Josie Marando is a Registered Social Worker, psychotherapist, and founder of MindWell Therapy & Wellness, providing compassionate, evidence-based online therapy across Ontario, with a particular focus on perinatal mental health, anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, grief, and life transitions.

What drew Josie to perinatal mental health is the gap she saw in care for new parents. So much attention naturally focuses on the baby, while the emotional wellbeing of the mother or parent can sometimes be overlooked. Josie believes that parents deserve support, too — not only when they are struggling, but throughout the many emotional transitions that come with becoming a parent.

With specialized certification in Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C), Josie has a particular interest in supporting individuals through the reproductive journey — from fertility and pre-parenting, pregnancy, pregnancy loss and birth trauma, to postpartum adjustment and parenthood. She provides a warm, non-judgmental space for those experiencing postpartum anxiety, postpartum depression, overwhelm, identity changes, relationship challenges, grief, or difficulty adjusting to life as a new parent.

Josie’s broader clinical work focuses on anxiety, depression, stress and burnout, perfectionism, grief, relationship concerns, and major life transitions. She has experience working with emerging adults and adults across community agencies, family health teams, hospitals, and private practice settings.

Her clinical foundation is rooted in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), including specialized training at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy with Aaron Beck. She also draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness-based approaches, psychodynamic therapy, and solution-focused strategies, tailoring therapy to each person’s needs.

Josie takes a holistic and integrated approach to psychotherapy. Her goal is to create a space where clients feel understood, supported, and empowered to develop practical tools while also making room for deeper emotional work.

Whether you are navigating anxiety, depression, postpartum mental health concerns, grief, burnout, or a significant life transition, Josie believes therapy can be a place to pause, understand what is happening, reconnect with yourself, and move forward with greater clarity and confidence.

Outside of the therapy room, Josie is a mom of two, an active yoga participant, runner, soccer coach, horseback rider, and lover of interior design.

“If we hope to go anywhere or develop ourselves in any way, we can only step from where we are standing. If we don’t really know where we are standing… we may only go in circles.”
— Jon Kabat Zinn