Maryam Ashkan, MA., RP.
Psychotherapist & Trauma Specialist
Managing Director
Languages
• English
• Farsi (Persian)
Maryam Ashkan, MA, RP.
Managing Director
Psychotherapist
Trauma Specialist
Education and Approaches
Maryam Ashkan is the Managing Director and Supervisor at MentalOptimist Clinic. She is a Registered psychotherapist and is certified in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), EMDR, and Brainspotting. She is also recognized as a Brainspotting Consultant with Brainspotting Canada and internationally. Additionally, Maryam provides clinical supervision for Registered Psychotherapists.
Maryam is a member of ISSTD and specializes in working with Dissociative Identity Disorder.​
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With over 20 years of experience, Maryam has worked across both for-profit and nonprofit sectors, providing comprehensive psychotherapy services to individuals, families, children, and trauma survivors. She is dedicated to integrating neuroscience into psychotherapy, employing an integrative and client-centred approach that values the mind-body connection.
Memberships
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College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO)
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Certified Brainspotting Therapist
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Certified EMDR Therapist
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Certified Cognitive Behavioural Therapist
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Member of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
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NAMA Certified Anger Management Specialist-II
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The Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies (CACBT)
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EMDR International Association (EMDRIA)
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Ontario Association of Mental Health Professionals (OAMHP)
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Ontario Society of Registered Psychotherapists (OSRP)
Publications & Reasearch
Maryam has several academic publications in the fields of visual perception, religious orientation and emotional intelligence, and emotional intelligence related to conflict management styles. Some notable works include:
• "Construction and normalization of the visual perception test for the preschool and elementary school students in Tehran city."
• "The First Book of Reading." (Instructional book for daycare centers and kindergarten, 2013)
• "The enquiry of the relationship between religious orientation (internal-external) and emotional intelligence." (Journal of Islamic Educational Research, 2009)
• "Senior and junior high school principals' emotional intelligence related to their conflict management style in Khoraasaan provinces." (Quarterly Journal of New Thoughts on Education, 2011)