Emily Springgay RP, EXAT, MEd - OEATA Member Directory

I’m Emily (she/her). I’m a Registered Psychotherapist offering individual virtual psychotherapy for youth and adults. My therapeutic approach is rooted in a relational perspective, and I integrate experiential, phenomenological, person-centered, and arts-based methods into my sessions. I have a deep appreciation for imagination, creativity, and playfulness, and I value culturally aware, anti-oppressive, anti-racist, 2SLGBTQIA+ affirming, and trauma-informed care. I’m a multi-modal artist and musician, and I incorporate visual arts, movement, writing, piano, guitar, and voice work into my own personal studio work. I’m a white, queer, bisexual, hard-of-hearing settler and I practice in Peterborough, part of Treaty 20, and in the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig and Chippewa nations. I have a master’s degree in Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy from OISE at the University of Toronto and I have a diploma in Expressive Arts Therapy from the CREATE Institute. In addition to private practice, I have experience working at Fleming College, the University of Toronto Mississauga Career Centre, Queer Art Therapy’s Getting Bi+ program, the Create Clinic, North York Women’s Shelter, The Gatehouse, Full Circle Art Therapy Centre, L’Arche Toronto, Purple Carrots Drama Studio, and Rhythmic by Nature.