Sarah Terwilligar is a Registered Psychotherapist located in Ottawa, Ontario. Sarah currently practices online counselling and phone counselling. Sarah offers individual counselling sessions for youth and adults, as well as, family counselling for families with children, youth experiencing difficulties with eating, disordered eating, and eating disorders.
Sarah was born to be a helper with an incredibly big heart. Being a helper is engrained in her and it’s what makes her so passionate about the work she does. Sarah considers herself an empath and extends her empathy and compassion to all of her clients. She brings genuine care, respect, and consideration to everyone she works with.
Sarah has been a Registered Nurse for 15 years. For 14 of these years Sarah has worked with youth, teens and their families who have been living with an eating disorder at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. Sarah stumbled into this work early into her career, and quickly learned that this work was something she felt she was meant to do. Sarah loves witnessing others regain their life back and begin to feel happiness again.
After many years of nursing, Sarah decided to go back to school to become a therapist after she realized there was a big need in the community for people to get help before they needed to come to the hospital. Sarah completed her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology in August 2017, and became a Registered Psychotherapist. Since this time, Sarah has been dedicating her work to helping others with the problems they are facing, specializing in helping individuals living with an eating disorder, individuals who have experienced childhood abuse, and individuals who have experienced intimate partner violence. Feeling better is possible.
Kind of Counselling Provided: Individual Counselling, Family Counselling, Supervision (Individual and Dyadic)
Specialities: Eating Disorders, Disordered Eating, Body Image, Perfectionism, Abuse (Childhood/ Relationships)
Modalities: Narrative Therapy, Family Based Therapy (FBT)/ Maudsley Approach, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems Therapy, Mindfulness, Trauma-Informed Therapies
Availability: Sarah is accepting new virtual clients to a waiting list.
Schedule: Mondays and Thursdays 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Virtual, Occasionally in-person in Burlington and Ottawa
Certification:
Level 1: One Week Narrative Therapy Intensive.
Narrative Therapy Centre
2017
Certification:
Level 2: Summer Narrative Therapy Intensive
Narrative Therapy Centre
2019
Certification:
Somatic Embodiment and Self-Regulation Strategies. Collectively Rooted
Linda Thai
2021
Certification:
Trauma Treating Certification Training. The Latest Advances and Proven Techniques to Resolve Deeply Held Trauma
Janina Fisher
2023
TRAININGS
Training:
Orientation to Eating Disorders.
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
2010
Training:
Family-Based Therapy for In-Patient Eating Disorders
Held at: Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
Training by: McMaster Children’s Hospital
June 2012
Training:
Concurrent CARE: Skills training in the comprehensive treatment of Substance Use Disorder and Eating Disorders
Anchor Psychological Services & Rideauwood Addiction & Family Services
2015
Training:
Positive Psychotherapy: Integrating the Yin & Yang of Human Experience.
The Royal Mental Health Centre
2016
Training:
Managing Emotional Dysregulation
The Royal Mental Health Centre
2017
Training:
Ontario Walk-In Counselling Clinic Symposium
Reach Out Centre for Kids (ROCK).
2017
Training:
Responding to Trauma in Brief Settings: Witnessing Resistance
Vikki Reynolds
2018
Training:
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy
Level 1
McMaster Children’s Hospital
2018
Training:
Unpacking the Narrative Suitcase. Practices that Fit in Any Setting
The Windz Centre
2019
Training:
Creating Sacred Spaces in Psychotherapy.
Mind Body Spirit Convention
Daybreak Therapy and Training
2019
Training:
Trauma Training Narrative Therapy
Jill Freedman
2020
Training:
Within Us: An Introduction to Internal Family Systems Theory
Elyse Heagle Counselling & Psychotherapy
2021
Training:
Supervision Training Course
Adler Graduate Professional School
2021
Training:
Eating Disorders. Clinical Approaches To Treating Body Image Issues
Jennifer Rollins
2021
Training:
Trauma – Dan Siegal
Shalem Mental Health Network
2022
Training:
New Opportunities for Healing Trauma and Building Resilience with Neuroplasticity
PESI
2022
Training:
Transforming Trauma with Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)
PESI
2023
Training:
New Hope for Treatment-Resistant Depression
Janina Fisher
2023
Training:
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy for Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders Ontario
2023
Training:
Bottom-Up Strategies for Trauma Stabilization – A Phase-Oriented Approach
Linda Thai – Academy of Therapy Wisdom
June 2024
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