Integrative Psycho-Spiritual Therapy in Barrie, Ontario

Integrative Psycho-Spiritual Therapy is a therapeutic framework developed by Wanda Nayduk over 39 years of clinical practice, personal spiritual exploration, and her own deep inner healing work. It is the fruit of a lifetime spent at the intersection of psychological depth, occupational wholeness, and spiritual wisdom — and it is offered in person in Barrie and by secure virtual session across Canada.

“I developed this approach because I kept meeting people who were doing everything right — and still carrying something that therapy alone could not touch. That something was spiritual. And it deserved to be met with the same care, skill, and respect as everything else.”

At its heart this approach rests on a simple but profound conviction: the human being cannot be fully healed by attending to the mind and emotions alone. We are also spiritual beings — for whom meaning, purpose, transcendence, and connection to something larger than the self are fundamental dimensions of what it means to be human. Integrative Psycho-Spiritual Therapy is Wanda’s response to the incompleteness that results when those dimensions are left unattended.

Pillar one — psychotherapy and occupational therapy. The clinical foundation: psychodynamic psychotherapy, trauma-informed care, CBT, somatic awareness, and the occupational therapy perspective on daily functioning and meaningful living. Wanda practises psychotherapy under her COTO registration, and how she works across both scopes is described on its own page.

Pillar two — formal spiritual direction. Woven through and alongside the psychotherapeutic work is formal spiritual direction — a centuries-old contemplative discipline attending to the deeper movements of the soul: meaning and meaninglessness, presence and absence, call and resistance.

Pillar three — the wisdom of the wounded healer. The third pillar is not a technique but a quality of presence — the experiential, embodied wisdom Wanda brings as a wounded healer who has done her own deep inner healing work. She meets the spiritual and psychological dimensions of her clients’ experience from a place of genuine understanding, knowing from the inside that the path through exists.

• Those whose healing journey has always felt inseparable from their spiritual life
• Those who have done psychological work and still feel something essential is untouched
• Those in the midst of spiritual crisis — loss of faith, collapse of meaning, spiritual desolation
• Those drawn to the deeper existential questions — who they are, why they are here, what their life means
• Those from a specific spiritual or religious tradition who want their therapy to honour it
• Those with no specific tradition but a rich personal spiritual life rooted in nature, mystery, or connection
• Those who have experienced trauma with a significant spiritual dimension
• Those in the second half of life navigating questions of legacy, mortality, and what truly matters

Wanda draws on the wisdom of multiple spiritual and contemplative traditions — including Christian mysticism and contemplative prayer, Indigenous spiritual wisdom and connection to the land, Jewish spiritual and ethical thought, Buddhist contemplative practice, Taoist philosophy, Jungian depth psychology, and the broader mystical and perennial traditions. What matters is not which tradition you come from — or whether you come from any tradition at all. What matters is that your spiritual life is real to you, and that it deserves to be met with genuine depth, care, and skill.

The first consultation is free. It is a conversation, not an intake interview — a chance to say some of it out loud and to see whether this feels like the right fit. There is no obligation to continue.

Sessions are available in person in Barrie at 80 Bradford Street, Suite 801 (Entrance Door 3), and by secure video or telephone across Canada and internationally. Nothing about your spiritual life needs to be explained or defended before you arrive; it is met as it is. Current rates are on the fees page.

• Spiritual directionThe contemplative practice at the heart of this framework, also offered on its own.
• How Wanda worksThe three lenses this framework grew out of.
• Grief counsellingWhen loss raises questions about death, meaning, and the sacred.
• Trauma and PTSD therapyFor trauma with a significant spiritual dimension, including religious trauma.
• Depression therapyWhen emptiness and loss of meaning sit underneath the low mood.
• Therapy for older adultsFor the second half of life and its questions of legacy and mortality.

Wanda’s office is centrally located in Barrie and is used by clients from across Simcoe County, including Orillia, Midland, Innisfil, Angus, Bradford, Bracebridge and Gravenhurst. For those further out, or for anyone who would rather not drive after a difficult hour, secure virtual sessions are available throughout Canada and internationally.

If you are ready, the first conversation is free. You can reach Wanda at 705-321-4297, by email at wandanayduk@gmail.com, or through the contact page. There is no need to have the words ready first.

The first conversation is free and there is no obligation. Call 705-321-4297, email wandanayduk@gmail.com, or use the contact form — Wanda replies personally.