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Individual Therapy

Individual therapy offers a private, supportive space to better understand yourself, work through difficult emotions, and move toward meaningful change. I support clients experiencing anxiety, trauma, burnout, chronic pain, relationship concerns, and life transitions.

Adolescent Therapy

I work with adolescents experiencing anxiety, school stress, emotional regulation difficulties, and transitional life periods. Therapy can help teens build insight, coping skills, and a stronger sense of self.

Chronic Pain & Health-Related Concerns

With a background in medicine and psychotherapy, I bring a particular understanding of the connection between physical symptoms and emotional well-being. I support clients navigating chronic pain, post-concussion symptoms, and the psychological effects of ongoing health challenges.

Family / Couple’s Sessions

In some cases, a limited number of structured joint sessions may be incorporated as part of an individual client’s treatment plan. Ongoing family therapy may be better suited to a separate clinician depending on the goals involved.

Depression

Burnout

Anxiety

PTSD & Trauma Processing

Life Transitions

Chronic Health Conditions

Depression Burnout Anxiety PTSD & Trauma Processing Life Transitions Chronic Health Conditions

I use evidence-based psychotherapy approaches tailored to your unique needs. These methods are grounded in research and help support meaningful, lasting change. Together, we will choose the approach that best fits your goals, whether you’re working through anxiety, relationship challenges, or major life transitions.

Therapeutic Approaches

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  1. Cognitive Processing Therapy

A cheat sheet titled 'DBT Cheat Sheet' with sections on mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and self-soothe techniques, including tips, acronyms, and strategies for managing emotions and behaviors.

  1. Dialectical Behavioural Therapy

Informative infographic about EMDR therapy, including sections on its benefits, what it is, how it helps, duration, reasons for its effectiveness, and how it creates balance, with icons representing each topic.

  1. Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing

  1. Narrative Therapy

A guide explaining how narrative therapy works, with steps: identify limiting stories, externalize the problem, reframe the narrative, build empowering beliefs, and strengthen through sharing, each accompanied by illustrations of a pink brain character.
A colorful infographic titled 'Mindfulness-Based Therapy' with nine sections, each represented by an illustration and a brief description. Topics include Present-Moment Awareness, Breath & Body Awareness, Letting Go of Judgment, Responding Not Reacting, Gentle Acceptance, Integration into Daily Life, Noticing Thoughts, Mindful Body Connection, and Shifting How You Relate to Yourself.

  1. Mindfulness-Based Therapy

  1. Somatic Therapy

An infographic explaining somatic therapy, its process, and practices. It includes sections on body awareness, nervous system regulation, body movement to process trauma, and practices like titration, pendulation, somatic discharge, therapeutic touch, and somatic tracking. An illustration of a person meditating is at the bottom right.
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I”I feel so good talking with her. I also feel like there is light at the end of the tunnel after speaking to her. I look forward to every session I have with her. I'm so thankful to have met Sifate and work with her.”

-Former Client, Ottawa, ON

“Words can't express how thankful I am to have had these sessions with Mrs. Zaman. It has been an eye-opening experience, to say the least. Thank you for everything.”

-Former Client, Ottawa, ON

“Such a great listener! That is much appreciated. It’s great to drill down problems.”

-Client, Stittsville, ON

“After each session with Sif Zaman, I find myself putting the broken pieces together, gaining my self-esteem back, my strength, improvement in mental state and overall well-being. Sif is someone I trust. She is a great human being and an excellent therapist.”

-Client, Kanata, ON

“So kind carrying and knowledgeable looking forward to meet her again.”

-Former Client, Kemptville, ON

‘“As a mental health clinician myself, I have seen multiple therapists in my lifetime, however with Sif, I felt heard, seen for the first time. The inner child work we did together has helped me live the quality of life I have been looking forward to”

-Client, Kanata, ON