Melissa Burman, Registered Social Worker at InnerQore Health in Thornhill, Ontario, smiling confidently in a black jacket. She specializes in holistic, trauma-informed therapy for individuals and couples, focusing on support for those facing serious illnesses and everyday stress

Melissa Burman

MSW, RSW

Registered Social Worker

Accepting New Clients
In-Person, Virtual

Appointments Available In:

Appointment Times:

Have you recently been diagnosed with a serious or terminal illness? Are you grieving a loved one? Are you struggling with what to tell the children? Are you feeling anxious, overwhelmed and uncertain about how you are going to get through this? Or perhaps you find yourself feeling anxious and having difficulty coping with the stress of everyday life?

I provide holistic client-centered care to individuals and couples in a respectful, non-judgemental, inclusive, safe and supportive environment to help you achieve your optimal level of psychosocial functioning, as well as developing internal coping skills, reducing negative symptoms, and achieving a better quality of life. I provide a trauma informed approach to therapy while utilizing an integrated and collaboration of evidence-based treatment models.

Not only am I passionate about helping others, I am passionate about psychotherapy and believe that it opens the door to a fuller and more meaningful life. If this is what you are looking for contact me so we can take this leap together.

  • Anxiety
  • Caregiver issues
  • Communication Skills
  • Coping with issues related to aging and loss of independence
  • Coping with terminal illness and bereavement
  • Death and dying
  • Depression
  • Difficulty coping with new diagnoses of serious illness
  • How to talk to children about serious illness; death and dying; coping with chronic illness
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents
  • Navigating the healthcare system
  • Relationships/interpersonal issues
  • Trauma
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) 
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Mindfulness
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Master of Social Work Degree – University of Toronto
  • Bachelor of Social Work Degree – McGill University
  • Bachelor of Arts Degree in Applied Social Science – Concordia University
  • Constant learner dedicated to personal and professional growth through various courses and webinars.