Andrew

Andrew Goldstein

Registered Social Worker

“My primary goal as a therapist is to create a safe space for my clients. I see my work with my clients as a collaborative process in which I encourage you to focus on your own strengths and abilities.”

About Me

I aim to create a truly safe space where you can feel fully heard. Our work together is a collaborative process, focusing on your unique strengths and innate abilities. We will explore new ways to navigate life's challenges. This approach offers a deeply supportive environment. It is ideal for anyone ready to foster personal growth and gain clarity.

Approach

My focus is on helping you notice what already works and gently test new ways forward, so progress feels manageable and meaningful. I offer English-language sessions in North York and secure online meetings, which lets us carry momentum between appointments and adapt to your schedule. Sessions blend skill-building with reflective exploration—short practical experiments, careful attention to recurring patterns, and connection to values that shape work, relationships, faith, and recovery from hurt. This approach often fits adults facing transitions, burnout, or questions about purpose.
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Basic Information

In-person & Online

Services

Services Offered:

  • Online Therapy

    Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.

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  • CBT

    Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, a structured, evidence-based approach that identifies and changes unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviours.

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  • Individual Therapy

    One-on-one therapy sessions between a client and a therapist, focused on that person's specific concerns and goals.

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  • Psychodynamic Therapy

    A therapy that explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape current feelings, relationships, and behaviour.

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Works With:

  • Adults
  • Communities
  • Individuals

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

  • Life Transitions

    Major life changes, such as relocation, retirement, parenthood, or career shifts, that disrupt routine and require psychological adjustment.

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  • Career Issues

    Work-related difficulties such as chronic dissatisfaction, conflict, burnout, uncertainty about direction, or the stress of career change.

  • Personal Development

    The ongoing process of self-awareness, self-improvement, and reaching one's potential, pursued not because something is wrong but to live more fully.

  • Mood Disorder

    A category of mental health conditions, including depression and bipolar disorder, in which a person's emotional state is significantly and persistently disrupted.

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  • Divorce Counseling

    Counselling for individuals or couples going through separation or divorce, addressing the emotional, practical, and relational dimensions.

  • Stress / Burnout

    The body and mind's response to prolonged or excessive demands. When sustained, it can lead to emotional exhaustion, detachment, and reduced functioning (burnout).

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  • Self-Esteem

    A person's overall sense of their own worth and value. When chronically low, it can drive self-doubt, avoidance, and difficulty in relationships.

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  • OCD

    Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, a condition involving unwanted, intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviours or rituals (compulsions) performed to relieve anxiety.

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  • Spiritual or Faith-Based Counseling

    Counselling that integrates spiritual or religious beliefs into the therapeutic process for people who want faith to be part of their healing.

  • Trauma Therapy

    Therapeutic approaches specifically designed to help people process and recover from traumatic experiences.

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Professional Title:

  • Registered Social Worker

    A social worker registered with a regulatory body to provide social work services including therapy and case management.

Credentials

Registrations

Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers

Social Work

Qualifications

Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University

Service Areas

Andrew Goldstein Therapy

In-person & Online

North York, Ontario

Canada

North York, Canada