Online therapy Ontario
Saalvio is a virtual practice serving London and the rest of Middlesex County. Our clinical team is registered in Ontario, accepting new clients, and the first session is free.
London is a university and hospital city with a much broader life behind those two anchors. People here work for Western, for the London Health Sciences Centre, for an insurance company that has been on Dufferin Avenue for a hundred years, or for one of the small businesses that has quietly held its corner of the city together. The kind of help people need reflects all of that.
Therapy with Saalvio in London happens over secure video. You do not need to drive to a clinic downtown or fight for parking near the hospitals. You can fit a session into your lunch break, a quiet evening after the kids are in bed, or a Saturday morning at the kitchen table. The work is the same as in-person therapy; the room is yours.
Our clinicians are registered psychotherapists and registered social workers in Ontario. The first session is free and you can switch therapists at any point if the match is not right.
Serving clients across London, including:
Our clinical team is registered in Ontario and works virtually with clients across the province. Anyone on the team can work with you in London. Read the profiles and pick whose voice feels right; the first session is free and you can switch if it is not the right fit.
A few patterns come up often in our work with London clients.
Student mental health. Between Western and Fanshawe College, London has tens of thousands of students each year. Loneliness in first year, performance pressure in professional programs, and the long shadow of competitive admissions all show up in the work.
Healthcare worker burnout. London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph's employ a large share of the city. Our clinical team understands the specific shape of healthcare burnout and the limits on what your employer's wellness program can actually do.
Insurance and white-collar burnout. London is an insurance town in a way few cities are. Long careers, sudden re-orgs, and the experience of being "let go" in your fifties show up regularly.
Anxiety and depression that has gone untreated for a long time, often because reaching out has felt like more work than you have the energy for.
Postpartum mental health. London has good perinatal services, but appointment access can be uneven. Virtual therapy fills a real gap for new parents with infants at home.
Most extended health benefits plans in London cover registered psychotherapists and registered social workers. The major Canadian insurers (Manulife, Sun Life, Canada Life, Green Shield, Desjardins) reimburse for both categories on most plans.
Western, Fanshawe, the LHSC, and the City of London all carry plans with mental health coverage; check your benefits booklet for "psychotherapist" and "social worker" specifically.
Saalvio does not direct-bill in Phase 1. We issue receipts after each session for you to submit. The first session is free regardless of coverage.
Your first session is free under CANADAHEALS, Saalvio's standing public health commitment to Canadian mental health. Saalvio does not bill insurers directly; we send a detailed receipt for you to submit to your extended health plan.
See full pricing details Insurance and reimbursement guide CANADAHEALS
These are the evidence-based approaches our clinical team uses most often. Your therapist will pick the right fit for what you are bringing in.
A practical, well-studied therapy that helps you notice the link between your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours so you can change patterns that hurt you.
A therapy for people who have tried to think their way out of hard feelings and got tired. ACT helps you stop fighting your thoughts and start moving toward what matters.
A structured therapy for processing distressing memories. Uses guided eye movements (or other side-to-side input) to help your brain finish the work it could not finish at the time.
An eight-week programme that combines mindfulness practice with cognitive therapy skills. Best known for keeping depression from coming back.
You do not need to know what you have to start. These are some of the concerns that show up most often in our work; if yours is not on the list, that is fine, we will figure it out together.
Anxiety is your body's alarm system stuck in the on position. Therapy can quiet it without taking away the parts of caring that you actually want to keep.
Read about AnxietyDepression is not just sadness. It is the loss of energy, interest, and a sense that anything will be different. Therapy helps you find the door back to your own life.
Read about DepressionBurnout is not just being tired. It is the slow disappearance of you, in service of a workplace, a caregiving role, or both. Recovery is real and takes longer than people expect.
Read about BurnoutTrauma is more than the worst day. It is also the everyday cost of growing up around fear or unpredictability. Therapy can help, even when the events are decades old.
Read about TraumaUsually, yes. Most student health plans at Western and Fanshawe cover registered psychotherapists and social workers for at least some sessions per year. Check the specifics with your student union; our receipts work with most plans.
Tell us where you work. London's healthcare community is smaller than it looks; we will match you with someone outside that institution.
For most concerns, yes. The post-2020 research is consistent on this. For specific situations (severe trauma processing in some cases) in-person can be the better choice, and we will tell you if we think so.
You can at any point. The first-session-free policy exists in part because first impressions matter. Tell us what is not working and we will rematch you.
Your first session is free under CANADAHEALS. There is no obligation to continue after the first session, and switching therapists is easy if the first match is not right.
