Find a provider

Bill Gayner
Offers
Virtual appointments only
- Social Worker
Accepting new patients
Provider's hours
Sunday
Closed
Monday
8:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Tuesday
8:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Wednesday
8:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Thursday
8:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Friday
8:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Saturday
Closed
Description
Bill is a gentle, warm, supportive, deeply attuned therapist who provides Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) for individuals and couples and provides Emotion-Focused Mindfulness Therapy (EFMT) for individuals and groups. Bill developed EFMT, adapting mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) to better address internal conflicts and unfinished business, navigate issues in daily life, and cultivate growth and flourishing. Bill has trained and mentored mental health professionals, psychiatry residents and social work students in mindfulness-based approaches for fifteen years.
Conditions
- Anxiety
- Codependency
- Communication
- Depression
- Divorce
- Grief, loss, bereavement
- Men's Issues
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sex, sexuality, intimacy
- Stress
- Trauma
- Women's Issues
- Workplace stress
Services
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Person-centered therapy
Clientele
- Adults (18+)​
- Couples​
- LGBTQ2+
Languages spoken
- English
Education
- MSW, University of Toronto
Professional associations
- Member of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers
- Member of the Ontario Association of Social Workers
- Member of the International Society for Emotion-Focused Therapy
- Member of the World Association for Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counselling
- Affiliate member of the International Focusing Institute
Facility Information
Centre for Psychology and Emotional Health

Summary
The Centre for Psychology and Emotional Health is a well-established practice in downtown Toronto that helps people make meaningful and lasting changes. We have been providing the highest standard of evidence-based individual, couple, and family therapy since 2003. We are a team of registered psychologists, psychological associates, social workers and psychotherapists in central Toronto who use an evidence-based approach to treatment. We're a satellite training centre for the Emotion-Focused Therapy Clinic at York University, and offer consultation, supervision and professional training
Business hours
Sunday
Closed
Monday
8:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Tuesday
8:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Wednesday
8:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Thursday
8:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Friday
8:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Saturday
Closed
Services & supplies
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Cognitive processing therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Educational assessments
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Exposure and response prevention
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Marital counselling
- Mentalization-based therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Person-centered therapy
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Psychological therapy
- Relationship counselling
Amenities
- Close to public transit
- Wheelchair accessible