Tahira Gulamani

PhD, C. Psych. (Supervised Practice)

Dr. Tahira Gulamani is a Psychologist in Supervised Practice with the College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario. She provides psychological treatment to adolescents and adults, as well as comprehensive psychodiagnostic assessments for adults. Tahira completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Toronto and is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto Scarborough and Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences.

Tahira has particular clinical interests in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety disorders, emotion dysregulation, borderline personality disorder (BPD), depression, and eating disorders. She also works with individuals struggling with perfectionism, excessive worry and rumination, panic, impulsive behaviour, and stress related to relationships, school, work, burnout, and major life transitions. Tahira particularly enjoys working with individuals whose concerns are complex, overlapping, or difficult to fit neatly into a single diagnosis, including those who have received conflicting explanations for their difficulties or have not fully understood why previous treatment has not helped.

Tahira has extensive experience treating OCD across a wide range of presentations, including contamination, harm, health, relationship, sexual, religious or moral, and “just right” or perfectionism-related obsessions and compulsions. She understands that OCD can look very different from one person to another and works collaboratively with clients to identify the fears, avoidance patterns, rituals, reassurance seeking, and other behaviours that may be keeping symptoms going.

Her clinical practice is grounded in evidence-based psychological treatment, with training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (I-CBT), and mindfulness- and acceptance-based approaches. Tahira integrates these approaches thoughtfully rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach to treatment, tailoring therapy to each client’s concerns, goals, strengths, values, and circumstances.

Tahira also provides comprehensive psychodiagnostic assessments for adults, including assessments for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). She approaches assessment by considering the broader clinical picture rather than focusing narrowly on a single diagnosis, particularly when concerns may be overlapping or co-occurring. Her goal is not only to clarify whether a diagnosis is appropriate, but also to help clients make sense of their experiences, better understand their strengths and challenges, and leave the assessment process with practical, individualized recommendations for moving forward.

Tahira has trained and worked in a number of specialized clinical settings, including the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre’s Frederick W. Thompson Anxiety Disorders Centre, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton’s Eating Disorders Program, the University of Toronto Scarborough Health & Wellness Centre, and Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences.

In addition to her clinical work, Tahira is actively involved in research and teaching. Her research has examined how different patterns of impulsivity and emotion dysregulation relate to everyday functioning, emotion-regulation strategies, and treatment outcomes. More broadly, she is interested in how individual differences can inform more personalized approaches to psychological assessment and treatment. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals. Tahira also teaches psychology courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels at the University of Toronto, where she enjoys helping students connect psychological theory and research with clinical assessment and practice.

Tahira’s therapeutic style is warm, thoughtful, and collaborative. She recognizes that understanding why a pattern is happening is often just as important as knowing what to do about it, and works with clients to develop a shared understanding of the factors that may be keeping them stuck. Her approach balances compassion and validation with active support for meaningful change. Treatment is tailored to each client’s goals, values, culture, identities, and lived experiences, with an emphasis on helping clients make changes that extend beyond the therapy room and into their everyday lives.

Outside of work, Tahira enjoys spending time with her family and her two dogs, Lily and Leo. She also loves travelling, discovering new places, and learning about different cultures.