There's a new Buddhist centre in town, and it is unique in its approach. The Toronto Centre for Applied Buddhism, just launched in 2019, focuses on psychotherapy from a Buddhist perspective. In addition to counselling and workshops for patients, it is also dedicated to training professionals in the counselling field. Find out more here: http://appliedbuddhism.ca/
As described on their website,
Established in 2019, the Toronto Centre for Applied Buddhism aims to provide educational programming that focuses on the application of the Buddhist teachings in contemporary societies through collaboration with educational institutions and Buddhist communities locally and internationally. Our current objective is to offer Buddhist education for mindfulness, counselling, psychotherapy and contemplative care.
Through partnering with the University of Toronto, the Fellow in Buddhism and Psychiatry from the Department of Psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine will offer Buddhist psychotherapy services from our Centre.
As the first affiliated Buddhist site for Contextual Education at Emmanuel College, Victoria University in the University of Toronto, we provide supervision to students in the Buddhist stream of the Master of Pastoral Studies Program in applying mindfulness and Buddhism in providing care.
