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Virtual Therapy In Ontario, In Person Therapy in Hamilton, Oakville & London

Bianca Amendola

Bianca Amendola

Student Intern, MACP Candidate Registered Psychotherapist Qualifying

Bianca is a compassionate and collaborative therapist who supports teens and adults navigating anxiety, depression, OCD, phobias, stress, and life transitions. She understands how exhausting it can feel to live with constant overthinking, intrusive thoughts, or a persistent sense of being stuck. To support you, she creates a grounded, safe space where you can begin to work through it. Bianca also focuses on women’s mental health, including the emotional impact of hormonal shifts, PMS, postpartum mood changes, perimenopause, and menopause. Whether you are struggling with self-doubt, feeling emotionally drained, or trying to find your footing during a major life change, Bianca meets you where you are with warmth and genuine care.

Her clinical approach is grounded in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) with a strong focus on Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, social anxiety, and phobias. She also integrates principles from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Solution-Focused Therapy to keep sessions practical, goal-oriented, and focused on meaningful progress. Through this work, Bianca helps you identify the thought patterns and behaviours that may be keeping you stuck, strengthen your coping strategies, and build more intentional ways of responding to difficult thoughts and emotions.

Bianca’s goal is to help you feel more grounded, capable, and confident in navigating life’s challenges. Whether that means quieting the mental noise of OCD or intrusive thoughts, easing the weight of anxiety or depression, managing the emotional toll of hormonal changes, or finding clarity and direction during a life transition, she works collaboratively with you every step of the way. You don’t have to keep pushing through on your own. Together, you will build practical tools, increase self-awareness, and develop healthier patterns that support meaningful, lasting change.

Therapeutic Approach:

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
  • Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)
  • Person-Centred
  • Relational
  • Solution-Focused
  • Trauma-Focused

Specialities:

  • ADHD
  • Anxiety
  • Body Image
  • Caregivers
  • Codependency
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • Health Anxiety
  • Infertility
  • Life Transitions
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Peer Relationships
  • Perfectionism
  • Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
  • Relationship issues
  • Self Esteem Stress
  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Women’s Issues

Supports

  • Family Therapy Hamilton Teens
  • Emotion Focused Therapy Adults

Credentials:

  • B.A., Bachelor of Psychology- Lakehead University
  • Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology – Yorkville University (expected 2026)
  • Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) – College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO)
  • Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA)
  • Fundamentals of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – McMaster University
  • Anxiety Certification Course: Integrate CBT and Exposure and Response Prevention for treatment of GAD, Panic Disorder, OCD, Social Anxiety, and Phobias – PESI
  • Women’s Mental Health Across the Lifespan: The Latest Techniques from CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness to Treat the Impact of Hormonal Shifts, PMS, MDD, Postpartum, Perimenopause & Menopause – PESI
  • Elliott Connie’s Solution Focused Brief Therapy Certification Course- PESI
Therapist Location Fees & Session Cost
Online Only $150 per session, sliding scale available

Favourite Quotes

“You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think”

– - Winnie the Pooh

“You don’t need the perfect plan; you just need a first step”

– - Unknown

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