A path forward,rooted inmeaning.

  • Mind will not quiet.
  • Conflict keeps repeating.
  • Avoidance keeps winning.
  • Anger arrives too fast.
  • Drinking or eating feels hard to steer.
  • Routines and impulses take the wheel.
  • Downtown Torontodowntown care
  • Ontario + Albertavirtual therapy
  • PhD, C.Psychclinical psychologists
Percept Psychology clinicians
Dr.MegumiMaejima-IyarClinical Psychologist, PhD, C.PsychDr.JosephRootmanClinical Psychologist, PhD, C.Psych

Clinicalpsychologyin Toronto.

Joseph and Megumi are Clinical Psychologists, PhD, C.Psych, offering doctoral-level therapy for adults and couples in downtown Toronto, with virtual care across Ontario and Alberta. Assessment-informed care for patterns that are real, complex, and not always easy to name.

People often come for

A pattern that has become too costly, too loud, or too hard to sort alone.

Mood + body

When the body keeps score before words arrive.

  1. Anxiety
  2. Intense or low mood
  3. Eating disorders
  4. GLP-1 / weight-loss stress
  5. Body image
  6. Health stress

Impulses + relief

When relief works fast, then costs more later.

  1. Alcohol use
  2. Cannabis use
  3. ADHD and follow-through

Relationships + complexity

When closeness, conflict, or reality starts feeling hard to hold.

  1. Borderline personality disorder
  2. Psychosis
  3. Relationship conflict
  • Adults
  • Couples
  • Downtown Toronto clinic
  • In-person appointments
  • Virtual Ontario
  • Virtual Alberta

In-person when useful. Virtual when practical. Adults, couples, and complexity welcome.

How the work starts

How the work moves

From pattern to practice.

First we make the pattern easier to see. Then we practice the next response where life actually asks for it.

  1. First, make the map.01

    Clarify

    What needs attention first.

    Map what is happening, what has been tried, and what would make care useful.

    MI + assessment
  2. Then watch the loop.02

    Notice

    Name what keeps looping.

    Track the pattern, what protects it, and what it costs in real life.

    Assessment + mindfulness
  3. Then open a choice.03

    Choose

    Make room before reaction.

    Work with feeling and urge so a different response becomes reachable.

    ACT
  4. Then let it travel.04

    Practice

    Carry the response into life.

    Use the full formulation in relationships, routines, and pressure moments.

    MI + assessment + mindfulness + ACT

Meet Megumiand Joseph.

Body · relationships · self-worth

Dr. Megumi Maejima-Iyar

Clinical Psychologist, PhD, C.Psych

For patterns that feel careful, inward, relational, or hard to loosen.

Eating and body concerns, anxiety, grief, culture, health stress, relationships, and self-worth.

  • Eating/body
  • Relationships
  • Anxiety
  • Grief
  • Culture
A good fit if

A good fit if you look composed from the outside while food, body, relationships, family, or self-criticism take up too much room inside.

MutedCCIntro coming soon

ADHD · substances · follow-through

Dr. Joseph Rootman

Clinical Psychologist, PhD, C.Psych

For patterns that feel intense, repetitive, impulsive, or hard to interrupt.

ADHD, substance use, anger, compulsive loops, follow-through, performance, and strong emotions.

  • ADHD
  • Substance use
  • Anger
  • Compulsive loops
  • Follow-through
A good fit if

A good fit if you understand the problem but keep getting pulled back into avoidance, urges, anger, shutdown, inconsistency, or loss of control.

MutedCCIntro coming soon
Not sure who fits?Start with a fit consultationTell us what is bringing you in. We will help you choose a reasonable first step.No need to know the perfect path.Book a fit consultation

In person downtown. Secure virtual appointments for clients in Ontario and Alberta. Individual therapy, with group options when appropriate.