Hamza is a Registered Social Worker and Psychotherapist with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers and has completed a Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Toronto.

Hamza has over 5 years of counselling experience in both healthcare and non-profit settings such as SickKids Hospital, Naseeha Mental Health, and BridgeTO working alongside youth, adults, and families who are experiencing concerns from the intersection of life transitions, personal and familial relationships, work and/or school related stress, addictions, anxiety, depression, and self-esteem.

Hamza recognizes the complexities of how mental health concerns present uniquely for each person and works in a collaborative manner with each client to help understand where they are at and uses a variety of therapeutic modalities consisting of cognitive behavioural, emotion-focused, and narrative therapy.

Hamza strives in providing anti-oppressive and culturally sensitive psychotherapeutic interventions incorporating the role of ethnicity, culture, and spirituality. He can provide services in English and Dari.  

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• Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
• Emotion-Focused Family Therapy
  
• Narrative Therapy

Salisha is a Registered Social Worker and Psychotherapist with the Ontario College of Social Workers and has a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Toronto.  She has over 20 years of experience counselling a diverse population and helping them to work through their challenges.

She has worked at a Community Health Centre for 17 years focusing on mental health.  She has provided therapy to clients of all ages, particularly youth and adults in the capacity of individual, couples, and family counselling.  She has also facilitated many groups and workshops on various topics such as self-esteem, assertiveness, anger, healthy relationships, anxiety, as well as DBT groups focusing on emotion regulation and distress tolerance.  In addition, she has many years of experience providing therapy to clients and their families at a counselling walk-in clinic in Durham as well as being a Clinical Supervisor to the Therapists at the clinic. 

She has provided therapy to clients who have presented with a variety of concerns such as depression, anxiety, relationship challenges, conflict, self-esteem, trauma, grief, etc.

Salisha’s therapeutic approach involves first creating a felt sense of safety and comfort with her clients.  She provides support in a warm, compassionate manner and assists clients to develop meaningful insights to help them work through difficulties and get to a place of self-growth.  In addition, she helps clients learn practical skills and strategies that they can begin applying immediately to work on their challenges. 

Salisha works from a lens of cultural humility and honours clients’ values.  She uses a nonjudgmental approach and seeks to develop a greater understanding of clients’ experiences and helps them process and make sense of them.  She is very collaborative in her work with clients and seeks to learn about their needs and counselling goals and ensures that therapeutic modalities used are in alignment with this.  She is very passionate about working alongside of her clients to help them attune to their own inner wisdom, strengthen their sense of self, and assist them toward becoming the best version of themselves that helps them feel authentic, connected, and confident with who they are.

In addition to the blend of various therapeutic modalities used when working with clients, other areas of focus in her work include using a holistic approach, mindfulness, meditation, breathwork, somatic experiencing, compassion-focused and strength-based approaches.  She also provides faith-based and spiritual counselling upon request.

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Internal Family Systems (IFS)
• Narrative Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Somatic-Based Approaches

Gulzar Firashta, MA, RP-Q, RSSW, works with couples and individuals with the aim to help them thrive and achieve success in their personal lives and intimate relationships. Gulzar supports her couple clients to overcome cycles of blame, shame and resentment and move toward feeling appreciated, loved and connected. She has been trained in scientific approaches such as Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples and The Gottman Method level 2. Both approaches help her understand the emotions that underlie and drive behaviour. She uses EFT approaches to help couples understand the conflict in their relationship which gets them caught in maladaptive patterns (“cycles”) leading to arguments, resentment and disconnection.  Through the Gottman Method, she helps partners address their particular conflicts and challenges and build a relationship based on trust and empathy. 

In addition to her couple’s work, Gulzar has worked in the field for over 10 years, supporting youth with behavioural issues and individuals facing depression, anxiety, sleep issues, anger, grief, and loss.  She uses a holistic approach with care and affection.  Gulzar uses a goal-oriented and collaborative approach in therapy with her clients. With over 10 years of experience providing mental health services in community-based organizations and school systems, she brings a strong mix of approaches like Narrative therapy, Person-Centered, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) which helps individuals explore their strength and move ahead in life.

As your therapist, Gulzar creates a warm and accepting environment where you will feel heard and understood. She believes that every individual is able to shift present patterns that are causing them difficulty and focuses on supporting them to feel empowered to make changes in their lives. With fluency in four different languages, Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu, and English, she understands that all individuals are diverse and require interventions that are catered to everyone’s unique needs.

• Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
• Gottman Method for Couples
• Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Razaan is a Registered Social worker with a master’s degree from the University of Windsor. She is registered with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW). Razaan works with Adults, children, and adolescents seeking support for a  range of issues including stress management & burnout, imposter syndrome & self-esteem, emotional regulation, life transitions, depression, and anxiety. 

Razaan approaches her clients in a positive, non-judgmental and safe manner focusing on creating shared meaning.  She listens to the individuals she supports and utilizes a client-centred approach enmeshed with elements from various modalities.  She has a strong desire to help people learn more about themselves and trusts that each person can make decisions from a place of inner wisdom rather than fear and survival. As your therapist, Razaan hopes to facilitate this process by helping individuals uncover their innate strengths and offers tools and strategies when needed.

Razaan supports her clients from a holistic lens and is open and flexible in her approaches. She is trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Humanistic Therapy (Client-Centred), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT Skills) and ensures her approach is Strengths-Based. Trauma-informed and Anti-Oppressive.

Razaan identifies as an Arab-Canadian woman who works with marginalized and BIPOC communities. Upon request, Razaan can provide faith-based therapy for clients who identify as Muslim and can provide services in English and Arabic.

• Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
• Humanistic Client Centred 
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)