Duska Males
Therapist / MA, RP (Q)she/her/hersDuska Males (she/her) is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) who believes that healing happens in relationship — and that the challenges we face are rarely our fault alone. Shaped by the systems, relationships, and stories we’ve lived inside, the struggles people bring to therapy make sense when seen in context. That’s where Duska starts.
Her work spans trauma, identity, relationships, sex therapy, and life transitions. She brings a trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, and sex-positive lens to everything she does — and a genuine ability to sit with the heavy stuff without flinching. Clients often describe her as warm, grounded, and non-judgmental; someone who takes both the person and the problem seriously.
Whether you’re navigating something painful, something confusing, or something you’ve never quite had the words for, Duska’s goal is simple: to make sure you don’t have to do it alone.
She holds a Master of Relational and Family Therapy from the University of Guelph and draws on Narrative Therapy, EFT, IFS, and other evidence-supported approaches. She is trilingual in English, French, and Serbian/Bosnian, and sees clients in-person in Waterloo and virtually across Ontario.
- Individual Therapy
- Virtual Therapy
- Relationship Therapy
- Sex Therapy
- BDSM, Kink + Fetish
- Trauma
- Sexual Desire Discrepancy
- Relationship to Self
- Marriage + Common-Law
- Non-Monogamous Relationships
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Sex + Intimacy Therapy
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- You are looking to feel safe, seen, heard, and less alone in your pain and healing journey.
- You are searching for a therapist who is knowledgeable and passionate about nervous system regulation and who practices from a trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, and sex-positive lens.
- You want to discuss, explore, and make meaning of the events and patterns in your life—whether individually or within your relationships (including casual, dating, common-law, marital, non-monogamous, and other relationship structures. Together, we can reflect on challenges to facilitate the discovery of root causes, explore alternative possibilities, and consider healthier perspectives.
- You want to explore and deconstruct the narratives, messages, stories, and systems that may be constraining you and/or your identity, while collaboratively working toward embodying your preferred self and finding ways to live your preferred life.
- You are looking for someone who can hold the dark and heavy moments without flinching, and who will walk
Session Types: Individual Therapy, Relationship/Couples Therapy, Virtual Therapy, Sex Therapy
Specialties: Trauma, Relational and couples work, Sex (desires, desire discrepancy, curiosities and explorations, kinks, trauma, pleasure, intimacy) Identity work and exploration, Borderline Personality Disorder, Self-compassion, Self-Esteem, Self discovery, Life transitions, Family and interpersonal relationships,
Approaches: Training and certified in Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused-Therapy (SFT), Collaborative-Dialogic therapy, Relational Therapy, Systemic Therapy; and I am both Emotion-Focused-Therapy(EFT) and Internal-Family-Systems(IFS) informed.
Favourite Resources:
- The myth of normal – Gabor Mate (Book)
- Come as you are – Emily Nagoski (Book)
- No bad parts – Richard C.Schwartz (Book)
Duska has recently graduated from her Masters of Relational and Family Therapy (MRFT) at the University of Guelph, and holds a Bachelors of Science from Wilfrid Laurier University. She is in good standings with the College of Registered Psychotherapists (CRPO) and the Canadian Association for Couple and Family Therapy (CACFT). She is currently holding a Registered Psychotherapist – Qualifying (RP-Q) status pending her full licence in the fall of 2026.
Duska’s style can be described as warm, collaborative, grounded, and compassionate. Her goal in therapy is to help undo aloneness as clients navigate life challenges and decisions, by fostering meaningful therapeutic relationships and connections. Her work is trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, and sex-positive, while grounded in strength-based and research supported modalities, approaches, and interventions.
As a trained systemic, relational, and family therapist, she believes that we are in relationship with everything and everyone around us; and are therefore impacted by the micro and macro systems we are subjected to. Integrating this training and her personal views, she believes that people don’t exist in a vacuum, and therefore, problems and challenges aren’t the fault of any one individual, but can be considered a by-product of systemic challenges, barriers, and oppressions.
Duska is trilingual in Serbian/Bosnian, French, and English, which enriches her ability to understand and appreciate diverse cultural, ethnic, and spiritual perspectives. As a trilingual therapist, she brings awareness of both collective and individualistic perspectives to her work, helping her clients explore the complex intersection of culture, relationships, family expectations, identity, and personal autonomy with curiosity and compassion.
She views her clients as whole people – mind, body, and soul – rather than through the lens of diagnoses and/or disorder(s). This perspective invites her to remain curious, open and respectful to each client and their unique lived experience. This also enables her to remain flexible and responsive to the evolving needs of the therapeutic journey.
Outside of being a therapist, Duska enjoys living life in the moment and trying new things. She explores new recipes and music on the daily, and is passionate about self-expression through art, painting, and fashion.