Taylor Loesekam
Before becoming a therapist, I was simply a person trying to make sense of myself and the world around me — and, in many ways, I still am.
Like many of the people I work with, I know what it feels like to feel disconnected from yourself, to question your place in this world, or to find your nervous system responding to life in ways that feels like it doesn’t make sense. My own experiences have taught me that healing rarely comes from just making our ‘symptoms’ go away. More often, it emerges when we have the space to witness what becomes possible when we are given the space to connect with who we are beyond survival, expectation, and hypervigilance.
My path into therapy was shaped by a deep curiosity about people and a belief that much of our suffering makes sense in context. Through my work, education, and lived experiences, I’ve come to understand how our relationships, communities, systems, and stories shape the way we understand ourselves. This curiosity continues to guide my work as a therapist and the questions I carry outside of the therapy room.
As you move throughout this page, you’ll find a little more about my training, the values and perspectives that guide my work, and few glimpses into who I am beyond the therapy room.
MACP, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) | Pronouns: She/Her
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Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology, Yorkville University
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Arizona State University
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Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) #17189, College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario
Qualifying Member #72608329, Ontario Society of Registered Psychotherapists
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Complex Trauma Certification Training Level 1 & 2, Janina Fisher & Evergreen Certifications
Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy Level 1, Sue Johnson & Leanne Campbell
Somatic Therapy for Complex Trauma Certification: Body-Based, Polyvagal, & Neurobiological Techniques for Mind-Body Healing, Arielle Schwartz, Abi Blakeslee, Janina Fisher, & Evergreen Certifications
Complete IFS Therapy Immersion: Integrating the IFS Model Across Clinical Applications, Richard Schwartz & Frank Anderson
Neurodiversity Specialist Training, Sheetal Parikh, Hannah Smith, & Merriam Saunders
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Certification Training, Katelyn Baxter-Musser & Evergreen Certifications
Alchemize, Green Dreamer Presentation (2024)
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In addition to formal education and training, my work and approach continues to evolve through ongoing clinical supervision and consultation. In practice, this means I meet with experienced psychotherapists from a range of therapeutic perspectives, including relational psychodynamic therapy, somatic and parts-based approaches, and attachment-based work.
Before becoming a therapist, I worked across a variety of people-centred roles, including in early childhood education, equity research, curriculum development, community organizing, and crisis counselling. These experiences continue to deepen my understanding of how relationships, systems, identity, and access to care shape the way people experience themselves and move through the world.
I also strongly believe that I cannot guide you to where I have not been myself, which is why engaging in my own therapy remains an important part of my personal and professional development.
education, training, & experience
I operate from the belief that therapy can feel safer when there is openness around the identities and values we bring into the room. That being said, lets talk about (some) of mine.
I am a white, bisexual, cisgender woman, and like all of us, I have been shaped by my relationships, experiences, communities, and the systems I move through. Because of that, I believe it is important to be thoughtful about how power, privilege, culture, and lived experience influence both myself and the therapeutic relationship.
This understanding is also central to how I approach therapy. Over time, I've come to believe that most of us make a lot more sense than we give ourselves credit for. The ways we cope, protect ourselves, care for others, or move through the world often develop for a reason. Rather than asking "What's wrong with you?", I find myself asking, "What happened?" and "How have you learned to adapt?" My hope is to create a space where those patterns can be explored with curiosity, compassion, and care.
the lens I bring
As many of my offerings are rooted in exploring religious trauma or spirituality, I thought it could be valuable to take some space to bring transparency about the lens I bring to this work. Spirituality and religion can be deeply personal, and many of us who seek support around themes of identity, faith, and meaning making want to understand where their therapist is coming from before deciding whether a conversation feels safe to have.
While spirituality is not something I bring into session unless it is explicitly relevant to your goals, it is a topic I am comfortable exploring when it matters to you. If you’re curious about my own relationship and lived experience with spirituality and how it informs my work, I’ve shared more about my perspective below.
spirituality & identity
beyond the therapy room
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I’m originally from the St. Louis area in the United States, but moved to Canada (specifically, Toronto) in 2022!
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Outside of therapy-oriented books, I love reading fantasy, historical fiction, romance — really anything that really makes me feel immersed in the world it’s in. Although this likely will change over time, my current favourite reads are Babel by RF Kuang and The Stationary Shop by Marjan Kamali.
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My grandma’s potato soup, pierogi, Thai green curry, and a Cherry Coke.
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Yes! I have a forever-growing plant collection that brings me so much joy (I have over 20 now — it’s beginning to become a problem). I also like collecting pins and stickers when I go to new places.
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Libra sun, Cancer moon, Taurus rising (with a Sagittarius stellium!)
“Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion.”
— bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions