Ambika Preethi Santhosh - MSW, RSW
Ambika is a Registered Social Worker and Psychotherapist with over a decade of experience, including international clinical work. She supports children, adolescents, individuals, and families through a wide range of concerns, including childhood, complex, developmental, acute, intergenerational, and systemic trauma; PTSD; attachment and relational wounds; chronic stress; anxiety; depression; identity and self-worth challenges; emotional regulation; and recovery from sexual assault and abuse.
Ambika also works with clients navigating school-related challenges, parenting stress, and major life transitions. Her approach focuses on helping clients build resilience, restore balance, and develop practical strategies to strengthen their relationships, daily routines, and overall well-being. She offers specialized support for parents, newcomers, and immigrants, and provides therapy in both English and Tamil.
Her work is grounded in trauma-informed, evidence-based care, integrating modalities such as EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT), DBT, Narrative Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and strengths-based and anti-oppressive frameworks. Ambika collaborates closely with each client to create personalized treatment plans that are culturally responsive, aligned with their values, and supportive of meaningful, sustainable healing.
Specializations:
Complex, Developmental, Acute, Intergenerational, and Systemic Trauma; PTSD; Attachment and Relational Wounds; Chronic Stress; Anxiety; Depression; Identity and Self-Worth Challenges; Emotional Regulation; Recovery from Sexual Assault and Abuse; School-Related Challenges; Parenting Stress and Major Life Transitions.
Therapy Approaches:
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and strengths-based and anti-oppressive frameworks
Additional Certifications/Trainings:
- Internal Family Systems Training (Pesi)
- EMDR (Family Services Ontario)
- Brief Trauma Therapy (Family Services Ontario)
- TF-CBT (Pesi)
- Flash Technique (Pesi)
Professional Registration:
Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) & Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW).