Sinéad

Sinéad Sullivan-Paul

Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)

“I work well with gifted, creative, meditative, and neurodivergent adults and youth. The right fit feels like someone who gets it, helps it make sense, centres you as the expert of your own experiences, and can bring it all home, leaving you with clarity and sense of relief after every session. ”

About Me

Care is my craft; I've worked with families for over 20 years, using internal systems, parts work, somatic processing, and biologically-driven relational models to empower clients with peer-reviewed clinical insight toward the confidence they need to create lasting healthy relationships. The support you need starts here. Clients tell me they feel safe and understood in our sessions, able to speak without fear of being too ‘out there.’

Approach

My research is founded in trauma work, somatic exercises, meditation techniques, mindful consumption, breathing, guided visualization, creative expression, left/right hemisphere communication, vagus nerve stimulation, family constellation therapy, EFT tapping, parts mapping, genogram, astral and philosophical inquiry, spiritual harm reduction, non-ordinary states of consciousness, sacred medicine and contemplative experience integration.
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Basic Information

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Services

I offer a combination of DBT, trauma-informed, and somatic modalities to bring you into a sense of trust through the therapeutic relationship, but most importantly with yourself. We look at past patterns, but focus primarily on how you are processing in real time and what burdens can be alleviated now. Lessening the mental and emotional load by way of IFS and mindfulness help differentiate what work is yours to undertake to change, and which were inherited by family or societal systems and can be set down. Clients have been able to access restored energy and continued momentum as the empowered drivers of their own lives.

Services Offered:

  • Internal Family Systems

    A therapy model that views the mind as made up of distinct sub-personalities or 'parts', each with its own role, and works to help these parts communicate and heal under the leadership of a core Self.

  • Somatic Psychotherapy

    A form of therapy focused on the connection between mind and body, using body awareness and movement to release held tension, trauma, and emotion.

  • DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)

    A structured therapy that combines cognitive behavioural techniques with mindfulness, designed to help people regulate intense emotions, tolerate distress, and improve relationships.

  • Narrative Therapy

    A therapy that helps people separate themselves from their problems by exploring and reauthoring the stories they tell about their lives, drawing out values, strengths, and preferred identities.

  • Spiritual or Faith-Based Counselling

    Counselling that integrates spiritual or religious beliefs into the therapeutic process for people who want faith to be part of their healing.

  • Guided Visualisation

    A relaxation technique in which a therapist guides you through calming mental imagery to reduce stress, anxiety, or pain.

  • Community Psychology

    A branch of psychology that addresses mental health at the community level, focusing on social factors like poverty, inequality, and access to services.

  • EMDR

    Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, a therapy that uses guided eye movements to help the brain process and integrate traumatic memories.

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  • Integrative Psychotherapy

    An approach that draws on multiple therapeutic models, tailored to the individual, rather than following a single method.

  • Neuropsychology

    A specialist field that assesses and addresses cognitive difficulties related to brain conditions, injury, or neurodevelopmental disorders.

Works With:

  • Adults
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Communities
  • Parents

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

  • Anxiety

    Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.

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  • Behaviour or Conduct Issues

    Persistent patterns of defiant, aggressive, or rule-breaking behaviour in children or adolescents that significantly disrupt home, school, or social life.

  • 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.

  • Cross-Cultural

    The psychological challenges of living between two or more cultures, including identity conflicts, acculturation stress, and difficulties with belonging.

  • Dream Work

    The exploration of dream content (themes, symbols, and emotions) to gain insight into unconscious feelings, conflicts, and desires.

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  • Grief, Loss & Bereavement

    The emotional, physical, and psychological response to the death of a loved one or another significant loss, varying widely in duration and expression.

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  • Performance

    The psychological factors (confidence, focus, pressure management) that influence how well a person performs in sport, academics, the arts, or work.

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  • Trauma

    The lasting psychological impact of deeply distressing events, such as violence, abuse, accidents, or disasters, that overwhelm a person's ability to cope.

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  • Stress / Burnout

    The body and mind's response to prolonged or excessive demands. When sustained, it can lead to emotional exhaustion, detachment, and reduced functioning (burnout).

    Learn more about Stress / Burnout

Professional Title:

  • Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)

    A psychotherapist completing supervised practice toward full registration as a registered psychotherapist.

Credentials

Registrations

College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario

Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) (RP (Qualifying))

Registration: 21843

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Qualifications

MPS

University of Toronto

Year: 2021

Memberships

Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (CASC)

Service Areas

Online

Online Only

Florence

Italy

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