Individual Therapy in Toronto & Ontario
You don’t need to have everything figured out before coming to therapy.
Maybe you know exactly what you want support with. Or maybe you just know that something feels difficult, overwhelming, or different lately.
You might be dealing with anxiety, stress, burnout, grief, relationship challenges, chronic illness, questions around identity, or the exhaustion of trying to keep up with everything expected of you.
Individual therapy gives us space to slow things down, get curious about what’s happening, and explore what might feel more sustainable and meaningful for you.
My approach is collaborative, creative, and flexible. You don’t need to arrive with the perfect words, a specific goal, or a plan for what therapy is supposed to look like.
Individual therapy for children, teens, and adults, in person in Toronto and virtually across Ontario.
Maybe You’re Here Because...
Sometimes there’s one clear reason for starting therapy. Other times, it’s a collection of things that have been building for a while.
You might be:
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feeling anxious, stressed, overwhelmed, or burnt out
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finding it harder to keep up with school, work, relationships, or everyday responsibilities
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navigating grief, loss, or a significant change
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struggling with relationships, communication, or boundaries
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exploring your gender, sexuality, identity, or sense of self
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feeling exhausted from masking or trying to meet other people’s expectations
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living with chronic illness or pain and noticing how it affects the rest of your life
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trying to better understand your needs, patterns, or emotions
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looking for a space where you don’t have to have everything figured out before you begin
Or maybe you can’t quite name what’s going on yet.
That’s okay too. We can start with what’s happening now.
Therapy That Makes Room for the Different Parts of Your Life
Individual therapy might include conversations about neurodivergence, queerness and identity, chronic illness or pain, relationships, grief, burnout, creativity, or the ways these experiences overlap.
If you're looking for support in a particular area, you can learn more about my approach to neurodivergent-affirming therapy, queer-affirming therapy, chronic illness therapy, and expressive arts therapy.
Individual Therapy for Children, Teens & Adults
Your needs, communication style, interests, and reasons for coming to therapy can look different at different stages of life.
Children & Teens
For children and teens, therapy doesn’t have to mean sitting still and talking for an entire session.
Depending on the young person, sessions might include conversation, creative exploration, mindfulness, practical skills, or other ways of expressing and understanding what’s happening.
I adapt sessions around the individual young person rather than expecting every child or teen to participate in therapy in the same way.
Adults
You might come to therapy with something specific you want to work through, or you may simply know that the way things are going doesn’t feel sustainable anymore.
Therapy can give you space to slow down, understand what’s happening, explore your needs, and experiment with different ways of approaching the parts of life that feel difficult.
You don’t need to arrive knowing exactly where to begin.
What We Might Explore Together
Individual therapy can make room for whatever is taking up space in your life right now.
Our work might include exploring:
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Anxiety, Stress & Overwhelm - Making sense of what feels like too much, noticing patterns around stress, and exploring what you need when demands start piling up.
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Burnout - Getting curious about exhaustion, capacity, expectations, masking, rest, and what a more sustainable way of moving through life might look like.
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Grief & Loss - Making room for loss, transitions, changing relationships, identity shifts, or experiences that haven't turned out the way you expected.
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Relationships & Boundaries - Exploring communication, connection, conflict, boundaries, needs, and patterns that show up in relationships.
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Gender & Identity - Creating space to explore who you are, what different parts of your identity mean to you, and what authenticity might look like on your terms.
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Neurodivergence - Exploring masking, overwhelm, executive functioning, sensory experiences, burnout, identity, relationships, and what works for your brain.
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Chronic Illness & Pain - Making room for the emotional, relational, and identity-related parts of living in a body whose needs or capacity may change.
You don’t need to relate to everything here. Therapy will focus on your experience and what matters to you.
Your Life Doesn’t Fit Into One Category
You might be coming to therapy because of burnout and find yourself talking about neurodivergence. Chronic illness might affect your relationships. Grief might bring up questions about identity. Anxiety might be tangled up with masking, expectations, or trying to keep going when your capacity has changed.
These experiences can overlap.
We don’t have to decide which part of you belongs in which therapy box before we talk about it.
If you’re looking for support that speaks more specifically to part of your experience, you can also learn about my approach to neurodivergent-affirming therapy, queer-affirming therapy, chronic illness and pain therapy, and expressive arts therapy.
Working With Savannah
I’m Savannah Dasilva, a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) and expressive arts therapist based in Toronto, offering in-person and virtual therapy.
My approach is warm, collaborative, creative, and flexible. I work with children, teens, and adults whose brains, bodies, identities, relationships, and experiences don’t always fit neatly into the boxes they’ve been given.
As a queer, AuDHD therapist who also lives with chronic illness, some of the experiences my clients bring into therapy intersect with parts of my own life. At the same time, shared identities don’t mean shared experiences, and I won’t assume I know what something means to you.
We can get curious together about what you’re experiencing, what you need, and what ways of approaching life feel meaningful and sustainable for you.
And there will probably be an occasional reminder that two things can be true at the same time.
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You Don’t Need the Perfect Reason to Start Therapy
Maybe you know exactly what you want support with.
Maybe you’re overwhelmed, stuck, curious, or simply wondering whether talking with someone might be helpful. We can start there.
A free 20-minute consultation gives us a chance to briefly talk about what you’re looking for, answer questions, and see whether my approach feels like a good fit.
