Sabrina Giralico

My approach

Therapy with me starts with connection. Before any technique matters, you need to feel safe, respected and genuinely heard, and I take that part of the work as seriously as any method. From there we draw on evidence-based approaches: EMDR for processing difficult memories, CBT and DBT for the thinking and coping patterns that keep you stuck, and person-centred, strengths-based work that keeps your goals in charge of the plan.

I will not hand you a one-size-fits-all program. We build your plan together from your experiences, your strengths and your goals, and we adjust it as you change. Alongside the deeper work, you leave sessions with tangible tools: ways to challenge your inner dialogue, regulate difficult emotions, and respond differently in the situations that used to run on autopilot.

Professional and academic background

I hold a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University and I am registered with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. Before joining InnerSight, I spent six years with the Canadian Mental Health Association in Toronto as a crisis worker and case manager, supporting people living with serious mental health concerns, often while they faced poverty, discrimination or other pressures that made everything harder.

Those years shaped how I practise. I have worked with people across a wide range of cultures, faiths, sexualities, gender identities and income levels, and I bring an intersectional, anti-oppressive lens to every session. Your story is not separate from the world you live in, and therapy with me will never pretend otherwise.

Beyond my degree, I have completed formal training in two areas central to my practice: ADHD, through PESI's Certified ADHD Professional (ADHD-CCSP) intensive training, and EMDR, through EMDR Consulting, an EMDRIA-approved basic training provider.

Why I chose this work

Because a space that actually feels safe changes what becomes possible. I have watched people who had been written off, by others or by themselves, rebuild a sense of strength and self-worth once someone met them without judgment. I believe that resilience is already in you, and my role is to help you reach it, building a plan with you rather than for you.

The version of you that is tired of holding everything together is the one I most want to meet.

Outside the office

I am happiest with family and friends, or at home with my Havanese dog, Ollie. Quiet nights in with a book, painting, gardening, yoga and time outdoors keep me grounded. I also keep learning, so the approaches I bring into sessions stay current.