Children 6-10
Caregiver-supported therapy for worry, meltdowns, withdrawal, school stress, grief, ADHD-related challenges, family change, and emotional regulation.
Support for children
Online therapy across Ontario
Online therapy for children, teens, adults, couples, and families.
Gentle Hearts Therapy offers warm, culturally responsive support in English and Tamil for children ages 6-10, preteens, teens, adults, couples, parents, and families. Varenya Kuhathaas, MSW, RSW, is a CAPT Registered Play Therapist, EMDR-trained therapist, and trained in CBT, DBT, and EFT.
MSW, RSW
CAPT Registered Play Therapist
EMDR-trained therapist
Trained in CBT, DBT, and EFT
English and Tamil
Children 6-10, preteens, and teens
Individuals, couples, and families
LGBTQ+ and racial justice allied
Where would you like to begin?
Start with the care path that sounds closest to your life right now.
You do not need to know the perfect service before reaching out. The first conversation can help clarify fit, goals, and whether online therapy is the right next step.
Preteens and teens
Support for school stress, mood changes, identity, family conflict, grief, anxiety, self-esteem, social pressure, and trauma-informed care.
Online therapy for teensParents and families
Help making sense of meltdowns, shutdowns, worry, school refusal, conflict, ADHD-related struggles, routines, and emotional regulation at home.
Parent supportAdults and couples
A steady online space for anxiety, low mood, grief, stress, trauma, relationship patterns, parenting strain, transitions, and communication concerns.
Online therapy for adultsFor difficult days
Softening the edges of what feels heavy, stuck, or too loud.
Therapy can be a place to slow the pace, name what is happening, and find steadier ways to respond. Some clients arrive with a clear concern. Others only know that old coping tools are not working the way they used to.
Gentle Hearts supports clients with anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, emotional regulation, family stress, cultural identity, and experiences that still feel present in the body.
- Anxiety and panic
- Trauma and EMDR
- Parent support
- Children, preteens, and teens
- Grief and change
- Couples and families
- LGBTQ+ allied
- Racial justice allied
- Tamil and English therapy
Online therapy can feel personal
Care from a space that already feels familiar.
Online therapy can support reflection, coping skills, nervous-system awareness, trauma-informed processing, caregiver consultation, and practical next steps from the privacy of your own space.
For children and younger clients, online care may include caregiver involvement, child-friendly conversation, creative activities, regulation tools, and strategies that can be practised at home between sessions.
How getting started works
Big feelings, small steps.
Reach out
Share a little about what you are looking for and which service feels closest to your needs.
Clarify fit
Use the consultation to ask questions, discuss goals, and consider whether online care is appropriate.
Begin with a plan
If it feels like a fit, therapy begins with a pace, focus, and path that are shaped around you or your family.
About the clinician
Warm, collaborative care in English and Tamil.
Varenya Kuhathaas, MSW, RSW, is a Registered Social Worker, CAPT Registered Play Therapist, and EMDR-trained therapist supporting children, preteens, teens, adults, couples, and families across Ontario. Her approach is grounded in warmth, cultural responsiveness, practical skill-building, and training in CBT, DBT, and EFT.
A place to exhale, understand, and begin again.
Support is available for children ages 6-10, preteens, teens, adults, couples, parents, and families navigating anxiety, trauma, grief, family stress, identity, emotional regulation, relationship stress, and difficult transitions.
Start with a gentle first step.
You do not need to have the right words. Share what is happening, and begin with whether Gentle Hearts feels like the right fit.