Maya Sloan Psychotherapy

09/10/2025

I have almost finished all the training in Relational Life Therapy, which is a therapy modality used for couples. I only have six weeks of Small Group Mentoring left. After that group, ,I am I am expected to submit a video of a couple doing therapy with me.

It has been a challenge to find a couple willing to be videoed over an a few sessions, since it can be so vulnerable to work on relationship issues.
I am so grateful to those couples who let me video them in the past.

I am looking for a brave, curious couple who is interested in doing couples therapy but is not at the brink of divorce. I would do this work pro bono.

I would like to work with this couple weekly for about eight weeks and be video recorded for all the sessions. The videos will only be shown to one assessor at the Relational Life Therapy Institute and to the Small Group Mentoring group.

Please contact me if you are interested in getting more clarity in your relationship, to experience the effective tools and concepts used in Relational Life Therapy.

To find out more about Relational Life Therapy and the founder Terry Real, please check out: https://relationallife.com/

Please contact me at maya@mayasloan.ca if you are interested in working intensely on deepening the connection in your relationship for free. So looking forward to working with you and sharing the love of a more relational life!

Relational Life Therapy is Transforming the Face of Couples Therapy Relational Life Therapy is Transforming the Face of Couples Therapy Learn the skills to cultivate more authentic, deeper connections—for yourself and others. Catapulting Couples to New Levels of Closeness, Trust, and Solidarity Th...

08/20/2025

My summer was rich with time for growth as an individual and relational being. There was more time for play, relaxation and gatherings.
I feel refreshed as I come back to the office, and feel a deeper sense of intuition and compassion.

We are all so connected. We all have so much depth.

Sometimes we don’t trust ourselves and others, so we stay in protection mode, like we withdraw and numb ourselves. Or we feel the whole world is against us.
It makes us feel limited and critical of ourselves.

Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) has been the most transformational form of growth that I myself and my clients have experienced. I have learned to witness others fully by being Self-led in the therapy chair.

Self is our inner core being that is fully present and doesn’t have any pushiness and agenda. It is here to be with what is. Everyone else has a Self inside of themselves. It can lead more when the protective parts of our psyche trust and let go. Then something magical happens: the mind and heart fully connect and live fully, radiating our inner light. So many things start flowing, as we are not blocking our energy anymore, and we start loving ourselves.

If you would like to try IFS therapy for yourself, to see how it works and if it is helpful for you, please get in touch! You don’t have the feel like you ‘need’ therapy. It is a modality that helps you grow.
I work in person at my office in Halifax’s West End and online. I offer 15 mins discovery calls. Please do not hesitate to call and DM me.

08/13/2025

I just returned from 5 days in the magical forest near Fredricton NB that hosts the Future Forest Music Festival for the last 8 years or so. What a powerful experience to be surrounded by open- hearted people, who are all there to share their joy and appreciation. I found it so healing for my heart. I recommend this festival to anyone who is looking to experience a different state of being together in harmony and bliss.

03/30/2025

https://mayasloan.ca/psychedelic-journeying-is-helpful-for-connecting-with-spirit/

I have been writing and posting the blogs on my website under writing. Check it out!

Facilitated 5MeO-DMT and Cannabis-Assisted Psychedelic therapy are a great complement to be in an open space of form and formlessness.

03/19/2025

Documentary Screening - The Way of the Psychonaut w/ Q&AJoin the Nova Scotia Psychedelic Society for a screening of The Way of the Psychonaut, a captivating documentary that explores the life and philosophy of one of the most influential figures in psychedelic culture, Stanislav Grof. Follow the...

02/16/2025

So true! Happens so easily!

02/12/2025

I am running a Psychedelic Integration Circle with my colleague Angela Amirault of Altered Healing for the Nova Scotia Psychedelic Society. So exciting!

🌿 Join us for our first Integration Circle, happening online on Tuesday, February 18 at 7pm! 🌿

This monthly event is a safe space to explore your psychedelic experiences and reflect on how they can inform your everyday life. Led by board members and therapists Angela Amirault and Maya Sloan, we’ll dive into the insights and lessons that emerge from these journeys. Whether your experience makes perfect sense or still feels unclear, we’ll discuss how to integrate these moments meaningfully.

🔗 Register now at novascotiapsychedelicsociety.org – only 12 spots available!
💲 Sliding scale tickets: $20 for low income, $30 regular.

09/28/2024

I am so excited to be doing this group with my colleague Amanda Stoddard. This will be a great way to start the week!

09/27/2024

05/04/2024

I saw Symphony Nova Scotia with the Camarata Singers tonight. What a great way to spend an evening! Just being immersed in beautiful music, sometimes the mind wanders a bit, sometimes I daydream, remember old friends, different phases of my life, sometimes I wonder about what it would be like to be a musician. I wonder about the future of classical music. Such high calibre. Will audiences dwindle, though because classical music is no longer at the heart of high society? Then my mind comes back just to be fully present to the experience of listening, letting the music take me over. Feels its vibration (especially easy with Ode to Joy, with all its percussion and vocals). It’s also a great opportunity to explore your parts: the parts that get distracted, the parts that comment, that don’t want to feel, that want to stay dissociated, not present. I welcomes them all and gave them seats to listen with me and take a break!

04/21/2024

https://youtu.be/XCi6VKJ_3hc
I just made a video of the IFS path meditation. Enjoy when you have 16 mins to spare to get some space from your parts!

This is my version of a well-known IFS meditation. I give credit to Dick Schwartz, the founder of IFS and Bob Falconer for the added element of connecting to...

04/14/2024

Here is the second part about how IFS changed my life: The inner experience:
When I started noticing my parts and not just see them as monkey mind, I was able to deal with shame in my psyche. That opened up so many places in me, because I no longer had to protect myself, I no longer had to prevent the feeling of shame. Before I wasn’t even aware that shame came up; parts were making me more invulnerable by not making me even feel the vulnerable feeling. So now, when I notice vulnerability in me, I tend to it with love and compassion. So because my system is no longer as guarded and therefore no longer as fragmented, I have more power in my life. The energy of my being is going more in one direction, it is more unified. Therefore, I can use my energy with more impact, resulting in much more supportive conditions.