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MacGyver Kou, M.ACP.

Offers In-person and virtual appointments
  • Psychotherapist
  • Man
  • Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars. 295 rating(s).
Accepting new patients

Provider's hours

Sunday
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Thursday
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Friday
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Saturday
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Description

MacGyver is a psychotherapist, researcher, and clinical educator that specializes in the exploration of diversity in family dynamics, sexuality & attraction, gender & identity, acculturation & migration, and social justice.  He identifies as a postmodern and poststructuralist clinician that is informed by a wide array of therapeutic modalities with a particular emphasis in Narrative Therapy.  As MacGyver enjoys research and learning, he is also influenced by strengths-based perspectives, attachment, and neuroscience.

Book your free 15-min consult with Mac today!

Conditions

  • Abuse
  • Addiction
  • ADHD
  • Adjustment disorder
  • Adoption
  • Anger
  • Anger Management
  • Antisocial Personality disorder
  • Anxiety
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Binge eating disorder (eating disorders)
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Body Image
  • Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
  • Bullying
  • Codependency
  • Communication
  • Depression
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Abuse or Violence
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Eating disorders
  • Emotion Regulation
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Family planning
  • Fears / Phobias
  • Grief, loss, bereavement
  • Impulse Control Disorders
  • Infertility or Adoption
  • Infidelity
  • Intellectual Disability
  • Internet Addiction
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Loneliness
  • Men's Issues
  • Mental Disorders
  • Mood disorders
  • Narcissistic Personality Disorder
  • Obesity
  • Obsessive- Compulsive (OCD)
  • Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
  • Panic disorder
  • Parenting
  • Personality Disorders
  • Postpartum depression
  • Post-traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Racial Identity
  • Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
  • Relationship Issues
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder
  • Self Esteem
  • Self-harming or suicidal behavior
  • Sex, sexuality, intimacy
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Addiction
  • Social Anxiety Disorder
  • Social Isolation
  • Stopping Smoking
  • Stress
  • Substance Abuse
  • Substance Use
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Suicide
  • Thinking Disorders
  • Trauma
  • Video Game Addiction
  • Workplace stress

Services

  • Accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy (AEDP)
  • Acceptance and commitment therapy
  • Adlerian therapy
  • Attachment-based therapy
  • Career counseling
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Cognitive processing therapy
  • Cognitive stimulation therapy
  • Compassion-focused therapy
  • Culturally sensitive therapy
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Eclectic therapy
  • Emotionally focused therapy
  • Existential therapy
  • Experiential therapy
  • Exposure and response prevention
  • Expressive arts therapy
  • Family counselling
  • Family systems therapy
  • Feminist therapy
  • Forgiveness therapy
  • Gestalt therapy
  • Group counselling
  • Hoarding therapy
  • Human givens therapy
  • Humanistic therapy
  • Imago relationship therapy
  • Integrative therapy
  • Interpersonal psychotherapy
  • Jungian therapy
  • Marital counselling
  • Marriage and family therapy
  • Mentalization-based therapy
  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Multicultural therapy
  • Narrative therapy
  • Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
  • Person-centered therapy
  • Play therapy
  • Positive psychology
  • Prolonged exposure therapy
  • Psychoanalytic therapy
  • Psychodynamic therapy
  • Psychological testing and evaluation
  • Rational emotive behavior therapy
  • Reality therapy
  • Relational therapy
  • Relationship counselling
  • Schema therapy
  • Social recovery therapy
  • Solution-focused brief therapy
  • Somatic therapy
  • Strength-based therapy
  • Structural family therapy
  • Teen mental health
  • The Gottman method
  • Therapeutic intervention
  • Transpersonal therapy
  • Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy

Clientele

  • Adults (18+)​
  • Children (under 12)​
  • Couples​
  • Families​
  • LGBTQ2+
  • Seniors (65+)​
  • Teens (13-17)​

Languages spoken

  • English
  • Japanese
  • Mandarin

Professional designations

  • Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (M.ACP.)

Education

  • Masters of Science, Couple and Family Therapy - University of Guelph
  • Bachelors of Arts, Psychology - York University

Professional associations

  • Registered Psychotherapist - CRPO
  • Individual Psychotherapy
  • Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy
  • Couples & Relational Psychotherapy
  • Family Psychotherapy
  • Sex Psychotherapy
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Solution Focused Therapy
  • Emotion Focused Therapy
  • Dialogic Therapy
Facility Information

Summary

Life can be stressful, it's easy to become disconnected from ourselves and those we love. We can help find what you need in order to forge ahead & create the pathways towards your own desired journey in life.

We offer Individual, Couples, Family, Sex, & Trauma Counselling for a variety of needs, Online and In-Office. 

All our clinicians hold a Masters-level training and more in Psychotherapy and utilize evidence-based practices and approaches. Services available in multiple languages. 

Our Therapist Intern Clinic also offers Low Cost Options.

Business hours

Sunday
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Monday
9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Tuesday
9:00 am - 10:30 pm
Wednesday
9:00 am - 10:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am - 10:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Saturday
9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Services & supplies

  • Accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy (AEDP)
  • Acceptance and commitment therapy
  • Adlerian therapy
  • Alzheimer's therapy
  • Animal-assisted therapy
  • Applied behavior analysis
  • Art therapy
  • Attachment-based therapy
  • Bibliotherapy
  • Biofeedback
  • Brain stimulation therapy
  • Career counseling
  • Christian counseling
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Cognitive processing therapy
  • Cognitive stimulation therapy
  • Compassion-focused therapy
  • Culturally sensitive therapy
  • Dance therapy
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Eclectic therapy
  • Electroconvulsive therapy
  • Emotionally focused therapy
  • Equine-assisted therapy
  • Existential therapy
  • Experiential therapy
  • Exposure and response prevention
  • Expressive arts therapy
  • Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy
  • Family counselling
  • Family systems therapy
  • Feminist therapy
  • Forensic therapy
  • Forgiveness therapy
  • Gestalt therapy
  • Group counselling
  • Hoarding therapy
  • Human givens therapy
  • Humanistic therapy
  • Hypnotherapy
  • Imago relationship therapy
  • Integrative therapy
  • Interpersonal psychotherapy
  • Jungian therapy
  • Life Coaching
  • Marital counselling
  • Marriage and family therapy
  • Medication management therapy
  • Mentalization-based therapy
  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Multicultural therapy
  • Music therapy
  • Narrative therapy
  • Neurofeedback
  • Neuro-linguistic programming therapy
  • Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
  • Person-centered therapy
  • Play therapy
  • Positive psychology
  • Prolonged exposure therapy
  • Psychoanalytic therapy
  • Psychodynamic therapy
  • Psychological testing and evaluation
  • Rational emotive behavior therapy
  • Reality therapy
  • Relational therapy
  • Relationship counselling
  • Sandplay therapy
  • Schema therapy
  • Social recovery therapy
  • Solution-focused brief therapy
  • Somatic therapy
  • Sports psychology
  • Strength-based therapy
  • Structural family therapy
  • Teen mental health
  • The Gottman method
  • Therapeutic intervention
  • Transpersonal therapy
  • Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy

Amenities

  • Close to public transit
  • Free parking
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Wheelchair accessible
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20 Floral Parkway Unit A3, Vaughan, ON L4K 4R1

Provider's hours

Sunday
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Thursday
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Friday
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Saturday
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Business hours

Sunday
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Monday
9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Tuesday
9:00 am - 10:30 pm
Wednesday
9:00 am - 10:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am - 10:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Saturday
9:00 am - 6:00 pm