Nicole Belina
Waitlist for New Clients / MSW, RSWshe/her/hersNicole is not accepting new clients right now! In the meantime, we’d be happy to add your name to her waitlist. Drop us a message and we’ll connect you with Nicole, as soon as she’s available again!
Nicole is a 2SLGBTQIA+ affirming therapist who works from a non-judgmental, strengths-based, trauma-informed, client-centered perspective. Nicole prioritizes the autonomy of her clients and is flexible and adaptive to their needs. She uses an integrative approach, that is, a variety of theories and interventions that fit the client’s needs.
- Clinical Supervision
- Individual Therapy
- Relationship + Couples Counselling
- Sex Therapy
- You’re hoping to learn new strategies for managing your trauma symptoms
- You’d like to better understand how trauma impacts your sexual experiences and the intimacy you feel with others
- You’re ready to change the relationship you have with pornography, sex, or substances
- You’re seeking support because of someone else’s sexual behaviours (including pornography viewing)
- You’re looking for a therapist who cares deeply about your progress and will hold you accountable as you work towards your goals
Session Types: Clinical Supervision, Individual Therapy, Relationship Therapy, Sex Therapy, Virtual Therapy
Specialties: 2SLGBTQIA+, Addiction, Anxiety, Borderline Personality Disorder, Depression, Dissociative Disorders, Pornography Viewing, Sexual Behaviours (Undesired or Problematic), Sex and Intimacy, Substance Use, Trauma and Trauma symptoms
Approaches: Attachment Based Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Mindfulness, Polyvagal, Somatic Experiencing (SE), Sex Therapy, Systems Therapy, Trauma Informed Therapy, 2SLGBTQIA+ Affirming Therapy
Favourite Resources:
- The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk (Book)
- The Myth of Sex Addiction by David Ley (Book)
- Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski (Book)
Nicole is a Registered Social Worker in good standing with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) and the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW). She earned her Undergraduate Social Work degree from the University of Waterloo and her Master of Social Work degree from the University of Toronto. During her graduate degree, Nicole specialized in Health & Mental Health and completed a collaborative program in Addiction Studies. Nicole is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) having completed the Somatic Experiencing International certificate program; she has also completed the Intensive Sex Therapy Training Program at the University of Guelph and the Problem Sexual Behaviour Certificate Program through the Sexual Health Alliance.
Nicole has three main areas of focus and training, which include: trauma, sex and intimacy, as well as problematic sexual behaviour. Nicole uses Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Polyvagal, and Somatic Experiencing (SE) to help her clients learn about the neurobiology of trauma, how it is stored in the body, and how to regulate their nervous systems. For those who have experienced trauma or have been using substances for prolonged periods, Nicole can help you to regain intimacy and navigate sexual encounters. Pornography viewing and other sexual encounters (in person or online) can also be explored, to determine whether these behaviours are problematic and how to make changes to them.
Nicole holds a graduate certificate in Positive Psychology and Health & Wellness Coaching through the College of Executive Coaching and offers Clinical Supervision to Registered Psychotherapists (CRPO) and Registered Social Workers (OCSWSSW).
Many Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) and extended health care plans will cover services rendered by a Registered Social Worker.