Online Counselling for Clients in Canada
Dr. (Hon.) Taanya Nagi works online with clients across Canada — in Toronto, Brampton and Mississauga, in Vancouver and Surrey, in Calgary and Edmonton, and in smaller places in between. She holds an MA in Counselling Psychology and a Di...
“Dr. (Hon.) Taanya Nagi works online with clients across Canada — in Toronto, Brampton and Mississauga, in Vancouver and Surrey, in Calgary and Edmonton, and in smaller places in between. She holds an MA in Counselling Psychology and a Diploma in Holistic Healing & Counselling from the Holistic Living Training Institute in Melbourne, is a certified member of the Australian Holistic Healers & Counsellors Association (AHHCA), and lived and practised in Australia for thirteen years before returning to India. She has been doing this work for more than twenty-five years.”
Those thirteen years matter for Canadian clients in a particular way. Australia and Canada have a great deal in common as places Indian families migrate to — the points-based immigration, the ageing parents left behind, the children who grow up more Canadian than their parents expected. Taanya lived that migrant position herself, and much of her Canadian work is with people of Indian origin who would rather not spend the first three sessions explaining their family from scratch.
Treatment & Support
What People in Canada Come With
The range is broad, but a few things come up again and again:
You do not need to be of Indian origin to work with Taanya; many Canadian clients come for hypnotherapy or Reiki with no connection to India at all.
- «Anxiety, worry and the low-grade dread that never quite switches off, often made worse by the long dark winter
- «Low mood, flatness and burnout, particularly in people working two jobs or carrying a family's expectations
- «Guilt about parents ageing in India, and the endless arithmetic of when to visit and for how long
- «Marriage and relationship strain, including arranged marriages that never became friendships and cross-cultural partnerships managing two sets of in-laws
- «Immigration stress — permanent residence applications, study permits that expire, sponsorship that stalls — and the provisional feeling of a life on hold
- «Grief, including the specific grief of a death in India that you could not get to in time
- «Sleep, smoking, weight and habits people want addressed with hypnotherapy
Sessions Across the Time Difference
India is nine and a half to ten and a half hours ahead of Toronto and twelve and a half to thirteen and a half hours ahead of Vancouver, depending on the season. That sounds awkward and in practice works rather well. An early-morning slot in Delhi lands in the evening in Vancouver, Surrey, Calgary and Edmonton and in the late evening in Toronto — after work, after the children are in bed, which is when most people want to talk anyway. A Delhi evening slot is a Canadian morning, which suits people who prefer to start their day with a session before work.
Most clients keep one fixed weekly time. Taanya makes the daylight-saving adjustments at her end so the appointment does not drift when Canada changes its clocks in March and November.
What Is Available Online
Sessions are by video and run fifty to sixty minutes. Depending on what you bring, the work may draw on counselling, clinical hypnotherapy, NLP-based coaching, EFT tapping, inner child work or Reiki. Taanya is trained across all of these, which means the approach can be matched to the person rather than the person to a single method. Hypnotherapy in particular translates well to video: people tend to relax more readily in their own living room than in an unfamiliar office.
Sessions can be in English, Hindi or Punjabi. Many clients in Brampton and Surrey find that family matters come out more directly in the language they were raised in.
How This Works
A few things are worth stating plainly rather than leaving you to work out. The practice is based in New Delhi and Canadian clients are seen online only; there is no clinic in Canada. Taanya is not registered with any Canadian regulator — not with the provincial colleges such as the CRPO or the CPO in Ontario, nor their equivalents in British Columbia, Alberta or elsewhere — and she works with Canadian clients as a holistic counsellor and clinical hypnotherapist, not as a registered Canadian psychologist or psychotherapist. She does not diagnose or prescribe medication. Fees are private and are not covered by provincial health plans or, in most cases, by extended health benefits, which usually require a provider registered in your province. And this is a scheduled service, not a crisis one: if you are in Canada and in immediate distress, call or text 988, the Suicide Crisis Helpline, which is available around the clock, or call 911.
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Online Counselling Across Delhi NCR
Questions & Answers
Everything you need to know before booking your first session.
Are you a registered psychologist or psychotherapist in Canada?+
No. Psychologist and psychotherapist are regulated titles in most Canadian provinces, and Taanya holds no Canadian registration. She works with Canadian clients as an Australian-trained holistic counsellor and clinical hypnotherapist. If you need a registered clinician, a diagnosis or a report for an employer, insurer or court, you need a provider registered in your province.
Can I claim sessions on my extended health benefits?+
Usually not. Most Canadian benefit plans reimburse only providers registered in your province, and Taanya is not one of them. Fees are private. If your plan has a health spending account with broader rules, check with the insurer rather than assuming.
What are the session times for Toronto and Vancouver?+
Delhi mornings fall in the Canadian evening — late evening in Toronto, mid-evening in Vancouver — and Delhi evenings fall in the Canadian morning. Sessions are arranged individually around your working hours, and Taanya adjusts for Canadian daylight saving so your slot stays put.
Is this suitable if I am in crisis?+
No. Online counselling across time zones cannot respond to an emergency. If you are at risk, call or text 988 anywhere in Canada, or call 911. Once you are safe, ongoing work by video may well be appropriate.
How do payments work from Canada?+
International payment is straightforward and is arranged when you book. Please get in touch to discuss the practical details.
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