Individual psychotherapy
You can bring anxiety, depression, trauma, questions about identity, major life changes, cultural adjustment, school or work stress, or something you cannot quite put into words yet.
Explore individual therapy →Psychotherapy for real life
You don’t have to perform here.
A warm, curious place where you can feel heard and talk honestly about what matters to you. You are more than a diagnosis, and I will not analyze you from a distance. I offer individual psychotherapy, couples therapy, family therapy, and child and teen therapy in Mississauga.
- English + MandarinTherapy in the language that feels natural
- In person + virtualMississauga and across Ontario
Hi, I’m Ben
Registered Psychotherapist · PhD, MA
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Support for students
Support for college and university students
$100 · 60 minutes
Student rate
College and university can bring exciting opportunities, but they can also feel demanding, isolating, and uncertain. I have personally been through the Canadian post-secondary education system from undergraduate studies to a PhD, so I understand many of the pressures students face: academic expectations, changing identities and relationships, career uncertainty, financial stress, and trying to build a life outside school.
Working with students is a particular focus of my practice. I welcome both domestic and international students. International students may also be navigating cultural and language differences, family expectations, immigration uncertainty, and the challenge of adapting to a new country while keeping up academically.
My goal is to offer a space where you do not have to explain everything from the beginning. Together, we can make sense of what you are carrying while remembering that you are more than your grades, productivity, or academic progress.
Active college and university students are eligible for a reduced rate of $100 per 60-minute session.
Life is messy. Therapy can be a place where neither of us pretends otherwise.
How I work
Human first.
Science when it helps.
I’m a humanistic therapist. For me, the relationship we build matters more than trying to fit your experience into a fixed framework. I’ll listen closely to how you see and feel things, and I’ll be a real person in the room with you.
I also have a PhD in neuroscience and have spent years studying how the brain learns and regulates itself. That background can help us make sense of what you are going through, but your own experience will always guide our work. Sometimes the most important thing is not an explanation, but feeling understood, accepted, and taken seriously.
Authentic
Non-judgmental
Curious
Collaborative
Services
We can start with what is happening now.
You do not need to have a clear goal before you reach out. We can begin with what has been difficult lately and work from there. Sessions are $175 for 60 minutes.
Couples & family therapy
For partners, friends, family members, lovers, situationships, and other relationships that matter to you. Everyone gets room to speak, and we can begin talking about what has been difficult to say.
Explore couples & family therapy →Children & teens
A respectful place for young people to make sense of their feelings, relationships, identity, and a world that keeps changing. I work alongside them, without talking down to them.
Explore therapy for young people →Neurofeedback therapy
A non-invasive form of brain training that uses EEG sensors and real-time feedback to help you practise patterns associated with attention, calmness, and emotional regulation.
Explore neurofeedback therapy →A little about me
A little about the person in the other chair.
I came to Canada from Chengdu when I was 17. Ontario gradually became home, first in North Bay, then London and Ottawa, and now Mississauga. I know what it feels like to arrive somewhere unfamiliar, figure out the rules no one explains, and keep rethinking what home means to you.
Over the years, I’ve realized that I have quite a few different sides. Sometimes I can happily spend an entire afternoon studying brain imaging, experiments, and programming, or playing competitive games. At other times, I prefer things to be quiet. I want to slow down, connect with people, understand myself and others, or play something more relaxing. Therapy brings these sides together. Sometimes we need to think things through carefully, and sometimes we need room to let our emotions out.
Outside work, I am an outdoor-friendly nerd. I like video and card games, and I also love the Canadian outdoors and the smell of campfires. I do not have life perfectly figured out, and I will never expect you to pretend that you do.
Our space
A comfortable place to sit down and talk.
In-person sessions take place in welcoming rooms at Nurturing Wellness in Mississauga. There are spaces suited to children, individuals, couples, and families.
