Culturally sensitive online psychotherapy for people building a life in Windsor, where nearly three in ten residents are immigrants. Sessions in English and Farsi, available across Ontario.
Roya is booking now. Ghazal is booking by waitlist (3–4 weeks).
Starting over in Windsor usually means a list: a SIN, a health card, English classes, an apartment near a bus route, a job that may not use your training. Settlement workers in the city can help with much of that list. What rarely makes it onto the list is how it feels: the grief, the loneliness, the pressure to look fine for the people back home.
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. Many extended health plans cover psychotherapy with a Registered Psychotherapist. Ghazal holds the Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) designation, so please confirm your plan covers it.
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, and no need for perfect English to begin.
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Windsor is a city of arrivals. In 2021, 29.4 per cent of residents were immigrants, and 15,830 people living in the wider Windsor metropolitan area had immigrated between 2016 and 2021. Arab residents make up the biggest racialized group, at 9.4 per cent, followed by South Asian, Black and Chinese residents. For people resettled here or drawn by family, that can mean finding a familiar language, grocery store or place of worship soon after arriving, which can make the first months less lonely.
Housing is part of the picture. The 2021 Census put Windsor's median rent at about $950 a month, far below GTA levels, but incomes are lower too, and 15.6 per cent of residents lived in low income. Many newcomers arrive to a cheaper apartment and then spend years in jobs below their training while waiting on credential assessments or language scores. The gap between who you were at home and what you are doing here is something many immigrants carry quietly, and it rarely comes up in a settlement appointment.
Windsor has an established settlement network, including the New Canadians' Centre of Excellence, the Multicultural Council of Windsor and Essex County and Windsor Women Working with Immigrant Women. Therapy complements that work. It is a confidential place for the grief of leaving, the strain on a marriage when roles change, children growing up faster in English than their parents, and the exhaustion of holding everything together.
Parents often feel the change most through their children. Kids pick up English and Canadian habits quickly, and a family can end up with parents who feel like guests in their children's world, or teenagers translating at the bank and the doctor's office. Those role reversals are common and they are hard; therapy can help a parent find their footing again without blaming anyone.
Ghazal Sheikhtaheri, a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), CRPO #21300, immigrated from Iran and has worked with immigrants and refugees from many regions. She uses Schema Therapy alongside emotion-focused and CBT techniques. Sessions are online in English, Farsi or both, from home anywhere in Windsor, in Essex County or elsewhere in Ontario. NoorMinds does not offer sessions in Arabic. If you are comfortable in English, you are very welcome; if Arabic is the language you need for this work, the settlement agencies below may be able to help you look for services in it. A free 15-minute consultation lets you ask questions before deciding anything.
Independent Windsor-Essex organizations for newcomers, not affiliated with NoorMinds, that can be useful alongside or between sessions.
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