Toronto, ON In-person + Virtual
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Approach: relational trauma-informed
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About Tamara Jain
My clients carry the weight of two cultures at once. My job isn't to ask them to choose between, it's to make space for the both that already lives inside them.
Tamara Jain is a Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO #007421) with 13 years of clinical experience specializing in intergenerational trauma, identity formation, and family-systems work. Her practice centres on second-generation Indo-Caribbean and South Asian clients navigating the space between inherited expectations and personal identity.
Born in Trinidad to an Indo-Caribbean family and raised in Toronto, Tamara brings lived experience to the work of cultural identity in clinical practice. Her clients are often the first in their families to seek therapy — and the first to translate that decision back to parents and elders who didn't have the same access.
Tamara holds advanced training in relational psychotherapy, internal family systems (IFS), and trauma-informed practice. She works primarily with adults aged 25-45, with a small caseload of late-adolescents navigating university transitions and identity questions.
Session formats: In-person at the Yonge & Eglinton office (50-min sessions) and virtual via secure video. Insurance billing supported through most major Canadian insurers. Sliding scale available for a limited number of clients each quarter.
How my background shapes my work
I grew up watching my mother carry a kind of grief she couldn't name. By the time she could name it, the work of unpacking it took years. I do this work so that the next generation doesn't have to wait that long to be heard in their own language.
How I personally find wellness
Walking
Yoga
Reading
Music
Cooking
Nature
Qualifications & education
Master of Arts — Counselling Psychology
University of Toronto · 2009
Registered Psychotherapist (RP)
College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario · #007421
Certified Trauma Professional (CTP)
International Association of Trauma Professionals · 2014
