Pouria Jabari

Associate Therapist

In-Person (York Region)

Our work together can help you — perhaps for the first time — notice and understand your emotions and make sense of why you engage in certain unhealthy behaviors. By exploring the “why” behind these experiences, you can begin to relate to yourself with more compassion and authenticity. This deeper awareness reveals your core values and strengths, paving the way toward creating your own solutions and living a life that feels meaningful to you.

I integrate different therapeutic interventions to meet your specific needs, story, and goals. We regularly check in on the direction and progress of our work together. I draw from Emotion-Focused Therapy and mindfulness practices to develop emotional awareness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy interventions to identify the limiting thoughts we often carry without question, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help you clarify how you want to take agency in your life, and Narrative Therapy to help you re-author your story in a way that feels fair and empowering. Along the way, we may use other approaches that support your growth. I’ll be an empathic co-explorer walking beside you on this journey.

My own journey to find answers led me to years of volunteer work with nonprofit organizations, supporting people through life’s challenges. Through these experiences, I found clarity about who I wanted to become — and transitioned from a career in environmental engineering to the path of psychotherapy.

A meaningful turning point in this journey was reading On Becoming a Person by Carl Rogers. It reflected back one of the most important life lessons I’ve learned: the answers are within us — and true help empowers us to see them.