Fika Mental Health
Sara Mancuso
Registered Psychotherapist, HBSc, MACP, CCTP (she/her)
Sara uses both a trauma-informed and culturally- informed lens and has worked with children, adolescents, and adults. In your work together she would strive to use a variety of approaches to best suit your needs including Emotion-Focused and Attachment-Based, EMDR, IFS, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, DBT, and ACT. Sara is working towards advanced EMDR certification.
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She has extensive experience in psychological research, learning and disability support, and early intervention. Her passion lies in supporting individuals and couples navigating trauma, depression, anxiety, grief, life transitions, ADHD, and in providing you with tools to better communicate and resolve differences within relationships. Sara has experience supporting LGBTQI2S+ and Neurodivergent communities.
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Sara's services: individual therapy (general and EMDR) virtually or over the phone, Couples Therapy, EMDR Intensives
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Ontario, Nunavut, Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan
Sara Mancuso's Additional Certifications and On-Going Education
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Masters of Counselling Psychology - December 2023
EMDR Basic Training - 2023
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Training Level 1 – 2023
LifeWorks - ASIST SafeTalk – 2023
Safe Management Training - 2021
Honours Bachelor of Science - Psychology - 2020
Workplace Violence and Harassment Training - 2019
The Transtheoretical Model or the Stages of Change Model Workshop - 2023
Grief Treatment Training with Dr. Erica Sirrine - 2023
Gaslighting, Narcissism and Emotional Abuse Training with Dr. Stephanie Sarkis - 2023
Understanding Complex Trauma: The Neurobiology of PTSD - 2023
Anxiety Certification Course: Integrate CBT and Exposure & Response Prevention for Treatment of GAD, Panic Disorder, OCD, Social Anxiety, & Phobias - 2023
Narcissistic Abuse In-Depth Workshop - 2023; Working with the Fallout of Narcissistic Abuse - 2024
Intro to Internal Family Systems (IFS) - 2023; Healing Protective and Wounded Parts Using IFS - 2023; Parts Work and EMDR Therapy - 2024
Traumatic Grief: Neuroscience-Based Therapy Tools - 2024
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Features​
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"It's Not You, It's Trauma" - She Knew Better podcast with Olivia Chadwick - September 2024
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Love Club Labs: Grieving the loss of the Election, Defining Toxic Shame, and Creating Healthy Disclosure with Psychotherapist Sara Mancuso (Becca Webster - All Good Love Club) - November 11, 2024
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