SERVICES
Initial consult
I offer a complimentary 20-minute phone consultation where we can discuss what brings you to therapy, answer your questions, and explore how I can support you.
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This step will help us determine if we're a good fit in therapy together. Please reach out to schedule your FREE phone consultation!
Individual Therapy
All services offered at Therapy Starts are virtual or over the phone.
We will begin with a 50-minute assessment to understand your needs, followed by creating a personalized treatment plan.
Follow up sessions are 50-minutes and can be scheduled weekly, bi-weekly, or as agreed upon during our assessment. I look forward to collaborating with you on this journey.
Group Therapy
Postpartum Adjustment group
A holding space created for moms with babies aged 0-12 months. Here, you can share your experiences, connect with others, learn coping techniques, and find the support you need during this transformative time. This virtual group has components of both support and therapy.
Duration: 8 weeks long, 1.5 hours per session.
Next date: TBA
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Menopause Group
This virtual group is both an educational and a support group for those approaching menopause, or going through it. It is a holding space where you can share your experiences, learn cognitive and behavioural techniques to support you through the journey, and find community.
Duration: 6 weeks, 1.5 hours per session.
Next date: TBA
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Areas of Support
Clients seek out support from Therapy Starts for a variety of reasons. Here are some of the concerns I can support you with:
Stress, anxiety, and mood
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You experience stress, anxiety, and/or depression.
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You feel overwhelmed, revved up, and exhausted regularly.
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You have difficulty staying in the moment.
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You have a lot of ruminations.
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You avoid as a way of coping.
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You find it hard to relax, calm down or rest.
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You experience difficulty balancing work-life, or school-life.
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Stress impacts your sleep, and daily activities.
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You are going through a transition period in your life (e.g., new job, new relationship, moving, finishing school, ending friendships or relationships) and feel stressed.
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You are a parent and juggling life demands.
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You are a caregiver and you have no time or energy left for yourself.
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You're a grandparent and trying to find balance between supporting family and self-care.
Breaking cycles, building resiliency
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You want to find a way to balance your own values with family expectations.
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You find it hard to communicate who you are and what you want in life, with your family.
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You seek mental health support because one or more people in your life don't.
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You have difficulty setting boundaries with people in your life including with workplace, friends, classmates, and in romantic relationships.
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You are a people pleaser.
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You don't know your own needs and wants so always go along with what others want.
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You have experienced trauma.
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You experience low self-esteem.​
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You want to reduce impact of intergenerational trauma on your life.
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You notice legacy of past difficult experiences impacting your life today.
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You are very harsh with yourself or have perfectionistic tendencies.
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You feel responsible for loved ones' emotions and behaviours.
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You experience excessive shame and guilt.
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You are an adult child of immigrants, and find a big gap between how you would like to live your life and your parents' expectations.
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You are an adult child of immigrant parents and are working on finding your unique identity while building a bridge with your roots. ​
Change in Life Stages
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You are pregnant, or recently had a baby and you need support.
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You are experiencing mood and anxiety or stress during pregnancy and postpartum period.
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You are going back to work after having a baby and facing many challenges and stressors.
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You have a young family and it's hard to find balance.
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You need someone to talk to, to understand and validate your experiences as you go through life changes.
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You are going through perimenopause or menopause and experiencing changes in your body, emotions, thoughts, focusing, sleep, relationships, social interactions, etc.
WHY CONNECT WITH ME?
EXPERIENCE
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I have worked in community mental health since 2011 with adult clients (18+) experiencing a wide range of concerns.
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As a Registered Social Worker and psychotherapist in community mental health, I have had the privilege of supporting hundreds of clients in individual and group therapy.
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Since 2020, I've had the privilege of supporting clients longer term in private practice, tailoring services to clients' needs.
APPROACH
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My approach is integrative; I draw from evidence-based approaches and adapt interventions to my clients' needs.
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My practice is grounded in a trauma-informed and an anti-oppressive framework.
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I strive to create a safe, collaborative, compassionate and non-judgemental environment where clients share their vulnerabilities, connect past and present patterns and work on change.
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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I obtained my MSW and BSc from the University of Toronto.
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​I've had specific training in the following modalities: CBT, mindfulness, compassion-focused, DBT, perinatal mental health, ACT, Motivational Interviewing and trauma therapy.
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I participate in yearly training to keep up to date and learn new approaches/ways to help my clients.​
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I participate in trauma-informed clinical supervision regularly. Supervision helps to ensure ethical practice and enhance skills.
CONVENIENCE
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I offer virtual sessions Ontario wide, so you can receive support from anywhere, without the need to commute.
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SESSIONS
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All sessions are offered virtually using a PHIPA compliant (secure) platform. See FAQ for more info.
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I provide services Ontario wide.
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Sessions are 50 minutes.
CONTACT ME
Maryam Fazl, MSW, RSW.
Services at Therapy Starts are virtual
and Ontario wide.
Please complete this form to get in touch.
