Serves:
- Individuals
- Couples
- Ages 18+
Helps navigate:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Trauma
- Grief
- Post-Partum
- Relationship
Trainings:
- EMDR
- Canadian Perinatal Mental Health
Shannon Sweeting-Woods, MSW, RSW
(she/her)
REGISTERED SOCIAL WORKER
Looking for healing, growth, or change, but unsure where to start? Or perhaps you have experienced these before and are seeking to deepen and sustain your gains. Together we can achieve your goals.
As your therapist, I will provide a collaborative and compassionate space to explore your intentions. A central part of my role is to evoke your own inner wisdom, strengths, resources, and values, as well as to support you in using these to navigate the issues you face.
I work with adult individuals and couples and have expertise in the areas of: anxiety, depression, prenatal & post-partum issues, parenting, grief/loss, childhood abuse, and trauma.
I have a Master’s Degree in Social Work and am a Registered Social Worker in good standing with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. I have trained in Emotion Focused Couples Therapy and am also an EMDR trained therapist. My clinical practice is differentiated based on client diversity and needs and is grounded in an understanding of trauma and the multiple possible paths to healing.
In my work with couples, I support partners to develop an understanding of their communication patterns, and to create and maintain new patterns that bring greater relationship fulfillment. I support attunement to self and other, and shifting from reactivity to responses that feel connected and attachment affirming. Whether it be with a partner, child, parent, co-worker, or friend, I support individuals in their pursuit of healthy relationships. I believe that when attachment needs are met, people have the capacity to resolve the issues they face together.
I also have a Bachelor of Education and am an Ontario Certified Teacher. My experiences working with children, youth, and adults with exceptionalities, in a teaching role, has provided me with sound knowledge and understanding of the challenges and issues facing these individuals in the education system and work environments.
My passion for social justice shows up in the therapy room and through the community work we do at KSRC. I engage in anti-oppressive practice and believe that deconstructing issues related to race, class, gender, ability, and sexual orientation can be a powerful component of the therapeutic process.
It is my hope that through therapy you will come to experience a more meaningful connection to self, others, and the world. I strongly believe that when we can discover and embrace our authentic selves and values, we become free of what has been getting in the way of experiencing inner peace, joy, and fulfillment.
