Culturally sensitive online psychotherapy for those navigating life between two worlds. Sessions in English and Farsi. Available in Kitchener and across Ontario.
Ontario is home to one of the largest immigrant populations in the world — nearly a third of residents were born outside Canada, settling everywhere from downtown Toronto and the surrounding GTA to Ottawa, Hamilton, the Waterloo Region, London, and smaller communities throughout the province. And yet the experience of being an immigrant here often feels isolating. Community is harder to find than the statistics suggest. The pressure to establish yourself financially in one of Canada's most expensive provinces can crowd out the emotional work of settling in. Many newcomers across Ontario spend years adapting on the outside while quietly struggling on the inside.
Ghazal immigrated to Canada from Iran and has worked with immigrants and refugees from all over the world — the Middle East, South Asia, East Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and beyond. She doesn't just understand the theory — she knows the loneliness of starting over, the grief of distance, and the quiet courage it takes to build a new life.
Therapy that respects your cultural background, family values, and the complexity of navigating two worlds — without pathologizing your experience.
Sessions in English and Farsi (فارسی), or a mix of both. Express yourself in whichever language feels right.
Schema therapy, CBT, and emotion-focused techniques — grounded in research and tailored to your unique story.
Talk about what brought you here, ask questions, and see if it feels right. No pressure.
Together, we'll identify what's weighing on you most and build a path forward using proven therapeutic approaches.
60-minute online sessions from anywhere in Ontario. Consistent, confidential, flexible.
Insurance receipts provided — most extended health plans in Canada cover sessions with a Registered Psychotherapist.
Free 15-minute consultation available. Receipts provided after each session for submission to your extended health insurance plan.
Book a free 15-minute consultation — no commitment, no pressure.
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NoorMinds provides virtual therapy for immigrants to residents throughout Ontario. Select your city to learn more:
Kitchener moves to the rhythm of the Waterloo Region tech triangle, a mid-sized city growing quickly on the energy of startups, manufacturing and insurance, with universities drawing international students and newcomers from around the world. That momentum can be exhilarating, but it can also leave little room to feel the weight of everything a move requires, the rising costs, the fast pace, and the quieter grief that arrives once the first excitement of a new country fades.
Ghazal Sheikhtaheri, a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the CRPO, knows that grief from her own life as an Iranian immigrant. She offers a steady, unhurried presence to people who are caught between two worlds, holding family expectations across distance while trying to grow roots in a place that does not yet hold their history. She does not ask you to leave any part of yourself at the door.
Working with Schema Therapy and with attachment- and emotion-focused methods, she helps trace the patterns that immigration so often reawakens, the old beliefs about worth and belonging that started long before you ever boarded a plane. This is depth-oriented work, an invitation to understand yourself rather than simply push through. In a place that prizes speed and constant building, there is something quietly radical about giving the inner life the time it needs, and about letting grief and longing be heard rather than outrun.
Ghazal sees clients virtually, throughout Kitchener and all of Ontario, in both English and Farsi, so that the language closest to your inner life is always welcome in the room.
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