Chris Chmielewski

Chris Chmielewski’s practice rests on a straightforward conviction: lasting change happens when therapy attends to the whole person — body, emotions, mind, and the deeper currents of the unconscious self. Drawing on four decades of clinical work, Chris integrates neuroscience with a wide range of therapeutic methods, grounding everything in attachment and developmental psychology to understand how early experience shapes who we become. Humor, honest challenge, and genuine partnership are hallmarks of his style — sessions are interactive by design, with practical exercises, real feedback, and follow-up woven in.

Chris works with children, teenagers, adults, couples, and families across a broad spectrum of concerns: relationship difficulties, depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, addiction, abuse recovery, eating and body-image struggles, identity, and professional burnout, among others. A particular focus runs through much of his work — the way early emotional wounds quietly influence intimacy, self-worth, mood, and motivation long into adulthood.

Because insight alone rarely resolves distress that lives in the body, Chris draws on emotion-focused and sensory-awareness approaches alongside CBT, DBT, mindfulness, hypnotherapy, dream exploration, and family-systems work. He also provides clinical supervision to practicing therapists and conducts assessments in family court matters. Sessions are available in person in London, Ontario, and online.