David White

Registered Psychotherapist

B Kin (Hons), ChPC, MACP, CCST-I

My name is David White. I am a counsellor at White Oaks Therapy Center with a Master degree in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University. Prior to my MACP, I graduated with Honors from McMaster University with a Bachelors of Kinesiology and for the last 12 years I have been working as a Chartered Professional Coach at the Olympic and Paralympic levels in Alpine Skiing in athlete development, coach education, and community building.

In my career as a professional coach, I have come to know that emotional and social well-being are foundational for the success of individuals, couples and groups, which has led me to build a career in counseling psychology. My underlying belief is that we all have internal strengths that can be revealed and supported to manifest a life full of purpose and that gaps in our well-being can be secured with client-paced acknowledgment, compassionate guidance, and socio-emotional skill development.

I also believe that self-discovery and overcoming life’s challenges does not have to attempted in an isolated manner and that the utilization of community supports can build confidence and esteem in a collaborative way. In some cases, we may even need help in identifying our own self-supporting community and relationships.

Scope of Practice

• Individual counselling (as young as 9 years)
• Relationship counselling (family and couples)
• Trauma and related stress (Acute and Chronic)
• Attachment / Relationship Issues
• Childhood Trauma / Personality Disorders
• Challenges with Emotional regulation
• Anxiety / Depression / Anger / Grief / Shame
• Issues of Self and Self-Esteem
• Addictions support
• Caregiver support
• Parenting / Co-parenting

Modalities

• Internal Family Systems
• EMDR
• Narrative Exposure Therapy
• CBT / DBT / ACT
• Solutions Focused Brief Therapy
• Mindfulness
• Prepare/Enrich
• DBR* (end of 2026)