Taslim Alani-Verjee, PhD

Offers In-person and virtual appointments
  • Psychologist
  • Woman
  • Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars. 212 ratings.
  • $200 - $250 per visit
Accepting new patients

Provider information

Description

Dr. Taslim Alani-Verjee is a Clinical Psychologist, and the Director and Founder of Silm Centre for Mental Health. She practices from a Cognitive-Behavioural orientation (e.g., CBT, DBT and ACT). She works with adolescents and adults who are having difficulties with adjustment and/or with their mental health.

She is an Adjunct Faculty Member at Lakehead University and at Adler Graduate Professional School.

Dr. Taslim is a keynote speaker and is often featured in the media. She consults, teaches and does research related to mental health, well-being, intimate partner violence, stigma and DEI.

Conditions

  • Abuse
  • Addiction
  • ADHD
  • Adjustment disorder
  • Alcohol Abuse
  • Anger
  • Anger Management
  • Antisocial Personality disorder
  • Anxiety
  • Asperger's Syndrome
  • Autism
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Binge eating disorder (eating disorders)
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Body Image
  • Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
  • Bullying
  • Chronic Pain or Illness
  • Codependency
  • Communication
  • Compulsive gambling
  • Depression
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Abuse or Violence
  • Drug Abuse
  • Eating disorders
  • Emotion Regulation
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Fears / Phobias
  • Gambling Addiction
  • Grief, loss, bereavement
  • Histrionic personality disorder
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Impulse Control Disorders
  • Infidelity
  • Insomnia
  • Intellectual Disability
  • Internet Addiction
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Loneliness
  • Mental Disorders
  • Mood disorders
  • Narcissistic Personality Disorder
  • Obesity
  • Obsessive- Compulsive (OCD)
  • Panic disorder
  • Paranoid personality disorder
  • Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymic Disorder)
  • Personality Disorders
  • Postpartum depression
  • Post-traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
  • Quiet Borderline Personality Disorder
  • Racial Identity
  • Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
  • Relationship Issues
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder
  • Self Esteem
  • Self-harming or suicidal behavior
  • Sex, sexuality, intimacy
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Addiction
  • Sleep Disorder
  • Social Anxiety Disorder
  • Social Isolation
  • Somatic symptom disorder
  • Spirituality
  • Stopping Smoking
  • Stress
  • Substance Abuse
  • Substance Use
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Suicide
  • Thinking Disorders
  • Trauma
  • Video Game Addiction
  • Weight Loss
  • Women's Issues
  • Workplace stress

Provider's hours

Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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Services

  • Acceptance and commitment therapy
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Cognitive processing therapy
  • Culturally sensitive therapy
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Educational assessments
  • Exposure Therapy
  • Feminist therapy
  • Group counselling
  • Person-centered therapy
  • Post COVID-19 rehabilitation and recovery
  • Prolonged exposure therapy
  • Psychological testing and evaluation
  • Psychological therapy
  • Solution-focused brief therapy
  • Strength-based therapy
  • Teen mental health
  • Therapeutic intervention
  • Trauma informed care
  • Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
  • Workplace facilitation/mediation

Clientele

  • Adults (18+)​
  • LGBTQ2+
  • Teens (13-17)​

Languages spoken

  • English
  • French

Professional designations

  • Doctorate in Psychology (PhD)

Education

  • PhD in Clinical Psychology from Lakehead University
  • Masters in Clinical Psychology with Specialization in Women's Studies from Lakehead University
  • Masters in International Development Studies from Dalhousie University
  • Bachelors in Psychology from University of Western Ontario

Facility: Silm Centre for Mental Health

Summary

Welcome to Silm Centre for Mental Health.

Silm Centre for Mental Health is a place where you will be heard, acknowledged, and understood. Our expertise lies in offering psychotherapy to children, adolescents, adults and older adults, as well as families and couples. We offer assessments including psychodiagnostic, psychoeducational, autism, ADHD, and FASD assessments.

Business hours

Sunday
By appointment only
Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
By appointment only
Thursday
By appointment only
Friday
By appointment only
Saturday
By appointment only

Services & supplies

  • Acceptance and commitment therapy
  • Addictions (assessment/treatment)
  • Attachment-based therapy
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Cognitive processing therapy
  • Compassion-focused therapy
  • Culturally sensitive therapy
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Educational assessments
  • Emotionally focused therapy
  • Existential therapy
  • Exposure Therapy
  • Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy
  • Family counselling
  • Feminist therapy
  • Group counselling
  • Humanistic therapy
  • Integrative therapy
  • Marital counselling
  • Marriage and family therapy
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Multicultural therapy
  • Person-centered therapy
  • Play therapy
  • Post COVID-19 rehabilitation and recovery
  • Prolonged exposure therapy
  • Psychological testing and evaluation
  • Psychological therapy
  • Relationship counselling
  • Solution-focused brief therapy
  • Strength-based therapy
  • Structural family therapy
  • Teen mental health
  • Therapeutic intervention
  • Trauma informed care
  • Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
  • Workplace facilitation/mediation
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Provider's hours

Sunday
By appointment only
Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
By appointment only
Thursday
By appointment only
Friday
By appointment only
Saturday
By appointment only

Business hours

Sunday
By appointment only
Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
By appointment only
Thursday
By appointment only
Friday
By appointment only
Saturday
By appointment only