Hi I'm Dea!

registered trauma therapist specializing in women’s mental health

Dea Bozzo, Owner and Founder of Sovereign Soul Counselling. Registered Social Service Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers, EMDR Trained.

I’m Dea Bozzo, Registered Social Service Worker (RSSW) and founder of Sovereign Soul Counselling, a practice dedicated to supporting women through trauma, emotional overwhelm, and the transitions of midlife. I have a particular passion for supporting women in midlife—a time when changes in relationships, family, career, identity, and perimenopause or menopause can leave you feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure of who you are becoming.

My approach is trauma-informed and integrates evidence-based therapy with EMDR, CBT, somatic practices, mindfulness, and nervous system regulation. I believe healing can involve more than talking about what happened. Together, we can explore and process the experiences and patterns that continue to affect how you feel, respond, and relate to yourself and others—helping you move toward greater calm, clarity, confidence, and connection.

At the heart of my work is helping women come home to themselves. Therapy can be a place to slow down, understand what your nervous system has been carrying, release patterns that no longer serve you, and reconnect with your own strength and inner wisdom.

I provide counselling for women in Hamilton, Ancaster, Dundas and surrounding communities, with in-person sessions as well as virtual counselling across Ontario. Services may be covered by extended health benefits that include Registered Social Service Workers.

My Story

I Know This Season Because I’m Living It Too

I’m a woman in midlife, and I understand how this season can invite us to question so much of what we thought we knew about ourselves.

Like many women, there were years when caring for my children took priority and my own career and aspirations took a different path. Then came a point in midlife when I began asking deeper questions: Who am I now? What matters to me? What do I want this next chapter of my life to look like?

What I once might have called a midlife crisis, I now see as a midlife awakening.

I began doing my own deeper work—examining my relationships, my patterns, my purpose, and what I wanted to carry forward and what I was ready to leave behind. Through that process, I became clearer about what has always been important to me: supporting women.

For more than 25 years, that thread has run through my life and work. I have supported and advocated for women experiencing domestic violence, worked alongside women through trauma and difficult life transitions, facilitated women’s circles, and created workshops and spaces where women could feel heard, supported, and connected.

Today, that experience comes together in Sovereign Soul Counselling.

My own journey through midlife has deepened my passion for helping other women navigate theirs—not by telling them who they should become, but by creating space for them to discover it for themselves.

Because I don't believe midlife is simply something we need to get through. It can be an opportunity to come home to ourselves, reclaim what matters, and consciously choose how we want to live the next chapter of our lives.

virtual counselling for women across Ontario

How I Support Women

I provide a safe, compassionate, and trauma-informed environment where women can:

Regulate their nervous system
Heal trauma stored in the body
Break free from generational patterns
Rebuild self-worth and emotional resilience
Reconnect with intuition and feminine wisdom
Develop healthier boundaries and relationships

My work is rooted in mind–body connection, somatic awareness, emotional safety, and the restoration of feminine power. I hold a deep belief in our ability to change and heal. Through years of experience in therapeutic, and personal growth settings, I’ve learned that transformation unfolds best when the work is attuned to you. Our work together weaves evidence-based approaches including EMDR therapy, Mindfulness, Parts work, Somatic practices and EFT.

Counselling Services are covered by most

extended Health Benefits.