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.
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
- •Relationship Counseling
- •Psychodynamic Therapy
- •Individual Therapy
- •Sex Therapy
Works With:
- •Adults
- •Couples
- •Individuals
Area of Expertise
Scope of Practice:
- •Abuse
- •Identity Issues
- •Self-Esteem
- •Life Transitions
- •Relationship Counseling
- •Trauma Therapy
- •Chronic Illness
- •Codependency
Professional Title:
- •Registered Psychotherapist
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science
BachelorUniversity of Toronto
Year: 2018
Postgraduate Diploma
DiplomaOntario Psychotherapy and Counseling College
Year: 2023
Postgraduate Diploma
DiplomaGeorge Brown College: Assaulted Women's & Children's Counsellor Advocate Program
Year: 2020
Registrations
College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO)
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