You don't have to keep surviving on autopilot. If the past still controls how you feel, how you sleep, or how close you let people get — therapy can help you reclaim your life. Schema-based trauma therapy in English or Farsi.
If you recognized yourself in any of these, you are not broken. These are normal responses to experiences that overwhelmed your capacity to cope.
Schema therapy goes beneath surface symptoms to address the deep emotional patterns trauma creates. This isn't about quick fixes — it's about understanding why you respond the way you do and changing those patterns from the root.
Trauma healing requires more than talking about what happened. Emotion-focused techniques help you process what's stored in your body and emotions, not just your thoughts. Every session is paced to what feels safe for you.
As an Iranian immigrant herself, Ghazal understands how culture, family systems, and migration shape the experience of trauma. Sessions in English and Farsi — because healing works best in the language your pain lives in.
Trained in both Iran (Kharazmi University) and Canada (Yorkville University), with over a decade of clinical experience. CRPO registered, with a verified Psychology Today profile.
A calm 15-minute conversation to share what you're experiencing and see if working together feels right. No pressure, no forms beforehand.
In early sessions, we explore how trauma has shaped your emotional world — the beliefs, the coping strategies, and the triggers that keep you stuck.
Weekly 60-minute sessions using schema therapy, emotion-focused techniques, and CBT — always at a pace that feels safe. No rushing, no re-traumatizing.
Insurance receipts provided — most extended health plans in Canada cover sessions with a Registered Psychotherapist.
Visa, Mastercard, Amex, e-Transfer, PayPal, and HSA accepted. Insurance receipts provided after every session.
Healing doesn't require you to be ready for everything — just ready for a first conversation.
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For generations, Scarborough has been a first place — the part of the east where newcomers from all over the world set down their bags and began again. South Asian, East Asian, Caribbean and a growing number of Middle Eastern families have made lives here, and with so many beginnings comes a great deal of what people carry from before: the things they left, the things they survived, the things they don't quite have words for yet. Trauma often travels alongside a fresh start, unpacked slowly, sometimes years later, when life finally feels stable enough for old feelings to surface.
Daily life here asks a lot. Many residents make long commutes downtown or work in healthcare, retail, logistics and service — work that demands you stay steady and present even on the days your body is anything but. When the past keeps shaping the present, that steadiness costs more than it should. You might sleep badly, brace yourself in close relationships, react more sharply than a moment deserves, and wonder why the calm life you built doesn't feel calm inside.
Schema-based trauma therapy starts from the understanding that these reactions made sense once. The patterns that protected you in harder times — the vigilance, the self-reliance, the difficulty trusting — settled in for good reasons. The work is to recognize them clearly and loosen their grip, so closeness, rest and trust become possible again rather than threatening.
Scarborough's cultural life is strong but spread out, and it can be hard to find a quiet, unhurried space to tend to yourself. That space can be made. Ghazal Sheikhtaheri, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), CRPO #21300, offers depth-oriented trauma therapy conducted entirely online — serving Scarborough and anywhere in Ontario, in English and Farsi.
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