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Founder Darshana Patel
MSW, RSW · Registered Social Worker
Anxiety, stress, cultural & intergenerational dynamics, relationships. Works with individuals.
About
A team of therapists who get it.
It is the pressure to keep it together.
It is the family rules nobody wrote down.
It is the parts of yourself you've stopped trying to explain.
Clear Moon Therapy is a three-clinician psychotherapy practice in Etobicoke, serving clients in person and virtually across Ontario. Founded by Darshana Patel in 2024 around a clinical approach she wanted to find and couldn't — warm, culturally fluent, grounded in evidence.
What we believe
Why "Clear Moon"
The moon for me has always represented safety and a sense of belonging. At various moments of my life when I was feeling alone or uncertain, I would look up at the sky and see the moon there — unchanged, unhinged by whatever else was going on. It made me feel like I wasn't alone. The same moon I saw at night where I was, is the same moon my family and friends saw where they were. Even though they might not be with me physically, we were connected through this. The moon has always symbolized grounding for me, and I hope to share some of that grounding with you here.
Darshana · founder
What we believe
Everyone deserves a space to heal and grow without having to explain themselves first.
The four principles below guide every session. They aren't mission-statement filler — they're the filter we apply when a decision gets hard.
01 — Compassion
We listen first. The work begins when you feel understood.
Not sympathy, not platitudes — careful attention to what you're actually saying, including the parts you're working to put into words.
02 — Integrity
Your trust is the whole practice.
Confidential by default. Honest when something isn't working. Direct about fees, scope, and fit — before you commit, not after.
03 — Empowerment
You're the expert on your life. We offer tools, not directives.
Our job is to give you a clearer view of what's happening and the skills to respond differently. The decisions stay with you.
04 — Collaboration
Therapy is co-created. We're the guide, not the authority.
Sessions are shaped around what you bring in that day — not a protocol we have to finish. You set the pace.
Our approach
Modalities are the framework. You are the point.
Clinically, our team draws on cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and — depending on the clinician — internal family systems, polyvagal theory, attachment-focused therapy, and EFT. These are reliable frameworks, chosen session by session based on what's actually useful for the person in front of us.
What matters more than the acronyms is the room those tools are used in — warm, non-judgmental, and built for your specific context. Cultural background, family patterns, and the quiet pressures of being first-generation or navigating identity aren't accommodations here. They're the starting assumption.
Meet the team
Three clinicians, chosen for fluency — not just credentials.
Every clinician here shares the same orientation, in their own way. Different specializations, different availability, same standard: your context is the starting assumption.
Founder 
Clinician Nitya Sahni
RP(Q) · Registered Psychotherapist, Qualifying
Anxiety, neurodivergence, parenting, complex family dynamics. Individuals, children (10+), couples, families.
Clinician Japnam Deol
MSW, RSW · Registered Social Worker
Trauma, anxiety, depression, emotional regulation, life transitions. Children (10+), teens, adults, families.
What therapy can help with
The work takes many shapes. These are the common ones.
Not an exhaustive list. If what you're carrying isn't named here, it likely still belongs here — reach out and we'll say so honestly.
Depression
When sadness, low energy, or disconnection from things you used to enjoy becomes the default. Therapy offers tools to move through it and shift the pattern.
Anxiety
Chronic worry, dread, or a low-grade hum that makes ordinary days feel harder than they should. Therapy helps you understand the signal and respond differently.
Stress & burnout
When the accumulated pressure of work, family, or both starts showing up in your body and your sleep. Practical techniques, not just insight.
Trauma & PTSD
Past events that still shape how you feel in the present. A careful, paced space to process what happened and move toward something lighter.
Self-esteem
A quieter struggle — how you talk to yourself, what you let yourself want, what you think you deserve. Therapy helps the internal voice get kinder.
Life transitions
Moving, changing jobs, becoming a parent, losing a parent, endings, beginnings. Big shifts need room to land.
Couples & relationships
Disconnection, repeated arguments, feeling unheard. Couples therapy helps rebuild communication, trust, and the emotional closeness that gets lost in long seasons.
Family dynamics
Every family has moments of tension, change, or distance. Therapy helps each member feel heard while learning healthier ways to relate.
Children's emotional world
When a child is struggling with big feelings, behaviour, or transitions, therapy offers a supportive space to make sense of it.
Start your journey
Start with a free consultation. No paperwork, no commitment.
Most people find the next step gets clearer just by saying it out loud once. If we're a good fit, we'll keep going. If not, you'll leave the call with a clearer sense of what might actually help.