The Inaya Care Journal | Faith, Family & Mental Health for South Asians

The Journal

Words for the South Asian heart and mind

Plain writing about therapy, family and faith for South Asians in Ontario. No jargon.

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If you are not sure where to begin.

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Do I Need Therapy?

An honest way to tell whether what you are carrying is worth talking about.

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What Happens In Your First Therapy Session

Every step, so you are not walking in blind.

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How Much Does Therapy Cost In Ontario?

Real numbers, what insurance covers, and the question to ask before you book.

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Faith

Where belief and support meet.

Faith

Is Therapy Haram?

The question a lot of people are too uncomfortable to ask out loud.

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Faith

How To Find A Muslim Therapist In Ontario

What to look for and what to ask.

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Marriage and family

The pressure that comes from the people closest to you.

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You Are Having One Argument Ten Times

Why the same fight keeps coming back.

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Marriage

Living With In Laws And Feeling Alone In Your Marriage

For the person running the tap so nobody hears.

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Family

How Therapy Helps With South Asian Family Pressure

Love and obligation, and why both can be true at once.

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Family

Someone You Love Will Not Talk To Anyone

For the one holding it from the outside.

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Family

How To Tell Your Parents You Want To Go To Therapy

The conversation nobody prepares you for.

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For men

Written for the ones who were told to handle it.

For men

Why South Asian Men Do Not Go To Therapy

And what changes when they do.

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For men

Why Am I So Angry All The Time?

When the only pressure valve you were given is a short temper.

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Understanding therapy

What the work actually involves.

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Therapy Is Not Just Talking

What actually happens in the work.

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Psychotherapist, Psychologist Or Psychiatrist?

Who does what, who OHIP covers, and which one you actually need.

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Why South Asian Mental Health Needs Its Own Vocabulary

Some feelings do not translate.

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South Asian Therapy In Toronto

Who we are and who this is for.

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More writing on the way. New pieces land here as we publish them.