Welcome to Inward Counselling
Online Therapy for Anxiety, confidence and Relationships - Across Ontario
Find calm and connection with compassionate IFS-based therapy
Nahid Refaee, MA, RP, CCC - Registered Psychotherapist
Healing begins within - and you don’t have to do it alone
Break Free from Anxiety & Reconnect with Yourself and Your Relationships
Find calm, rebuild connection and deepen self trust using trauma informed, evidence-based therapy. I guide adults, individuals and couples through healing using IFS, IFIO, Polyvagal-informed work, and Somatic IFS - all online - making support accessible wherever you are. You deserve to feel grounded, confident, and connected again.
You Might Be Here Because…..
You carry constant anxiety, worry, or internal pressure
You struggle with self-worth, people-pleasing, or being “not enough”
Past trauma or relational pain keeps showing up in your life
Your couple relationship is stuck in patterns and lost connection
You want to feel strong, grounded, confident - and the way you relate to yourself and others to shift
You don’t have to figure this out alone, together we take the next right step.
Why Choose Inward Counselling
Specialized support for anxiety, self-worth and relationship healing
Trauma-informed and attachment-focused approach
Online therapy accessible anywhere in Ontario
Dedicated to ethical, inclusive, culturally sensitive, safe care
Compassionate IFS-based support that honours every part of you
Your healing begins with one small moment of courage — reaching out for support.
Nahid Refaee, Registered Psychotherapist
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EXPLORE MY SERVICES AND FIND YOUR PATH TO HEALING
Individual Therapy
Life can be challenging and stressful. Sometimes it can be easy to lose our sense of self through this journey. You may have been coping with stress, anxiety, or feelings of depression that you just can’t figure out how to deal with. You may have tried to work through them on your own but you’re overwhelmed with negative self-talk, lack of trust and anger and, now your relationships are starting to suffer …
Couple Therapy
You and your partner have been struggling to rekindle the feelings you had at the beginning of your relationship. You feel tired and overwhelmed, and you’ve re-hashed the same fight more times than you can count. There are a few hot-button issues, like finances, time management, sex, the children, running the household, or betrayal that keep tripping the two of you up. There may also be past hurts …
Online Counselling
Distance and accessibility are no longer obstacles to receiving the help you want or need. Online therapy provides all of the same advantages of in-person therapy, while you stay in the comfort of your own home. Research has demonstrated that the outcomes of online therapy are equivalent to that of face-to-face therapy. I use a platform which is compliant with Canadian ….
Explore my approaches
IFS
Internal Family Systems therapy (IFS) is a non-pathologizing form of psychotherapy that focuses on a client’s internal “parts” and “Self.” In IFS, the mind is considered to be naturally made up of multiple sub-personalities or families within each individual’s mental system. These sub-personalities …
Internal Family Systems Therapy
Polyvagal Informed Therapy
Polyvagal informed therapy is based on Polyvagal theory which provides a physiological and psychological understanding of how and why people move through a continual cycle of mobilization, disconnection, and social engagement. Based on this theory our autonomic nervous system is …
Polyvagal Informed Therapy
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is paying attention to the present moment, on purpose, without judgment while acknowledging and accepting our emotions, thoughts and bodily sensations. Mindfulness is about bringing awareness to what we are doing, while we are doing it. By paying attention to what is happening right here, right now…
Mindfulness therapy
IFIO
Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) is a couple therapy methodology based primarily on Internal Family Systems Therapy. It encourages compassion and courage in couples and enhances couples’ internal attachment in order to feel safe enough to connect and express their needs to their partner…
Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO)
YOUR RESPONSE TO LIFE IS NOT BASED ON YOUR STRENGTH BUT YOUR STORY …