CBT therapy in
Burlington,
Ontario
Our registered CBT therapists in Burlington, Ontario provide Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in-person at our Harvester Rd clinic and online across Ontario — evidence-based care for anxiety, depression, OCD, panic, phobias, and trauma. Same-day availability, no waitlist, free 15-minute discovery call.
Our CBT therapists in Burlington
Alisa offers CBT in Burlington in-person and online across Ontario, applying Cognitive Behavioural Therapy within an integrative and trauma-informed framework that also draws on DBT, EFT, and somatic awareness. Her CBT work is particularly effective for anxiety, depression, perfectionism, and burnout — presentations where negative thought patterns and avoidance behaviours are central to maintaining distress. She brings a warm, relational quality to structured CBT work that many clients find makes the skills more accessible and easier to integrate into daily life.
Olga is a Gestalt-trained Registered Psychotherapist with 7+ years of experience offering CBT therapy in-person in Oakville and online across Burlington and Halton Region. She integrates CBT principles with her Gestalt training to offer a therapy that combines structured cognitive work with relational depth and somatic awareness. This integration is particularly effective for clients who find purely cognitive approaches feel disconnected from their lived experience.
More CBT therapists — online across Ontario
Donna is a Social Worker and Psychotherapist with 18+ years of clinical experience offering CBT online to Burlington residents and across Ontario. Her CBT practice is embedded in a trauma-informed and person-centred framework, drawing also from DBT, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Mindfulness-Based approaches. She is particularly well-suited to clients whose anxiety, depression, or stress is complicated by trauma history, addiction, or relationship difficulty.
Justine is a Registered Social Worker (M.S.W., R.S.W.) offering CBT online to Burlington-area clients and across Ontario. She draws on CBT, DBT, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in an integrative framework that addresses anxiety, trauma, and depression across the lifespan. She brings particular depth in CBT with children and youth and CBT adapted for clients from Indigenous and culturally diverse backgrounds.
Oksana is a Registered Psychotherapist (MACP) offering CBT online to Burlington clients and across Ontario. She integrates CBT with developmental and attachment-based approaches, making her particularly effective for clients whose anxiety, low self-esteem, and self-critical patterns have deep relational roots. Her CBT work goes beyond symptom management to explore the schemas and early relational patterns that make certain thought patterns so persistent.
Gina is a Registered Psychotherapist (MA, RP) offering CBT online to Burlington clients and across Ontario. Her holistic approach combines CBT with ACT, DBT, and mindfulness-based methods, creating a flexible framework well-suited to anxiety, burnout, worry, and emotional dysregulation. Sessions in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.
Our Burlington CBT practitioners also see clients at Anytime Anywhere Therapy, a few steps away.
Visit clinic website →CBT therapy in Burlington, Ontario
Registered CBT therapists in Burlington, Ontario are available at GestaltReview for in-person sessions at our Harvester Rd clinic and online across the province. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is the most extensively researched form of psychotherapy available, with strong evidence across anxiety disorders, depression, OCD, panic, phobias, and trauma.
CBT works by identifying and challenging the thought patterns and behaviours that maintain psychological distress. It is structured, skill-based, and typically more active than open-ended talk therapy — most CBT includes between-session exercises designed to practice skills in everyday life. In our practice, CBT is often delivered within integrative frameworks that also draw on DBT, ACT, trauma-informed approaches, somatic awareness, and relational depth.
In-person CBT in Burlington is available at 3425 Harvester Rd, Unit 213. Online CBT is available province-wide. Sessions start at $140, are HST exempt, and all practitioners hold current registration with CRPO or OCSWSSW.
Is CBT the right therapy for you?
CBT is best suited to presentations where negative thought patterns and avoidance behaviours play a central role in maintaining distress — most anxiety disorders, depression, OCD, and many trauma-related presentations. It tends to be more structured and skill-focused than other forms of therapy, and suits clients who appreciate a clear framework and tangible tools to work with between sessions.
CBT may be less suited as the primary approach for clients whose difficulties are primarily relational in nature — rooted in patterns of connection, identity, or attachment rather than specific thought distortions. For these presentations, a more relational or integrative approach — such as Gestalt, attachment-based, or interpersonal therapy — may be more resonant, though CBT skills can still play a useful supporting role.
All practitioners in our practice work integratively, meaning that even clients who specifically seek CBT will receive care that extends beyond a narrow protocol to meet their full clinical picture. The free 15-minute discovery call with every practitioner is the best place to explore whether a CBT approach is the right fit.
CBT compared to other therapy approaches
Understanding how CBT differs from other modalities helps you find the right fit for your presentation and goals.
| Feature | CBT | DBT | ACT | Gestalt | Psychodynamic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Focus | Thoughts & behaviours | Emotions & regulation | Acceptance & values | Awareness & contact | Unconscious & past |
| Best for | Anxiety, depression, OCD, phobias | Emotional dysregulation, BPD | Chronic worry, values conflict | Relational, identity, somatic | Long-standing patterns, insight |
| Structure | Highly structured, protocol-driven | Structured, skill-based | Structured but flexible | Exploratory, present-focused | Exploratory, open-ended |
| Homework | Yes — essential component | Yes — skills practice | Often | Rarely | Rarely |
| Evidence base | Very strong — most researched | Strong for emotion dysregulation | Strong — growing evidence | Growing — strong for relational | Moderate — long established |
| Session length | 50 min | 50–60 min | 50 min | 50 min | 50–60 min |
CBT therapy across Halton Region and Ontario
All our practitioners offer online CBT province-wide. In-person CBT is available in Burlington and nearby Oakville.
Common questions
What is CBT and how does it work?
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a structured, evidence-based form of psychotherapy that works by identifying and changing the negative thought patterns and behaviours that maintain psychological distress. A typical course of CBT includes identifying automatic negative thoughts, evaluating their accuracy, developing more balanced perspectives, and gradually changing avoidance behaviours. Most CBT involves between-session homework to practice skills in daily life. Our Burlington CBT therapists are trained in these evidence-based methods.
What conditions is CBT best for?
CBT has the strongest evidence base for anxiety disorders (generalised anxiety, social anxiety, panic, specific phobias), depression, OCD, PTSD, and health anxiety. It is also well-supported for insomnia (CBT-I), eating disorders, and chronic pain. CBT is typically recommended as a first-line psychological treatment for these conditions by clinical guidelines in Canada and internationally.
How much does CBT cost in Burlington?
CBT therapy sessions in Burlington at GestaltReview range from $140 to $190 per 50-minute session. Sliding scale pricing is available if cost is a barrier — mention this during your free discovery call. Psychotherapy is exempt from HST in Ontario. Most extended health benefit plans cover registered psychotherapy provided by Registered Psychotherapists (CRPO) or Registered Social Workers (OCSWSSW).
Is online CBT as effective as in-person?
Yes — online CBT has been extensively researched and consistently shows outcomes comparable to in-person delivery for anxiety, depression, and OCD. The core mechanisms of CBT translate effectively to a video format. All our practitioners use PHIPA-compliant, encrypted video platforms. For Burlington residents, online CBT also expands access to the full range of practitioners in our practice.
How is CBT different from DBT and ACT?
CBT, DBT, and ACT all fall within the broader cognitive-behavioural tradition. CBT focuses on identifying and changing distorted thoughts and avoidance. DBT — originally developed for borderline personality disorder — adds skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. ACT shifts the goal from changing thoughts to changing the relationship with thoughts — accepting them while re-engaging with values-driven action.
How long does CBT take in Burlington?
A standard course of CBT for a specific presentation — such as social anxiety, panic disorder, or moderate depression — typically runs 12 to 20 sessions. For more complex presentations including OCD, PTSD, or co-occurring conditions, longer-term CBT work over 6 months to a year is common. Your therapist will set clear goals and review progress regularly.
CBT and Gestalt — complementary perspectives from GestaltReview
GestaltReview's editorial content comes primarily from a Gestalt and relational tradition, which offers a different but complementary lens to CBT. Where CBT attends to the content of thoughts, Gestalt attends to the quality of contact — with oneself, with others, and with the present moment.
Many of our Burlington CBT therapists are trained in multiple modalities precisely because the evidence base for combining CBT with relational and somatic approaches is growing. The articles below provide grounding in the relational and body-aware dimensions of change that CBT clients often find deepens their work.