Azar Farzinyasamy is a Registered Psychotherapist with extensive experience helping individuals and couples from diverse cultural backgrounds develop cognitive, behavioural, and emotional skills to manage various clinical challenges. She holds a Doctorate in Educational Psychology and has years of experience in the treatment and assessment of children and adults. Azar is passionate about creating integrative approaches tailored to each client’s unique needs and goals, helping them replace dysfunctional coping strategies with constructive actions. She works collaboratively with clients through psychoeducation and evidence-based therapeutic approaches to help them accomplish their therapeutic and life goals.

Services

• Individual psychotherapy 
• Couple therapy
• Virtual and phone sessions
• In-person sessions (Hamilton office, available one day every other week)
• Psychoeducation
• Treatment and management of clinical issues

Therapy Modalities

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Schema Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Humanistic Therapy
• Interpersonal Therapy
• Mindfulness-Based approaches
• Integrative treatment approach

Area of Focus

• Depression and anxiety
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Stress management
• Grief and loss
• Interpersonal difficulties
• Couple conflicts
• Identity and self-related problems
• Cross-cultural issues

Credentials

• Registered Psychotherapist  – College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO)
• Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Educational Psychology – Shahid Beheshti University of Iran, Tehran, Iran (2017) – Canadian Equivalency (WES): Earned Doctorate
• Master of Arts (M.A.) in Educational Psychology – Islamic Azad University of Iran, Tehran, Iran (2009) – Canadian Equivalency (WES): Master’s Degree
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Agricultural Engineering – Bu-Ali Sina University of Iran, Hamedan, Iran (2000)
• Bridge to Registration & Employment in Mental Health – Ontario government-funded training and employment program for Internationally Trained Mental Health Professionals, Toronto, ON (2019)