An associate with Couple and Family Therapy Montreal, Deniz Naji is a professional art therapist with extensive experience working with adults, teens and children from diverse backgrounds, in clinical, school and community settings. Issues she has worked on include intimate partner violence, self-harm, sexual abuse, and refugee, immigration and acculturation issues.
As a professional art therapist with a trauma-informed lens, Deniz incorporates counselling, somatic awareness, movement and play into her work, to enhance resiliency and promote healing. Deniz enjoys working with teens and kids, to help them navigate family and peer relationships, worry and perfectionism, low self-esteem, self-harm, LGBTQ+ issues and emotional dysregulation. In addition to youth counselling, Deniz has a special interest in working with couples, using Emotionally Focused Therapy, on issues such as emotional disconnection, conflict and miscommunication, repairing old wounds, and cultural differences.
Deniz provides services in English and Farsi/Persian.
Deniz’s Professional Training and Credentials
- Professional member of the Quebec Art Therapy Association
- Naturopath, Academy of Naturopaths and Naturotherapists of Canada
- Advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples
- M.A. in process, Counselling Psychology, Yorkville University
- Graduate Diploma, Art Therapy, Winnipeg Holistic Expressive Arts Therapy Institute
- B.A., Psychology, Concordia University
