John Schurmann

John Schurmann builds his sessions around a simple conviction: that real change requires understanding, not just coping. With three decades of practice behind him, the Markham-based Registered Social Worker works with clients to first make sense of what’s driving their struggles — the roots of depression, anxiety, addiction, anger, or relational breakdown — before moving into the practical skill-building that turns insight into lasting results. That dual focus, therapeutic depth paired with concrete life-coaching tools, is what he considers his edge.

He works with a wide range of people: children, teenagers, adults, couples, and families navigating issues that include ADHD, trauma, abuse recovery, career stress, and addiction. Clients dealing with the particular exhaustion of a job that never quite ends — the late message, the inbox that reopens the moment the workday should be over — find his approach to burnout and boundary-setting directly practical. John also draws on personal experience raising children with ADHD, which shapes his work with families facing similar challenges.

Sessions are available online, and fees may be covered through extended health benefits or employee assistance programs. John is also the author of Emotional Wound First-Aid Kit: A Comprehensive Guide for Rapid Healing.