Tania Gasparini, MACP (Candidate) (she/her)

My Approach

I’m a Student Therapist offering integrative therapy for adults. Drawing on both depth-oriented and practical approaches, I help clients navigate anxiety, depression, cultural transitions, and questions of identity, belonging, and purpose. My work is grounded in curiosity, compassion, and an awareness of how culture, family, and experience shape who we are and who we’re becoming.

I work with people who are navigating questions of belonging, identity, family relationships, and life transitions. Many of the clients I support are curious about how culture, attachment, and early relational patterns continue to shape their present lives. I offer a warm, reflective space to explore these dynamics with curiosity and care, supporting deeper understanding, integration, and meaningful change.

As the child of a Canadian Foreign Service officer, I grew up moving across countries and continents every few years. That rhythm sparked lifelong questions about belonging, self-expression, and how to stay connected without losing my own identity. Feeling different from other family members sometimes brought guilt and a desire to bridge individual and collective ways of being. My deepest culture shock arrived not abroad, but when I returned to Canada.

In Guguletu, a township outside Cape Town, I ran a daily nutrition program for children living with AIDS and coached a team of 17-year-old boys in soccer; we often shooed goats off the field before practice. Days in a bustling township contrasted with nights on an isolated vineyard seven kilometres from the nearest neighbours. After two years, I returned to Canada feeling overwhelmed and unmoored. Therapy played an important role in helping me make sense of that time and regain balance and agency.

Marriage of 22 years and raising two teenage daughters opened a new chapter of love, responsibility, and reflection. Staying in one place felt unfamiliar at first and invited deeper exploration of meaning, identity, and relationship.

My Experience

Alongside my clinical training, I volunteer with the Sashbear Foundation’s Family Connections program, a 12-week, DBT-informed group supporting parents and caregivers of loved ones who experience intense emotions. The program focuses on building skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness, helping families reconnect and problem-solve together.

I am currently completing my Master’s degree at Yorkville University and my practicum at Into the Deep Therapy, under the supervision of Ivana Kolakovic, RP. These experiences continue to shape my therapeutic stance, which is warm, curious, and deeply attuned to how culture, family, and place influence who we are becoming.