About Kevin Lee

Kevin was diagnosed with anxiety and OCD himself at a young age. He knows what it is like to be stuck in endless loops of doubt, worry, and compulsive behaviors. Before training as a therapist, Kevin worked as a teacher, and he remains a licensed member of the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT). He brings humour, honesty, and genuine warmth to his work with adults and couples, along with a willingness to challenge you when it might spark real insight. He sees therapy as a place where you can feel safe to bring your true self without any fear of judgment, so you can work together to get to the root of your issues. 

He specializes in treating OCD and anxiety, phobias, relationship and attachment concerns, and addiction and unhealthy coping patterns. 

Outside of session, Kevin stays active with CrossFit and pickup sports like pickleball and volleyball (enthusiastically, if not always gracefully). He enjoys travelling to places rich with ancient history, most recently Egypt and Peru, and spends his downtime sharing meals with loved ones and unwinding with a good science fiction or fantasy novel or series. 

OCD, Social Anxiety and Phobias 

Do you find yourself stuck in cycles of intrusive thoughts, compulsive rituals, endless “what ifs”, and replaying scenarios or events over and over in your head checking for evidence that something terrible has or could happen? Sometimes this involves external behaviors like washing your hands or checking things repeatedly; and sometimes it plays out entirely in your head. Anxiety can show up in related ways too. You might dread social situations, think about everything that could go wrong during an encounter, replay all the ways you might have screwed up long after it’s over, or have a specific phobia that leads you to arrange your day around avoiding it. Over time, these patterns can feel isolating and exhausting, like being trapped in your own mind.

Kevin has lived with anxiety and OCD himself and has worked successfully with it in its many forms. Whether it shows up primarily as rumination, contamination, fear of harming others, checking, terrifying thoughts about who you might be or things you might have done, moral OCD, relationship OCD, hoarding, or anything else, he works collaboratively with you using Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and other evidence based practices to help you break free from obsessive worrying, stop compulsive behaviors, and challenge the fears that keep you stuck. 

Addiction and Compulsive Behaviors 

Many of us turn to substances or behaviors- whether alcohol, drugs, spending, gambling, or pornography- to cope with stress or numb emotional pain. Sometimes those habits become out of control, leaving guilt, shame, or real strain on your life and relationships.  

If you are starting to question your relationship with a substance or habit, Kevin can help you on this journey. Drawing on professional training and direct experience supporting people in recovery, Kevin offers a compassionate, judgment free space to both develop practical tools for change and explore the root causes that lie underneath the behavior.  

Loneliness, Family Dynamics and Attachment 

Do you brace for people to leave, wondering when the other shoe will drop? Or perhaps you keep them at a distance so they can’t hurt you, or find that closeness somehow turns into anxiety, anger or jealousy? These patterns usually trace back further than the current relationship, to how you learned to connect a long time ago. Left unexamined, they can quietly sabotage the connections you really want.  

Working from a psychodynamic and attachment based approach, Kevin helps you understand where the patterns come from, work through the past hurts that keep them alive, and start building relationships that feel secure and satisfying. 

Couples & Marriage 

When communication has broken down, when trust has been damaged by dishonesty or infidelity, or when addiction is affecting your home life, finding your way back to each other can feel out of reach. 

Kevin works with couples using the Gottman Method, a proven approach to couples therapy, which focuses on empathy, trust, and practical tools for navigating conflict. The work is aimed at creating space where both of you can be honest, feel understood, and reconnect with the friendship at the heart of your relationship.

Email: kevin.lee@mylifecounselling.ca
Phone: 1-800-828-9484 (ext. 124)