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Hi there, I'm Sanja.

I am a psychotherapist, a philosophy educator and a writer.

I believe that we are relational beings that cultivate personality traits or characteristics, adaptive responses and strategies through interactions with others and surroundings. Though we have the capacity to live in and embody the present, often, past experiences and patterns can keep parts of us stuck in our past, weighing on and shaping our emotions, thoughts and responses. I view the therapeutic process as a way of opening up the space for reviving your self energy and choice in the present.

I am an integrative therapist, combining body, mind, and spiritual care into sessions. Trained in somatic therapy, neuroscience, mindfulness, IFS, brainspotting, emotion-focused and dialectical behaviour therapies, I work with you to find creative and individualized responses to difficulties. My therapeutic inquiry is compassionate, nonjudgmental and exploratory, believing that the therapeutic relationship can be reparative.

I work with both individuals and couples virtually.

I can support you with:

ANXIETY & DEPRESSION
GRIEF & LOSS
STRESS & TRAUMA
BODY IMAGE ISSUES
RELATIONSHIP DYNAMICS
ATTACHMENT
IDENTITY AND SELF-CONNECTION
NEURODIVERGENCE
SENSORY PROFILE MAPPING
COPING SKILLS
SUBSTANCE USE & DEPENDENCIES

MY MODALITIES

INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS (IFS)
A systems approach to therapy
that helps clients understand and heal parts, foster self-compassion,
harmony, and emotional balance
by integrating protective strategies
and past wounds.

BRAINSPOTTING
A neurobiological therapy that uses eye positions to access and process stored trauma, promoting emotional healing, regulation, and resolution of overwhelming experiences.

SENSORIMOTOR
A body-oriented, somatic approach to therapy that helps clients process trauma by tracking sensations, movement, and emotions to restore safety, regulation, and more resilient patterns of response.

MINDFULNESS
A practice that strengthens awareness of the present moment through gentle attention to thoughts, emotions, and sensations, helping clients reduce stress, increase regulation, and cultivate more profound calm and clarity.

GOTTMAN METHOD
A couples therapy that strengthens relationships by building trust, improving communication, and reducing conflict through research-based skills that deepen connection, emotional intimacy, and partnership resilience.

Sanja's

SERVICE RATES

$150

INDIVIDUAL THERAPY (60 min)

$185

COUPLES THERAPY (60 min)

Extended Sessions (75 min) is $230

No HST applies to services by Registered Psychotherapists (HST exempt)

Services provided by Registered Psychotherapists are often covered by Extended Health Benefit plans, and receipts are provided to submit for reimbursement.

MY EDUCATION

2025 Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) Couples Therapy, IFS Institute

2025 Mastering IFS Therapy for Clinical Challenges, PESI

2025 Advanced Grief Counselling Specialist Certification, PESI

2025 Gottman Method, Level 1 and 2 Certification, The Gottman Institute

2024 Master of Arts, Spiritual Care & Psychotherapy, Wilfrid Laurier University

2020 Mindfulness-Based Somatic Therapy (MBST), Level 2, The Embodied Lab

2019 Mindfulness in DBT, Therapeutic Models of Mindfulness

2018 Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Level 1, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute