Alex Katsiris is a practicum student completing a Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in Clinical Psychology at Adler Graduate Professional School in Toronto, where she also earned her Master of Psychology. Alex holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Toronto Metropolitan University and has spent several years conducting psychological research in areas including trauma, anxiety, depression, social isolation, cognitive aging, and well-being.
Alex works with adults and adolescents navigating a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression and mood difficulties, stress and burnout, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy difficulties, emotion regulation, perfectionism, low self-esteem and shame, identity, and life transitions. Her practice is 2SLGBTQA+ affirming.
At the core of Alex's work is a trauma-informed, developmental lens that recognizes the profound ways early experiences shape how we come to see ourselves, others, and the world. Her approach is integrative, attachment-based, and client-centered, drawing on emotion-focused therapy (EFT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), sensorimotor psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioural therapy, and psychodynamic and humanistic frameworks. Alex sees therapy as a collaborative process, tailored to each client and grounded in their innate resilience — a space to process, explore, and find meaning in one's experience with compassionate curiosity.
Alex believes the foundation of meaningful therapy is the therapeutic relationship: a respectful, empathetic, and nurturing space where clients can feel truly seen, heard, and supported. This thread runs through her research as well — her master's work examined post-traumatic growth and self-compassion in survivors of complex trauma, and her doctoral research explores how early adversity shapes the way the mind and body come to make sense of experience.
