Mariel Swadden, MSW, RSW
Offers
In-person and virtual appointments
- Social Worker
- Woman
Accepting new patients
Provider information
Description
Mariel Swadden is a Registered Social Worker who provides a calm, supportive space for men and youth navigating anxiety, trauma, identity, and life transitions. She uses a strengths-based, client-centred approach and understands the unique pressures men face around emotion, intimacy, and self-worth. Mariel helps clients build confidence, deepen connection, and move toward a more grounded and authentic sense of self.
Conditions
- Abuse
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Aging
- Alcohol Abuse
- Anger
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Chronic Pain or Illness
- Communication
- Compulsive gambling
- Depression
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse or Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Eating disorders
- Emotion Regulation
- Emotional Abuse
- Family planning
- Gambling Addiction
- Infidelity
- Insomnia
- Internet Addiction
- Men's Issues
- Obesity
- Obsessive- Compulsive (OCD)
- Postpartum depression
- Racial Identity
- Self Esteem
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Stress
- Substance Abuse
- Trauma
- Video Game Addiction
- Workplace 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
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Humanistic therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Person-centered therapy
- Psychoanalytic therapy
- Schema therapy
- Strength-based therapy
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
Clientele
- Adults (18+)
- LGBTQ2+
- Seniors (65+)
Languages spoken
- English
Professional designations
- Master of Social Work (MSW)
- Registered Social Worker (RSW)
Education
- Honours Bachelor of Arts - University of Toronto
- Bachelor of Social Work - Dalhousie University
- Master of Social Work - Toronto Metropolitan University
Professional associations
- Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) #858706
- Honours Bachelor of Arts - University of Toronto
- Bachelor of Social Work - Dalhousie University
- Master of Social Work - Toronto Metropolitan University
Facility: First Step Men's Therapy
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
