The Willow Centre | Toronto Infant, Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychologists and Psychotherapists

Like the Willow Tree, we help our patients adapt, grow and withstand difficult situations, while discovering together their unique strengths.

The Willow Centre was founded in 1999 by Dr. Rex Collins, a Registered Psychologist, and a graduate of the Toronto Child Psychoanalytic Program (now Canadian Institute for Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy or CICAPP). The goal was to create a collaborative, team-based centre where children and families could receive comprehensive psychological assessments and psychotherapy. The Willow Centre has continued to grow and now consists of a group of skilled Psychologists and Psychotherapists who have the expertise to work with infants/toddlers and their parents, children, adolescents, couples, and individual adults. The guiding principles of the centre have always been that working and learning together as a team and taking the time to better understand the nature of the presenting problems our clients bring to us, aids us in developing the best assessment and treatment approaches that will address their unique needs.

Working Together to Help Your Child’s Emotional, Social, & Educational Well-Being. We offer in-person therapy, with the option of virtual sessions if appropriate.

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Consultation

Consultation is an important aspect of the work we do here at The Willow Centre. We have often found it possible to help children through ongoing work with their parents/caregivers.

Assessment

Psychological Assessment is a process of testing that uses a combination of techniques to help arrive at some hypotheses about a person and their behavior, personality and capabilities.

Therapy

In general, the Willow Centre team is prepared to address the full range of problems and difficulties experienced by infants, children and adolescents and adults.

We Have Immediate Availability to Complete Psychoeducational and ADHD Assessments

News

Dr. Holloway’s article on digital media and child/adolescent therapy sessions published in Psychoanalytic Study of the Child journal. (6/3/2021) - Dr. Robin Holloway has recently had an article on the pros and cons of working with children and adolescents virtually, published in the prestigious Psychoanalytic Study of the Child. Congratulations, Robin!
20 Years of the Willow Centre (1/27/2020) - On October 15th, 2019, The Willow Centre celebrated its 20th Anniversary. Below are some remarks presented by Dr Rex Collins. Welcome. 20 years of The Willow Centre. Wow! I think it was also around twenty years ago that I attended
How Anxiety Leads to Disruptive Behavior (5/16/2018) - Caroline Miller from the Child Mind Institute has written a good article for parents and teachers about how Anxiety Leads to Behaviours. An excerpt: Anxiety manifests in a surprising variety of ways in part because it is based on a

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Afraid of Shadows
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Because our four-year-old son has become very afraid of shadows, we have to leave a couple of lights on all night — not just a night light. To reassure him, we have said that shadows can’t hurt you, they aren’t ghosts or monsters, and he should try telling the things that scare him to “get out of my house.” Do you have any other suggestions?

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