Dianna Ilk, MFA, MA, RP, TICP Y3
Registered Psychotherapist
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Ottawa, Toronto , ,
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$170
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English
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In-Person, Virtual
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Individual Therapy, Couples Therapy, Family Therapy
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Life Transitions, Burn Out, Couples Counselling, Parenting, Developing Identity, Grief and Loss
What are you struggling with that you aren't letting yourself fully feel? Currently accepting new clients. As well, I am available for reduced fee psychoanalysis.
When you find yourself going through a life transition, feeling stressed, depressed, or grieving a loss, you might feel overwhelmed and lost. Often our thoughts and feelings get tangled with expectations leaving us unsure about how to actually take care of ourselves. Together we will explore what is working for you as well as what old patterns are getting in the way of meeting your needs. The aim of psychotherapy, and our aim, is to help you find better ways of meeting your emotional needs.
I work with individuals, and couples, who are committed to getting to know themselves and each other better. I create a safe and non-judgmental space to explore thoughts, feelings and to be truly heard. My practice is rooted in psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. I have worked for many decades as a suicide and crisis counsellor, professor, visual artist and parent.
When you are ready, I offer a free 15-minute phone conversation where we can get to know each other a little. In session, we will work together to create a plan to enhance your life and well-being. All of our discussions are completely confidential. I offer short-term and long-term therapy, evenings and weekends are also available. I look forward to collaborating with you.
Lived Experience (Direct or Indirect)
My lived experience includes
- Arts and Music
- Athletic Competition
- Blended Family/Divorce/Separation
- Disability - Invisible
- Discrimination
- Grief/Loss
- Holistic or Alternative Healing Methods
- Infertility
- Migration
- Neurodivergence
- Parenting
- Religion
- Religious Trauma
- Spirituality (Non-Religious)
- Substance Use
- Suicide
- Trauma
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List of Degrees
- - Master of Counselling Psychology
- - Master of Fine Arts, Film and Photography
List of Certifications
- 2024 - Current - Year 3, Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis (TICP)
List of Professional Development
- 2026 - RLT Couples Therapy, Relational Life Institute, Terry Real, 5 weeks, Level 1
- 2026 - Helping Patients with Paranoia: Clinical Implications of Psychotic and Nonpsychotic Paranoid Psychologies, Nancy McWilliams and Michael Garrett
- 2025 - The Mind: A Neuropsychoanalytic Exploration, 6 weeks, Mark Solms
- 2025 - Holding a Mirror Up to Nature Perspectives on Human Striving, Sandra Buechler
- 2025 - Working with Grief, Depression, and Masochism, Nancy McWilliams
- 2024 - Unconscious Communication between Therapist and Patient, Anthony Bass
- 2023 - Techniques (Not Theories) of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Judith Hamiltion
- 2022 - Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis (TICP) Essentials Certificate -1 Year
- 2021 - Discovering What Works in Counselling and Psychotherapy, The Tribes of Person-Centred Therapy, The Schools of Existential Therapy, Mike Cooper
- 2021 - Clinical Trauma Specialist Certification, Arizona Trauma Institute
- 2020 - Motivational Interviewing, Theresa Moyers and Stephen Rollnick
- 2020 - Emotionally Focused Therapy Step by Step, 1 year, Rebecca Jorgensen
List of Relevant Work Experience
- - Clinical Advisor and Researcher: Suicide Prevention and Survivors
- - Psychoanalytic candidate, Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis (TICP)
Previous Profession
Arts
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