they/them

Sasha Golvin

Clinical Counsellor

Drama Therapist

Registered Psychotherapist, Qualifying

Certified Canadian Counsellor

Academy of Naturopaths and Naturotherapists of Canada

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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