About
Sabrina Jaspers
Sabrina Jaspers is an experienced clinical social worker with 18 years of work experience and 14 years of direct counselling experience. She was successful in receiving her formal certification in Perinatal Mental Health from Postpartum Support International (PMH-C). Sabrina’s clinical focus is maternal mental health, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, including postpartum depression and anxiety, and birth trauma.  Sabrina uses a strengths-based, client centred approach while offering evidenced based therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depression and Anxiety, and Accelerated Resolution Therapy for Post Traumatic Stress -both in which she received certification.  Sabrina completed her Master of Social Work through Dalhousie University. She completed her Bachelor of Social Work at McMaster University. In 2019, Sabrina worked collaboratively with a local midwife program to bring interdisciplinary care and mental health support to women experiencing difficulties in the perinatal phase. In 2020, she was nominated by her community and peers for the YWCA Women of Distinction Award for the Community Champion category. When working with Sabrina you can expect care, concern, and compassion throughout the therapeutic process.  
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Experience. Compassion. Knowledge.
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I have been supporting pregnant and postpartum women for close to a decade. I am formally trained via Postpartum Support International, making me Perinatal Mental Health - Certified. I focused all of my 3 year graduate degree research on postpartum mental health and maternal mental health so that I could have a broader, more historic and international view of postpartum mood issues, including the variables that help and hinder. Over the course of 9 months in 2020, I worked collaboratively with Access Midwives in Stoney Creek, Ontario, helping to trial the role of social work and counselling inside a midwifery clinic. It was innovative and exciting. I gained more knowledge in perinatal mental health and developed screening processes and mental health treatment plans for patients. It was a privilege to contribute to something so cutting edge in health care. I'm very proud of the work we did there together (No, I did not get to attend any births unfortunately, but I did get to do home visits and snuggle fresh babes! Bonus!)
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I say all of this because the reality is women who are experiencing challenges during the perinatal period want to know that their therapist knows their stuff and knows how to help! This is no joke to my clients - they have a baby now and they want to feel better. There is a certain level of distress that can come during the perinatal phase as hormones, new worries, and stress levels can make us not feel ourselves, and clients want to know that we can help them as soon as possible. Also mood disturbances such as depressive symptoms, rage, anxiousness, scary thoughts, excessive crying, or sleeplessness can also catch us off guard and make us feel scared and uncertain about who we can share these details with. If we are honest, it can often feel like a crisis! Qualified Perinatal Mental Health counsellors in the community, such as myself and many others, understand these challenges (and that scary thoughts are actually quite common!) and work with you so that you can receive shameless support in a safe and confidential space. We want you feeling better just as much as you do, and we know how to get you there.
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Qualifications
2021 May
2019-2020
Internship with Midwives, 9 months, Developing the Role of Social Work inside Midwifery Clinic, Stoney Creek, ON
2022
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Pure "O" Subtypes - How to Identify and Treat Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Obsessional Subtypes - 2 Hour Continuing Education Course
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2016
Postpartum Support International: Components of Care, 2 day training, Montana, USA (Virtual)
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Certification, 36 hours, Adler Institute, Toronto, ON
2020 Oct
Somatic Experiencing and Perinatal Mental Health, Maternal Health Now, Virtual Webinar
2019
Accelerated Resolution Therapy, 3 full day workshop, Hamilton, ON, University of Florida
2019
Addressing Postnatal Depression as a Health Care Professional, University of Exeter, 9 hours (Virtual)
2023
Perinatal OCD Workshop
Postpartum Stress Centre, Virtual
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2024
PAIL Network's Compassionate Care Workshop
Infant Loss and Miscarriage
Sunnybrook
8 Hours
Perinatal Loss: A Framework for Healing
Nurturing Mamas Network
3 hours