Profile of Francy Wang (MD MMS)
1. Psychoanalyst-- the Chinese-Canadian who has finished psychoanalysis training and was granted the title of psychoanalyst in Canada
2. Registered Psychotherapist of CRPO
3. Trained both in medicine/psychiatry and psychotherapy
4. 30 years clinical experience both in psychiatry and psychotherapy
5. 20 years Canadian experiences in psychotherapy/counseling
Professional memberships:
1. Member of the Division 39 of American Psychological Association (Division for psychoanalysis)
2. Member of the International association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (IARPP)
3. Member of the International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology (ISPSP)
4. Member of Toronto Institute /Society for Contemporary Psychoanalysis (TICP/TSCP)
5. Member of Ontario Association of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychometrists, and Psychotherapists (OACCPP)
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Welcome to my website！FWT is the abbreviation of my name (Francy F.
Wang) and therapy. However, I like to call it ForWard-looking Therapy
because no matter exploring past experience or looking at present life,
the purpose of therapy is to help people move forward.
I was a psychiatrist in China. Although doctor-patient relationship is
human encounter as well, my experience told me that the psychological
pain could cause people “paralyzing” as well. I wanted to understand
why, wanted to understand myself and other people. I become so much
interested in the mystery world of human psychology and it was this
curiosity guided me to the long journey of psychotherapy. I was one of
the earliest graduate students of medical psychology in China and also
one of the earliest graduates of the senior therapist training program
of German-Chinese Academy. I had over 10 years experience of
psychotherapy in China before coming to Canada. One of my dreams then
was to get the formal training and supervision of psychotherapy in North
America. Since I came to Canada many years ago, I have been taking
every opportunity to take training programs and attend workshops and
conferences. Now, I finished my long-term training of psychoanalysis and
was granted the title of psychoanalyst in 2010.
I worked in the Toronto Western Hospital, the University Health Network
before becoming full-time private practice in 2011. Currently, I have
my office in Toronto providing culturely sensitive service to my clients
who come from all over the Ontario and Quebec and other provinces.
I believe that helping a person explore their internal conflicts should
be done in a compassionate and sympathetic way. The individual remains
of foremost importance: they are a person and not a case. Therefore, I
treat my clients/patient with empathy, respect, and care. I see every
person as a complex. I believe in a genuine and authentic human
interaction between therapist and client. I respect and honour the place
in which my clients find themselves.
Psychology believes that our past experience, especially of childhood
experience is of paramount importance. How we were raised up, the
social-culture-economic environment, and other’s (parents, teachers,
siblings, and other important figures in our life) attitude and opinion
to us, etc. are the key factors in how our personalities have been
formed and how we related to ourselves, others, and the worldas as
adults. For example, many people suffer low self-esteem and lack of
self-confidence, or feel angry or depressed, or stuck in a rut. Others
find they have difficulties in their relationships at home or at work or
feel lonely and unable to form relationship at all, or in general, you
are not satisfied with your life and feel something lack inside. Many
people find themselves unacceptable and suffer from low self-esteem
because they are still influenced by how their family and significant
others viewed them and , are also caught up in the role they were given
in the family e.g. the stupid one, the awkward one, the pretty one, the
sensitive one, etc. Some people may be the victim of physical,
emotional, or sexual abuse, or experienced other major trauma. Some have
suffered early loss of a parent or could not live with their parents as
a child for one reason or another and was not able to form a
secure/healthy attachment with someone.
Whatever the issue, there is a sacred and safe space in the FWT
(Francy’s Therapy room) for you to explore these issues and express how
you feel. You will get the professional help and need not worry to be
criticized, blamed, or laughed at. Whatever you talked about and we
explored will be kept confidential.
My training includes both medicine and psychology. Therefore, I am able
to see not only your mind but also your body and their connections. I
also had multiple approaches training in psychotherapy, including
psychoanalysis/psychodynamic therapy, cognitive and behavioural therapy
(CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), systemic family therapy.
I work holistically with integrative approaches and provide long-term
deep psychotherapy/psychoanalysis and brief psychotherapy/counselling
according to my clients’ specific needs and their personal interests.
Different techniques may be used in the therapy such as free
association, imagination and visualization, relaxation/breathing, and
mindfulness, etc. However, the most important technique is always
talking, that is, the so called talking therapy. What the even more
important is that you can find a safe space to explore yourself and to
build up a trust relationship with someone who can be both trusted and
have professional knowledge and training, through the interaction of
transference and countertransference to re-learn and re-experience your
self (a process of reconditioning), to build up a solid sense of self,
to improve your daily function and interpersonal relationship.
Thanks for visiting my website! and you can contact us at:
Toronto North
4711 Yonge Street 10th Floor North York, ON M2N 6K8 Canada
(Yonge/Sheppard）
Toronto Downtown
Phone: 416-816-9721
E-mail: fwtherapy@yahoo.com; info@francywang.com; francy@francywang.com,