Amina Virgolici (she/her) - Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC)
Languages: Romanian and English

If you would like to be connected with Amina, please email her at [email protected]
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Availability 
Tuesdays 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm (In person at Mount Pleasant)
Fridays 9:00 am - 6:00 pm (Virtual)

About
Hi, I’m Amina. I understand how vulnerable it can feel to talk about sex, desire, intimacy, fantasies, or the parts of ourselves we’ve been socialoized to hide. Many people carry shame, confusion, fear, or disconnection around sexuality and relationships, even though these experiences are deeply tied to how we connect with ourselves and others. My role as a therapist is to create a space where you can feel safe, supported, curious, and empowered to explore yourself without judgment.

I am currently completing my certification in sex therapy through the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counsellors, and Therapists. My work is grounded in trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, and pleasure-positive frameworks, meaning I honour both the tender and playful parts of healing, intimacy, and self-discovery.

Together, we may explore topics such as:
  • Desire discrepancy in relationships
  • Sexual shame, anxiety, and self-esteem
  • Compulsive sexual behaviours
  • Kinks, fetishes, alternative sexual practices, and diverse sexual identities
  • Challenges with arousal, orgasm, painful sex, erectile difficulties, vaginismus, dyspareunia, endometriosis, or PCOS
  • Navigating relationship dynamics, including non-monogamy, polyamory, and other relationship structures
  • Exploring gender, sexuality, cultural identity, and belonging
  • Healing from trauma, infidelity, or experiences that impact intimacy and sexual expression
  • Repair, accountability, rekindling intimacy, and rebuilding connection
  • Communication barriers, conflict, and relational ruptures

I recognize how complex it can be to navigate identity, relationships, and systems of oppression, and I strive to create a therapeutic space where all parts of who you are are welcome. I have extensive experience working alongside 2SLGBTQIA+, polyamorous, sex work, and neurodivergent communities.

In sessions, I draw from Internal Family Systems (IFS)/parts work, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), narrative therapy, solution-focused therapy, intersectional feminism, and sex-positive interventions through a collaborative and holistic lens. My goal is to support you in building greater confidence, connection, authenticity, and freedom in your sexual and relational life.

Outside of therapy, you can usually find me practicing shibari, rock climbing, or cuddling with animals.

Approaches
  • Attachment
  • Cognitive Behavioral 
  • Emotion-focused 
  • Internal Family Systems & IFIO
  • Gottman 
  • Kink Affirming & Pleasure Positive
  • Narrative 
  • Harm Reduction
  • Somatic
  • Sensate Focus 
  • Sex Therapy 
  • Intersectional Feminism
  • Trauma- Informed 

Selected Trainings
  • #RaceAnd Gendre Binary, Race Forward, The Centre for Radical Justice Innovation 
  • Boundaries: The True Power in BDSM with Nicki Line, Pineapple Support PESI 
  • Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) Level 1 Certificate with Susan Johnson   
  • Desire Discrepancy - Martha Kauppi via Institute for Relational Intimacy 
  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1 and Level 2 via Gottman Institute
  • Mindful CBT Certification with Seth Gillihan, PhD via PESI
  • Treating Affairs and Trauma via Gottman Institute 
  • Putting Polyvagal Theory into Practice with Deb Dana    
  • San'yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training - San'yas Anti-Racism Indigenous Cultural Safety Training  
  • Open, Poly, Consensual, Swinging, Monogamish and More with Modern SexTherapy Institute
  • Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) via IFS Institute     
  • Sex and Relationships After Baby - Erin Davidson, RCC, CST   
  • The Sexual Competent Therapist (Foundations): Integrating Sex Therapy into your practice - Diana Sadat, RCC, CST 
  • Sexual Trauma Clinical Training: Interventions to Cultivate Safety, Release Shame, and Nurture Boundaries - Ashley Charbonneau, LCSW   
  • Understanding and supporting minor attracted person (MAP) - Jessica VerBout, LMFT, CST, CST-S
  • Sensate Focus Fundamentals: Transforming Intimacy in Therapeutic Practice - Paula Leech, LMFT, CST, CST-S
  • Asexuality and the Invention of “Normal”: Across Sex, Gender, & Orientation - Aubri Lancaster, CSE, ANTE UP! Educator
  • Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy Externship - ICEFT

Amina's Rates
15-min Phone Consultation: No Cost

Individual Counselling
50 min
Sliding scale: Closed/Full
Standard: $150
Generous: $155+
75 min
Sliding scale: Closed/Full
Standard: $225
Generous: $230+

Relationship and Family Counselling
50 min
Sliding scale: Full/Closed
Standard $190
Generous $195+
75 min
Sliding scale: Full/Closed
Standard: $285
Generous: $290+