Maxim Morozkin

My therapeutic approach is integrative, structured, and results-focused. I combine Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), carefully tailored to each client’s needs, so you gain both meaningful insight and practical tools you can apply in everyday life. As an ICF-certified Life Coach trained in Positive Psychology, I integrate a coaching lens grounded in the PERMA model—Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment. This approach helps clients build resilience, clarity, and long-term well-being. Together, we address immediate symptoms while also creating sustainable emotional growth and direction. I work with individuals and couples coping with complex developmental trauma and C-PTSD, including anxiety, chronic stress, shame, guilt, emotional disconnection, trust difficulties, and negative self-image. Many clients arrive feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected—from themselves, their partners, or their sense of purpose. Our work focuses on understanding and healing the roots of these patterns, strengthening emotional regulation, and rebuilding a steadier, more confident sense of self. My style is warm, grounded, and collaborative—while also direct and purposeful. Therapy should feel safe, but it should also create forward movement. In sessions, we identify recurring internal and relational patterns. Through CBT, you learn to challenge unhelpful thinking styles such as catastrophizing, perfectionism, and “not good enough” beliefs. DBT adds practical skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness—helping you respond thoughtfully rather than react automatically. I also integrate attachment-focused and psychodynamic approaches to address deeper relational wounds and long-standing protective strategies. My background includes an Honours degree in Criminology and Psychology from Carleton University, Addiction Counsellor certification from Willis College, advanced Motivational Interviewing training through the Canadian Mental Health Association, and specialized training in co-occurring disorders. I have worked in diverse recovery settings and cultural contexts, enriching my perspective and approach. I currently work online with clients across Canada and the United States, offering therapy in English and Russian. If you’re seeking therapy that is practical, emotionally deep, and growth-oriented, our work will focus on building clarity, emotional balance, confidence, and stronger relationships.

My professional experience began at the Ottawa Drug Treatment Court and Rideauwood Addictions and Family Services on Parkdale Avenue in Ottawa, Ontario, where I received extensive clinical training and developed strong skills in evidence-based interventions, therapeutic rapport, risk awareness, and structured treatment planning. Working in this setting gave me significant exposure to complex presentations involving addiction, trauma, anxiety, mood instability, and co-occurring mental health concerns. After completing my placement and training, I secured a full-time role at Rideauwood Family Services, where I provided counselling and psychotherapy to individuals navigating substance use recovery, emotional regulation challenges, relationship stress, and long-standing behavioural patterns. This work strengthened my ability to support clients who feel stuck in cycles of relapse, shame, avoidance, emotional shutdown, or high reactivity, and taught me how to balance compassion with clarity, accountability, and measurable progress. I later expanded my clinical scope internationally, working as a mental health therapist in private rehabilitation centres in Costa Rica and Panama. In these roles, I supported English-speaking clients from the United States, Canada, and Australia, often in intensive therapeutic environments that required flexibility, strong clinical judgment, and a culturally sensitive approach. This international experience broadened my perspective on recovery models,

I earned an Honours degree in Criminology and Psychology from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada (2003–2008), which provided a strong foundation in human behaviour, motivation, trauma, and the broader systems that shape mental health and life outcomes. I later completed my Addiction Counsellor certification at Willis College (2016), where I developed specialized competencies in assessment, treatment planning, relapse prevention, and supporting clients impacted by substance use and related mental health challenges. During this training, I gained practical clinical experience through the Ottawa Drug Treatment Court with Rideauwood Family Services, working with individuals facing complex presentations that often involve trauma histories, emotional dysregulation, high stress, and unstable life circumstances. To strengthen my ability to support sustainable behavioural change, I completed a Certificate in Advanced Motivational Interviewing through the Canadian Mental Health Association (2018), refining my skills in helping clients move through ambivalence, increase readiness for change, and build realistic, self-directed goals. I also pursued specialized training in co-occurring disorders, expanding my capacity to work integratively with overlapping mental health and substance use concerns. In 2022, I completed masterclasses in Emotional Intelligence, Resilience, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), further strengthening my clinical toolkit and allowing for more flexible