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Shereen Ishag

Accepting new clients

Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)

Essence Psychotherapy and Counselling

Ontario 2+ years experience Virtual Offers sliding scale

About

Virtual psychotherapy across Ontario for teens (12+), adults, couples, and families. I work with clients experiencing relationship difficulties, emotional disconnection, anxiety, grief, and trauma-related concerns. I draw from emotion-focused and attachment-based perspectives, including EFCT-informed work, as well as other integrative approaches.

Biography

I’m a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) providing virtual psychotherapy across Ontario for teens (12+), adults, couples, and families. Many clients who contact me are experiencing recurring conflict in relationships, emotional distance, tension within the family, or concerns related to anxiety, grief, trauma, and life transitions. My approach is warm, collaborative, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive. I draw from emotion-focused, attachment-based, and integrative approaches to support greater understanding of emotional and relational patterns. In therapy, we work together to explore factors that may be contributing to current difficulties and to support emotional awareness, communication, and coping. My practice includes work with couples, family and parent-teen relationships, attachment and relational concerns, trauma-related concerns, and psychospiritual issues. Where relevant, therapy may also include attention to culture, family-of-origin experiences, identity, and spirituality. I aim to offer a grounded, compassionate, and respectful space for reflection and psychotherapy.

Specialities

Types of Therapy

Details

  • Session Formats

    Virtual Only

  • Offers sliding scale

    Sliding Scale Fees

  • Practicing Since

    Practicing since 2024 (2+ years)

Client Focus

Client Focus

Individuals Couples Families Groups

Client Ages

Preteens (11-12) Teens (13-17) Adults Elders (65+)

Languages

Arabic English

Licenses

  • Master of Psychospiritual Studies

    University of Toronto

    Graduated 2025