Hanieh Salehian, Ph.D.

Hanieh is a dedicated mental health professional with a Ph.D. in General Psychology and a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology. Hanieh has more than 11 years of experience working as a psychotherapist and psychologist. During her career, she has worked in various clinical roles, including clinical psychologist, school board psychologist, and organizational psychologist.

Hanieh is an integral member of Toronto Psychological Services & Research Centre’s (TPS) clinical team, conducting assessments and providing therapeutic intervention to individual children, adolescents, and adults ages 2 to 65, and families.

Hanieh is well-known for her work with small children and their families. One of the most rewarding aspects of her work as a child therapist is the privilege of immersing herself in the captivating world of children. Hanieh has specialized training working with children and derives great joy from the experience of connecting with them through play, art, and developmentally appropriate conversations. Hanieh is a professional, as well as a parent. Consequently, she is committed to equipping parents with the necessary tools to forge solid and meaningful relationships with their children and fostering a nurturing family environment.

Hanieh is exceptionally proficient at supporting her older clients with identifying and working through cognitive behavioural patterns that contribute to challenges such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, ASD, disruptive, impulse control, and conduct disorders, somatic symptom disorder, OCD, personality disorders, etcetera. Hanieh’s goal is to equip her clients with practical coping skills to enhance the quality of their lives. Hanieh’s ability to build strong therapeutic relationships with her clients, understand the nuances of their clinical concerns, and deliver precise and effective therapeutic interventions account for her success with clients.

New clients may initially experience Hanieh as somewhat reserved but quickly realize that she is a warm, intuitive and, more importantly, highly experienced, and skilled clinician with a solid track record for effective therapeutic care. Hanieh has dedicated years to her professional growth and development, having completed over 2000 hours of specialized psychological training workshops after completing her Ph.D. Cognitive behavioural therapy, exposure therapy, schema therapy, play therapy, and solution-focused brief therapy inform Hanieh’s therapeutic approach that paves the way for her clients’ journey toward healing, personal growth, and optimal mental health and well-being.

Registered Psychologists Ghia Townsend, MSc. C. Psych and Rosemarie Nardella, MA, C. Psych, currently supervise Hanieh’s clinical practice at TPS until she completes her registration with the College of Psychologists of Ontario for autonomous practice as a psychologist.