Individual Counselling
Women supporting women. Yoga Mamas offers both in-clinic counselling and online counselling for your fertility, prenatal and postpartum journey. We are committed to supporting your mental and emotional wellbeing.
All Yoga Mamas counselling sessions are performed by a registered mental health professional and may be eligible for coverage under your health care benefits.
All Yoga Mamas counselling sessions are performed by a registered mental health professional and may be eligible for coverage under your health care benefits.
We welcome you into our space to find confidential support, comfort and peace.
Our counsellors have experience working closely with women and has an in-depth understanding of women’s health issues. They will listen and work with you to address personal and mental health concerns that may be impacting you and your family's lives.
Our counsellors have experience working closely with women and has an in-depth understanding of women’s health issues. They will listen and work with you to address personal and mental health concerns that may be impacting you and your family's lives.
MEET OUR COUNSELLORS
Related Certifications & Experience:
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Kat Bayang, MA, MACP:
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) Accepting new patients Hello! I’m Kat, a parent of three and a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) offering individual and couples counselling at Yoga Mamas. With over a decade of experience in perinatal healthcare and peer support, my practice is deeply informed by principles of anti-oppression, inclusivity, and cultural safety. I’m committed to providing compassionate and comprehensive care tailored to each individual’s unique journey. I house my practice in Filipinx Liberation Psychology and Relational Cultural Theory. This dual approach guides me to focus on relational dynamics and cultural attunement in therapy, while finding grounding in an eclectic practice that draws on various therapeutic techniques like Narrative Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Polyvagal Theory, and Internal Family Systems (IFS) to address your needs. My background in midwifery also plays a significant role in my approach. The skills I developed through midwifery—such as harnessing agency and autonomy, offering emotional support and validation, being attuned to both physical and emotional needs, providing crisis care, engaging community and supporting people through significant life transitions—enhance my ability to provide thoughtful care through your own perinatal journey. Topics close to my heart include: parental identity, relational dynamics and disconnection, obstetric violence, birth trauma, racism and discrimination, grief and loss, blending families, sex and pleasure, and raising interracial children. My hope is to journey with you as you establish clarity and insight, reconnect with your embodied wisdom and your restore trust in your innate ability to parent yourself, your children and/or your wider community. Your story is important, and I am eager to understand where you are, the challenges you face, and the future you envision. It would be an honour to support you on this journey. |
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Sara Hashmi
RSW, BSW, Psychotherapist Accepting new patients Sara is a Registered Social Worker, who is passionate about working with women, through all the beautiful, painful and chaotic seasons of life. She also has experience working with children, youth, adults, couples and families. Sara recognizes every human comes with a variety of experiences in life, and takes a strengths based and trauma informed approach to counselling. She is passionate about helping clients strengthen their self care, and learn to nurture, soothe and care for their body, mind and soul. She takes a warm, gentle and authentic approach in helping clients to overcome challenges and strengthen coping strategies through difficult transitions, including pregnancy, birth, postpartum and through the fertility journey. She takes an eclectic approach to counselling, incorporating models of therapy including Mindfulness- based techniques, Family Systems, Narrative and Relational approaches. She has experience supporting clients through perinatal grief and loss, relationship challenges, perinatal depression and anxiety, chronic health challenges and family traumas. Sara is a mother of a little boy, and continues to be inspired by her own healing journey, to help women find their own power within. Her hope is to support you on your healing journey, and help you to shine the light within yourself. Additional Certifications:
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Lisha Cash, MSW, RSW:
Psychotherapist Lisha is a counsellor and psychotherapist in Toronto. She completed her Master of Social Work at the University of Toronto, with a specialization in children and families. Lisha has a special interest in working with women as they navigate life and role transitions, specifically in the areas of pregnancy, motherhood, co-parenting, fertility, and loss. Lisha’s approach focuses on building a therapeutic relationship that encompasses trust and respect, while creating an environment that is safe for clients to explore the most sensitive areas of their lives. Working together with her clients, Lisha helps to identify their strengths and abilities, while helping empower clients to harness these in order to overcome obstacles in their lives. Each person is unique, therefore, Lisha utilizes a trauma-informed, eclectic approach to counselling, drawing from various theoretical orientations based on the client’s needs and presenting issues. These may include, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Mindfulness-based practice, and Solution-Focused frameworks. Lisha has received perinatal mood and anxiety disorders training by Postpartum Support International, which focused on the components of care surrounding prenatal and postpartum depression and anxiety, with advanced training in psychotherapy. Lisha’s passion for this work was further ignited when she became a mom herself in 2018. |
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Susan Haller
MSW RSW, Psychotherapist Hi, my name is Susan and I am one of the Psychotherapists at Yoga Mamas. I am a graduate of the University of Waterloo in Applied Health Sciences and of Wilfrid Laurier University with a Master of Social Work. In addition I have recently completed certificates in Perinatal Mental Health and Birth and Reproductive Trauma through Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Trainings. I am a trained clinician with over 20 years of experience, registered with my professional college (OCSWSSW) and my services are covered by most insurance providers. I have developed a passion for women’s health and wellness through my work in hospitals, community, primary care and private practice. As well, am the mother of 5 adult children and grandmother of 6 which gives me both lived experience and keeps me up to date on the joys and challenges of present day parenthood. Perhaps you are struggling with infertility, or questioning whether or not you would like to become a parent. Maybe you have suffered losses in the process of trying to start a family. You might be a new parent and struggling with hormonal shifts, lack of sleep, challenges with feeding and wondering how to divide household labour between you and your partner. Perhaps your partner relationship is strained with the welcome of your new baby, or one of your children is having difficulty adjusting to a new sibling. Maybe you are experiencing difficulties setting boundaries with extended family members, or finding it difficult to ask for what you need from others. You might be dealing with a role transition from being a full time professional to a full time parent, or are worried about your parenting skills. Maybe you have been managing mood challenges successfully, but the birth of a child has impacted your ability to do so because of the intense demands of parenting. Perhaps the pandemic has increased your sense of isolation or your health anxiety and you are navigating back to some sort of normalcy. Or maybe you are simply exhausted! These are some of the issues I am hearing about and would be happy to help you navigate, along with anything else you would like to discuss. As well, I would highly recommend the books Baby Bomb by Kara Hoppe and Stan Tatkin, and Impossible Parenting by Olivia Scobie. Both are available in audiobook format for busy parents, and in print form in the Yoga Mamas retail shop. I invite you to make an online appointment for a free 20 minute consultation to see if we would be a good fit. Looking forward to chatting with you! |
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Kate Love, MA, MACP:
Registered Psychotherapist Engaging in therapy is a courageous journey that requires vulnerability, trust, and a commitment to self-discovery. Kate understands that as a parent, prioritizing personal time may feel selfish, but she sees therapy as a brave act—a commitment to showing up for oneself amid life's inevitable challenges. Specializing in perinatal mental health, birth trauma, and grief, Kate holds a Canadian Certificate in Perinatal Mental Health (CC-PMH) and Perinatal Grief (CC-PG). Her extensive experience includes supporting clients through parenting issues, perinatal loss, anxiety, and grief symptoms, as well as guiding those navigating fertility challenges. With a background in youth violence prevention and mindfulness programs in jails, Kate embraces the belief that everyone is doing their best with the resources available. In her therapeutic approach, Kate integrates various modalities—person-centered, existential, relational/cultural, mindfulness, and parts work—to address the unique needs of her clients. Her ultimate goal is to bear witness and create supportive spaces for clients to process, heal, and thrive. |
OUR SERVICES
Supporting your fertility journey
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Supporting your prenatal journey
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Supporting your postpartum journey
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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
Our cozy and confidential counselling room
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Your Initial Therapy Session
At your first appointment, we will focus on creating a comfortable and safe space for you to share and talk about what has brought you to therapy. First sessions can move slowly, as we build trust and begin our therapeutic relationship together. We will support you if you are not sure where to start or what to talk about – this is common in therapy. We will begin to get a sense of what therapy will look like for you as we move through the session. Ideally, you will leave the first session with either increased clarity about what you have been feeling or with a specific strategy to practice in your daily life. |
Your On-Going Therapy Work
Therapy work is highly individual. Sessions tend to unfold naturally, as we move toward your goals/needs. Some things we may work on include: connecting to and naming emotions, processing emotions in healthy ways, building trust with yourself, learning how to create boundaries or navigate certain relationships in your life, learning how to feel greater intimacy in your relationships, understanding the impact of different experiences you’ve had, identifying the role of anxiety and/or depression in your life, understanding and feeling grief or anger, supporting you to feel more understanding (and thus more control) of your mind and body.
Evidence-based modalities to help us in the work:
Therapy work is highly individual. Sessions tend to unfold naturally, as we move toward your goals/needs. Some things we may work on include: connecting to and naming emotions, processing emotions in healthy ways, building trust with yourself, learning how to create boundaries or navigate certain relationships in your life, learning how to feel greater intimacy in your relationships, understanding the impact of different experiences you’ve had, identifying the role of anxiety and/or depression in your life, understanding and feeling grief or anger, supporting you to feel more understanding (and thus more control) of your mind and body.
Evidence-based modalities to help us in the work:
- Emotion-Focused Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Relational Therapy
- Somatic Psychology
- CBT and DBT tools
- Mindfulness
