Welcome to Shanti
Shanti (शान्ति / शांति, śānti) is a Sanskrit word meaning PEACE, but not merely the absence of conflict; rather, it is the enduring inner tranquillity that awaits you after the turmoil subsides.
Leaders in Culturally-Attuned Mental Health Care
At Shanti, you won’t need to explain your culture before the work can begin. We match you with a clinician who shares your cultural background and speaks your language; someone who already understands the unspoken context of your family dynamics and identity. This means you can move into the real work right away. Whether that’s anxiety, depression, trauma, a breakdown in communication with someone you love, or the quiet, everyday weight of holding more than one culture at once, we can help.
This is the true essence of Shanti Psychotherapy
We Welcome Clients From All Communities
Whether you identify as South Asian, East Asian, Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Middle Eastern, White, mixed-race, or more, our team will focus on your uniqueness as a foundation for enriching your mental wellness and personal growth.
- Children
- Teens
- Adults
- Couples
- Families
CLINIC LOCATIONS
Online sessions are available to anyone in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan
Our Services
- Children and Teen Therapy
- Anxiety and Depression
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Marriage and Couples Therapy
- Family Therapy
- Neurodivergence
- Culturally Attuned Mental Health Therapy
- Trauma, Abuse and Attachment Wounds
- Therapy for International Students
- EMDR
- Hypnotherapy
- Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR)
- Mindset Business Coaching
Groups, Workshops & Corporate Series
Group sessions allow us to deliver therapy sessions for our clients very cost-effectively.
Mindset Business Coaching
Coaching for psychotherapy professionals looking to scale their practices while remaining true to their clinical expertise and personal values.
GETTING STARTED WITH US
Making Therapy Accessible Program (MTAP)
Shanti Psychotherapy offers subsidized therapy sessions at reduced rates from $60 to $120 per hour to clients facing genuine financial barriers. You receive therapy with qualifying psychotherapists from accredited college and university programs, who are supervised and guided by experienced therapists to ensure you have a high-quality experience equivalent to what you’d get with any other therapist from our team. The next generation of psychotherapists receive real-world experience to practice their clinical skills, an important and meaningful step toward becoming fully licensed therapists.
Insurance providers recognize our professional designations, and we offer direct billing to the following companies:
25+ Years of Experience with Culturally-Attuned Psychotherapy
For over 25 years, Shanti Psychotherapy has actively committed to providing culturally relevant mental health care to clients of all ethnicities, cultural backgrounds and sexual orientations. Our expert team of multicultural therapists not only brings their lived experiences to the table; more importantly, we continue to immerse ourselves in decades of scientifically backed clinical research on the unique needs of immigrants and BIPOC populations in their mental wellness journey. This gives us practical, meaningful insights to support your mental health care holistically while respecting your experiences.
Bias-Free Therapy
Understanding your culture permits us to acknowledge your experiences without judgment.
Assessment Accuracy
Cultural familiarity helps us distinguish signs of mental illness from normal cultural expressions.
Sustainable Healing
Integrating care with your heritage and traditions will help you draw on familiar strengths for healing and growth.
Embracing Legacies
Addressing trauma through your cultural history helps us filter your experiences without community alienation.
Managing Acculturation
Manage the contradictions of adapting to a new culture while maintaining your family and traditional values.
Gender & Sexual Identity
Tackle traditions that influence the acceptance and expression of your gender and sexual identity.
Our Latest Blogs
Parenting Stress and Anxiety: Why Summer Can Feel Overwhelming
Parents can find themselves carrying a mixed bag of emotions during the summer months. There’s excitement about longer, warmer days, leisure time with the kids, holidays away, and more. Yet parenting stress and anxiety loom overhead, like a thin fog ready to encase you. Parenting is one of the most fulfilling human roles, but it can also carry emotional and mental loads that often go unspoken.
Panic Attacks & Disorders
Some people experience anxiety that is intense, frightening and accompanied by physical symptoms of chest pain, similar to a heart attack, and an inability to breathe normally. It can present suddenly when no apparent danger exists. This is an extreme form of anxiety called a panic attack. A person who experiences them recurrently to the point where they live in constant fear of them likely has a panic disorder.
The Men’s Mental Health Epidemic
Statistics across the world provide clear evidence of a problem with men’s mental health. Generations of men grew up when emotional restraint was considered a strength. They are now navigating the cost of a legacy that has left them emotionally undereducated. Society requires a paradigm shift to change the cultural definition of masculinity.
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We acknowledge that the land we are meeting on is the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabe, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples. It is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.
