Style & Approach:

Hi, my name is Alpana Das. I feel comfortable tackling hectic challenges that include (but are not limited to), unexpected trauma, victimization cycles and unexpected transitions through life’s stages. I incorporate an eclectic of modalities, including (but not limited to), Trauma sensitive CBT, DBT, mindfulness, EFT, dance movement therapy, insight-oriented therapy and a vision of wholeness through a Gestalt oriented framework. In my perspective, the therapeutic relationship is built on co-collaboration and client empowerment. I believe that the effectiveness of therapy is a result of the expert knowledge of the client. A therapy session often looks like a friendly chat with a guaranteed good friend who walks with you during your path to higher levels of authenticity and truth.

Qualifications: Alpana Das

I have a Masters of Social Work from Mcgill University, specialized in Childhood Trauma, Mental Health and Adult Revictimization and worked as a specialist in Athletic Therapy after obtaining a Exercise Science degree from Concordia University. During the past decade, I practiced as a senior marriage counsellor and provided marriage preparation courses to countless engaged couples dedicated to the Catholic faith and also served as the lead divorce expert with Catholic Family Services of Toronto. I am registered with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) for a span 10 years, and was registered in Quebec with Service des admissions Ordre des travailleurs sociaux et des thérapeutes conjugaux et familiaux du Québec prior to my move to Ontario.

I am a current member of the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW) and for the past 7 years, I specialized in marriage counselling, separation and divorce counselling, and counselling unexpected traumatic experiences. I have attended numerous evidence-based trainings to stay current and informative for you and the clients I serve, which includes specific training in trauma cycles, relationship/marriage crisis, abuse cycles and moving through separation and divorce and loss.