentional about HOW we think, our minds default to negative thoughts, that left unregulated, will wreak havoc in our lives. One may call this unconscious living.
Conscious living begins we learn to master how we think and make choices that bring us happiness, peace and success.
How does Executive Psychotherapeutic Coaching (EPC) benefit from integrated psychotherapy?
Traditional Executive Coaching, like all good coaching, is provided by coaches who have ‘been there, done that,’ and achieved success in the corporate management, executive, and C-Suite ranks. The cornerstone to their success is primarily in helping you develop best strategies and implement those strategies in a corporate environment.
Integrating the fundamentals of psychotherapy, that is understanding the psychology of how your mind and the minds of your colleagues work, brings a whole new level of possible change and success. Based on the science of psychology, this psycho-education integration helps you lean into and live into, new ways of being that can propel your management skills and success to new heights. Being able to integrate a heightened level of self-reflection and intentional way of being, allows you to step beyond your own barriers and challenges to become a formidable team player and leader.
Our time together will leave you with practical tools empowering you to live the life you choose.
Using practical tools and a pro-active and engaging process, I have consistently and repeatedly helped hundreds of people make the changes in their personal and professional lives they so dearly desire
Often what slows or prevent our growth and forward momentum is our evolutionary propensity to be careful and operate from a risk perspective. Being acutely aware of what may go wrong often precipitates worry/anxiety. Decades of work with anxiety lead my research to develop The Anxiety Release Protocol (ARP)⁽™⁾ – a way of ending panic attacks, managing anxiety/worry and freeing you to make changes with less stress and better results.
When we are done, you will be doing life big –life will not be doing you!
I created TheAnxiety.Clinic out of my firm belief that when given the skills, people can create outstanding and profound changes in their life, relationships and the world. I bring to our conversations decades of experience and a combined background in teaching, executive management and counselling.
My clinical training, combined with the stories and experiences of the changes I have shared with hundreds of clients are powerful resources to support you to achieve the changes and goals you desire.
For me, “Being a therapist and coach is not a job – it is a calling – it is a true desire to help others experience a stress-free life full of joy.”
My clients may be much like you – They are corporate executives and managers, entrepreneurs, students, actors, politicians, and often between careers or relationships. They are single and married, straight, gay and trans, young middle-aged and older. And all of them are successful in many ways, and they experience challenges in others.
Customized Corporate Training
TheAnxiety.Clinic provides programs, including Personality Resources unique ‘Identity Mapping,* that specialize in shifting the optics of both corporate cultures and individuals to launch new paths for transformational growth, dramatically impacting relationships, performance and bottom lines with outstanding positive results.The team at TheAnxiety.Clinic incorporates practical business experience with a unique holistic approach to enhance performance, improve relationships, and effect positive and productive changes. Our unique background allows us to apply sound ethical business based practices to assist individuals and organizations in discovering sustainable solutions and archive measurable results.
TheAnxiety.Clinic has successfully worked with senior executives, owner-entrepreneurs, sales groups and professionals in a broad range of sectors, facilitating opportunities and change that improve relationships, businesses and bottom lines.
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