Dr. Sarah Thompson, C. Psych.
Sarah launched her part-time private practice in 2017 after thirteen years of full-time practice at the Centre for Student Development and Counselling at Ryerson University. She has a deep interest in utilizing evidence-informed practice to assist individuals and couples in overcoming emotional and relational challenges. Sarah works with clients to transform repetitive or stuck emotion and relationship patterns into the healthy and adaptive responses needed to support individual mental well-being and healthy and satisfying connections with loved ones. The cornerstones of her practice include respect for each client’s lived experience, a focus on the intersecting identities that each person brings to their successes and challenges, and knowledge that neuroplasticity allows us to heal from past hurts. Sarah practices emotion focused therapy from a trauma-informed perspective. She draws upon her training in experiential, relational psychodynamic, and cognitive behavioural therapies to tailor her treatment to each client.
Sarah earned her doctorate in psychology at the University of Toronto (2006) and is a member of The College of Psychologists of Ontario (Registration #4417).
Emily Thomas, M.A., Clinician
Emily is committed to working collaboratively with clients to explore, process, and shift difficult emotions (e.g. sadness, shame, fear, anger). She incorporates trauma-informed and feminist frameworks as she helps clients with a range of issues including trauma, anxiety, depression, interpersonal difficulties, and identity exploration. Emily's practice is grounded in empathy, honesty, warmth, and respect. Emily primarily practices Emotion-Focused Therapy, but also draws on her training in other evidence-based therapies including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and mindfulness-based approaches to best suit clients' individual needs.
Emily is in the process of completing a Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology at Ryerson University, where she also received her Master’s degree in 2017. She has completed clinical training in both hospital and counselling settings including the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, St. Michael’s Hospital Department of Family and Community Medicine, and the Centre for Student Development and Counselling at Ryerson University. Emily’s work at Transforming Emotions is supervised by Dr. Sarah Thompson, C.Psych.
Angela Cole, M.A., Clinician
Angela maintains an evidence-based therapeutic practice grounded in a trauma-informed approach. She works collaboratively with individuals to uncover, understand, and transform underlying core emotional processes that drive behavioural, thought, emotional, and relational problems. Angela values building strong therapeutic relationships with her clients and upholds an accepting, compassionate, and safe environment that is rooted in deep empathy.
While Angela works primarily from process experiential and Emotion Focused therapeutic orientations, her training and experience in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, and Psychodynamic Therapy allow her to draw on interventions from a range of theoretical orientations to best meet clients’ needs and goals. Angela provides psychotherapy to individuals struggling with a range of mental health challenges including anxiety disorders, depression, body image concerns, trauma and related stress disorders, and relationship issues.
Angela is in the final stages of earning a Doctoral degree in Psychology at OISE, University of Toronto. Her pre-doctoral clinical training comprised hospital and counselling settings including the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto Western Hospital University Health Network, and the OISE Psychology Clinic, University of Toronto. She completed her clinical internship with rotations at the Toronto General Hospital University Health Network and Ryerson University Centre for Student Development and Counselling. Angela works part-time at the Toronto Western Hospital Bariatric Surgery Program providing assessment and psychotherapy to individuals living with obesity and related emotional and physical health conditions. Previously, she has been employed at the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario in Kingston providing supportive care to individuals diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illness and their families. At Transforming Emotions Angela’s work is supervised by Dr. Sarah Thompson, C. Psych.
