Watching your child struggle with anxiety, big emotions, attention, confidence, or everyday stress can leave you wondering what to do next. Kristen Turner provides warm, individualized psychotherapy for children, teens, and adults—creating a space where people feel understood, build skills, and grow with confidence.
CRPO #13703
CBT · DBT · Play Therapy
Child · Teen · Adult
In-Person · Online
Children and teens don't always have the words to explain what they're feeling. Kristen works with children and teens experiencing a wide range of emotional, social, and behavioural challenges.
Understanding anxious thoughts, fears, avoidance, and overwhelming feelings.
Building practical tools for attention, emotions, routines, confidence, and everyday demands.
Learning to recognize, understand, and manage intense emotions.
Creating safety and developing healthier ways to process difficult experiences.
Supporting children and teens who feel withdrawn, discouraged, disconnected, or overwhelmed.
Helping young people better understand intrusive thoughts, anxiety, and unhelpful cycles.
Support through loss, transitions, and experiences that can feel difficult to navigate alone.
Moving beyond fear of failure and building a healthier sense of self.
Developing communication, confidence, boundaries, and social coping skills.
Therapy shouldn't feel like another place where a child is being told what they're doing wrong.
Kristen creates a supportive, age-appropriate environment where children and teens can talk, play, explore, reflect, and develop skills at a pace that feels comfortable for them.
Through approaches including CBT, DBT, and Play Therapy, sessions are tailored to the individual child—not forced into a one-size-fits-all model.
Recognize what they're feeling and why.
Develop practical tools for stress, anxiety, and overwhelm.
Strengthen self-esteem and a compassionate self-relationship.
Build communication skills for friendships and school.
Kristen combines evidence-based approaches with a warm, responsive style so sessions reflect each client's age, personality, goals, and needs.
Helping children notice patterns in thoughts, feelings, and behaviours and develop more helpful ways of responding.
Building emotional regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and practical coping skills to navigate daily life.
Using play as a natural way for children to express themselves, explore emotions, and build understanding in a safe environment.
It's to help young people understand themselves, develop skills, and feel more capable of handling what comes next.
Tools you can use outside the therapy room.
A closer look at what’s beneath difficult moments.
Finding ways to talk, listen, and connect.
Talk through the moments that leave you wondering what to do next.
Finding the right therapist for your child matters.
Kristen Turner is a Registered Psychotherapist who works with children, teens, parents, and individual adults. Her approach is warm, collaborative, and individualized, with the goal of creating a space where clients feel safe enough to be honest, curious enough to explore, and supported enough to grow.
With training in CBT, DBT, Play Therapy, childhood trauma, ADHD-related support, and adolescent suicide and self-harm intervention, Kristen brings both clinical training and a genuine understanding of the importance of connection in therapy.
Yorkville University
Western University
CRPO #13703
Therapy adapts to the client's age, needs, personality and goals.
Sessions are designed to help children and teens feel comfortable, understood and involved.
Parents receive guidance and practical strategies that support progress beyond the therapy room.
CBT, DBT and Play Therapy inform the therapeutic work.
Available both in person in Kitchener and online, giving families flexibility around school, work, and everyday life.
A comfortable, private therapy space where you can arrive, settle in, and feel at ease. Accessible and welcoming for clients of all ages.
Secure video sessions from the comfort of home—same focused, supportive care, wherever you are in Ontario.
"A comfortable, private space to be heard, understood, and supported."
Book a complimentary 15-minute consultation to share a little about what brings you here and ask any questions you may have.
We'll talk about your needs, what you're looking for, and whether Kristen's approach feels like the right fit for you or your child.
Once you've decided to move forward, you'll have a supportive space to begin working toward meaningful change.
It's completely natural to have questions before reaching out. These are some of the most common ones—and you're always welcome to ask more during a free consultation.
A free 15-minute consultation is a simple place to start. You can share what's been happening and ask questions before deciding whether to move forward. There is no pressure or obligation.
Yes. Secure virtual sessions are available for children, teens, parents, and adult clients across Ontario. Online therapy offers the same supportive, individualized approach from the comfort and privacy of your home.
Most psychotherapy sessions are approximately 50 minutes. The length and structure of sessions can vary depending on the client’s age, needs, and goals, and this can be discussed during your initial consultation.
Psychotherapy may be covered by some extended health benefit plans, depending on your specific coverage. Kristen is a Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO #13703). It’s best to check directly with your insurance provider to confirm your eligibility and reimbursement details.
Sometimes the hardest part is simply knowing where to begin. Whether you're concerned about your child, looking for support as a parent, or considering therapy for yourself, you can start with a simple conversation. Let's talk about what you're navigating—and what support could look like.