Sophie McPherson
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)"Healing starts when you no longer have to explain, apologize for, or shrink who you are. We create a compassionate space where your body, identity, and lived reality are fully honored."
Approach
I am a Certified Trauma Specialist and a dedicated 2SLGBTQIA+ affirming psychotherapist supporting teens, young adults, and adults. My practice is built around safety, bodily autonomy, and deconstructing the cultural expectations that lead people into chronic self-doubt.
I am passionate about the complex intersections of trauma, weight, body image, and GLP-1 medications. Whether clients are processing chronic shame, navigating relationship ruptures, or adjusting to physiological and identity shifts, therapy with me happens at a safe pace and is always collaborative.
Does This Sound Familiar?
Trauma & Nervous System Freeze
Carrying the weight of developmental, relational, or institutional harm and feeling disconnected from safety inside your own body.
Weight, Body Image & GLP-1 Transitions
Navigating disordered eating recovery, complex feelings about weight changes, or the emotional and social impacts of GLP-1 medications.
Queer & Trans Identity Affirmation
Exploring gender identity, coming out, relationship structures, or minority stress without ever having to justify your existence.
What Working Together Looks Like
Trauma-Informed Processing: Gentle, bottom-up stabilization that untangles traumatic memories and rebuilds emotional resilience.
Body Liberation: Nuanced, compassionate exploration of body grief, medical transitions, food freedom, and self-worth.
Affirming Relational Therapy: Supporting LGBTQIA+ folks and neurodivergent individuals through life transitions, boundaries, and identity integration.
In Her Element
Baking and hanging with loved ones!
Downtime Routine
Listening to music on a walk with coffee.
Clinical Background & Training
Degrees & Registration
- Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario
- Master of Arts in Spiritual Care & Psychotherapy, Wilfrid Laurier University
- Honours Bachelor of Arts in Criminology, Wilfrid Laurier University
Certifications & Trainings
- Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP)
- Weight Inclusive Care and Disordered Eating Protocols
- GLP-1 Psychological and Relational Impact Frameworks
- 2SLGBTQIA+ Affirming and Gender-Affirming Clinical Practice
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Principles