Bruno (he/him) is the founder of Intersections Therapy Collective and serves as the Clinical Director, overseeing the operations and quality of clinical services. He also holds a position as Adjunct Instructor at Renison University College (University of Waterloo). Aside from his supervisory and teaching roles, Bruno is first and foremost an individual, couples, and sex therapist.
Bruno is a registered social worker and psychotherapist in good standing with the OCSWSSW (reg# 837354). He is a professional member of several associations, including the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT) and the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT). Bruno is also affiliated with the Kinsey Institute’s Traumatic Stress Research Consortium (KI-TSRC) at Indiana University and the Narrative Practice Research Network, a joint initiative between the Dulwich Centre and the University of Melbourne.
Outside of the clinic, Bruno enjoys spending quality time with his children and family, both in Canada and abroad. He is passionate about learning, traveling, and embarking on new adventures!
2025 Fee Information:
$190 per hour for individual therapy and $240 per hour for couples therapy. A sliding scale fee option may be available at any given time. Taxes do not apply to clinical services provided by RSWs. Our clinic also offers direct billing for eligible clients with insurance benefit coverage.
Canadian Forces Health Services:
Bruno is an approved external provider for active members of the Canadian Forces. Military personnel wishing to access clinical services from Bruno must receive authorization from Canadian Forces Health Services. It may take up to several weeks to receive the referral package from the Department of National Defence (DND), which is required before setting up the first session.
Specialization & Clinical Focus:
These are some of the areas where Bruno can provide treatment and clinical support for individuals and couples, but are not limited to:
- Communication challenges, attachment ruptures, and intimacy or desire discrepancies in various relationship structures, including traditional marriage.
- Erotic and sexual identities, as well as sexual behavior patterns that negatively impact relationships or hinder connections and optimal sexual experiences.
- Infidelity, associated emotions, and post-infidelity reconciliation struggles in various relationship structures, including traditional marriage.
- Men’s sexuality, sexual dysfunctions such as erectile difficulties and premature ejaculation, performance anxiety, and problematic or out-of-control sexual behaviors, including compulsive porn use, masturbation, and risky sexual urges.
- Challenges in consensual non-monogamy (CNM), open relationships, polyamory, and other non-traditional relationships.
- Same-sex relationships and navigating associated challenges, including parenting and sexual connections.
Professional Experience:
Bruno brings a wealth of experience from his extensive career in the public sector before founding Intersections Therapy Collective. His last position in the public sector was as a therapist at a university medical clinic, where he supported youth and young adults navigating mental health and academic challenges. Bruno worked closely with a multidisciplinary team, including physicians, psychiatrists, and registered nurses, to offer holistic care. He also led 2SLGBTQIA+-focused group therapy programs and delivered mental health workshops at the university.
Bruno’s diverse background includes adult mental health counseling, crisis intervention, private adoption practice, child protection (Children’s Aid Society), addictions and harm reduction, Indigenous social services (focusing on family violence and well-being), child welfare policy research, and children’s mental health practice. He is also passionate about parent advocacy and has worked extensively in that field. Bruno most recently served as an advisory member of the 2SLGBTQ+ Provincial Roundtable at the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies (OACAS) in 2023.
In addition to therapy, Bruno provides workshops and psycho-educational presentations to organizations and groups. He recently presented a professional seminar titled “Loss and Identity for Intercountry Adoptees: Exploring Narrative Therapy” at the 2023 North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) conference in Kansas City, MO.
Education & Training:
Bruno earned his Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from Carleton University, concentrating on direct intervention and clinical social work practice, which included independent studies on attachment-focused therapy and developmental trauma. He has participated in graduate studies as an Ontario Visiting Graduate Student at the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, ON. Bruno also holds a certificate in intensive sex therapy training from the University of Guelph.
Additionally, Bruno has successfully completed the following post-graduate training programs:
- Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT) Externship & Core Skills Training (International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy)
- Gottman Method – Level 1 & 2 (Gottman Institute)
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy (Wilfrid Laurier University)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (Wilfrid Laurier University)
- Clinical Supervision (Wilfrid Laurier University)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Wilfrid Laurier University)
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (OSIE - University of Toronto)
- Narrative Therapy and Community Practice (Dulwich Centre)
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy (Royal Hospital)
- Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency (ARC) Framework: Treating Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents (Dr. Margaret E. Blaustein)
- ACT: An Adoption and Permanency Curriculum for Child Welfare and Mental Health Professionals © (Adoption Council of Ontario)
- Circle of Security® Parenting™ & COS intensive assessment protocol (Circle of Security International)
- Collaborative Problem Solving - Level 1 (Think:Kids)
- Dr. Neufeld’s attachment based developmental approach (Neufeld Institute)
Professional or Clinical Memberships:
Bruno holds active professional or clinical memberships with the following associations:
- Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW)
- Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW)
- International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT)
- American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT)
- Canadian Association of Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CACBT)
- Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS)
Clinical Supervision:
Bruno engages in ongoing clinical supervision with Dr. Richard M. Siegel (Florida) and Dr. Matthew Keller (California) for professional development in couples and sex therapy. He also provides group and individual clinical consultations and supervision to associates within our team.
