Maya Atlas

Maya believes that we all have an innate capacity to overcome adversities. As such, her approach is strengths-based, maximizing on the positive factors in clients’ lives. At the same time, she cultivates an understanding of what keeps clients stuck, and works to collaboratively shift those factors. She is rooted in an interpersonal approach, believing that the connections we hold influence our well-being. Importantly, this includes our connection to ourselves. Maya’s approach to therapy is honest, empathetic, present, compassionate, and warm. She is thoughtful and curious and is always striving to learn and grow herself. Maya enjoys working with individuals and couples, and has experience working with anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, somatic symptom disorders, psychological distress related to medical conditions, sexual dysfunctions, perinatal mental health, and psychedelic preparation and integration.

Maya is completing her PhD in Clinical Psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University. She also has a Master’s in Clinical Psychology. Maya completed her accredited doctoral internship at Nova Scotia Health, where she received training in psychodynamic therapy at the Centre for Emotions and Health. She gained experience in acceptance and commitment therapy and emotion-focused therapy at various Community Mental Health and Addictions clinics. Maya’s doctoral training also included placements at the Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Clinic at Toronto General Hospital, the Women’s Health Concerns Clinic and Firestone Sleep Clinic at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Ontario Sex Therapy in Toronto. She has received training in acceptance and commitment therapy, psychodynamic therapy, cognitive-behavioural therapy, cognitive processing therapy, cognitive-behavioural conjoint therapy, emotion-focused therapy, and psychedelic-assisted therapy. Her research and clinical interests include positive psychology, psychedelic-assisted therapy, trauma, mind-body interventions, spirituality, and holistic well-being. Maya’s doctoral research explores posttraumatic growth following MDMA-assisted couples therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder.