For the period July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027.
The OSRP is the only association in Ontario dedicated exclusively to RPs, keeping focus on our unique needs in the mental-health field.
We appreciate your continued membership and hope that you invite your colleagues to join us with a membership invitation! To send one of these out, we've also created an email template for your convenience.
As our association grows in numbers, so does our capacity to do more for RPs in communities across Ontario.
Membership Bursaries
The financial cost of belonging to a professional association can put professional support, development, and community out of reach.
OSRP recognizes that economic marginalization under current social and economic conditions disproportionately impacts working class psychotherapists, students, and prospective members, limiting access to professional development, community, and participation in the field. When access is restricted by cost, it reinforces class inequality within the profession and weakens the collective capacity of psychotherapists.
Financial Access Bursary
In response to economic marginalization under current social and economic conditions, OSRP has established an annual Financial Access Bursary in 2026 to support working class members, prospective members, RP(Q)s, and psychotherapy students facing economic hardship. The bursary will be awarded to a total of three recipients.
BIPOC Membership Bursary OSRP also continues its commitment as an anti-racist organization. We recognize there is a tremendous need for more BIPOC psychotherapists in Ontario. We are committed to helping make that happen! Since 2021, OSRP has awarded bursaries to nine BIPOC members. This year, we have expanded our BIPOC Membership Bursary to support fifteen BIPOC RPs, RP(Q)s, and psychotherapy students.
BIPOC Membership Bursary
OSRP also continues its commitment as an anti-racist organization. We recognize there is a tremendous need for more BIPOC psychotherapists in Ontario. We are committed to helping make that happen!
Since 2021, OSRP has awarded bursaries to nine BIPOC members. This year, we have expanded our BIPOC Membership Bursary to support fifteen BIPOC RPs, RP(Q)s, and psychotherapy students.
This Bursary is open to the following OSRP membership categories:
For more information on the ORSP Bursaries, and to apply, please visit:
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Benefits of Membership
A vibrant online and offline peer community rich in resources, expertise and support
In the coming months, the Board of Directors is also ambitiously investigating securing health benefits and pension programs for members in addition to investigating insurance caps that are placed on RPs
Annual Membership Rates for July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 remain the same as last year and are as follows:
Your amount owing may be less if you or someone you referred took advantage of our membership invitation program.
If you have any questions, send an email to mail@osrp.ca or call 416-923-4050 – all messages with be returned during normal business hours.
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Warm regards,
The OSRP Board of Directors
OSRP bursaries: applications now open
OSRP offers bursaries to help reduce barriers for members, prospective members, RP(Q)s, and psychotherapy students.
Financial Access Bursary New in 2026, this bursary supports working class members, prospective members, RP(Q)s, and psychotherapy students facing economic hardship. Three bursaries will be awarded.
BIPOC Membership Bursary OSRP has awarded bursaries to nine BIPOC members since 2021. In 2026, this bursary has expanded to support fifteen BIPOC RPs, RP(Q)s, and psychotherapy students.
• One-year OSRP membership • Free access to one-time OSRP seminars, including post-seminar materials
• May 1: applications open • June 15: application deadline • June 30: bursary awards announced by email
Bursaries are available to both current and prospective members.
Apply Now
For questions, contact edi@osrp.ca.
The Ontario Society of Registered Psychotherapists invites all members to the 33rd Annual General Meeting:
Friday, December 12, 20251:00–3:00 p.m. ET (via Zoom)
Pre-registration is required to ensure quorum.
Registration Form
This year’s AGM reflects an important moment of renewal for OSRP. Members will receive updates on society activities, review key documents, elect the Board of Directors for the coming term, and look ahead to the organization’s priorities for the upcoming year.
Your participation helps guide decisions that shape the OSRP community and its work on behalf of Registered Psychotherapists across Ontario.
Call to Order, Welcome, Land Acknowledgment, Orientation
Approval of Agenda
Approval of Minutes of the 2024 AGM, held November 22, 2024(Linked below)
Approval of Minutes of the Special Session of the Membership, held June 13, 2025(Linked below)
Introduction of the Board of Directors
Motion to Approve the Actions of the Board of Directors
President’s Report
Treasurer’s Report
– 2024–25 Financial Status– Appointment of Public Accountant for 2025–26
Election of Slate of Directors
Volunteer Appreciation
New Business
Adjournment
We are re-launching our podcast review series! Each month, we showcase a member-suggested podcast episode as part of OSRP’s effort to bring you micro-reviews of insightful content in the field of psychotherapy.
This month, our Connect Chair is offering a podcast review as an example of this feature! If you would like to review your favourite therapy-related podcast episode, please email connect@psychotherapyontario.org. If your suggestion is accepted, you’ll also be compensated for your time. Enjoy, and happy listening!
Episode Review: Decolonizing Self in IFS
From the podcast Brown Girls Don’t Do Therapy with Diviya Lewis
Reviewer: Franklynn Bartol, Connect Chair & Qualifying Member of OSRP
Click here to listen to the episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/decolonizing-self-in-ifs/id1567102639?i=1000733926680
Who Will I Hear?
Diviya Lewis (host and OSRP Clinical Member!) & her guest Alexis Kamakanoe Ornellas.
What’s It About?
Two experienced IFS therapists reflect on the concept of Self in IFS therapy from a decolonial lens. They draw on examples from their client work and training experience to break down myths and misconceptions while offering alternative ways to think about the Self, whether with clients or your own decolonial healing journey.
How Can It Help?
If you’re an IFS practitioner, this is a must-listen episode! It addresses core IFS concepts from a lens that is both appreciative of the approach and critically reflective of the ways that it’s taught and used. Rather than simply critique though, they offer a more expansive view of how we can use IFS concepts.
Even though I don’t personally practice IFS, I got a lot out of this discussion! It helped me further deconstruct Western-based ideas of ‘self’. I particularly liked the critical questioning they offer around ideals such as calmness and neutrality, which make their way into all sorts of therapeutic approaches and wellness advice. They each give powerful examples of how we can, however unintentionally, use our therapeutic concepts in harmful ways. As a way to combat this, or notice and repair when it happens, they also discuss how to foster more collaborative relationships with clients.
Why Does This Reviewer Love It?
The insightfulness, humility, and humour Diviya brings to this conversation is reflected throughout her series – I’d highly recommend checking out more episodes from Brown Girls Don’t Do Therapy!
(These podcast recommendations are for inspiration and learning. They don’t replace supervision, instruction, or CRPO regulations, and OSRP doesn’t officially endorse the content. Take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and use your professional judgment in applying what you learn.)
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If changes are needed, you can update this information directly in your OSRP user account by going to your “Profile” page.
Please note, if you are a Clinical or Qualifying member and wish to have your name appear on our online referral service, you must provide permission. Go to the Privacy tab under your member profile and click the “Show profile to others” box.
You can then choose which information to make public and which to keep private. Remember to save your changes.
Instructions on how to add your name to the OSRP online referral service/membership directory can be found below.
Click here to read the instructions
Melissa has been practising psychotherapy for 20 years and brings a thoughtful, integrated approach to her work. Her toolkit includes CBT, DBT, EFT, SFT, Trauma Therapy, EMDR, and Integrative Relationship Therapy.
She shared that her own challenging adolescence set her on a personal healing path — and that psychology felt like a natural fit both for how she’s wired and for her deep interest in people’s inner worlds.
Melissa completed her undergraduate studies in psychology and worked in a juvenile sex offender facility in the U.S. before returning to Canada in 2010. She now lives and works in St. Catharines.
A passionate trauma therapist, Melissa continues to weave her lived experience into the support she offers clients. She’s also the proud (and busy!) mom of three daughters, ages 5, 7, and 16.
Outside of work, she loves reading — both fiction and books that deepen her understanding of psychotherapy. At the time we spoke, she was reading Fire on the Horizon by Wilbur Smith and Judgment Detox by Gabby Bernstein.
Melissa is currently accepting new clients and offers both virtual and in-person sessions. You can connect with her here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/profile/277770
Thank you, Melissa, for your dedication to the art and craft of psychotherapy — and for all you bring to this field with heart and presence.
With love,
Mahshad
June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada and we have curated a few resources to learn more, get involved and ways to support Indigenous communities here.
Asha Frost
Her various offerings can be found here
Buy it local here
Indigenous Wisdom in Trauma Recovery
This is a film sharing ancestral wisdom for trauma recovery as well as an online gathering (the live version is over but you can purchase the recordings and they are wonderful) with a range of indigenous elders and wisdom keepers from across the globe.
If you have adequate cultural competence around indigenous communities on turtle island and are an independent practitioner, you might be eligible to be an NIHB provider.
Click here for more information or to apply
April 2025
Anastasia’s path to becoming a psychotherapist started when she was studying life sciences and psychology in her undergraduate degree. With a growing interest in psychology and healthcare, she gravitated towards supporting folks through talk therapy and pursued training in psychotherapy.
Anastasia works with individuals, couples and families, and has extensive experience supporting families impacted by addiction.
We spoke in depth about how, initially, as a psychotherapy trainee, she did not expect to work as much as she has with couples; however, couples work has now become the core of her practice. Anastasia found her work as a couples therapist to be extremely rewarding and realized that the more directive approach required in this role sparked her interest in and aptitude for work as a clinical supervisor and mentor. She has now expanded her solo private practice to include another therapist. Her practice is called Hera Therapy, referring to Hera, the Greek goddess of marriage, and a nod to her Greek identity as well as primary focus on relationships.
She is currently accepting new clients (individuals, couples and families) both online and in-person on Fridays. Anastasia can be contacted via: https://www.heratherapy.ca/
Her office is in Toronto’s Junction neighbourhood.
Thank you, Anastasia, for the wonderful conversation, it was a pleasure getting to know you and learning about your work.
Sincerely,
Alice
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