Iris Glaser
Iris Glaser, MEd
Registered Psychotherapist Qualifying
I’m a compassionate, down-to-earth therapist who values curiosity and honesty. My approach is flexible and responsive: I follow your lead, providing space for open exploration or focusing on practical steps depending on what feels right for you. You can expect warmth, honest reflection, and gentle challenges that help you move forward with intention.
Drawing from evidence-based approaches such as emotion-focused and mindfulness-based therapies, I support clients in untangling patterns, connecting with deeper emotions, and building new ways of responding to life’s challenges. My approach is trauma-informed, valuing safety, collaboration, and your sense of agency throughout the process. I check in often to ensure our work feels meaningful and effective.
Having navigated twenty years of marriage, parenting teens, work-life transitions, and major career changes, I bring empathy and real-life experience to our work. As an artist, I like to weave creative and experiential methods into my practice to help clients engage more deeply with their inner experience.
Education and Training
Registered with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO)
Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology Yorkville University – Fredericton, NB
Master of Science in Communications Design Pratt Institute – New York, USA
Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Humanistic Studies
McGill University – Montreal, QC
Advanced Training
Emotion-Focused Family Therapy
Mental Health Foundations 2025
EFIT Essentials (Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy) Certification ICEEFT 2025
Distress Line Crisis and Intervention Training Distress Centres of Greater Toronto 2024
Specialties
Anxiety
Career Issues
Depression
Divorce
Grief
Parenting
Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
Relationship Issues
Self Esteem
Sleep/Insomnia
Spirituality
Stress
Women’s Issues
Client Focus
Adolescents (13-17)
Young Adult (18-34)
Adults (35-64)
Seniors (65+)
Types of Therapy
Attachment-based
Cognitive Behaviour (CBT)
Dialectical Behaviour (DBT)
Emotionally Focused
Existential
Feminist
Humanistic
Integrative
Mindfulness Based (MBCT)
Multicultural
Narrative
Person Centered
Somatic
Strength-Based
Modalities
Individuals
Families