Hello, welcome to Things Change Therapy and Mental Health Services. My name is Sandy Watters (she/her) and I am a Registered Social Worker (RSW) based in Toronto/Tkaranto. I have been providing community based mental health supports for over 20 years. Most of my career has been focused on supporting youth and young adults through experiences such as trauma, homelessness, migration, family conflict, mental health crisis, substance use challenges, relationships, legal issues and navigating systemic oppression. In my years of frontline youth work, I have supported youth from marginalized communities including: BIPOC youth, 2SLGBTQ+ youth, African/Caribbean Canadian youth, Indigenous youth, refugee youth and youth with intellectual disabilities. I am honoured to have been able to support many people through life’s challenges and toward the ease and dignity we all deserve.

I am of Irish-Hungarian ancestry, born here in Tkaranto and I work from a feminist, anti-oppressive and harm reduction approach. I am aligned with principles of liberation and facilitating spaces of community care with this aim in mind.

My practice modalities include both cognitive (thought-based) and somatic (body-based), and draw from a wide variety of evidence based practices including CBT, DBT, attachment-based therapy, narrative therapy, trauma-sensitive yoga and trauma-informed care. I have a Masters of Social Work (MSW) from Wilfred Laurier University and a Bachelor of Arts from University of Toronto in areas of Women’s Studies and Sexual Diversity Studies. I am a member of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) and the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW). You can find my Psychology Today profile here

Please reach out to discuss the possibilities for support at hello(at)thingschangetherapy(dot)com

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