Maria Legault
Maria Legault is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) who offers a warm, conversational, and steady space grounded in an integrative, psychodynamic approach. She believes therapy is built on gently earned trust, where empathy, validation, and curiosity help clients understand themselves beyond surface thoughts. Having come to this work in midlife and navigated her own journey with perfectionism and self-compassion, Maria brings lived experience and authenticity to her role. Clients can expect a supportive environment that holds honesty, humor, emotion, and growth with care. She has a special interest in blending psychodynamic and humanistic approaches to help clients reconnect with their strengths and desires. Maria warmly invites you to take the first step and explore whether the therapeutic relationship feels right for you.
- Finding my way to psychotherapy through the bumpy road of life.
- Knowing firsthand that healing is possible.
- Living for years with a constant sense of not being good enough.
- Being driven by cycles of perfectionistic self-improvement.
- Making choices shaped by trauma, shame, self-doubt, and a harsh inner critic.
- Learning to recognize when I was living out of fear instead of authenticity.
- Reaching a turning point where I grew tired of playing small and chose a different path.
Expertise
Areas of Focus
- People who feel stuck in repeating patterns, even after trying everything to shift them.
- Folks with a loud inner critic who rarely feel “good enough”.
- Chronic people-pleasers who have spent years proving, perfecting, or pushing through.
- Those carrying the weight of anxiety, depression, shame, or past trauma.
- Individuals navigating big life transitions such as loss, separation, career shifts, or menopause.
- People feeling strained by relationship challenges or work stress.
- And, most of all, people who are tired of holding everything alone and are ready for a supportive space to understand themselves more deeply.
- You are carrying a lot, maybe more than you let on, and somewhere inside, you crave a place where you don’t have to hold it all alone.
- You feel overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected like you are moving through life on autopilot and wondering if there’s another way to live.
- You never feel “good enough,” no matter how hard you try, and you are exhausted from chasing perfection or approval.
- You are navigating a major life transition, a loss, a career shift, a separation, or the emotional terrain of menopause, and you want grounded support as everything is shifting.
- Your trauma or anxiety keeps running the show, and you are ready to rewrite that old story with care, compassion, and nervous-system-informed tools.
- You’re struggling with depression or burnout.
Therapeutic Frameworks & Approach
- Seen, heard, and met exactly where you are, with depth, authenticity, and humanness.
- The ability to meet yourself with the same compassion you would offer a dear friend.
- A growing sense of freedom as you gently unbecome everything you were told to be.
- More grounded in your nervous system.
- More connected to your body and emotions.
- More aware of what’s driving your patterns.
- Safe enough to process old wounds, explore your inner landscape, and unpack the beliefs that have been holding you back.
- Supported as you reconnect with your authentic self.
- More aligned, more empowered, and more at home in your life over time.
Populations Served
Practice Details
Service Offerings & Rates
- How to get started — including filling out the contact form.
- What brings you to therapy — through a phone or video call where we discuss your goals and get a sense of how we might work together in a no-pressure, collaborative way.
- What beginning therapy will look like — starting at a pace that feels safe and supportive as we explore your inner world, tend to what hurts, and build clarity, self-compassion, and connection.
- Offer deep empathy by creating a warm, non-judgmental space where therapy feels like a weekly cocoon—safe, supportive, and focused entirely on you and your healing.
- Engage in deep, meaningful work as we move slowly beneath the surface to explore the roots of your patterns, helping you understand yourself more fully and make choices that align with your authentic life.
- Take an integrative approach that considers mind, body, emotions, and spirituality, incorporating meditations, visualizations, movement, or art-based exercises when helpful and only if you’re interested.
- Bring creativity into the process by drawing on my PhD in the Study and Practice of Art and experience with art education and art therapy, integrating creative expression into the work if it resonates with you.
Insurance & Benefits Coverage
Schedule
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Education
Ontario Psychotherapy and Counselling College
2025
5-year Master's equivalent diploma in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
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Booking FAQ
First Session charges each session directly to your credit card. Once each session occurs, and your card is charged, you will receive a PDF receipt to your email with all of the details you will need to get reimbursed (therapist name, license/designation, license number, address, etc). You can then submit the receipt to your insurance company for reimbursement if you have coverage.
We always recommend you check with your insurance provider to confirm what coverage you have.
You are the expert when it comes to knowing who is the right fit. Ensure you’ve watched the therapist video at the top of their profile and see if you get a good feeling from the message and the energy they are putting out. If you feel drawn to speak with them, listen to your gut! Booking a free consultation is a great first step to asses fit.