SEAN BASARKE

MEET SEAN

Since 2009, Sean has specialized in strengths-based, trauma-informed assessment and treatment services with children, youth, and families impacted by interpersonal abuse (physical, sexual, or emotional), violence (including witnessing intimate partner violence), and neglect. Sean has extensive experience supporting adolescents who have offended sexually and children who have engaged in concerning sexualized behaviour, including sibling sexual abuse reunification. Sean’s psychotherapy practice with young men also includes issues related to anxiety, depression, ADHD, emotional regulation and wellbeing, and those finding difficulty with dating and relationships. Sean is affiliated with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW), the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW), and the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (ATSA). In addition to his clinical work with youth, young men, and families, Sean provides community training and consultation to other professionals in the areas of interpersonal abuse (with a special interest in the assessment/treatment of young men who have experienced sexual abuse) and adolescent sexual offending. Sean received his Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Toronto.