Meet Psychotherapist Amelia Sloan, RP & RN
This is a space curated just for you.
Offering sessions in-person in Guelph and online across ON, specializing in sex therapy, money, polyamory, & more.
You already know something’s not sitting right.
It could be your relationships, your sex life, your finances, or just the way you’ve been showing up lately—whatever it is, it feels heavy and confusing. You’ve thought a lot about it, maybe even tried to figure it out on your own or with a therapist. But despite all the effort, the same struggles and patterns keep happening.
Bring the hard, the messy, and unsure parts of yourself here—I can hold them.
THE WAY I WORK
People have said I’m like a surgeon with a scalpel—I’m able to get to the heart of my client’s challenges with precision and compassion.
I work hard at what I do: I’m always learning, always holding the full picture in mind, and always dedicated to showing up fully for you and with you. I care a lot about this work.
While my training has been vital to my craft, I’m passionate and caring and deeply understand what you are moving through because I have done the work myself and continue too.
My approach is relational, psychodynamic, psychoanalytic and somatic—which means we don’t just focus on the things you may be saying or feeling, but also on what’s happening in your body, your relationships, society and in the protective parts of you that may have learned to perform or disconnect. We do a lot of slowing down…noticing body cues, breath, posture, and sensation. This helps us tune into the habits and responses that once kept you safe and start to shift the ones that no longer serve you.
I’m both attuned and challenging, and that balance is what helps people grow.
I strive to help you deepen the inner connection to yourself, which can open you up to the capacity to experience intimacy that’s both real and fulfilling. I find great meaning in supporting people through this, and all of the mess and chaos that comes naturally in relationships, sex, money, identity, and self-trust—the parts of life that don’t come with a tailored guidebook.
my areas of expertise
My Areas of expertise
Methods I use
My approach brings together several therapeutic methods to help you make sense of your inner world, relationships, and the experiences that have shaped you.
These methods are always grounded in a foundation that’s feminist, queer-informed, trauma-aware, and anti-oppressive. We always consider the context you’re living in—your identities, your relationships, your lived experiences—so therapy feels relevant, respectful, and attuned to the bigger picture. There’s always space here for complexity, nuance, and the real change that’s possible when we get honest and go deeper.
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We look at how your early relationships and past experiences have shaped your beliefs, coping patterns, and emotional life. Often, the things that feel confusing now make more sense when we understand where they began.
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These approaches are grounded in the understanding that we’re wired for connection—and that our earliest relationships shape how we show up in the present. Together, we’ll explore how your attachment history influences the ways you relate to others and to yourself, including the protective strategies you’ve developed over time.
The therapeutic relationship becomes an active space to notice what’s happening between us, explore it with care and curiosity, and practice new ways of being in connection. This is a collaborative, attuned process that supports change from the inside out.
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Our bodies hold so much of what we’ve lived through. Together, we tune into body cues like posture, tension, breath, and sensations to connect with your feelings, to feel, to track and understand your responses, protective strategies, and what helps you personally feel safe and grounded. We can slow down through the body.
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We all learn to tuck away the parts of ourselves that feel “too much” or “not enough” in order to stay connected to others. That kind of reshaping—of hiding, softening, performing—helps us survive, but can leave us feeling disconnected and fragmented. In therapy, we gently turn toward those protective and hidden parts with curiosity and care. Through parts work, we explore the different versions of you that had to hide away and those that show up in moments of stress or conflict—the one who shuts down, the one who manages it all—and begin to understand what they need, and how to welcome them back into wholeness.
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Sex therapy welcomes and explores all things intimacy, safety, communication, and how you relate to desire, pleasure, sensuality, eroticism, touch, and your body. This work helps you understand and recognize what feels good, what's been painful, and what you want more of in your intimate life.
BACKGROUND & EDUCATION —
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Registered Psychotherapist (RP)
Registered Nurse (RN)
Honours Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN), Toronto Metropolitan University
Master of Nursing (MN), Toronto Metropolitan University
Diploma in Psychotherapy, Toronto Institute for Relational Psychotherapy
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Level 1 & 2 Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
Sex Therapy Intensive Program, University of Guelph
Certified Trauma of Money (TOM) Practitioner
Clinical Supervision with Leading Edge Seminars
Extensive training in somatic, sex, financial, and trauma-based approaches
Let’s make sense of it all—together.
Sessions available in-person in Guelph and online across ON.
Credit: Image 4: Photography Amelia; Image 5: Art by Tammy Sloan