Registration
Registered Psychotherapist, College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. CRPO #19786.
About Olea
A therapist for adults and couples making sense of complicated relationships and life changes.
Olea works with adults and couples navigating anxiety, burnout, relationship strain, separation, family responsibility, and difficult life changes. She has particular experience with aging parents, caregiving, and later life.
How Olea works
Begin with what is happening now, then look at what may be keeping it in place.
Sessions may begin with anxiety, a relationship that feels stuck, burnout, grief, or a decision that has become difficult to think through. Olea's psychodynamic approach stays close to the present problem while also paying attention to earlier relationships and familiar roles that may still shape how you respond.
Many people arrive looking capable on the outside while anxiety, burnout, relationship strain, a separation, grief, or family responsibility has made life feel smaller and harder to manage.
The work is thoughtful, direct, and collaborative. There is room to slow down without losing sight of the practical change you are trying to make in your life now.
A particular focus
Aging, family care, and later life have a personal as well as professional place in Olea's work.
Olea grew up in Kazakhstan, where older people were part of daily life: at the table, in family stories, and in the everyday ways people looked after one another. Her grandparents and great-grandparents were early teachers, offering memory, continuity, and connection.
After immigrating to Canada, she noticed how easily aging can become separated from community, family life, and the stories that make a person feel known. That contrast is part of why she works with older adults, caregivers, and families navigating later-life change.
Her work holds both sides of care: the older person who wants to be seen in the fullness of their life, and the caregiver who is trying to help without disappearing into the role.
Training and credentials
Psychodynamic training with dedicated experience in aging and dementia care.
Psychodynamic training
Trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy at the Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis. Read what this approach is like in practice.
Geriatric mental health
Additional training in aging, dementia care, and geriatric mental health through CAMH, McGill, and Rush University.
Languages
Therapy is available in English and Russian.
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