Sandra LeBlanc, BSW, RSW

Sandra is a registered social worker psychotherapist with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. She has over 25 years experience providing therapy with, children, adolescents, adults and families.

Sandra is very passionate about her work and feels blessed to have walked alongside her clients over the years and share in their journey of growth and healing. Her life experiences and role as a parent have also helped her become the clinician she is today.

Sandra has extensive training in areas such as anxiety, depression, attachment issues, foster care, adoption, trauma, including treatment of child sexual abuse, sexualized behaviours, bullying issues, grief and loss, separation, divorce issues, and LGBTQ+.

Sandra uses a client centred, strength-based, evidence based approach and focuses on each client’s individual strengths and resources. She works from a trauma informed, attachment perspective. She draws upon the following modalities and trainings:

• Certified Brainspotting Therapist
• Developmental Trauma Model in Brainspotting
• EFFT (Emotionally Focused Family Therapy)
• EFFT (Emotion Focused Family Therapy) – parent/emotion coaching and support
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, and Trauma Focused CBT
• Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy
• Adoption Competency Training
• Acceptance Commitment Therapy,
• Solution Focused Therapy,
• Brainspotting with children, adolescents and adults
• Theraplay and Play Therapy,
• ASSIST – Suicidal Intervention Training

Sandra works collaboratively and respectfully with clients to help them obtain their goals in therapy. Sandra believes that all behaviour is communication. Sandra’s work with clients involves helping them listen to what their behaviour is telling them in themselves and in others. Together Sandra will explore the client’s experiences to help them identify what their responses and reactions tell them about their values, beliefs and preferences.