Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) · She/Her
Melissa Dunn
Therapy can be both practical and deeply reflective—a place to understand the patterns beneath your emotions and relationships.
Melissa provides a warm, grounded, and supportive space for individuals, couples, and families navigating anxiety, grief and loss, people-pleasing, neurodiversity, and relationship challenges.
About Melissa
A grounded space for deeper understanding and practical change.
Melissa helps clients recognize the patterns beneath difficult emotions and relationships, then build skills that support greater self-trust and connection.
She has a particular interest in OCD, anxious attachment, and the overwhelm, frustration, or disconnection that can accompany these experiences. Her work is collaborative and compassionate, with practical support for emotional regulation, communication, and boundaries.
Melissa also works with couples who feel caught in recurring cycles of conflict or miscommunication, as well as those navigating betrayal, emotional or physical disconnection, becoming parents, or supporting aging parents.
Training & areas of focus
More about Melissa
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Education & Registration
- Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO)
- Master of Counselling Psychology, Yorkville University, 2026
- Bachelor of Arts, Honours Psychology, with a concentration in Forensic Psychology and a minor in Neuroscience and Mental Health, Carleton University, 2023
- Gottman Method Level 1 training
- Gottman training in Treating Affairs and Trauma
- Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy Levels 1 and 2
- Integrative Sex and Couples Certification training with Tammy Nelson
Areas of Focus
- Anxiety
- Attachment patterns
- Grief and loss
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Relationship challenges
Therapeutic Approaches
- Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method couples therapy
Client Focus
- Adolescents aged 13 and older
- Adults aged 18 and older
- Couples and families
- Sessions offered in English
- In-person and virtual appointments
What Sessions May Feel Like
Safe, grounded, and balanced. Melissa supports clients in developing practical skills while making space for deeper emotions and patterns that may be showing up in the present.
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