Dr. Leah Todd
Adults 18+
C. Psych.
Registered Clinical & Forensic Psychologist
Works with:
Tuesday - Day
Wednesday - Day
Thursday - Day
availability:
In-Person, Virtual
Location:
About Dr. Todd
Dr. Todd is the owner and founder of Centre Wellness, Assessment & Psychotherapy. With a Doctorate in Clinical Forensic Psychology, Dr. Todd is dedicated to helping individuals work through complex challenges to achieve meaningful growth and healing. Her practice is grounded in evidence-based approaches and a deeply relational style that emphasizes trust, safety, and individualized care.
While providing genuine validation and empathy, she also encourages clients to reflect on their role in their experiences and to take steps toward meaningful change.
Rooted in psychodynamic psychotherapy, Dr. Todd helps clients explore how their early experiences shape their current emotional and relational patterns. With this insight, she supports her clients in making conscious, intentional, and healthier choices in how they relate to themselves and others. Trained also in EMDR, Dr. Todd takes an integrative approach to therapy, ensuring that treatment is customized to the unique needs of each client.
Dr. Todd views her clients as resilient and capable, even when they may not yet see that strength in themselves.
For Dr. Todd, the psychodynamic approach is not just a professional framework but a reflection of her core values and who she is as a person. This modality aligns with her belief that each individual has an inherent capacity for healing and growth, and that the therapeutic relationship serves as a healthy model for meaningful connection.
In the first session, clients can expect Dr. Todd to ask thoughtful, compassionate questions to gain a clear understanding of their personal history and emotional landscape. She helps clients deconstruct and organize their experiences into manageable parts, making sense of their thoughts, emotions, and behaviours.
As therapy progresses, clients often experience profound transformations. Dr. Todd witnesses clients move from a place of aloneness and isolation to a place of openness, optimism, and engagement with life. She describes this as a shift from surviving to thriving, and reiterates that while pain is inevitable, suffering does not have to be.
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Internal Family Systems
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Cognitive Processing Therapy
Experiential Therapy
Modalities:
Law Enforcement/Corrections
Health Care Providers
First Responders
Students
Special Populations:
Trauma/PTSD
Anxiety
Grief & Loss
Chronic Stress
Burnout
Personal Growth
Depression
Self-esteem Issues
High Performance
Relationship Issues
Occupational Stress/Injury
Emotion Regulation
Areas of Focus:
Bachelor Arts, Honours Psychology - University of Guelph
Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Forensic Psychology - The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Forensic Psychology - The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
EMDR-trained Therapist
Training in Cognitive Processing Therapy
Trauma Research Foundation’s Certificate Program in Traumatic Stress Studies (In Progress)
Training in Cognitive Processing Therapy
Trauma Research Foundation’s Certificate Program in Traumatic Stress Studies (In Progress)
College of Psychologists and Behavioural Analysts of Ontario
Dr. Todd is a member of the College of Psychologists and Behavioural Analysts of Ontario with competency in both Forensic Correctional and Clinical Psychology. She has more than a decade of experience providing psychological assessment and psychotherapy services across diverse settings including the American and Canadian correctional systems, psychiatric facilities, outpatient clinics, and the broader community. Dr. Todd devotes the majority of her practice to providing trauma recovery treatment, therapy for prolonged stress, and therapy for grief and loss. She offers comprehensive psychological assessments and, as the owner of Centre Wellness, is passionate about clinical supervision and mentorship of the next generation of clinicians.
