Meet the Team
Dr. Sahar Bhaloo, Psy D, CPsych, Q.Med
Clinical Psychologist, Qualified Mediator & Flourish Co-Founder
I grew into this work through personal experiences of challenge and change that allowed me to connect deeply to what people need in growth moments and painful times. I was raised in West Africa, and then trained, lived and worked in the US, Mumbai and Canada. My global upbringing, diverse training and deep trauma lens all guide my therapeutic approach and my passion for reducing barriers to create a more accessible and relatable treatment.
I don’t take it lightly that I have the privilege and responsibility of meeting people at the most vulnerable and open moments of their lives as a result of painful life transitions, stress, relationship issues, identity questions, anxiety, anger, depression, loneliness, and unresolved trauma. I believe in integrating evidence-based practices such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Adlerian Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Somatic Therapy, and Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) to customize treatment to the needs of each individual from insight to behavioral change and existential meaning making.
I am now a Qualified Mediator (Q.Med) in Ontario and offer mediation services for families and individuals navigating separation, divorce, co-parenting, parenting plans, interpersonal and relational conflict, and cross-cultural or intercultural family disputes. My mediation approach is grounded in the same trauma-informed, culturally responsive lens that guides my clinical work: creating a structured and psychologically safe space where people can be heard, understand the deeper needs beneath conflict, and move toward practical and sustainable paths forward.
I see myself as a conduit for healing, and I believe that collective and multigenerational healing starts with each of us breaking the cycles from our upbringing. Whether in therapy or mediation, my goal is to meet people where they are—with compassion, curiosity, and respect for the histories, cultures, and relationships that shape their lives.
Bavidra Mohan
Coach, Facilitator & Flourish Co-Founder
I have spent the past decade training entrepreneurs on the principles of moral leadership and obsessing over the joys and provocations of fatherhood. As a Director of Acumen Academy, “The World’s School for Social Change”, I have coached hundreds of impact-focussed entrepreneurs, led sessions and coached speakers at TED, guest lectured at top-tier universities and oversaw a community of +1,600 Acumen Fellows. I'm Sri Lankan by origin, born in the Middle East and have moved countries almost every 4 years of my life.
I believe human flourishing is a collective moral imperative.
Rakshanda Khan
Registered Psychotherapist (RP) and Registered Art Therapist (RCAT)
Rakshanda Khan is a Registered Psychotherapist (RP) and Registered Art Therapist (RCAT) with an interest in Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts, Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Humanistic Integrative Counselling. She practices from a client-centred, trauma-informed, strengths-based, anti-racist, neurodiversity affirming and anti-oppressive framework, maintaining a critical self-consciousness that considers sociopolitical and biopsychosocial contexts to individual concerns.
As a cisgender South Asian immigrant to Canada, Rakshanda has been privileged to work with individuals of all genders and orientations, and from diverse backgrounds. She has over 8+ years experience working with children, youth and families. As a parent of a neurodivergent child, she has both lived experience and training in helping children, teens, adults, and families find strength, strategies, and resilience.
Rakshanda has experience and interest in areas including sexual, physical and emotional trauma, anger issues, depression, anxiety, parenting support, chronic illness or pain, self-harm, burnout, codependency, relationship issues, grief and loss, racial/cultural identity, self-esteem, social anxiety, interpersonal trauma, childhood trauma, intergenerational trauma, body image, divorce, life transitions, learning, developmental or intellectual disabilities.
Rakshanda practices ongoing therapist self-reflection and reflexivity, cultural humility, a client-centered approach that is contextual, and advocacy for systemic change.
In her spare time, Rakshanda enjoys swimming, long walks in nature, reading, drawing comics and other forms of artmaking. She is also slowly building a Fluevog collection.
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Helen Khaleghi
Registered Psychotherapist
Brainspotting/EMDR and Hypnotherapy Practitioner
Helen is a Registered Psychotherapist who works with adults and couples experiencing trauma, attachment-related concerns, relationship difficulties, emotional distress, and major life transitions.
She supports clients in understanding how past experiences may continue to influence their emotions, coping patterns, self-worth, and relationships. Her approach is trauma-informed, collaborative, and tailored to each client’s needs and goals.
In her work with couples, Helen helps partners address recurring conflict, communication difficulties, emotional disconnection, trust concerns, betrayal, and infidelity. She supports couples in identifying unhelpful interaction patterns, understanding the needs beneath their reactions, and developing healthier ways of relating to one another.
Helen draws from EMDR, Brainspotting, Schema Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Reality Therapy, somatic approaches, and attachment-informed therapy. She has additional training in betrayal trauma, infidelity, high-conflict couples work, and trauma-focused interventions.
Helen is also trained in Guided Drawing, a body-focused art therapy approach that uses movement, sensation, imagery, and drawing to support trauma processing. No artistic skill is required.
Her therapeutic style is warm, respectful, and engaged. She aims to provide a supportive space where clients can better understand their patterns, process difficult experiences, and work toward healthier relationships with themselves and others.
Languages: English and Farsi
Paulette Romero
Administrative Assistant
Paulette is the administrative assistant at Flourish and is here to assist you with your needs. She is originally from Colombia and was raised in New York City’s most fabulous borough, The Bronx.
Paulette has a bachelor’s degree in Corporate Communication and Spanish from the City University of New York – Baruch College. She has five years of experience as an office manager and administrative assistant for a psychotherapy practice in Hamilton, ON.
She is also fully fluent in English and Spanish and is a Certified Ontario Telemedicine (OTN) Coordinator.
