Start with fit
We match your needs with the therapist, scope and format best placed to support you.
Downtown Toronto & Pickering · Virtual across Ontario
Where clinical insight meets cultural understanding.
Therapy for adolescents, adults and couples in Toronto, Pickering and across Ontario.
A complimentary 15-minute call to discuss what you need and identify the right therapist.
Individuals · eating disorders · professionals · couples
Understanding the person.
Honouring the world they come from.
Perhaps you are here because
You have become skilled at carrying on. It is the carrying alone that is exhausting.
You may be navigating a life transition, old survival patterns, a relationship that keeps finding the same argument or the disorientation of building belonging between cultures.
At Lifeline Guidance, therapy is not about reducing you to a diagnosis. It is a collaborative space to understand what your mind and body learned to protect and to choose what comes next with more freedom.
Ways to work together
Choose the doorway that feels closest.
Specialized & individual care
01
Individual therapy
For anxiety, trauma, identity, burnout, body image and the transitions that ask you to become someone new.
02Eating disorders & body image
Specialized therapy with Saleha for the emotional, relational and cultural story surrounding food, body image and self-worth.
03Professionals & leaders
Specialized therapy with Saleha for people carrying responsibility, ambition and the pressure to remain capable.
Relationships & finding your fit
Professional & shared learning
06
Clinical supervision
A thoughtful, culturally responsive space for clinicians to sharpen their work and sustain themselves in it.
07Groups & workshops
Small, intentional spaces for shared learning, resilience and connection—including support through migration.
08Courses & resources
Self-guided learning, journals and workbooks designed to bring thoughtful psychological tools into everyday life.
England · Pakistan · Canada
Founded by Saleha Javed
Founder expertise. A clinic-wide standard.
Saleha established Lifeline Guidance to offer clinically grounded care that can hold culture, relationships and lived experience with equal seriousness. That commitment now guides how every therapist is selected, supported and accountable—so the quality of care belongs to the practice, not to one personality alone.
Saleha Javed, MSc · Registered Psychotherapist · Founder · Clinical Supervisor · Gottman-trained couples therapist
The Lifeline Model of Care
Four commitments that guide every therapist.
Different clinicians bring different expertise. These shared commitments keep the experience of care clear, responsive and accountable across the practice.
Formulate with depth
We develop a clear understanding of what is happening and what may be sustaining it.
Work with purpose
Exploration and practical change are connected to goals that matter in your daily life.
Stay accountable
We review progress, welcome feedback and coordinate or refer when other care is needed.
A practice you can understand
Clear standards. Visible responsibility.
Every Lifeline Guidance therapist remains accountable for the care they provide within clinic-wide expectations for informed consent, privacy, clinical consultation, matching and appropriate referral. Read our standards of care
Regulated, transparent care
Saleha Javed and Shraddha Shukla are Registered Psychotherapists with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario.
Meet the team →Insurance & receipts in Canada
Psychotherapy is not covered by OHIP. Receipts identify the treating therapist and applicable professional details; reimbursement depends on your extended-health plan.
Fees and insurance →Accessibility by request
We welcome conversations about barriers affecting communication, appointments, information formats or use of our locations.
Accessibility statement →Coordinated care when needed
Psychotherapy may work alongside medical, nutritional or other professional support when your needs call for a broader circle of care.
Eating-disorder care →A gentle first step
You can begin before you feel completely ready.
A free 15-minute discovery call is a chance to share what is bringing you here and decide which therapist or service feels like the best fit.