Alan Choi, MSW RSW

NIHB funding approved. Now accepting virtual and in-person clients in Toronto at Islington and Bloor and in Mississauga near!  I provide individual, couple, and family counselling.  I also offer in-home sessions and canine-assisted counselling. 
I believe in building on the strengths my clients bring to me by improving their lives and removing barriers such as anxiety, depression, and emotional conflict. My clients are seeking happiness, contentment, and enrichment and I want to help them achieve their goals.  We are all seeking better connections with friends, loved ones, and family and I believe in personal growth and lifelong learning.

I specialize in helping people with anxiety and mental health issues such as depression, bipolar disorder and other psychiatric conditions. I have lived experience with immediate family members with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety and depression and I offer compassion and understanding.  As a Canadian born first generation Chinese-Canadian I can understand the immigrant experience and what it's like to grow up in Canada as a member of a visible minority.  Professionally, I have 30 years of social work experience as a crisis psychiatric therapist, school social worker, child protection worker and post-secondary education counsellor and I leverage that experience when working with my clients to help them move towards their goals.

In my spare time, I enjoy playing in a recreational hockey league, playing ping pong and pickleball, hiking, cycling (on and off road), playing with my dog and spending quality time with my wife, family and two teenage sons.

Please feel free to reach out to me if you would like to improve your life and to help yourself and those you love to connect better.  I offer free 15 minute phone or virtual consultations to see if we would be a good fit and I welcome any questions you may have.

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