Specializations: Freshta specializes in supporting teens, and adults in collaboratively navigating a wide variety of issues. With a culturally-sensitive, and person-centered approach, she works with clients to navigate anxiety, depression, burnout, self-esteem, explores strategies to improve confidence, emotional regulation, and cultural adjustment. She also works with clients who struggle with their self-worth by emphasizing the significance of self-love, decreasing social anxiety, constructing positive social bonds, and exploring new life transitions.
Approach & Modalities: Freshta prioritizes a non-directive, and non-judgmental therapeutic environment which enables clients to freely express their experiences, and concerns. She utilizes a multicultural framework to adapt strategies to satisfy the client’s concerns. Importantly, Freshta implements a range of modalities such as CBT, SFT, a person-centered approach, some narrative therapy, and DBT accordingly to work towards the client’s goals, and ensure that the therapy work is collaborative, effective, and positive.
She significantly values the experiences of others, and respects culturally diverse backgrounds. Thus, Freshta always utilizes a strengths-based approach by emphasizing the client’s abilities, working towards their empowerment, and developing coping strategies to face life’s challenges.
Experience: Freshta is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) in Ontario, Canada. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and a minor in Women’s & Gender Studies, as well as a Master of Arts degree in Counselling Psychology. Freshta offers therapy in English, and Farsi or Persian.
Therapeutic Philosophy: Freshta strongly holds the belief that individuals possess the capability to work towards achieving their individual goals, and addressing their concerns. For this reason, she is eager to learn alongside her clients, she is transparent, and highly values a collaborative relationship which emphasizes self-awareness, self-love, and self-confidence.
