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Psychologist

Sanika R.

Counselling Psychologist (RCI licensed Rehabilitation Psychologist)

I believe therapy can be about so much more than healing: a place to become curious, make sense of the messiness of being human, laugh at the ridiculous bits, sit with the difficult ones, and maybe even have a little fun along the way.

My hope is to make a space that feels safe enough for you to be completely yourself. You don’t have to come with the right words, a neat list of problems, or a perfectly formed version of who you are. You can be confused, angry, silly, overwhelmed, curious, awkward, hopeful- or all of those things at once. You get to make the space your own.

I also believe that who we are cannot be separated from the worlds we come from. Our gender, sexuality, sex, culture, religion, language, relationships, family, bodies and experiences influence how we understand ourselves and navigate the world. These things matter, and there is room for all of them here. Therefore, I work eclectically: I don’t believe in a “one-size-fits-all” approach to therapy. Different people need different things at different times. I draw from a range of therapeutic approaches and work collaboratively with you to figure out what feels useful and meaningful.

I’m queer-affirmative and sex-positive, and I welcome conversations about sex, intimacy, relationships, desire, identity and everything in between. If there’s something you’ve been thinking, “I could never actually say this to a therapist…” – you can probably say it here.

I work with individuals across different ages and stages of life,

And therapy doesn’t always have to look like sitting in a chair and talking seriously about your childhood for fifty minutes. Sometimes we’ll talk. Sometimes we’ll laugh. Sometimes we’ll sit with something uncomfortable. Sometimes we might make a mess of some paper.

There is no perfect way to do therapy. And there is no perfect way to be a person.

Change happens when we create space for all parts of you to be met with understanding, rather than judgment.

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