Karina (she/her/hers) obtained her Master of Social Work degree from FIFSW, University of Toronto, with a specialization in Social Justice and Diversity. She graduated from George Brown College, Assaulted Women’s and Children’s Counsellor/Advocate program, and she has been supporting clients since entering the social work field in 2018. Karina is registered with OCSWSSW.

She is passionate about providing counselling services to Survivors of trauma, rooting her practice in evidence-based approaches of Narrative Therapy, Mindfulness, trauma-informed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, as well as Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. She obtained her ASIST training and she provides counselling services from a harm-reduction, anti-racist and anti-oppressive perspective. Her services are culturally-informed and she views clients as experts of their experiences.

Karina is currently accepting patients. She can be seen at our Vaughan location, Toronto location or virtually. See her full professional bio here

Karina sees individuals over 12 years old and is able to provide services in English and Polish.

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Mahira Zakiuddin holds a Master of Social Work from Columbia University, where she studied as a Fulbright Scholar and served as a Columbia Interfaith Fellow. She is a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) and licensed as a Clinical Social Worker in the UAE.

Mahira’s therapeutic style is warm, client-centred, and culturally responsive. Her approaches includes Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Narrative Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy, Play Therapy (for adolescents), Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness-based interventions, Attachment-based family systems work and Gottman Method for couples.

Mahria is currently accepting patients. She can be seen at our Toronto location, Brampton location or virtually. See her full professional bio here

Mahira sees individuals over 12 years old and is able to provide services in English, Hindi and Urdu.

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