Irish Dhindsa
Registered Psychotherapist, Canadian Certified Counsellor, Therapeutic Arts Practitioner, Trauma-Sensitive HeartMath Certified Practitioner, Brainspotting Practitioner
Life may be a struggle for you at this time and my heart goes out to you for doing the best you can.
You have found yourself here, likely, seeking support and I am here to support you through your healing journey by providing a space where you can re-connect with and re-discover your sense of self. Grief, trauma, and ongoing emotional distress require a space and place that is co-created in therapy to support healing, which is what we can create together to support you in a way that works for you. Our work together is mindfully and intentionally focused on being present with you as you grow into your full potential exuding the ripples of that into your life.
Irish's Story
A Fellow Human
Dear Prospective Client,
As you contemplate choosing the therapist you want to work with, you may find yourself looking through the Irish Oak Wellness website. Since you are here, I want to share a brief story about my life that I hope will support you in making the decision that has brought you to this page.
If I was to answer, "What led me to beocming a psychotherapist, councellor, or coach?", I would say that it is simply my life experiences as a human. Experiences of loss, grief, traumatic events, and the ups and downs of life brought me to a place where I decided to dedicate my learning and growth to becoming a person who can support others through their journeys.
My work within the helping profession finds its roots in a mentorship role I participates in at University of Toronto for a student with a disability, as I too live with a life-long physical disability. Years down the road, I became a peer supporter for those grieving death loss, as I had experienced the death of my partner and my father.
Through my experiences and through synchronicities of life, I found myself to continue pursuing personal and professional growth leading into becoming a Registered Psychotherapist.
When I look back at my life, it partly surprises me where I am today and partly feels like this was always meant to be. I moved to Canada in the late nineties from India and here I learned to manouver my life as child, teenager, and adult living with a progressive physical disability.
I feel that if you choose to move forward with working together through therapy, then it is important that you have information on my journey of what brought me here and how those experiences have taught me to not only do therapy work, but also to show up for a fellow human from the understanding of human experiences.
If you choose to move foward with booking a free consultation, we can both connect and explore together if the therapy space I provide is what you are seeking in your journey of life.
With deepest gratitude and appreciation,
Irish Dhindsa, RP, CCC
My Approach to Therapy
Integrative and Eclectic
I approach therapy with an integrative and holistic belief and passionately value an emphasis on the whole-person, mind, body, and soul healing. Our work together will integrate a deep understanding of your past, present, and future goals through a culturally responsive and strengths-based lens. I use a variety of therapies through an integrative and eclectic method which includes:
- Application of Therapeutic Arts
- Attachment Theory
- Brainspotting Practitioner (Phase I and II)
- Coaching/Solution-Focused
- Existential Therapy
- HeartMath Techniques
- Jungian Psychology Lens (depth psychology)
- Logotherapy (finding meaning/purpose)
- Mindfulness-Based
- Parts Work
- Person Centered Therapy
- Poly-Vagal Lens (fight/flight/freeze)
- Psychodynamic
- Transpersonal Psychology
