Sessions held in Romanian, from your own home
Carolina Vintu, PhD, is a Registered Psychotherapist in Ontario. Romanian is one of the three languages she provides psychotherapy in, together with English and Russian, so nobody stands between you and her to interpret.
You talk to her by secure video from anywhere in the province. All you need is a quiet room and a device with a camera.
- Language
- Romanian, English, or a mix of the two
- Where
- Online, for clients living in Ontario
- First step
- A free 15-minute call, or phone (437) 367-0700
Phrases you can say exactly as they come
Some things lose their weight in translation. In a session in Romanian you can say them the way you would say them to your mother on the phone, and nobody asks you to find the English word first.
- Mi-e dorMissing people and places so much that it sits in the body. English has no single word for it.
- Nu mai potI can't anymore. Said at the end of a long week, or a long year.
- Mă simt străinI feel like a stranger. Here, and lately on visits back home too.
- Mi-e greuIt's hard for me. Often the first sentence, and often enough to begin with.
When two languages share one life
Many Romanian speakers in Ontario use English at work, with the children's school and at the bank, and Romanian with parents, old friends and in their own head at night. Neither language is the wrong one. Each one carries a different part of your life.
Carolina's article on switching languages in therapy looks at what can happen when a person moves between two languages in a session, and why a memory can feel closer in the language it happened in.
If the move itself is what you want to talk about, the page on immigration and cultural adjustment describes that work, and life transitions therapy covers the other big changes: a new job, a separation, a parent getting older far away.
Romanian, English or both: choosing for your sessions
| Only Romanian | Only English | Both, as it comes |
|---|---|---|
| Often chosen by people who grew up in Romanian and think in it when they are tired or upset. | Often chosen by people who have lived here for years and now live their adult life in English. | Often chosen by people who switch mid-sentence at home already. |
| Family memories and old arguments come out in the words they were said in. | Work stress and Canadian life are described in the words you use for them every day. | You use whichever word arrives first and don't stop to translate. |
You don't have to decide alone or for good. Say on the consultation call how you speak day to day, and the choice can change later.
What people bring to sessions in Romanian
The subjects are the ones Carolina works with in any of her languages. In Romanian they are often tied up with family far away.
Worry that keeps going after the lights are out, covered on the anxiety therapy page.
A low mood that has lasted through more than one season, as described under depression therapy.
Distance, trust or conflict between partners. Read about couples therapy.
A teenager growing up between two cultures. Carolina works with adolescents too, as the teen therapy page explains.
Fees, receipts and checking any Romanian-speaking therapist
The practical side
Individual sessions are $180 and couples sessions are $200. BridgeMinds does not bill insurers directly: you receive a detailed receipt to send to your plan, so ask your insurer first whether it covers a Registered Psychotherapist. The online therapy page explains how the video sessions work.
Three things to ask before you book
First, is the person registered in Ontario? The College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario has a public register where you can look up any name. Second, who speaks Romanian in the session itself? Third, after a short talk, do you feel understood? Carolina is registered with CRPO for independent practice and speaks Romanian herself.
Questions Romanian speakers ask before the first session
Yes. The sessions are open to anyone who lives in Ontario and is at home in Romanian, wherever they learned it. Carolina also works in Russian, so if your family spoke both, you can use both.
Yes. Carolina works in English as well, and a couple can agree on the language of their sessions on the consultation call. A couples session is $200.
Carolina works with adolescents, and the sessions can be held in Romanian or English, whichever your teenager prefers. Parents often ask what they will be told, and the article on teen therapy, consent and privacy in Ontario answers that.
For clients in Quebec, services are provided under supervised practice within the OPQ framework. The Montreal page explains how that works.
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