Seeking therapy and support can be difficult and daunting. I acknowledge and appreciate the bravery it takes to take this first step. I am dedicated to fostering a safe, confidential, and compassionate therapeutic space where your unique experiences, challenges and goals are met with genuine warmth, empathy, and non-judgment.

As an Emotion-Focused (EFT) therapist, I work with concerns related to anxiety, depression, trauma, grief and loss, interpersonal relationships, and sexual concerns (arousal, desire, orgasm, and sexual pain). I am committed to creating a safe and affirming therapeutic relationship to explore sexuality, gender, intimacy, pleasure, and sexual well-being.

In our first session, I will invite you to share your current challenges, stressors, and the impact these have on different areas of your life. We will work collaboratively to identify your therapeutic aims and tailor a plan to address these, adapting these as needed in subsequent sessions.  I aim to build a strong therapeutic relationship through authentic connection, presence, compassion, and respect. With a deep understanding of the impact of emotions on mental health and well-being, we will work together to access and process difficult emotions as well as generate inner resources, self-care, and self-compassion.

I value and respect the inner wisdom and resources of every individual and I am honoured to work together with people of all gender identities, sexual orientations, cultures and in all relationship types. My therapeutic approach is grounded in a humanistic, experiential, trauma-informed, and neurodiversity-affirming framework. With an integrative approach I draw from Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness & Self-Compassion Based Approaches and I work from a sex positive, pleasure and connection-focused model for sexual concerns and well-being.

I have completed a Master of Psychology at Adler Graduate Professional School and hold a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Queen’s University. My master’s major research project is focused on self-compassion as an intervention for sexual concerns to reduce shame and support more positive sexual experiences and sexual well-being.

I am committed to continued learning and training in different, evidence-based psychotherapy approaches. At CFIR, I work under the supervision of Dr. Karine Côté, C. Psych. I am a trained teacher of Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) and have volunteered at the Sexuality and Gender Lab (Sagelab) at Queen’s University with Dr. Meredith Chivers. I am a member of the Ontario Psychological Association (OPA), the Canadian Counselling & Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) and the International Society for Emotion-Focused Therapy (isEFT). My publications include:

Graziani, C., & Chivers, M. L. (2024). Sexual Shame and Women’s Sexual Functioning. Sexes, 5(4), 739-757.

Geller, S. M., & Graziani, C. (2024). Therapeutic presence: An essential way of being. In M. Cooper, M. O’Hara, S. Stephen, Y. Gololob & G. Di Malta (Eds.), Handbook of Person-Centred Psychotherapy and Counselling (3rd ed). Palgrave Macmillan.