About Matea Kosar
Matea Kosar is a compassionate and culturally sensitive Registered Social Worker and Psychotherapist, bringing years of experience to her work with mothers and individuals. She feels deeply honored to accompany her clients on their healing journeys, offering a safe and non-judgmental space to explore the experiences that may be holding them back. Matea completed a specialization in Women's Reproductive Mental Health through Wilfrid Laurier University and training in Perinatal Loss and Perinatal Mental Health at the Centre of Perinatal Excellence, Australia, and volunteers with Postpartum Support International.
Adopting a collaborative and strengths-based approach, Matea draws from a wealth of educational, professional, and life experiences. As a single mother herself, she understands the emotional challenges that motherhood can bring. Her childhood during the war has profoundly shaped her understanding of trauma and resilience, and as a mother, war survivor, and immigrant, she brings a unique perspective to her work, empowering clients to navigate their own difficult experiences.
Matea uses a client-centered, integrative approach grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and enriched with narrative, mindfulness, and solution-focused techniques, and is currently completing her EMDR training. She works together with mothers to bring calmness and understanding toward events that happened and to move toward healing and a better quality of life.
Areas of focus
Modalities
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Trainings and certifications
- EMDRIA Certified Therapist™, 2025, EMDR International Association
- Reproductive Trauma: Essential Tools for Infertility, Pregnancy Loss, Birth Trauma, and Perinatal Mental Health Disorders, 2024 PESI, Janet Jaffe, PhD
- Mom Rage Workshop, 2024 The Karen Kleiman Training Center
- Perinatal OCD Workshop, 2023 The Karen Kleiman Training Center
The personal
What’s a small joy that never fails to make you smile? When my kiddo asks for the millionth time if we can have a caterpillar as a pet, honestly, it’s endlessly adorable.
What’s your go-to comfort show, podcast, or book? Friends. The characters feel like extended family. Bonus points if there’s tea and a blanket involved.
What’s a parenting mantra or quote you love? Good enough is perfect. And on tough days: this too shall pass, preferably with chocolate.
What’s one thing most people don’t know about you? I once survived a war and now I can also survive assembling IKEA furniture without swearing. Growth!
If you had a whole afternoon to yourself, how would you spend it? Browsing a bookstore, sipping warm tea, and sitting in total silence.