Pheona Roberts - Anxiety, OCD, Emotional Regulation, Relationships, and Life Transitions Therapist in Toronto

Pheona Roberts

Registered Psychotherapist

(Qualifying)

About me

Sometimes the hardest seasons do not begin with one clear event. They build quietly through anxious thoughts, heavy emotions, intrusive worries, relationship patterns, or coping strategies that no longer feel sustainable. You may find yourself overthinking, feeling disconnected from yourself, reacting more intensely than you would like, or repeating familiar cycles without knowing how to step outside of them.

My approach to therapy is warm, collaborative, and grounded in curiosity. Together, we can make space for the thoughts, emotions, experiences, and circumstances that have shaped what you are carrying, while gently exploring what may help you feel more supported, steady, and grounded.

Our work may involve learning to manage anxiety, responding differently to intrusive thoughts, navigating big emotions, strengthening emotional regulation, setting healthier boundaries, or working through relationship and attachment-related difficulties. We may also explore how earlier experiences have shaped the beliefs, coping strategies, and relational patterns you carry into the present.

I am trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), while also incorporating approaches informed by Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and solution-focused therapy. Rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach, I adapt our work to your individual needs, goals, strengths, and readiness for change.

Starting therapy can feel vulnerable, especially when you are not sure how to explain what you are experiencing or where to begin. You do not need to arrive with the right words or a clear plan. I offer a supportive space where you can start by feeling heard, then move at a pace that feels manageable. I offer a complimentary 15-minute consultation, with evening and weekend availability, so we can discuss what you are looking for and whether working together feels like the right fit.

Modalities Used by Pheona

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
• Solution-Focused Therapy

Pheona's experience

• Anxiety, OCD & Emotional Regulation: Much of my clinical experience has involved supporting individuals who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, intrusive thoughts, compulsive patterns, intense emotions, or difficulty regulating their responses. These experiences can leave people feeling caught in cycles of fear, avoidance, self-doubt, and emotional overwhelm that can be difficult to step outside of alone. In our work together, we may explore the patterns maintaining distress, what difficult emotions may be communicating or asking from us and those around us, and how to approach what has come to feel threatening. Through corrective experiences and new ways of responding, the aim is to build greater emotional steadiness, flexibility, and trust in your ability to cope.
• Relationships, Attachment & Life Transitions: Connection is central to our well-being. The work we do within ourselves is deeply important, but so is how we communicate, set boundaries, respond to conflict, express our needs, and allow ourselves to be known in relationships. I support clients in exploring relationship difficulties, attachment injuries, recurring relational patterns, identity shifts, and major life transitions. Together, we may also look at how earlier experiences influence present-day expectations, fears, emotional responses, and coping strategies.
• Victim Services & Justice System Support: I also bring more than five years of professional experience supporting individuals impacted by crime, court involvement, and complex legal systems. Through this work, I have supported people during periods of uncertainty, emotional distress, disruption, and loss of control. This experience has shaped my commitment to compassionate, trauma-informed care that prioritizes choice, safety, dignity, and pacing when supporting people through difficult or destabilizing experiences.
• Culturally Responsive & Identity-Affirming Care: I recognize that emotional well-being does not exist separately from culture, identity, family, community, and lived experience. The ways we understand and experience connection, distress, support, and healing are often shaped by the environments and identities we move through. I approach therapy with cultural humility and curiosity, making space for conversations about identity, belonging, family expectations, race, migration, marginalization, and other experiences that may be important to how you understand yourself and your life. My goal is not to make assumptions, but to understand your experiences within the context of the life you have lived and the communities that have shaped you.

Fun Facts

I love learning about different cultures through food and local traditions, and travel has been one of my favourite ways to do so. Closer to home, I keep that passion alive by discovering the restaurants, street festivals, neighbourhoods, and hidden gems that make up Toronto.