Scetinina Anna
Main achievement
Photographer, designer from Canada. Collaborates with brands such as Sephora Canada, YM Inc, Black River, Ddrops, etc.
About
Anna Scetinina is a registered psychotherapist, author, and remarkable artist with Moldovan roots, currently active in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A graduate with a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (MACP), she works in private practice at Turning Point Psychological Services, where she helps children, adolescents, and adults navigate anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), trauma, perfectionism, depression, and other emotional challenges. Utilizing therapeutic approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and mindfulness-based interventions, Anna actively integrates art-making into sessions to foster creative expression and self-discovery. As an author, Anna published the volume "A Workbook for Kids Who Worry" in 2025 with New Harbinger Publications, a self-help book for children aged 5-12 based on ACT, offering practical tools for managing worries and fears through illustrated exercises and playful adventures. She also creates mental health visuals that summarize ACT principles, shared on platforms like Pinterest and YouTube, where she has a dedicated channel for transforming anxiety into confidence. Her podcast appearances, such as on "Your Anxious Child" and "Connecting the Community," highlight her contribution to promoting children's mental health, and she is listed with the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS). A versatile artist, Anna Scetinina combines talents in illustration, graphic design, and photo production with therapeutic work, creating accessible visual resources for the general public. She is fluent in English and Russian, collaborating with institutions such as the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). Although details about her personal life remain private, her dedication to empowering children and families through art and psychotherapy positions her as an inspiring figure for the Moldovan diaspora in Canada, promoting emotional resilience in multicultural contexts.
