Delia Petrescu
MA
Registered Psychotherapist
English
Delia's
Warm video welcome
Looking for a therapist can feel overwhelming, and by the time most people reach out, they've been thinking about it for a while. Maybe you're dealing with something specific, or maybe life just feels harder than it used to. I'm not here to fix you, but I am here to help you figure out what's getting in your way. I tend to be direct but genuinely curious about what makes you... you. If you're tired of feeling stuck, let's see if we're a good fit.
Background
I have been working in the mental health field for 15 years, working as a psychometrist as a psychometrist, conducting psychological and neuropsychological assessments. That experience naturally led me to therapy, where I've been practicing for the past 5 years with my Masters in Counselling Psychology. I'm trained in a bunch of different approaches because, honestly, people are complex and one size doesn't fit all. I work with everything from CBT and somatic approaches to IFS parts work and trauma-informed methods like Accelerated Resolution Therapy and polyvagal interventions.
Your therapeutic experience with me
You won't get a therapist who pretends to have all the answers. You'll get someone genuinely interested in understanding your world ...not to judge or change it, but to really get what it's like to be you. I notice patterns you might not see, but won't force insights on you. We work at your pace. If something doesn't feel right, we'll talk. I might suggest new approaches when they make sense.
Areas of expertise
These represent my core areas of expertise, backed by specialized training and extensive clinical experience.
Accelerated Resolution Therapy
Attachment
Complex Trauma
Nervous System Regulation
Somatic And Trauma Focused
Perinatal Mental Health
I also provide skilled support in these additional areas and welcome clients seeking help with these concerns.
Coping Skills
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
Burnout
Therapeutic approaches
These are my primary therapeutic approaches, backed by specialized training and extensive clinical experience.
Accelerated Resolution Therapy
Accelerated Resolution Therapy helps clients process distressing memories without re-traumatization. Using eye movements and guided imagery, ART allows clients to reduce the emotional intensity of traumatic experiences and replace distressing images with more positive ones.
Internal Family Systems
Internal Family Systems helps clients understand and heal the different 'parts' within them—like the inner critic, protector, or wounded child. By accessing their core Self, clients learn to lead with compassion and curiosity, which allows them to unburden painful emotions, resolve internal conflicts, and build a more integrated and empowered sense of self.
Emotion-focused Therapy
Emotion-Focused Therapy helps clients explore, understand, and transform their emotional experiences. By working directly with emotions in a safe space, clients gain insight, reduce emotional distress, and learn how to respond to feelings in more adaptive, compassionate ways—leading to stronger relationships and deeper self-awareness.
Polyvagal-informed Therapy
Polyvagal-informed Therapy helps clients understand their nervous system responses and develop tools to feel safer, more connected, and regulated. By working with the body’s physiological states—such as fight, flight, or shutdown—clients can move toward calm and connection, especially after trauma or chronic stress
I also incorporate these evidence-based approaches when clinically appropriate:
Somatic Therapy
Mindfulness-based Therapy
Gottman Couples Therapy
Attachment Focused Therapy
Client communities & cultural expertise
These are the client communities and cultural backgrounds I have specialized experience supporting.
Client populations I serve
Millenials
Professionals
Young Adults
Couples
Cultural expertise
Eastern European
First And Second Generation Immigrants
Professional credentials
Registered Psychotherapist
- No.10896
College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario
Educational background
Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology
Yorkville University, Canada
Specialized training
Reproductive Mental Health Specialist
American Society of Reproductive Medicine
Advanced Level Trained
Accelerated Resolution Therapy