Formerly Pathfinders Wellness. Same clinician, same practice, now under SherrySlejska.com
Therapy that supports understanding, healing and meaningful change.
Drawing from DBT, CBT, mindfulness, somatic, schema-informed, and psychodynamic approaches to support meaningful change.
Approaches are integrated thoughtfully and adapted to support stability, insight, and sustainable change.
Therapy is most effective when it begins with a clear understanding of the person — their history, nervous system, relationships, and the environments they move through.
My work is grounded in a psychodynamic understanding of human behaviour and informed by evidence-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), mindfulness-based, somatic, and schema-informed practices.
Psychodynamic & Relational Understanding
A psychodynamic approach forms the foundation of my work. This involves understanding how early experiences, attachment patterns, identity, and relational roles shape emotional responses, behaviour, and coping under pressure.
This lens supports deeper insight into long-standing patterns — whether in personal relationships, work environments, or organizational systems — and ensures that change is grounded in understanding, not just technique.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy & Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) provide practical, evidence-based strategies for managing distress, emotional intensity, and unhelpful thinking or behavioural patterns.
DBT skills include emotional regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness, while CBT strategies support identifying and shifting patterns that maintain anxiety, depression, or burnout.
These approaches are particularly helpful in high-pressure environments where clarity, steadiness, and effective action are essential.
Mindfulness, Somatic & Schema-Informed Practices
Mindfulness-based and somatic practices support awareness of the body and nervous system, helping restore a sense of safety, presence, and regulation when stress or trauma has disrupted internal balance.
Schema-informed work may be used to explore deeply rooted patterns related to self-worth, responsibility, control, or emotional deprivation — particularly when these patterns interfere with relationships or professional functioning.
These approaches are integrated pragmatically and introduced in ways that support functioning and resilience over time.
The work is grounded in evidence-based and evidence-informed psychotherapy, delivered with cultural humility and a person-centred lens.
Therapeutic approaches are applied with care and flexibility, informed by each person’s identity, lived experience, values, and ways of understanding healing.
Clients are regarded as experts in their own lives, and therapy is shaped collaboratively to honour both clinical rigor and personal meaning.