Saranyaa Sarvananthan, BSc

Registered Psychotherapist

“Hi there! I’m Saranyaa, a Registered Psychotherapist. I provide a safe, compassionate space for adults and couples to process experiences, reduce anxiety, and build stronger relationships and self-compassion. I work with individuals navigating trauma, grief, or life transitions, and couples seeking deeper connection and communication. Together, we focus on helping you reduce emotional overwhelm, improve relationships, and strengthen boundaries - supporting you to feel more grounded, empowered, and connected.”

About Me

I build on the idea that every voice deserves to be truly heard and understood. As a psychodynamic psychotherapist and feminist counsellor, I offer a warm, confidential space for exploration. I compassionately guide you to uncover deeper insights through empathic challenging. This approach is ideal for individuals & couples seeking to make sense of their experiences and foster lasting well-being. Here, all parts of you are welcome.

Approach

When we meet, my focus is listening for the patterns beneath your stories and naming the small, often overlooked shifts that open new choices. Sessions in Kitchener or online, in English or Tamil, move at a steady, conversational pace- sometimes reflective silence, sometimes empathic challenge- so you can try ideas here and between sessions through gentle reflections or short experiments. I pay close attention to identity, relationship wounds, and trauma memories while holding your safety and agency. People seeking clarity around life transitions, self-worth, or complex hurts often find this way of working helpful.

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Basic Information

Kitchener, Canada

In-person & Online

Services

My services include individual and couples therapy. I use Psychodynamic psychotherapy which uses the here & now- then dives into your past and uncovers, links patterns and dynamics into the present. I also use Feminist counselling skills to use systems that we are apart of and role that we have been put into to acknowledge and make change for the better. For couples work, I use Emotionally focused therapy, and Internal Family systems, and sex therapy to use a combination tailored to your specific situation. I am currently in training for sex therapy, and use a consultant to get feedback and advise as I learn this new speciality.

Services Offered:

Trauma Counseling
Counselling specifically for people affected by traumatic events, focused on processing what happened and reducing symptoms like flashbacks and hypervigilance.
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Relationship Counseling
Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.
Psychodynamic Therapy
A therapy that explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape current feelings, relationships, and behaviour.
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Individual Therapy
One-on-one therapy sessions between a client and a therapist, focused on that person's specific concerns and goals.
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Sex Therapy
Specialised therapy addressing sexual concerns such as low desire, performance anxiety, pain during sex, or mismatched needs between partners.
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Works With:

Adults
Couples
Individuals

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

Abuse
Emotional, physical, or sexual mistreatment by another person that causes lasting psychological harm and disrupts a person's sense of safety.
Identity Issues
A person's sense of who they are, including their values, beliefs, roles, and self-perception, and the distress that arises when this sense is unclear, fragmented, or negative.
Self-Esteem
A person's overall sense of their own worth and value. When chronically low, it can drive self-doubt, avoidance, and difficulty in relationships.
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Life Transitions
Major life changes, such as relocation, retirement, parenthood, or career shifts, that disrupt routine and require psychological adjustment.
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Relationship Counseling
Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.
Trauma Therapy
Therapeutic approaches specifically designed to help people process and recover from traumatic experiences.
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Chronic Illness
A long-term health condition (e.g., diabetes, autoimmune disease, chronic pain) that persists over time and affects physical, emotional, and social well-being.
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Codependency
A relational pattern in which a person's sense of identity and self-worth becomes excessively tied to caring for or controlling another person, often at their own expense.