Sandy Saczkowski will help guide you in identifying, understanding and responding to life challenges that concern you

Together, we will look the power that your thinking has on your feelings and behaviour. We then look at new strategies to better understand what your feelings are telling you and how to channel that knowledge into outcomes that better meet your needs.

The knowledge that you acquire from counselling becomes a type of building block that you can use to address both the concerns you present with initially and also new issues that might arise in your life. You learn how to move from merely reactiong to being able to more consciously respond to situations in life. There's an important adage that I work by... "You can't always control life circumstances. You always get to choose your response."

Core Principals
Sandy operates on several core principals:

• With guidance, patience and education, any person can lead a more meaningful,fulfilling and authentic life.


• The human spirit possesses endless strength and resilience.


• People have both the right and need to make choices and decisions that are appropriate for them.


• Change is more apt to be long term, when people are active participants in resculpting their lives.

My approach

Sandy Saczkowski uses a combination of theories and techniques to guide you towards resolution of your concerns. These theories and techniques are primarily taken from Psychology and Social Work. While a number of theoretical paradigms influence her counselling approach, key theories used include:

• Cognitive behavioural therapy which looks at how thoughts influence our behaviour
• Family systems theory which looks at how we fit and interact with our family structures.
• Ecological theory which considers how we fit and interact with the many environments we come into contact with.

Some areas where we can help

Mini assessment

I have included a mini assessment which you can use as a starting point for organizing your thoughts.  It is intended only to start you thinking about one of your concerns.  Click here to download the mini assessment.

Find out more

I would love to talk with you about your specific needs. There is no cost for an initial telephone consultation. In addition to in office counselling daytime, evening and weekends, I also offer telephone and email/skype counselling. To find out more, please call me at (905) 894-3225.