Pathway-Therapy has been founded by Cindy Allison, Registered Psychotherapist who studied at the University of Toronto in the field of Philosophy, Psychology and Biology. She is trained in Relational Psychotherapy at the Toronto Institute for Relational Psychotherapy (TIRP); she is also a member of the Canadian Association for Psychodynamic Therapy (CAPT). At Pathway-Therapy we are believers of growth, emotional health, & happiness. We're a mental health practice, offering therapy for individuals/couples, and workshops in the Yorkville and Toronto area. Relational psychotherapy balances the study of structures or patterns of self-experience with the study of persons in interpersonal process. Through the interpersonal process of the therapeutic interaction relational therapy strengthens and transforms a client’s sense of self, which in turn enhances his or her well being in the world. A relational therapist takes seriously the interpersonal impact of power differentials and social issues such as race, class, culture, gender, and sexual difference while working with these issues as they present in the client’s life and in the therapeutic relationship. The principles of relational psychotherapy are drawn from self-psychology, intersubjective theory, relational psychoanalysis, psychodynamic development theory, trauma theory, and feminist theories of psychotherapy. Empowerment and growth through interpersonal connection are both the process and the goal of relational psychotherapy.