Sarah Stapleton

Many people arrive carrying a quiet but persistent sense that they have drifted away from themselves — uncertain how to close that gap, caught in old patterns that keep pulling them down rather than forward. Sarah Stapleton, a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) and founder of Counterspiral Care, meets people right there: in the spiral, before they have found their footing. That disorientation can show up in a hundred ways — the 2 a.m. phone scroll that turns anxious thoughts into sleepless hours, the feeling that the body and the mind have stopped speaking the same language, the sense that growth is possible but somehow just out of reach.

Sarah works with teenagers, young adults, and adults navigating anxiety, mood and depressive disorders, eating and body image concerns, identity questions, grief, burnout, and the particular pressures that come with being a student or early-career person. Her practice is grounded in empathy, embodiment, equity, and a genuine celebration of neurodivergent, queer, and 2SLGBTQIA+ clients. Musicians navigating perfectionism and imposter syndrome will find a practitioner with meaningful lived experience in that world.

Therapy with Sarah is collaborative and fully tailored — the client remains the expert on their own life. She offers online sessions to anyone across Ontario.