Sylvia Mohanraj

I use family systems theory and emotion-focused therapy to map out key points in your past that may be showing up in the present. This can include exploring how the roots of your current issue were present in your childhood, and how they may even be connected to your parents’ and grandparents’ life experiences. This family system mapping helps us get a sense of how intergenerational events and relationship styles have repeated over time and how they may be at play in your life now. With greater awareness of our past, we can plot a more responsive trajectory for the future.

I completed my psychotherapy training through a spiritually integrated Master of Pastoral Studies program at Emmanuel College in Toronto. Through this program, I learned to integrate psychotherapeutic techniques with personal mechanisms for spiritual and existential meaning-making. This training had a profound impact on my own personal therapy process and my orientation to psychotherapy as a vocation.

Prior to psychotherapy, I worked as a graphic design artist for educational institutions. Now, I maintain my art practice as an important part of my self-care, often painting, drawing, and molding clay in my spare time.