Together, we’ll create a space where you can feel safe enough to explore, heal, and grow.
Are you feeling…
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Disconnected from your partner, family, or even yourself?
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Stuck in the same painful relationship patterns, over and over again?
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Anxious, low, or overwhelmed by life changes?
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Struggling to make sense of painful or traumatic experiences?
You don’t have to go through this alone.
At Our Healing Connection Therapy, we support adults and couples who feel stuck in patterns of disconnection, emotional overwhelm, and relational distress.
Our work is relational and emotion-focused, helping you understand what’s happening beneath the surface—not just manage symptoms.
Together, we build insight, emotional awareness, and practical coping tools so you can feel more grounded, connected, and able to move forward in a way that feels meaningful to you.
Our Services
Individual Therapy
Compassionate, integrative therapy for adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, burnout, and life transitions. I draw from Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and trauma-informed care to meet you where you are.
Together, we explore your emotional patterns, strengthen coping skills, and support deeper self-understanding and resilience in your daily life.
Couples Therapy
Couples therapy offers a supportive space to step out of painful cycles of disconnection, conflict, or emotional distance. Using Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and the Gottman Method, we work to help you better understand what’s happening beneath the surface of your arguments and withdrawal patterns.
Together, we help you move toward a more secure, responsive, and meaningful relationship.
A Note From Me
Welcome to Our Healing Connection Therapy—I’m glad you’re here.
Reaching out for support can feel like a big step, especially if you’re used to handling things on your own.
I’m Kumsal, a Registered Social Worker and psychotherapist in Toronto. As a first-generation immigrant and career transitioner, I understand how identity, culture, and change can shape how we feel and relate to ourselves and others.
I offer a warm, relational space where we can slow things down, make sense of what you’re experiencing, and work toward meaningful change—at your pace.
I look forward to connecting.
About Our Healing Connection Therapy
Whether this is your first time considering therapy or you’ve been before, welcome.
Taking this step can feel unfamiliar, and sometimes even overwhelming. You don’t have to navigate it alone.
At Our Healing Connection Therapy, we believe that meaningful change happens in the context of safe, supportive relationships. When we feel disconnected—from ourselves, our relationships, or our sense of direction—it can feel lonely and confusing.
Our focus is to offer a space where you can slow down, feel understood, and explore what you’re carrying without judgment. Together, we work toward creating more clarity, emotional safety, and connection in your life and relationships.
Deliver client-centred care that respects your autonomy and focuses on empowerment and collaboration
Trained in evidence-based interventions including but not limited to CBT, DBT, EFT, MI, Trauma-informed care, IPT and mindfulness
Experienced at culturally sensitive and
strengths-based care that believes you are the expert in your experience
Create a holistic and customized approach that focuses on your needs and goals, tailoring a unique treatment plan together with you in English or Turkish
Prioritize trauma-informed and anti-oppressive care that allows you to have choice and control over your treatment
Licensed Professional in Ontario, Canada
Registered Social Worker with masters level education, clinical experience and advanced training
How can you get started?
1. INITAL CONSULTATION
You can book a free consultation and tell us your needs and reasons for reaching out to support. We'll tell you how we can support you and figure out if we are a good fit for your needs.
2. INITIAL ASSESSMENT
We will meet for an initial assessment also called intake to understand your needs better and create a tentative roadmap forward.
3. WORKING TOGETHER
We will start working together at the intervals comfortable to you and we will find creative ways to support you feel better, build your resilience and enhance your well-being.
Individual Therapy
We take a trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, client-centred, and strengths-based approach. In simple terms, your safety, autonomy, and lived experience are at the centre of our work.
Therapy is collaborative and paced according to your needs. You won’t be rushed—we move at a speed that feels manageable and supportive for you as we work toward your goals for healing, growth, and wellbeing.
We draw from a range of evidence-based approaches, including the modalities listed below, and tailor our work based on what best supports you.
How can we support you?
We draw from a range of evidence-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Motivational Interviewing, mindfulness-based practices, and trauma-informed care.
These approaches are tailored to your unique needs and what feels most helpful for you.
We offer therapy in both English and Turkish, and support adults and couples facing a wide range of challenges, including:
work-related challenges
traumatic experiences
life transitions (such as immigration, career change, marriage, divorce, having a baby, caregiver responsibilities, death of a loved one)
Couples Therapy
Evidence-Based Approaches to Strengthening Relationships
Research shows that relationships thrive when partners feel emotionally connected, can communicate effectively, and have tools to navigate conflict with care and understanding.
At Our Healing Connection Therapy, we use two well-established, evidence-based approaches—Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and the Gottman Method—to help couples move out of painful cycles, rebuild trust, and strengthen their emotional bond. Together, these approaches help you understand what is happening beneath the surface of conflict, improve communication, and create more secure and supportive ways of relating to one another.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
Developed by Dr. Sue Johnson, EFT focuses on strengthening emotional connection and attachment between partners. Many couples get caught in repeating cycles of disconnection—one partner may pursue while the other withdraws, or both may escalate or shut down. In EFT, we slow these moments down and help you recognize the cycle as the problem—not each other.
From there, we explore the deeper emotions and needs underneath the reactions, helping partners respond with more safety, openness, and understanding. This process supports greater trust, closeness, and emotional security.
The Gottman Method
The Gottman Method is a structured, research-based approach that helps couples improve communication and reduce conflict patterns that damage connection. We look at common patterns like criticism, defensiveness, contempt, and withdrawal, and work to replace them with healthier ways of communicating—such as expressing needs clearly, taking responsibility, and practicing appreciation. This approach also focuses on strengthening friendship, emotional attunement, and shared meaning, creating a more stable foundation for long-term relationship health.
How can we help?
At Our Healing Connection Therapy, we help couples move out of painful, repetitive cycles of conflict and disconnection toward a more secure and emotionally responsive relationship.
Many couples feel stuck in patterns of miscommunication, emotional distance, or repeated arguments that feel hard to change. In sessions, we slow things down to understand what is happening beneath the surface and what each partner is truly needing in those moments.
Using Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and the Gottman Method, we support both emotional understanding and practical change. This includes strengthening communication, rebuilding trust, and creating greater emotional safety and connection.
Our work is collaborative and supportive, helping both partners feel heard, understood, and more able to respond to each other in ways that strengthen the relationship over time.
Contact Us
We offer a free 15-minute consultation to help you get a sense of what working together might feel like and to see if we’re a good fit. It’s also a chance for us to briefly explore what you’re looking for support with and how therapy may be helpful for you.
If you’re ready to take the next step, you’re welcome to reach out.
You can contact us using the form below or email hello@ourhealingconnection.ca to request an appointment.
