Tara Bijan

Registered Social Worker

“As a psychotherapist, I provide a compassionate, client-centered space where you can explore your challenges and develop strategies to navigate them with confidence. My approach is trauma-informed, strengths-based, and culturally responsive, tailored to meet the unique needs of each client.”

About Me

As your psychotherapist, I provide a compassionate space where you can explore life’s challenges without judgment. We’ll work together to develop practical strategies, tailored to your unique needs. My trauma-informed, strengths-based, and culturally responsive approach ensures you feel truly seen and respected. This makes me a good match for anyone seeking personalised support to navigate difficult times confidently.

Approach

You’ll notice I keep things practical and steady, inviting honest reflection while we map steps forward and name small, doable shifts. I offer in-person sessions in Toronto and secure online appointments, so we can keep momentum between meetings with brief check-ins or simple practices you can try at home. Sessions move at your pace—sometimes focused problem-solving, sometimes slower processing of past hurt—always with collaborative planning and clear next steps. This way of working often suits people navigating relationships, family changes, or parenting challenges.

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Basic Information

Toronto, Canada

Services

Services Offered:

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Counseling
A form of talk therapy providing a safe, confidential space to explore feelings, thoughts, and behaviours with a trained professional.
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Works With:

•Adolescents
•Adults
•Children
•Couples

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

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Abuse
Emotional, physical, or sexual mistreatment by another person that causes lasting psychological harm and disrupts a person's sense of safety.
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Family Issues
Difficulties within the family system, including conflict, communication breakdown, blended family tensions, or intergenerational patterns, that affect individual and collective well-being.
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Relationship Issues
Difficulties in romantic relationships, including communication problems, trust breakdowns, conflict patterns, or uncertainty about the relationship's future.
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Life Transitions
Major life changes, such as relocation, retirement, parenthood, or career shifts, that disrupt routine and require psychological adjustment.
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Personal Development
The ongoing process of self-awareness, self-improvement, and reaching one's potential, pursued not because something is wrong but to live more fully.
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Parenting Support
Guidance for the psychological challenges of raising children, including discipline, communication, co-parenting, and managing the emotional demands of parenthood.
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Young Adult Issues
The unique psychological challenges of emerging adulthood (18–25), including identity formation, independence, relationship navigation, and finding direction.
Learn more about Young Adult Issues

Professional Title:

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Registered Social Worker
A social worker registered with a regulatory body to provide social work services including therapy and case management.

Qualifications

University of Toronto

Registrations

Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers

Entitled to Practise - Social Work Registrant

Service Area

For Health's Sake

In-person & Online

Old Toronto

Toronto, Ontario

Canada