Sadia Waqar works with adults who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure of what comes next – and, often, who are carrying the expectations of two cultures at once. Anxiety that will not settle, conflict with parents, partners, or in-laws, guilt about choices a family would not understand, and the quiet strain of building a life in a new country are the concerns she most often sees. She works in English, Urdu, Punjabi, and Hindi.

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Her approach is warm and practical. Within the Institute's Message-Centered framework, the anxiety, anger, or guilt a client brings is treated as a message. Clients leave sessions with a clearer sense of what their feelings tell them and concrete next steps. She pays close attention to the family and cultural context, and does not assume that the solution that fits one person fits another.

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Before moving to counseling psychology, she spent more than fifteen years elsewhere in healthcare – rehabilitation, geriatrics, and cardiology. That background gives her confidence with clients whose emotional difficulties are tangled up with illness, caregiving, or aging: she can see the whole person, both psychological and physical.

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Sadia holds a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (Yorkville University) and is registered with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario as a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying). She sees adults by video.