Culturally sensitive online psychotherapy for those navigating life between two worlds. Sessions in English and Farsi. Available in London 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:
London sits at a gentler tempo than the GTA, a regional hub for education and healthcare with the strong, settled character of a university town. Western and Fanshawe bring students and newcomers from many places, and for its size the city is diverse. Yet a slower, more affordable pace does not soften the particular ache of being far from home, of building a life where no one knew you before, of becoming a stranger to your own past.
Ghazal Sheikhtaheri is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), CRPO registered, and an immigrant from Iran. She understands from her own experience how immigration reshapes a person, how it scatters your sense of identity across two worlds and asks you to gather it again. She listens with care to the quiet loneliness that can come with starting over, even in a city that feels safe and kind.
Her practice draws on Schema Therapy, which follows the deep currents of the patterns we form early in life, alongside attachment- and emotion-focused work that honours feeling as a guide rather than a problem. Whether you are a student far from family or someone who has put down years here yet still feels between places, there is space to be met fully. The slower rhythm of a university town can give that meeting room to breathe, allowing what has long gone unspoken to surface in its own time.
Sessions are entirely online, available in London and across Ontario, offered in English and Farsi, so the truest version of what you need to say can find its way into words.
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