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Work in Progress, 1304 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON (2025)

12/16/2025

🤎 Caregiver Support Group now enrolling for January 2026!

Caring for an adult parent, partner, sibling, or loved one can be meaningful… and also heavy, overwhelming, or lonely at times.

This group offers a gentle, inclusive space to slow down, reflect, and connect with others who understand the complexities of caregiving.

Over 5 weekly sessions, we’ll explore the emotional, relational, and identity shifts that can come with supporting someone you love, and how to care for yourself along the way.

🗓️ Mondays, 7:00–8:15 PM (5 sessions) starting January 2026
💻 Virtual (via Zoom)
👥 For adults supporting adult family members or friends
💰 $250 total for the full 5-week group (sliding scale spots available)

Facilitated by Kate Burtis (RN, RP) and Danya Lewis (RN, RP Qualifying), this small group (6–8 participants) is designed to foster connection, understanding, and community for caregivers.

✨ Interested? Email intake@workinprogressto.ca to schedule a free 20-minute consultation and explore whether this group might be a good fit for you.

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11/12/2025

💬 Let’s talk about the misconceptions around child therapy.

We know that deciding to bring your child to therapy can bring up a lot of feelings — uncertainty, guilt, even fear of judgment. You’re not alone in that.

At Work in Progress, our child therapists hear murmurings like “It’s just play,” or “What if it means I’ve failed as a parent?” But therapy isn’t about labeling problems — it’s about giving children a safe, supportive space to express themselves and helping families connect and communicate in new ways.

Play therapy helps children make sense of big feelings, build coping tools, and strengthen emotional regulation — all through the language they know best: play.
Parents are an important part of this process too. You’ll be involved, supported, and guided throughout your child’s therapy journey.

✨ Whether your child is struggling with anxiety, anger, grief, social challenges, or just needs help navigating change, early support can make all the difference.
If you’ve been wondering whether therapy might help your child — this is your sign to reach out.

These reflections were written by one of our child therapists, Jessica Blakeley, who brings warmth, creativity, and deep care to her work. We have child therapy spots available (both in-person and virtual).

🧸 Learn more or book through the link in our bio.

10/29/2025

🌍 Did you know? At Work in Progress, our team speaks 11 different languages — and we can provide therapy in 8 of them.

To celebrate the diversity of language within our team, a few of our therapists have shared a meaningful phrase in their own language. We’re not translating them here — instead, we’d love to invite you to join in.

💬 do you know what they say? Drop your interpretations or translations in the comments below!

10/28/2025

✨ Welcome Lorraine Hewitt (she/her) ✨
Registered Social Worker, Registered Psychotherapist

We’re so excited to welcome Lorraine to Work in Progress! Lorraine brings over 20 years of experience in s*x education, empowerment, and community engagement to her psychotherapy practice. She works primarily with women and couples navigating relationship challenges, s*xual concerns, racial identity, self-esteem, and disordered eating.

Lorraine offers a warm, trauma-informed, and inclusive space for reflection, healing, and growth. Drawing from emotion-focused and narrative therapies, as well as somatic and mindfulness-based techniques, she helps clients connect with their emotions, deepen self-understanding, and move toward a more authentic life grounded in their own values.

Her background in adult s*x education gives her a unique ability to hold space for deeply personal conversations around intimacy, desire, and identity — with compassion, honesty, and care. Lorraine also works with members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, racialized individuals, and neurodiverse clients and couples, always approaching therapy through an anti-oppressive, client-centred lens.

🌿 Lorraine is now accepting new clients. Learn more or book a consultation through the link in our bio or by emailing intake@workinprogressto.ca

10/26/2025

✨ We’re Hiring! ✨
Work in Progress is looking for a Marketing & Community Engagement Manager to join our team.

We’re searching for someone who:
🌿 Has experience in marketing or communications
📱 Loves creating meaningful social media content across platforms
🤝 Values connection, collaboration, and community
💛 Feels passionate about mental health advocacy and creative storytelling

This role blends creativity with purpose — you’ll help grow our online presence, support client engagement, and build partnerships that reflect our values of accessibility, inclusion, and authenticity.

If you’re someone who thrives in community and believes mental health care should be human, not corporate — we’d love to hear from you.

📧 Apply or inquire at info@workinprogressto.ca

10/24/2025

🌿 Caregiver Support Group - NEW START DATE - now begins January 2026!

Caring for a parent, partner, sibling, or loved one can be deeply meaningful — and also exhausting, isolating, or confusing at times. This group offers a space to slow down, reflect, and connect with others who get it.

🗓️ When: Mondays, 7:00–8:15 PM (5 sessions) starting January, 2026
💻 Where: Virtual (via Zoom)
👥 Who: Adults supporting adult family members or loved ones
💰 Cost: $250 total for all 5 sessions (sliding scale spots available)

Facilitated by Kate Burtis (RN, RP) and Danya Lewis (RN, RP Qualifying), this 5-week group invites conversation around caregiving, boundaries, identity, and sustaining ourselves while caring for others.

Group size is limited (6–8 participants) to support a sense of community and trust.
We ask participants to commit to all five sessions.

✨ Learn more or schedule your consultation: workinprogressto.ca/caregiver
📩 Questions? Email intake@workinprogressto.ca

10/23/2025

✨ Welcome Dr. Mariana Matos (she/her) ✨ Clinical Psychologist (Supervised Practice)

We’re so excited to welcome Mariana to Work in Progress! An internationally trained psychologist with over 20 years of experience, Mariana brings warmth, insight, and cultural depth to her work with adults navigating life transitions, emotional challenges, and questions of identity and meaning. She offers sessions in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, making therapy more accessible and inclusive for clients who feel most at ease in their native language.

Grounded in a psychodynamic and relational approach, Mariana creates a compassionate space for reflection and growth—helping clients understand how their past and present connect, and how to move forward with greater clarity and self-compassion.

As part of her supervised practice, Mariana also offers psychological assessments, including depression and anxiety inventories, pain and memory evaluations, PTSD and travel-related anxiety scales. These tools can provide helpful insight into emotional patterns and guide personalized treatment.

Mariana practices under the supervision of Dr. Konstantinos Papazoglou, PhD, C.Psych and is now accepting new clients in-person and online. 🌿
➡️ Learn more or book a consultation through the link in our bio.

10/23/2025

✨ Welcome Dr. Mariana Matos (she/her) ✨
Clinical Psychologist (Supervised Practice)
We’re so excited to welcome Mariana to Work in Progress! An internationally trained psychologist with over 20 years of experience, Mariana brings warmth, insight, and cultural depth to her work with adults navigating life transitions, emotional challenges, and questions of identity and meaning. She offers sessions in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, making therapy more accessible and inclusive for clients who feel most at ease in their native language.
Grounded in a psychodynamic and relational approach, Mariana creates a compassionate space for reflection and growth—helping clients understand how their past and present connect, and how to move forward with greater clarity and self-compassion.
As part of her supervised practice, Mariana also offers psychological assessments, including depression and anxiety inventories, pain and memory evaluations, PTSD and travel-related anxiety scales. These tools can provide helpful insight into emotional patterns and guide personalized treatment.
Mariana practices under the supervision of Dr. Konstantinos Papazoglou, PhD, C.Psych and is now accepting new clients. 🌿
➡️ Learn more or book a consultation through the link in our bio.

10/15/2025

🌿 Caregiver Support Group

Caring for a parent, partner, sibling, or loved one can be deeply meaningful — and also exhausting, isolating, or confusing at times. This group offers a space to slow down, reflect, and connect with others who get it.

🗓️ When: Mondays, 7:00–8:15 PM (5 sessions) starting November 3, 2025
💻 Where: Virtual (via Zoom)
👥 Who: Adults supporting adult family members or loved ones
💰 Cost: $250 total for all 5 sessions (sliding scale spots available)

Facilitated by Kate Burtis (RN, RP) and Danya Lewis (RN, RP Qualifying), this 5-week group invites conversation around caregiving, boundaries, identity, and sustaining ourselves while caring for others.

Group size is limited (6–8 participants) to support a sense of community and trust.
We ask participants to commit to all five sessions.

✨ Learn more or schedule your consultation: workinprogressto.ca/caregiver
📩 Questions? Email intake@workinprogressto.ca

09/24/2025

When we first stepped into this lower-level unit, we weren’t so sure. The fluorescent lights, dark carpets, and frosted windows made it hard to imagine it becoming part of Work in Progress. Upstairs had already built a reputation for being bright, open, and calm — a space that felt simple yet thoughtfully put together. We wanted this new office to carry that same feeling, so that no matter where you landed, you knew you were still in a Work in Progress space.

There was no pause on rent to buy us renovation time, which meant every day mattered. And if you know me (Rebecca), you know I can’t sit back and watch — I roll up my sleeves. With the help of family and friends, we painted, sanded, hauled, built, and brought this vision to life piece by piece.

To those who gave their time, strength, and energy — whether it was moving furniture, saving me from another day of sanding, or simply cheering me on — you know who you are, and I am endlessly grateful. I am also grateful for a team that was bursting at the seams of our upstairs office and pushed me to do this.

Stay tuned to the end to see what we created together. ✨

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