Andrew Murphy, RP (Qualifying)

What's on
your mind?

Psychodynamic Therapy in Toronto

We all carry unconscious scenes we return to throughout our lives. Together, we can explore them — not to erase them, but to open them up and add colour.

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Andrew Murphy, RP (Qualifying)

You don't have to sit with it alone

Anxiety & Depression

Persistent worry, low mood, or feeling stuck in cycles that are hard to break on your own.

Focus & Motivation

Difficulty starting tasks, following through, or feeling chronically overwhelmed by day-to-day demands.

Dissociation & Detachment

Feeling disconnected from yourself, your body, or the world around you.

Relationships & Intimacy

Anxiety about closeness, chronic irritability, or patterns in relationships that feel hard to change.

A New Diagnosis

Processing what a new diagnosis means for your identity, your relationships, and your path forward.

Guilt, Shame & Desire

Chronic feelings of guilt or shame, uncomfortable urges, or parts of yourself that feel difficult to accept.

In any case, I'm here to sit with you and help untangle some of the knotted threads of your experience.

My door is open

I work with individuals of all backgrounds and identities. To be more explicit, this includes — and is not limited to — queer, trans, and/or neurodivergent individuals, persons with disabilities, people practising kink/BDSM, individuals involved in sex work, and religious individuals.

Whoever you are, you're welcome here.

Please note: As of now I am unequipped to work with children and younger adolescents (13–15).

Coming into dialogue
with yourself

Psychodynamic Foundation

My therapeutic approach is informed by my training in psychodynamic therapy and my own experiences with therapy as an adolescent and adult.

Unconscious Scenes

I believe we all have unconscious scenes that we return to throughout our lives. Rather than erase these, my goal is to help you find ways to open up, explore, and add colour to these scenes.

What Matters Most to You

Sessions focus on what is most relevant to you at the moment, with a special focus on repeated patterns, childhood experience, and unconscious motivations.

My Rate & Session

Standard Rate

$140 / session

Each session is 50 minutes long.

Sliding Scale

$80–130 / session

A limited number of sliding scale spots are available, discussed on a per-case basis.

My Professional Background

My undergraduate degree was in English literature, with a focus on Canadian poetry and Medieval literature. While literature is an enduring love of mine, I wanted to do something that involved engagement with others — this led me to working in libraries and completing a master's degree in Library and Archival Studies at the University of Toronto.

Through a series of unexpected events, I've spent the last six years working in IT at a small organization.

In 2022 I started the 3-year program at the Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, completing my degree in August 2025. Through this experience I had the privilege of working with a number of individuals and completing over 450 hours of clinical experience through the low-cost clinic administered by the school.

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