Counselling & Psychotherapy Services

Therapy Support for Individuals, Couples, and Families in Kitchener-Waterloo and Virtual therapy across Ontario

Evidence-based therapy, designed with you in mind, to help you create meaningful change and reconnect with your inner glow.

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Irfa Samnani, M.Ed.

Hi I’m Irfa! Founder of Glow Mental Health.

Glow speaks to something quiet but powerful: the inner spark we each carry, even in our dimmest moments.

I believe that healing happens in connection. Connection with ourselves, with others, and with what gives us meaning.

Whether this is your first time reaching out or a return to therapy, I’m truly glad you’re here. 

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Psychotherapy Services Offered

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Individual Therapy

Individual counselling entails one-on-one support tailored to your emotional wellness, life transitions, and healing journey.

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Couples Counselling

Couples Therapy is intended to strengthen connection, improve communication, and navigate relationship challenges together.

Family Therapy

Family counselling offers a collaborative space to strengthen communication and foster more supportive family dynamics.

Areas of Specialization

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    Anxiety, Depression & Burnout

    Support for emotional overwhelm, exhaustion, low mood, and persistent worry. We’ll explore the roots of distress, build coping strategies, strengthen resilience, and shift unhelpful patterns to help you feel more grounded, capable, and connected in daily life.

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    Pregnancy, Postpartum & Parenting

    Care through all stages of pregnancy and postpartum, including identity shifts, mood changes, birth trauma, and adjustment challenges. Support for parents navigating the emotional demands of parenting, shifting roles, co-parenting stress, and past wounds resurfacing in early parenthood.

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    Fertility & Reproductive Mental Health

    Support through the emotional complexities of fertility, hormonal health, IVF, loss, and reproductive decision-making. A compassionate space to process medical stress, identity shifts, and the hopes, grief, and uncertainty that often come with this journey.

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    Chronic Illness, Cancer & Disability

    Therapy that acknowledges the emotional toll of chronic illness, invisible illness, pain, cancer, or disability. A supportive space to process identity loss, medical trauma, grief, and the impact on relationships, mental health, and daily life—where your experience is seen and honored.

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    Relationship Health, Couples Support

    Therapy to help you build healthy relationships through better communication, boundaries, and deeper connection with partners, family, or friends. A safe space to explore patterns, heal attachment wounds, and develop skills for fulfilling, respectful partnerships.

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    Trauma, PTSD & Complex-PTSD (C-PTSD)

    Therapy to help you process trauma, whether from a single incident or repeated experiences over time. Reduce symptoms like hypervigilance, shame, emotional dysregulation, and relational struggles. Support your path toward safety, connection, and healing in a compassionate, validating space.

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    Grief, Loss & Anticipatory Grief Support

    Therapy to help you navigate the complex emotions that come with loss including anticipatory grief, death, relationship changes, or major life transitions. This space offers understanding, coping tools, and gentle support as you move through grief in your own way.

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    Self-Esteem & Body Confidence

    Therapy to support you in building self-esteem and developing a compassionate, confident relationship with your body. Together we’ll explore and challenge negative beliefs, overcome body image struggles, and foster lasting self-acceptance and empowerment.

Flexible Therapy Options

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In-Person (In Office) Sessions

In-person sessions available in a traditional office setting. Lots of onsite parking available including accessible parking.

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Virtual - Secure Telehealth Sessions

Connect from the comfort of home. Virtual sessions are held securely, ideal for busy schedules or those who prefer online support.

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Phone Counselling Sessions

Offers low-pressure support without video when energy is low, you’re managing health concerns, resting, or overwhelmed by tech.

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    The wound is the place where the Light enters you

    Rumi

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    The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.

    AGA KHAN IV

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    Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

    Viktor Frankl

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    Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.

    Brené Brown

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    Do not worry if all the candles in the world flicker and die. We have the spark that starts the fire.

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    Anything that's human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable.

    Fred Rogers

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    Connection is why we’re here; it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives.

    Brené Brown

  • When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

    Viktor Frankl

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Thank You for reaching out. Whether you're ready to begin therapy, wish to collaborate, or just have questions, we invite you to connect. We will get back to you within 2 business days.

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