existential psychoanalysis
& couples counselling
in toronto's bridle path.

Welcome. I'm Umar, and I help individuals and couples discover greater direction, understanding, courage, and purpose through a unique approach—combining virtue ethics and existential philosophy—that I developed at Harvard.

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—Jim Simons

hedge fund billionaire & founder of the Flatiron Institute

“‘How the brain works’ is arguably right up there with ‘How is the universe formed?’ as a difficult problem.”

HOW AM I DIFFERENT?

As a trained philosopher (with previous study in neuroscience and evolutionary biology at Columbia and graduate coursework at MIT), I focus on the first-order question: how can we live more fulfilled lives? I have a fundamentally different view of psychopathology ("mental illness") than the dehumanizing bias and mind-numbing diagnostic categories that define contemporary clinical practice, instead employing a phenomenological approach: an exploration of the things holding your potential hostage without the need to reduce them—or you—to any preconceived scheme.




Explore the growing criticism of the present state of the mental health field.

you are more than your symptoms.

I work with you without forcing things toward the two extremes dominating the well-being industry: 
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1) the biomedical model favored by psychiatry and clinical psychology
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2) the pseudo-profound affirmations and superficial spirituality of social media pop psychology

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