Play therapy
Registered Play Therapist with the Canadian Association for Play Therapy, supporting children and families through developmentally responsive, creative, and caregiver-informed care.
About Varenya
Meet Varenya Kuhathaas, MSW, RSW.
If you are looking for support for yourself, your child, your relationship, or your family, Varenya offers online therapy across Ontario. She is a Registered Social Worker, CAPT Registered Play Therapist, and EMDR-trained therapist.
Registered Social Worker
CAPT Registered Play Therapist
EMDR-trained
Online across Ontario
Therapy focused on the concerns affecting you or your family.
You may be looking for help with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, ADHD and executive functioning, emotional regulation, parenting stress, family transitions, attachment concerns, cultural identity, or relationship stress. I work with children, preteens, teens, adults, couples, parents, and families.
Together, we may identify patterns, practise coping tools, notice body and emotion cues, involve caregivers, use creative strategies, or prepare for trauma-informed processing and EMDR when clinically appropriate. I also draw from CBT, DBT, and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) when they fit your goals.
- MSW, RSW
- Registered Social Worker
- CAPT Registered Play Therapist
- EMDR-trained therapist
- Trained in CBT, DBT, and EFT
- Children 6-10, preteens, and teens
- Individuals, couples, and families
- LGBTQ+ allied
- Racial justice allied
- Online therapy across Ontario
Sessions in English. Tamil is also available.
Verify Registered Social Worker status in the Ontario College's public register.
Certifications and training
Clinical training that supports children, adults, couples, and families.
EMDR
EMDR-trained therapist offering trauma-informed EMDR when it is clinically appropriate, safely paced, and supported by preparation and grounding.
CBT, DBT, and EFT
Trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, and Emotionally Focused Therapy, with each approach adapted to the client, couple, or family.
Clinical focus
Who I work with and what therapy can address.
Adults and couples
You may want help with anxiety, stress, low mood, grief, trauma, relationship patterns, life transitions, self-esteem, parenting strain, communication concerns, or coping strategies that no longer feel sustainable.
Children, preteens, and teens
Your child or teen may be facing big feelings, worry, withdrawal, school stress, grief, emotional regulation challenges, ADHD-related concerns, family change, identity questions, or social pressure.
Parents and families
You may want to understand your child's behaviour, strengthen connection, reduce conflict, and respond with more clarity at home.
Inclusive support
I offer LGBTQ+ allied, racial justice allied, and culturally responsive therapy. Together, we can include identity, culture, family context, language, and belonging when they are relevant to you.
What Our Sessions Look Like
In early sessions, we will talk about what has been happening and what you hope will feel different. Depending on what you need, we may identify patterns, practise coping or grounding skills, strengthen communication, work on emotional regulation, or prepare carefully for trauma processing.
I adapt sessions to the person seeking care, whether you are an adult working through old patterns, a teen under school and social pressure, a caregiver responding to a child's distress, or a couple or family caught in recurring conflict.