Registered Psychotherapist
Clinical Supervisor
Registered Canadian Art Therapist
Beyond Words Art Therapy & Psychotherapy.
If you're struggling with difficult thoughts & feelings, finding yourself stuck, lost or overwhelmed, you've come to the right place.
It's not easy to seek support when we've been socialized to value independence. I want to affirm how courageous you are by taking this step to find healing & growth.
Introduction
Hi, I'm Sally, a Korean Canadian Registered Psychotherapist and Art Therapist based in Toronto since 2017.
I believe our unique life experiences shape who we are and how we see the world. Life’s unpredictability can leave us carrying pain, relational wounds, and grief as part of our story.
If you're seeking an East Asian therapist or a therapist of colour who understands the complexities of growing up in an immigrant family—and you're ready to do the inner work—I’d be honoured to walk this journey with you. Life is hard; you don’t have to navigate it alone.
Why Beyond Words?
From my own experience, I learned that healing and growth does not only involve hard conversations but can include non-traditional approaches that can equally help us make sense of our experiences.
Simply put, words are not always enough to understand, express and transform our pain. Sometimes we have to go beyond words - metaphors, story-telling, poetry, imagery, art-making and music in order to heal & grow.
I mostly use traditional talk therapy approaches, but if you're open, there may be invitations to sprinkle in creativity during our work together.
Focus.
Therapy is a place to share anything and everything, but here are main topics that clients come to see me for and what I can best support you with.
childhood trauma, pain
& inner-child work
depression,
feeling hopeless, sad & lost
anxiety, stress, overwhelmed by feelings & thoughts
relational conflict, grief, loneliness
More topics we can explore in therapy.
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Explore your experiences as an East Asian or person of color, navigating the complexities of growing up in an immigrant family
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Process trauma, including emotional neglect, bullying, racial discrimination, or abuse
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Identify and understand your feelings and internalized beliefs to shift your inner dialogue
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Build self-esteem and strengthen your sense of identity
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Learn coping strategies for managing anxiety, overwhelm, anger, and sadness
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Navigate grief from losing a loved one, anticipatory loss, or other forms of mourning
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Find support through life transitions like a new job, marriage, divorce, breakup, or entering a new stage of life
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Discover healthier ways to manage stress, burnout, and challenges at work or school
Do you relate with any of these topics?
Connect with me over a a complimentary 15 min. consultation.
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​I want to take a moment to acknowledge Turtle Island, the land to which my family are settlers of and where I daily benefit from. The land where there is a painful colonial past and present. The land where so much of this egregious truth has been hidden, denied and perpetuated by systems that have failed and continue to fail.
I acknowledge that this land was inhabited and taken care of by Indigenous peoples for centuries, far before other people groups arrived and violently took it from them. I especially want to acknowledge the Traditional Territories of the Ojibwe, The Anishinaabe and Mississaugas of the New Credit whose territory I reside, work, play and rest on. As a colonial settler, I acknowledge my personal responsibility to learn the truth and to make it known. I understand that this is a life long process and am committed to continually educating myself, to honour and take care of this land, to experience the discomfort that comes from this country’s painful past, present and future.​
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