Life in Harmony @ Vaughan Counselling Centre

The services provided by Stefanie Ferrante have been extremely beneficial regarding my university education and ensuring that my academic needs were met by my school. Through counseling, we determined what type of accommodations would be the most beneficial, and I received a lot of assistance in setting up those services. Furthermore, I received a letter from Stefanie directed to the academic advisor which explained what services I needed and how it would be helpful for me. This simplified and sped up the process of getting accommodation. Students who did not have this kind of help frequently ended up on a long waitlist, having no academic support until they met with a school advisor. Counselling also helped tremendously with my financial aid. I received supporting paperwork from Stefanie and was walked through my application process, ensuring I received the most compensation possible. This included grants and bursaries that I could apply for as well as assistance with OSAP application. Most of the time, these grants and bursaries are not well advertised by the university and I would not have known about any of them without our meetings. Overall, Stefanie has helped create a smooth transition from high school to university and ensured that I was adequately set up academically, financially and mentally. The work we continue to do together has been the key factor to my educational success and personal growth.

I would 100% recommend to anyone who is in need of academic assistance and or personal counselling.

My daughter suffers from anxiety and depression. We needed help preparing her for university - Thank God for Stefanie Ferrante! We worked with her and Stefanie helped us get her assessed, and get registered with disability services at the university, informed us of funding and bursaries, made us aware of the accommodations that she can receive. She coordinated the entire thing. Now my daughter is thriving and is getting everything she needs to succeed academically and personally.

I've been doing therapy with Stefanie at Life in Harmony since December of 2018 and I can't express enough how much she has helped me! I quite honestly think that if I didn't start CBT therapy with her I would not be here today. She is kind and genuine and probably one of my favourite humans. She has also helped me with OSAP forms for my disability, AAS forms for my accommodations and other school related forms as she has experience working in a university setting.

She's the best I highly recommend booking an appointment with her:)

Well managed counselling clinic in Toronto. Any issue that is taken to them is well handled.

Mike Levy is a great resource for anyone who wants to improve their relationship with their kids. He helped us navigate the tricky waters of our family and put everyone on an even keel, so that we could all communicate more effectively!
I highly recommend Mike's services based on what I experienced when he guided us through our challenges.

I saw Johanna Gabel individually when I was 20 for family issues, later to have combined sessions (which was over 10 years ago). She was instrumental to its resolve and many years later I still look back to her words of advice to me. She is extremely empathetic and intuitive, she leads her sessions with positivity, providing logical guidance from her education and experience from a place of non-judgement. 10/10 would recommend

Sandra is an excellent psychotherapist. Her advice helped me to improve and change in difficult areas. I felt understood and received very practical advice. Areas treated where related to my past, my career and family relations. Highly recommended.

The environment is so welcoming and Mrytle (sweetheart) who manages the front office is a delight. I came into Life in Harmony with an open mind, attended my sessions & started to feel ok. However, was disturbed by the focus on time - therapist starting my session late and finishing 10 minutes early. The sessions were scattered, should've been more organised, therapist promised tools via email which were only delivered until 3 weeks later. Suggest a better system for appointments - leaving a larger window for the next appointment -seemed like they were back to back. A therapist should always provide their full attention and time that is being paid for.

Excellent website, with detailed information on counselling. Very convenient booking system as well. Plus, they have a great mobile app. It's so handy!

Exceptional family therapist! I had an amazing experience, very professional and knowledgeable! Highly recommended!

The environmental alone makes me feel better every time. The best Counseling experience I've had in years!

Johanna and the Vaughan Counselling Team are very supportive. I have been working with Johanna and she has helped in my development/maintenance of adaptive coping strategies and skills. She is genuine, kind, respectful, and resourceful; something every good therapist should possess. I am very thankful/grateful for all the support I have received. I attribute my mental wellness to the work that we've done together.

Love both Johanna and Mariella. Very professional and accommodating. Sometimes its not easy hearing the truth, but that's 1 reason why we go to counseling, to help us heal.

Johanna is very rude and doesn't care about her clients. She acts as if she cares while you are an active client but when your sessions end and your doctor calls her for any info she is very rude. She does not want to bother with you once she gets paid. She does not understand that its hard for clients to build a rapport with her and then she doesn't want to bother with you any more. You have to start all over again with some one else. My Dr had sent me to see her and my Dr was very disappointed with how rude she was when she called her to get some information on me.