How I Can Support

I'm Sonia (she/her), a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) based in West Toronto. I grew up here, in the Parkdale and Queen West neighbourhoods, as an only child with a half-brother far away in Argentina. My parents came from two different cultures, one of them an immigrant, and two languages were spoken in our home. Growing up between worlds taught me early that there's more than one way to see things, to belong, and to be a family. I've always been drawn to communities where belonging for everyone is deeply valued. That shapes who I am and how I practise.

I spent more than ten years in community mental health and addictions. That work taught me to meet people where they are, without judgment and without rushing. Along the way, I found a home in relational, embodied Gestalt therapy and trained at the Gestalt Institute of Toronto. I'm now continuing my training in Somatic Experiencing®, currently at the intermediate level.

I've also spent time in the client's chair, both during my training and through difficult seasons of my own life. Therapy helped me find the strength I always knew I had. It gave me a new appreciation for the intelligence of my emotions and the wisdom of my body. Both were trying to tell me something: to listen, to slow down, and to notice what I truly needed. I learned to trust those signals, and to support myself or reach out when I need it. Slowly, I learned how to stay with myself while staying close to others, instead of leaving myself behind to keep a connection.

I also learned that there are many ways to live and to heal. For change to feel meaningful and lasting, I needed to honour my own way of getting there, not someone else's. It rarely came from pushing myself to be different. More often, it came from being met fully as I was.

That experience is what drew me to this work. I bring the same respect for your agency and your own path into our sessions. It grounds my belief in the power of an attuned therapeutic relationship, and my commitment to a practice that is anti-oppressive, culturally sensitive, and trauma-informed.

Outside the therapy room, you'll find me dancing, cycling around Toronto, or out on nature walks with friends. I'm happiest when I'm making something from nothing: crafting jewellery with beads, metal, and leather, tending my plants, or hunting for treasures at the thrift store. And there's nothing I love more than sharing a delicious meal with good company.