Culturally sensitive online psychotherapy for those navigating life between two worlds. Sessions in English and Farsi. Available in Richmond Hill 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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In Richmond Hill, Persian is among the most-spoken languages, and the signs of Iranian life are everywhere, in the businesses, the services, the rhythms of daily living. This affluent York Region town, directly north of Toronto, has become one of the strongest centres of the Iranian and Persian community in Canada, a place where the culture is not preserved at the margins but woven through the ordinary texture of the day. For many newcomers, arriving here can feel like finding a home within a home.
And still, the inner work of immigration is not resolved by geography. To be surrounded by your own language and culture can soothe one kind of loneliness while leaving another untouched, the private grief of distance from those who stayed, the strain of expectations passing across time zones, the quiet question of who you have become in this comfortable, education-focused, family-oriented town. Sometimes the closer the culture is, the more sharply you feel the people who are not here.
This is the work we share. We make space for immigration grief, for an identity lived between two worlds, and for the slow rebuilding of self that starting over asks of us. Ghazal Sheikhtaheri is an Iranian immigrant and a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), CRPO #21300, and she brings Schema Therapy together with attachment- and emotion-focused work to attend to the patterns beneath the everyday.
Sessions are held entirely online, so wherever you are in Richmond Hill, and anywhere in Ontario, you are welcome to meet in the language closest to your heart, whether English or Farsi.
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