Kimberley Sciaraffa
Therapist / MA, RPshe/her/hersKimberley is a warm, collaborative, and attuned therapist who supports adults and couples seeking clarity, self-understanding, and a deeper sense of purpose. Her presence is steady and compassionate, and she brings a thoughtful balance of curiosity, gentle challenge, and respect. Clients appreciate her ability to explore what is beneath the surface while creating a space that feels safe, grounded, and deeply human.
Her therapeutic approach is psychodynamically oriented and trauma informed, with a strong foundation in mindfulness and compassion based practices. Kimberley integrates Buddhist psychology, depth psychology, parts work, and trauma interventions including EMDR. In her work with couples she draws from these same approaches along with Imago and emotion focused therapies to help partners understand their patterns and strengthen connection.
Kimberley believes that meaningful change begins with understanding how our past shapes our present. She works with clients to identify long-standing patterns, reconnect with inner wisdom, and create new ways of relating that feel authentic, secure, and aligned with what matters most.
- Individual Therapy
- Virtual Therapy
- Grief, loss, or complex emotional experiences that feel difficult to name
- Healing attachment wounds and building more secure ways of relating
- Understanding long-standing patterns that keep resurfacing in your life
- Navigating neurodiversity, whether personally or within your family system
- Processing trauma, including developmental or relational trauma
- Building self-trust, emotional regulation, and inner steadiness
- Exploring meaning, identity, purpose, and the deeper questions beneath your struggles
- A therapist who will hold space with compassion while still offering honest, thoughtful reflection
Session Types: Individual Therapy, Virtual Therapy
Specialties: Aging, Adult and Late Diagnosis ADHD, Anxiety, Body Acceptance, Breakups Divorce & Separation, Chronic Illness, Communication & Conflict Resolution, Death Dying & End-of-Life, Depression, Family & Interpersonal Relationships, Grief & Loss, Life Transitions, Parenting & Neurodivergence, Perimenopause, Postpartum & Pregnancy, Reparenting and Inner Child Work, Self-Esteem, Stress, Trauma & Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms, Values, Work-Life Balance
Approaches: Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS) Informed Therapy, Grief Therapy, Trauma-Informed Therapy
Favourite Resources:
- Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg (Book)
- The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris (Book)
- Loving-Kindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg (Book)
Kimberley’s path to psychotherapy is shaped by her own lived experiences. The loss of her father at thirteen sparked an early understanding of grief and the courage it takes to seek support. Before becoming a therapist, she worked as an English professor, drawn to the deeper stories people carry and the meaning beneath them. Her transition into psychotherapy unfolded alongside her own healing while parenting two neurodivergent children through their mental health journeys. These experiences deepened her appreciation for neurodiversity, resilience, and the ways people create meaning through adversity.
Kimberley completed her training at the University of Toronto and continues to pursue advanced professional development in psychodynamic psychotherapy, self-compassion practices, IFS informed parts work, grief, and EMDR. She brings a deep respect for all parts of her clients’ inner worlds and encourages practices that cultivate compassionate self-awareness and emotional integration.
Outside of the therapy room, Kimberley loves reading, cooking, walking local trails, and exploring thrift and antique shops with her children. She has a deeply spiritual nature and values integrating evidence based approaches with a sense of meaning, presence, and connection.
At the heart of Kimberley’s work is the belief that healing happens when people feel seen, understood, and valued. Her hope is to help clients explore their stories with honesty and courage so they can move toward lives grounded in self-trust, authenticity, and emotional freedom.