Parisa Ghanbari

Parisa Ghanbari, MA, RP, is an Ontario-registered psychotherapist (004499) and founder of PARISA Counselling, a virtual therapy practice based in Toronto, Canada. With more than 10 years of clinical experience, she works with individuals and couples to address relationship challenges, improve communication, and build healthier emotional connections.

She provides counselling in English and Farsi, with an approach that recognizes the influence of cultural background, family dynamics, and life experiences on mental health and relationships.

• Couples and relationship counselling
• Marriage and premarital concerns
• Communication and conflict resolution
• Trust, intimacy, and infidelity
• Separation, divorce, and co-parenting transitions
• Dating and relationship patterns
• Relational trauma and family-of-origin concerns
• Self-esteem and self-worth

Her therapeutic training and areas of practice include:

• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy
• Gottman Method
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Attachment-based approaches
• Masters degree in Counselling Psychology, Western University
• Bachelors degree in Psychology Specialist, University of Toronto
• Registered Psychotherapist (RP), College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO)
• Additional training in couples and relationship therapy

Her previous clinical and professional experience includes work with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), St. Michaels Hospital, and York University. Her graduate research focused on culturally appropriate therapeutic approaches for Indigenous couples affected by intimate partner violence.

She is a member of the International Society for Emotion-Focused Therapy (ISEFT).

Parisa provides online counselling to individuals and couples throughout Ontario, including Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area, in both English and Farsi.