{"id":186,"date":"2016-12-20T19:17:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T19:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farzanadoctorpsychotherapy.com\/?p=186"},"modified":"2026-06-01T14:43:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:43:03","slug":"away-january-1-march-1317","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farzanadoctorpsychotherapy.com\/?p=186","title":{"rendered":"Availability and Referrals"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATED June 2026:<\/strong> Hello! I currently do not<\/strong> have availability in my practice for new clients (past clients, get in touch to be\u00a0 added to my wait list). From time to time this status changes, so check here periodically or get in touch.<\/p>\n

Note that I provide video\/telephone<\/strong> therapy on M-Th afternoons<\/strong>. Please review my “Psychotherapy\/About Me” page before contacting me, in order to see if we might be a good fit.<\/p>\n

Check out my Insight Timer (free meditation app) profile<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong>or my book\u00a0 52 Weeks to a Sweeter Life for Caregivers, Activists and Helping Professionals<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you would like a referral,<\/strong> here is a list of colleagues you may want to contact:<\/p>\n

Petra Najafee<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Rabea Murtaza<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Taysir Moonim<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Chloe Montclaire<\/a><\/p>\n

Emily Hostland<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Maheen Hyder \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/a>Sheila Banerjee<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Tracey Jastinder Mann<\/a><\/p>\n

Heidi Mehta<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Nadia Saad\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Val Takeda<\/a><\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for an extensive Toronto Queer and Trans therapist listing.<\/p>\n

If this is an emergency,\u00a0 contact The Gerstein Centre<\/a>, a community-based, 24 hour crisis centre.<\/p>\n

Here are\u00a0low-cost therapy options through Toronto Institute of Relational Therapy<\/a> and Affordable Counselling\u00a0<\/a>and the Gestalt Institute<\/a>. You might also want to check out Jaya Health’s by-donation community clinic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A couple of free services: Women’s College Brief Psychotherapy Program<\/a>, North York Women’s Shelter (free counselling program for any woman living in NY area 437-777-3399).<\/p>\n

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UPDATED June 2026: Hello! I currently do not have availability in my practice for new clients (past clients, get in touch to be\u00a0 added to my wait list). From time to time this status changes, so check here periodically or get in touch. Note that I provide video\/telephone therapy on M-Th afternoons. Please review my … Continue reading Availability and Referrals<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[78,79],"class_list":["post-186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-availability","tag-referrals"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4OZI7-30","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farzanadoctorpsychotherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/farzanadoctorpsychotherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/farzanadoctorpsychotherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farzanadoctorpsychotherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farzanadoctorpsychotherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/farzanadoctorpsychotherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":375,"href":"https:\/\/farzanadoctorpsychotherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions\/375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farzanadoctorpsychotherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farzanadoctorpsychotherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farzanadoctorpsychotherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}