virtual therapy across Alberta, Ontario & Canada
in-person in Edmonton
Every therapist at Perception brings their own background, style, and set of modalities — but they all work from the same foundational commitment: that lasting change doesn't come from managing symptoms. It comes from understanding what's underneath them. Trauma-informed, somatic, and depth-oriented work is the thread that runs through everything we do here, regardless of who you work with.
Finding the right fit matters as much as finding the right clinic. Browse the profiles below to get a sense of each therapist's approach and who they work best with — or take our 2-minute match quiz and we'll point you in the right direction. Either way, every new client starts with a free 15-minute consultation. No forms, no pressure, no commitment. Just a conversation.
a team of therapists built around one shared belief: real change starts at the root.
Every therapist at Perception brings their own background, style, and set of modalities — but they all work from the same foundational commitment: that lasting change doesn't come from managing symptoms. It comes from understanding what's underneath them. Trauma-informed, somatic, and depth-oriented work is the thread that runs through everything we do here, regardless of who you work with.
Finding the right fit matters as much as finding the right clinic. Browse the profiles below to get a sense of each therapist's approach and who they work best with — or take our 2-minute match quiz and we'll point you in the right direction. Either way, every new client starts with a free 15-minute consultation. No forms, no pressure, no commitment. Just a conversation.
meet your therapist
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Maybe you’re not in crisis. But something feels off — like you’re moving through your life on autopilot, disconnected from what you actually want or feel. You’re functioning, maybe even thriving on the outside, but something underneath is asking for more attention.
Naomi works with adults who are in the middle of their lives — not waiting for things to slow down, not putting healing off until the next chapter. Her work is about building the kind of inner awareness that integrates into your day: the ability to notice what’s happening in your body, to pause before reacting, to trust yourself a little more in the moments that matter.
Her approach is humanistic, trauma-informed, and integrative. She draws on somatic experiencing, polyvagal theory, mindful self-compassion, and creative and expressive practices to help clients reconnect with themselves — not through analysis alone, but through felt experience.
Naomi’s sessions are warm, unhurried, and collaborative. She doesn’t push. She holds space for whatever pace feels right, and she trusts that even quiet sessions hold meaningful movement. Breakthrough moments in her work often arrive gently: a deep exhale, a flicker of self-trust, a moment of clarity that sticks.
She works well with clients navigating anxiety, life transitions, burnout, grief, relationship challenges, identity, and the general sense of not quite feeling like yourself.
Services in English · Virtual sessions across Canada
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You’re not falling apart. If anything, you’re doing “fine” by most measures. But something underneath has been accumulating — stress you can’t shake, anxiety that spills into the places you care about, a sense that you’re managing rather than thriving.
Haifa works with adults who are high-functioning and self-aware, but who feel stuck in patterns they can see but can’t quite change on their own. She specializes in helping clients build the kind of psychological and somatic tools that work in real time — not just during a session, but in the middle of a hard conversation, a busy week, or a moment when old patterns start to take over.
Her approach is integrative and practical. She draws on Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to work with thought patterns, Somatic Experiencing (SE) to address the body’s stress responses, and mindfulness and solution-focused strategies to help clients develop clarity and agency in their daily lives. Sessions are tailored to each person — there’s no formula, just a genuine and collaborative process of figuring out what actually helps you.
Haifa works with clients navigating anxiety, depression, burnout, emotional regulation, relationship challenges, life transitions, self-esteem, ADHD, women’s issues, and work stress. As a Farsi-speaking therapist, she also welcomes Iranian and Afghan clients seeking care in their first language.
Evenings and weekends · English and Farsi · Virtual sessions across Canada
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Daya works with adults who have a sense that something deeper is driving their patterns — the recurring relationship dynamics, the inner critic that won't quiet, the feeling of being at a crossroads with no clear direction. She doesn't just help clients understand their experience intellectually. She helps them feel it differently — at a body level, a relational level, and a historical level — so that something actually changes.
Her approach is psychoanalytic and depth-oriented at its core, woven through with holistic, somatic, and integrative practices. Sessions with Daya tend to be exploratory, unhurried, and focused on what's underneath the surface — the early experiences, the attachment patterns, the parts of self that have been managing quietly for years.
Daya works best with clients navigating deep-rooted patterns, trauma, relationship challenges (individual or couples), identity and self-worth, life transitions, and the ache of knowing something needs to change without knowing what.
As a Farsi-speaking therapist, Daya also works with Iranian and Afghan clients seeking care in their first language.
Services in English and Farsi · In-person in Edmonton · Virtual in Alberta
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Zorro is a Pomeranian Shepherd mix and Perception's resident therapy dog. He works alongside Daya in in-person sessions, offering the kind of calm, unconditional presence that sometimes makes it easier to go to the hard places in a session. His role isn't decorative — research consistently shows that animal-assisted therapy reduces physiological stress responses and supports emotional regulation in session.
Zorro is also the star of his own children's book series on anxiety and emotional resilience — because healing has no age limit.
He enjoys long walks, doing tricks, and accepting treats with great dignity.
Location: In-person sessions in Edmonton only.
