Psychotherapy is primarily a talk-based therapy that is intended to help people improve and maintain their mental health and well-being. Psychotherapy is a process that helps increase insight into beliefs, patterns of thinking and behaviour that may be holding clients back, facilitates healing from pain and challenges that clients may have experienced in the past and may be experiencing now and provides the opportunity for clients to grow and to experience life as meaningful and satisfying.

A professional who is qualified to provide psychotherapy and is licensed with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario is authorized to practice under the title of Registered Psychotherapist. A Registered psychotherapist works with individuals, couples and families in one-to-one and group settings.