Sasha
Their Collective
they/them
Sasha Golvin
Clinical Counsellor
Drama Therapist
Registered Psychotherapist, Qualifying
Certified Canadian Counsellor
Academy of Naturopaths and Naturotherapists of Canada
Sasha provides virtual therapy to those 13+ living in Ontario.
1:1 Virtual Sessions
“Conformity requires us to minimize our differences for the greater good. We fear that if we don't conform, we will be abandoned, but there is no loneliness like having people only see you after you've erased yourself.”― Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
Focus/Specialties
- Working with folks in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community
- Late diagnosed autism, ADHD, learning disability
- Gender questioning folks who want to explore their gender
- Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
- Working with adults with intellectual Disabilities
- Working with Autistic clients with a Persistent Drive for Autonomy
- Supporting clients who feel misunderstood or have big emotions
- Burn out
- Increasing self-esteem & self-worth
- Working through creative blocks
- Building supportive communities.
- Disabilities and chronic illness
Therapy Modalities
- Creative art therapy, mostly drama therapy but I also work a lot with visual art interventions
- DBT
- Play based therapy
- Solutions focused
- Humanistic approach
- Geek therapy
- Person centered therapy
- Strength based therapy
- Somatic approach
- Resource-Oriented Approaches
Certificates/Training
Insurance
Accepted by most insurance covering psychotherapy in Ontario.
Might be covered under "naturopath".
Sliding Scale Available with limited spots.
Location
Virtual - Ontario
“Storytelling can be more than a blog post, essay, or book. It can be an emoji, a meme, a selfie, or a tweet. It can become a movement for social change.”― Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
Identities I hold
Sasha is a Nonbinary, queer, Disabled, ADHD’r who has a non-verbal learning disability. .
Fun Facts
My favourite colour is orange, I am a theatre gay, and I love the outdoors.
Groups
The pride therapy network of Montreal.
Speaking Interests
- Disability justice
- Neuroscience
- Art history
Currently residing in so-called Toronto derived from the Mohawk word Tkaronto, meaning "where there are trees standing in the water". Sasha is a settler on these lands and acknowledges the indigenous peoples who have and continue to care for this land. The Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples
