JOSHUA AGUAYO ⋄ PSYCHOANALYST

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You’ve done the therapy.
Learned the skills.
And something still isn’t changing.

Psychoanalytic counselling online, based in Canada.

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You tracked your thoughts.
Did the worksheets.
Practised the breathing.
Maybe it helped for a while.

But the same patterns keep returning.
In your relationships. At work.
In the quiet moments when you’re alone with yourself.

The problem was never that you lacked strategies.

What if the goal isn’t managing your symptoms, but understanding why they exist?

This is psychoanalytic counselling. We meet regularly, online. You talk. I listen with curiosity, confidentially and without judgment. Not to diagnose or assign homework, but to understand you.

Over time, what’s been invisible becomes visible. The patterns loosen. Not because you learned a new technique; because you understood something you couldn’t see alone.

It’s not quick. It’s not a hack. It’s the kind of work where you stop fighting the patterns and start understanding what they’re protecting.

Not ready to book? Listen first.

Hear how a psychoanalyst actually thinks about the things you think about alone — relationships, patterns, the stuff that keeps coming back.

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Maybe you’ve tried therapy before and it didn’t stick. Maybe someone told you to breathe, or journal, or think positively — and you still feel stuck. This is an honest look at what psychoanalysis actually does differently.

JOSHUA AGUAYO

I’m a Psychoanalyst with a degree in Clinical Psychology and a Master’s degree in Psychoanalysis. I’ve spent 10 years working with people across Ecuador, the US, and Canada, where I practice as a Counselling Therapist registered with the Association of Counselling Therapy of Alberta (ACTA).

My Master’s research focused on how online communities — from streaming platforms to gaming spaces — create real connection and real healing. That work became The Healers’ Guild: a community of peer supporters, and The Healers’ Handbook — a free guide for anyone who wants to bring basic mental health support to the people around them.

I believe the deepest change comes not from techniques, but from being truly understood.

Sessions are $220 CAD. Sliding scale available.

También disponible en español.

If something here resonated — let’s talk.

A free 15-minute consultation. No pressure. Just a conversation about whether this might be what you’ve been looking for.

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