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Matea Kosar
MSW, RSW
Accepting New Clients
Yes
Locations Served
Ontario
,
Canada
,
Languages
English
,
Bosnian
,
Croatian
,
Serbian
,
Montenegrin
,

About Matea Kosar

Matea is a warm and compassionate Registered Social Worker and Psychotherapist dedicated to supporting mothers and individuals through life's most sensitive and challenging times. She offers a safe and non-judgmental space to explore experiences that may hinder feelings of groundedness, wholeness, and well-being.

Holding a specialization in Women’s Reproductive Mental Health and advanced training in Perinatal Loss and Mental Health, Matea brings both professional expertise and significant life experience to her work. As a single mother with early experiences shaped by war, she possesses a deep understanding of the complexities of motherhood, trauma, and resilience. Her integrative and client-centered approach draws on attachment theory and incorporates various therapeutic modalities, including CBT, DBT, EMDR, mindfulness, narrative, and solution-focused therapies, all aimed at fostering calm, clarity, and healing.

Right For You If

Areas Of Focus

  • Infertility and trying to conceive (TTC)
  • IVF and assisted reproductive technology (ART)
  • Early pregnancy loss and miscarriage
  • Pregnancy after loss or infertility
  • Abortion support
  • High-risk pregnancy support
  • Prenatal anxiety and depression
  • Birth trauma and traumatic birth recovery
  • NICU and medicalized birth experiences
  • Stillbirth and perinatal loss
  • Postpartum depression
  • Postpartum anxiety
  • Postpartum rage or irritability
  • Postpartum OCD and intrusive thoughts
  • Panic attacks in motherhood
  • Sleep deprivation and emotional dysregulation
  • Identity loss and matrescence
  • Rebuilding sense of self outside of motherhood
  • Transition to parenthood
  • Boundaries and resentment in motherhood
  • Mental load, burnout, and invisible labor
  • Cycle breaking and reparenting
  • Mom guilt, shame, and perfectionism
  • Cultural identity and expectations in motherhood
  • Life transitions and midlife motherhood
  • Menopause and hormonal shifts
  • Peri Menopause and Menopause
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Insurance and Benefits Coverage

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  
  • Certification in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Women’s Reproductive Mental Health,  2022 Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo  
  • Maternal Mental Health: Miscarriage, Stillbirth & Infant Death,  2022 Maternal Mental Health NOW
  • Preparing Client for Birth After Birth Trauma Workshop, 2022 Wollemi Counseling  
  • Increasing Accessibility: Mastering Insurance For The Maternal Health Professional, 2021 Maternal Mental Health NOW  
  • Legal And Ethical Dilemmas In Perinatal Mental Health: Perinatal Mental Health And The Child Welfare System, 2021 Maternal Mental Health NOW
  • Legal And Ethical Dilemmas In Perinatal Mental Health: When Criminal Justice Meets Perinatal Mental Health 2021 Maternal Mental Health NOW  
  • Perinatal Loss in Practice, 2020 The Perinatal Loss Centre
  • Basic Skills in Perinatal Mental Health, 2020 Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE)

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—without anyone yelling "Mooooom!" every 3 minutes.