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Stop carrying the
weight alone.
Find your calm.
Executive burnout therapy designed for the realities of high-
performance work. Virtual sessions across Ontario, booked
around your calendar — never the other way around.
MSW · RSW Ontario
8+ Years Experience
EMDR · EFT · CBT · DBT
Virtual & In-person · Toronto
— What I help with
Real problems.
Real strategies.
Whether you’re juggling five deadlines, replaying last week’s argument, or feeling invisible at home — these are the three things my clients come to me for most.
Executive burnout
Burnout & Stress Relief
Break the cycle of exhaustion that strong coffee and weekend sleep can’t touch. Evidence-based work on nervous-system regulation, boundaries, and recovery.
Family & Relationships
Family & Partner Therapy
The stress from work doesn’t stay at work. Rebuild connection at home, navigate conflict, and come back to the version of you your family recognizes.
Emotional Regulation
Communication & Regulation
Learn to handle big feelings without blowing up or shutting down. Practical tools for the meetings, the texts, and the conversations that matter.
— Why work with me
Built for the way
you actually live.
You deserve support that actually gets you. My practice is connection-centered, evidence-based, and designed for executive realities — not the other way around.
Executive experience, human approach
I specialize in the realities of executive life. No judgment for the late-night emails. No lectures about balance. Just real talk and proven tools.
Connection-centered
always
Therapy is a relationship. You’ll know where you stand, what we’re working on, and why. You don’t have to perform — here, you can just be.
Flexible
Virtual Sessions
Access support on your schedule, wherever you are in Ontario. Weekend and early-AM availability. Book and reschedule in seconds.
What you can expect
✓ Feel calmer and less reactive under pressure
✓ Sleep better · reduce rumination
✓ Communicate at home without blowing up or shutting down
— Book a session
Open my calendar.
Pick a time.
That's it.
My schedule is synced live with Google Calendar — early mornings before your stand-up, evenings after bedtime, weekend hours. Whatever fits into your day.
✓ See every free slot on my calendar — no back-and-forth emails
✓ 50-minute sessions · Virtual or in-person Toronto
✓ Reschedule up to 24h before · No change fees
✓ Free 15-minute intro call to see if we’re a fit
— Client Reflections
What it's like
to work with me.
Client names omitted and details altered for confidentiality. Shared with permission.
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For the first time in years, I can sit through a board meeting without my chest tightening. Christina helped me separate the weight of leadership from the weight I’d been adding to it myself.
CFO
Financial services · Toronto
“
The 7am slot on Tuesdays saved me. I didn’t have to choose between my career and doing the work. That alone made me trust the process — and then the work itself was extraordinary.
Managing Director
Consulting · Toronto
“
She’s direct. That’s what I needed. I’d been in therapy that felt like a confessional — this feels like strategy with a heart. My marriage is different now. Actually different.
Founder
SaaS · Ottawa
“
I came in for burnout. I left with tools my whole team benefits from. Worth every session — and Christina makes the hard parts feel safe.
VP Engineering
Tech · Ontario
— Get in touch
Send a note.
I'll reply personally.
Thank you for spending time on my site. Book a free 15-minute consult by sending a message — I’ll reply within one business day (check your junk folder just in case). I’m already excited to meet you.
Email
hello@theheartofhealing.ca
Availability
Mon–Fri 7am–9pm · Sat mornings · Toronto ET
Location
Virtual across Ontario · In-person Toronto
— About Christina
Direct, warm,
and no-fluff.
“Therapy shouldn’t feel like another meeting on your calendar. It should feel like the one place where nothing is waiting for you.”
For over 8 years, I’ve worked with overwhelmed executives and high-performing professionals who look composed on the outside and are running on empty on the inside. You know the feeling — the 2 a.m. wake-ups, the short fuse at home, the quiet dread before Monday.
My approach is evidence-based but never clinical. I pull from EMDR, EFT, CBT and DBT — whatever actually moves the needle for you — and I’ll tell you the truth, with warmth and humor, about what I see.
- MSW · Master of Social Work
- RSW · Registered Social Worker · Ontario
- EMDR · Trained
- EFT · Trained
- CBT · Trained
- DBT · Trained
- 8+ · Years experience
Christina Abounassar, MSW, RSW
Founder · Executive Therapy Toronto