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

Patricia Herrera

Student Intern, MACP Candidate Registered Psychotherapist, Qualifying

Languages and creative expression (art, music) reveal how everyone offers a unique perspective on the world. With a background in psychology, Spanish literature, and the visual arts, Patricia brings a rich and culturally diverse viewpoint to her work. Over the past decade, her primary focus has been on bearing and raising four children, navigating the profound transitions of postpartum life (and loss), while nurturing family, friends, and working on her own personal growth.

Patricia has lived and served in various capacities and in many countries worldwide. This has deepened her understanding of resilience, empathy, and global interconnectedness. She is now integrating these lived experiences into a new chapter as she pursues a career in psychotherapy, dedicated to guiding others through their complex challenges. Patricia brings a warm, light-hearted energy to the therapy room, using authenticity, gentle humor, and a relational approach to help you feel at ease. Grounded in a humanistic strengths-based and integrative framework, she wants you to leave the sessions feeling refreshed, seen, and inspired to engage in meaningful change. Her approach fosters honesty, heals wounds with care, inspires action, overcomes obstacles, and creates lasting change.

Patricia specializes in working with individuals, couples and families dealing with relationship issues, divorce, family conflict, parenting, anxiety, trauma and PTSD. She has a special interest in women’s issues including Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum depression and other Perinatal and postnatal concerns.

Therapeutic Approach:

  • Adlerian
  • Art Therapy
  • Attachment-based
  • Christian Counselling
  • Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
  • Compassion Focused
  • Culturally Sensitive
  • Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Humanistic
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
  • Narrative
  • Somatic
  • Strength-Based

Specialities:

  • Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
  • Relationship Issues
  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Anxiety
  • Career Guidance
  • Codependency
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Developmental Disorders
  • Divorce
  • Family Conflict
  • Grief
  • Life Transitions
  • Marital and Premarital
  • Parenting
  • Peer Relationships
  • Personality Disorders
  • School Issues
  • Self Esteem
  • Sleep or Insomnia
  • Spirituality
  • Weight Loss
  • Women’s Issues
  • Impulse Control Disorders
  • Mood Disorders

Supports

  • Family Therapy Hamilton Teens
  • Somatic therapy Hamilton Adult and Elders(65+)
  • Couples Therapy Hamilton Couples and families
  • Emotion Focused Therapy Individuals

Credentials:

  • Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology- Yorkville University (expected 2026)
  • Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA)
  • Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) – College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO)
  • Guiding Women Through Postpartum Depression, Perinatal Loss & Grief, PMDD & More
  • Calming the Anxious Mind & Body: Create New Neural Pathways for Regulation with Integrative CBT
  • 2025 Somatic Trauma Healing Summit: Advanced Methods in Body-Based Therapies
  • 2025 Grief Summit: The World’s Largest Virtual Professional Grief Conference
  • Janina Fisher’s Trauma Treatment Certification Training (CCTP): The Latest Advances and Proven
  • Techniques to Resolve Deeply Held Trauma
Therapist Location Fees & Session Cost
Hamilton, Online $120 per session-sliding scale available

Favourite Quotes

“The strongest people aren’t the ones who avoid pain. They’re the ones who grow through it.”

– Dr. Henry Cloud

“The mystery of growth and healing is that we all have real limitations – and yet at the same exact time, we carry within ourselves a limitless capacity for growth beyond what we could ever imagine.”

– Patricia Herrera

“There is real power in acknowledging the concept of Ubuntu: I am what I am because of who we all are. We were never meant to go it alone.”

– Patricia Herrera

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