A therapeutic space that honours your whole self — your culture, your faith, your ancestry, and your lived experience — on the path toward genuine, lasting healing.
Registered Psychotherapist · Speaker · Educator
Nisreen Halai is a Canadian Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO) offering therapy that meets you at the intersection of your whole story — your culture, your faith, your ancestral inheritance, and your lived experience.
Her work bridges the personal and the collective, the spiritual and the somatic — creating pathways toward healing that are as complex and layered as you are.
Book a Free ConsultationSafety-centred, at your pace
Centring marginalised knowledge
Intergenerational patterns & wisdom
Somatic & neurobiological integration
Nisreen integrates evidence-based modalities with cultural wisdom, spiritual care, and ancestral healing — meeting you where you are, supporting deep and lasting change.
Secure online scheduling through Nisreen's Jane App portal — easy booking, session reminders, and confidential intake forms.
Book a Session → Powered by Jane App · Secure & ConfidentialA neurobiological approach using your visual field to locate and process stored trauma in the brain and body — particularly effective for experiences that words alone cannot reach. Certified in Brainspotting, Nisreen integrates this with somatic awareness for deep trauma resolution.
Exploring meaning, purpose, freedom, and authentic living in the face of life's uncertainties.
Working with the body as a site of wisdom — tracking sensations, breath, and the nervous system.
A humanistic, non-directive approach centred on your inherent capacity for growth.
Acknowledging colonial systems' role in individual and collective trauma.
Integrating Islamic spiritual teachings and values as a framework for psychological wellness.
Exploring intergenerational wounds and inherited patterns through ancestral wisdom.
One-on-one sessions tailored to your needs, history, and goals.
Facilitated group experiences using collective healing and shared story.
Emerging modality: Nisreen is actively exploring psychedelic-assisted therapy as a complementary approach for trauma healing, and will offer this service as training and regulation allow.
Facilitated sessions for schools and workplaces on mental health, identity, and belonging.
Compelling talks on identity, belonging, cultural transitions, and mental health.
Course design and instruction at the high school, college, and university level.
Nisreen's growing publication — free and paid — exploring identity, cultural belonging, and breaking cycles of trauma.
Read on Substack →Academic and applied research on identity formation, cultural dislocation, and the construction of belonging in diasporic and cross-cultural contexts.
Collaborate →Available to design and teach courses on identity and belonging, cross-cultural mental health, decolonial approaches to psychology, and cultural transitions.
Whether you're seeking therapy, a workshop for your organisation, a speaking engagement, or a research collaboration — Nisreen would love to hear from you.
For therapy bookings, use the Jane App portal directly — secure scheduling, intake forms, and session reminders.
For therapy sessions, please use Jane App to book directly.