Nick Dookheran

Offers Virtual appointments only
  • Psychotherapist
  • Man
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars. 44 ratings.
Accepting new patients

Provider information

Description

Men who come to see me often feel stuck, stressed, anxious, or disconnected from their emotions. I create a safe, nonjudgmental space that supports identifying, expressing, and moving through difficult feelings. My goal is to help you regain a sense of emotional control and direction. As a second-generation Canadian with Caribbean roots, I value cultural diversity and connect easily with clients, making therapy—especially for first-timers—feel approachable and grounded.

Conditions

  • ADHD
  • Anger
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Divorce
  • Men's Issues
  • Relationship Issues
  • Self Esteem
  • Stress

Provider's hours

Sunday
By appointment only
Monday
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Tuesday
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Wednesday
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Saturday
Closed

Services

  • Acceptance and commitment therapy
  • Motivational interviewing
  • The Gottman method

Clientele

  • Adults (18+)​
  • Couples​

Languages spoken

  • English

Education

  • Master of Divinity in Counselling - Tyndale Seminary
  • ADHD Professional (ADHD-CCSP) Intensive Training Course: Evidence-Based Strategies for Managing ADHD Across the Lifespan - PESI
  • Gottman Level 1 & 2 Couples Therapy Training
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: 2-Day Intensive ACT Training with Daniel Moran, PhD, BCBA-D
  • Motivational Interviewing: Evidence-Based Interventions to Improve Client Engagement and Accelerate Behavioral Change - Dr. Christopher Wagner, PhD

Professional associations

  • Registered Psychotherapist - College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario

Summary

First Step Men's Therapy is dedicated to shaping the lives and healing of men across Toronto/Canada.

We specialize in helping men understand themselves and those around them. We work with men on a wide range of mental health issues, and specialize in compulsive sexual behaviour, first responders, grief, PTSD, dating and relationships, anxiety, and life transitions - to name a few.

Therapy can be an overwhelming, stigmatizing experience. Our goal is to help provide a place of comfort, safety, and growth. Call us, email us, or reach out to us via our social media pages to get started.

Business hours

Sunday
By appointment only
Monday
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Tuesday
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Wednesday
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Saturday
Closed

Services & supplies

  • Accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy (AEDP)
  • Acceptance and commitment therapy
  • Adlerian therapy
  • Alzheimer's therapy
  • Animal-assisted therapy
  • Applied behavior analysis
  • Art therapy
  • Attachment-based therapy
  • Bibliotherapy
  • Biofeedback
  • Brain stimulation therapy
  • Career counseling
  • Christian counseling
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Cognitive processing therapy
  • Cognitive stimulation therapy
  • Compassion-focused therapy
  • Culturally sensitive therapy
  • Dance therapy
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Eclectic therapy
  • Electroconvulsive therapy
  • Emotionally focused therapy
  • Equine-assisted therapy
  • Existential therapy
  • Experiential therapy
  • Exposure and response prevention
  • Exposure Therapy
  • Expressive arts therapy
  • Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy
  • Family counselling
  • Family systems therapy
  • Feminist therapy
  • Forensic therapy
  • Forgiveness therapy
  • Gestalt therapy
  • Group counselling
  • Hoarding therapy
  • Human givens therapy
  • Humanistic therapy
  • Hypnotherapy
  • Imago relationship therapy
  • Integrative therapy
  • Interpersonal psychotherapy
  • Job Site Visit
  • Jungian therapy
  • Life Coaching
  • Marital counselling
  • Marriage and family therapy
  • Medication management therapy
  • Mental health reactivation
  • Mentalization-based therapy
  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Multicultural therapy
  • Music therapy
  • Narrative therapy
  • Neurofeedback
  • Neuro-linguistic programming therapy
  • Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
  • Person-centered therapy
  • Physical demands analysis
  • Play therapy
  • Positive psychology
  • Prolonged exposure therapy
  • Psychoanalytic therapy
  • Psychodynamic therapy
  • Psychological testing and evaluation
  • Rational emotive behavior therapy
  • Reality therapy
  • Relational therapy
  • Relationship counselling
  • Sandplay therapy
  • Schema therapy
  • Social recovery therapy
  • Solution-focused brief therapy
  • Somatic therapy
  • Sports psychology
  • Strength-based therapy
  • Structural family therapy
  • Teen mental health
  • The Gottman method
  • Therapeutic intervention
  • Transpersonal therapy
  • Trauma informed care
  • Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
  • Workplace facilitation/mediation

Amenities

  • Close to public transit
  • Wheelchair accessible

Provider's hours

Sunday
By appointment only
Monday
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Tuesday
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Wednesday
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Saturday
Closed

Business hours

Sunday
By appointment only
Monday
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Tuesday
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Wednesday
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Saturday
Closed