About Kanica Coshal
Kanica Coshal is a Registered Social Worker with over ten years of clinical experience. Her practice is anchored in the belief that each client possesses genuine strengths — and that effective therapy involves uncovering and building on those strengths, not simply cataloguing deficits.
Kanica works with adults who are navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, ADHD, and the particular pressures of academic and professional life. She is known among her clients for her ability to create a space that feels both genuinely safe and therapeutically productive.
Clinical Approach
Kanica practises from a strengths-based, client-centered foundation. This means that the client's own values, capacities, and goals direct the work — and that Kanica's role is to provide structure, reflection, and evidence-based tools in service of those goals.
Her clinical toolkit includes:
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) — collaborative, skills-focused work with thoughts, behaviours, and emotional patterns
- Trauma-informed practice — ensuring that the pace and nature of therapeutic work accounts for the impact of past experiences on present functioning
- Motivational interviewing — supporting clients who feel ambivalent about change or uncertain about where to begin
- Psychoeducation — helping clients understand the mechanisms behind their experiences, which often reduces shame and increases engagement
Areas of Focus
Anxiety and OCD
Kanica works with the full spectrum of anxiety presentations, from generalized worry to obsessive-compulsive patterns. She uses evidence-informed approaches — including exposure-based strategies where appropriate — and always at a pace determined collaboratively with the client.
Depression
Depression often coexists with other challenges: relationship strain, occupational difficulties, grief, or unaddressed trauma. Kanica's approach to depression addresses both symptoms and the underlying factors that maintain them.
Trauma
Kanica is trained in trauma-informed practice and brings particular sensitivity to clients whose presenting concerns are rooted in adverse or traumatic experiences. She prioritizes safety and pacing as foundational to effective trauma work.
ADHD
Kanica understands that ADHD in adults often carries years of internalized frustration and self-criticism. Her approach addresses both the practical challenges of executive function and the emotional weight that frequently accompanies them.
Self-Harm and Suicidal Ideation
Kanica has substantial experience working with clients who are managing self-harm urges or suicidal ideation. She approaches this work with care, collaboration, and a commitment to safety planning that genuinely reflects each client's circumstances.
School and Academic Stress
Students and early-career professionals navigating academic pressure, transitions, and identity questions form a significant part of Kanica's caseload. She understands the particular texture of these stressors and offers practical, grounded support.
Background and Registration
Kanica holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) and is a Registered Social Worker (RSW) in Ontario, a member in good standing of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW).
She brings over a decade of experience across community mental health, hospital, and private practice settings — a breadth that informs her ability to meet clients wherever they are.
