What Sets Us Apart
We believe in person-centered, and individualized mental health care that honours the uniqueness of each person we serve and prioritizes supporting the development of their emerging strengths in our work together.
Our clinic favours a transdiagnostic approach, meaning that we work to understand, uncover, and treat symptoms concurrently, that can be present across multiple diagnoses. We strongly believe that each person possesses their own innate capacity for health and we will work with you to help uncover this.
The therapeutic approach at Think Recovery extends beyond talk therapy to include a focus on the shared present moment experience within the therapeutic relationship and how your body language as well as patterns of relating, tell the story of your relational and developmental history.
We specialize in helping people recover their mental well-being through helping them resolve underlying challenges with emotional regulation, attachment trauma, and interrupted psychological development.
An eclectic blend of therapeutic modalities is used at our clinic, drawing from Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, Relational Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, and Mentalization-Based Treatment, among others.
It is our aim to foster an effective therapeutic alliance with each person, emphasizing a felt-sense of safety, trust, and sincerity in our work together.
As we are passionate about the power and potential of psychotherapy, our clinic does not prescribe medications.
Hi 👋
I’m Dr. Ishan Sharma and I am a family physician with a focused practice in psychotherapy. I favour a transdiagnostic approach with my patients, meaning that I work to understand, uncover, and treat symptoms concurrently, that can be present across multiple diagnoses. I utilize an eclectic approach to psychotherapy, drawing from Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, Relational Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, and Mentalization-Based Treatment as required in an individualized treatment course.
I strongly believe that each person possesses their own innate capacity for health and I will work with you to help uncover this. My therapeutic approach extends beyond talk therapy to focus on the shared present moment experience in our working relationship and how your body language as well as patterns of relating, tell the story of your relational and developmental history.
I specialize in helping people recover their mental well-being through helping them resolve underlying challenges with emotional regulation, attachment trauma, and interrupted psychological development. It is my goal to foster an effective therapeutic alliance with each patient, emphasizing a felt-sense of safety, trust, and sincerity in our work together.
As I am passionate about the power and potential of psychotherapy, I do not prescribe medications in my work with patients.
Hi 👋
I’m Dr. Ishan Sharma and I am a family physician with a focused practice in psychotherapy. I favour a transdiagnostic approach with my patients, meaning that I work to understand, uncover, and treat symptoms concurrently, that can be present across multiple diagnoses. I utilize an eclectic approach to psychotherapy, drawing from Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, Relational Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, and Mentalization-Based Treatment as required in an individualized treatment course.
I strongly believe that each person possesses their own innate capacity for health and I will work with you to help uncover this. My therapeutic approach extends beyond talk therapy to focus on the shared present moment experience in our working relationship and how your body language as well as patterns of relating, tell the story of your relational and developmental history.
I specialize in helping people recover their mental well-being through helping them resolve underlying challenges with emotional regulation, attachment trauma, and interrupted psychological development. It is my goal to foster an effective therapeutic alliance with each patient, emphasizing a felt-sense of safety, trust, and sincerity in our work together.
As I am passionate about the power and potential of psychotherapy, I do not prescribe medications in my work with patients.
"I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become." - Carl Jung
Dr. Ishan Sharma Credentials
Active Leadership Roles
- Board Member, Medical Psychotherapy Association of Canada (MDPAC)
- Liaison to the Board, Communication & Outreach Committee, MDPAC
- Advisory Council Member, Institute for Advanced Psychotherapy, School of Social Work, Loyola University Chicago
Psychotherapy Training & Professional Development (In Progress or Pending)
- Post-Graduate Certificate in Advanced Psychotherapy, Loyola University Chicago
- Including Group Case Consultation with a Psychodynamic Orientation
- Personality Disorders: An In-Depth Examination of the Phenomenology, Characterology, Underlying Psychodynamics, and Treatment Options with Otto Kernberg, International Society of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy
- Basic Supervision Course in Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) with Jon Frederickson, ISTDP Institute
- Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) Supervision: A Deep-Dive into Technique with Bob Drozek & Brandon Unruh, MBT Boston
- Foundational Models of Psychic Development in Object Relations Psychoanalysis: From Freud to Field Theory with Loray Daws, Object Relations Institute for Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis
- Mentalizing Inside, Outside, and Beyond: 7th International MBT Conference, Anna Freud Centre & MBT Denmark
- The Craft of Writing a Psychodynamic Case Study: A Practical Guide with Aner Govrin, Object Relations Institute for Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis
- Transference-Focused Psychotherapy Introductory Workshop with Eric Fertuck, International Society of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy
- Drive in Contemporary Psychoanalysis Around the Globe with Eva D. Papiasvili, Object Relations Institute for Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis
- Working with Fairbairn’s Metaphors of the Human Mind with David P. Celani, Object Relations Institute for Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis
- Fellowship Program, Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy
- Psychoanalytic Foundations Series, The Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis
- The Therapeutic Contract: How Treatment Arrangements Determine the Effectiveness of Therapy with Monica Carsky, International Society of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy
- Integrating Psychodynamic Techniques in Modern Therapy with Martha Stark, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
- Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) Practitioner Level with Anthony Bateman, Lois Choi-Kain, Bob Drozek & Brandon Unruh, Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute at McLean Hospital
- Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) Basic Training with Anthony Bateman, Lois Choi-Kain, Bob Drozek & Brandon Unruh, Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute at McLean Hospital
- Level 1 Sensorimotor Psychotherapy with Lana Epstein & Janina Fisher, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
- Level 2 Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), AEDP Institute
- Included Group Supervision
- Level 1 Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) with Diana Fosha, AEDP Institute
- Psychotherapy Training Program, MDPAC
- Included Group Supervision
- Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate, The Embody Lab
- Clinical Supervision Training Program (Psychodynamic, Integrated Developmental & Parallel Process Model), Institute for Self-in-Relationship Psychotherapy
- Teaching Clinical Thinking in Supervision with Jon Frederickson, Nachas Consulting
- Clinical Supervision Training, PESI
- The Mourning Process and its Importance in Mental Illness: A Psychoanalytic Understanding of Psychiatric Diagnosis and Classification with Rachel Gibbons, Institute of Psychoanalysis, British Psychoanalytical Society
- Countertransference Toolkit: Feel, Think, Intervene with Stan Tatkin, PACT Institute
- Mentalizing with Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT) and Adults, Anna Freud Centre
- Psychological Trauma, Schizophrenia, and Psychotherapy with Michael Garrett, OPA
- Psychotherapy for Psychosis: Integrating Cognitive Behavioural and Psychodynamic Treatment with Michael Garrett, Ontario Psychiatric Association (OPA)
- Anxiety Regulation: Creating a Safe and Secure Alliance to Increase Client Emotional Capacity, AEDP Institute
- An Introduction to the Intra-Relational Triangle: AEDP, Complex Trauma and Parts Work, AEDP Institute
- Assess, Regulate, Activate, and Transform Emotions with Les Greenberg, CPEH
- Using Anger Constructively In and Out of Psychotherapy, AEDP Institute
- Working with Emotions in Depression and Anxiety with Les Greenberg, Centre for Psychology and Emotional Health (CPEH)
- AEDP Portrayals: The Dyadic Experiential Processing of Trauma to a Corrective Emotional Experience, AEDP Institute
- General Psychiatric Management for Borderline Personality Disorder, Harvard University
- Foundations for Becoming an Internal Family Systems Therapist with Elizabeth Taeubert, PESI
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder with Colin Ross, Nachas Consulting
- Maintaining Professional Boundaries in Psychotherapy, Nachas Consulting
- Practical Approaches for Neurodivergent Clients: Mindfulness for Neurodiversity
- 20 Skills to Work with Emotion in Psychotherapy with Les Greenberg, CPEH
- Object Relations for Couples Therapists with Stan Tatkin, PACT Institute
- EMDR: A Rapid, Safe, Proven Treatment for Trauma, PESI
- Strategies for Managing Unprofessional Behaviour for Leaders, CMPA
- Complete IFS Therapy Immersion, PESI
- Somatic Trauma Healing Step-by-Step, PESI
- Advanced Master Program on the Treatment of Trauma, NICABM
- Complex Trauma Certification Training Level 1 & 2, PESI
- The Purpose-Centered Couple Workshop with Stan Tatkin, PACT Institute
- Fundamentals of Emotionally Focused Therapy, ICEEFT
- Strategies to Help Clients Navigate Rupture and Build Skills of Repair, NICABM
- Hakomi Method Workshop, Hakomi Institute of Calgary
- DBT Skills Course, Psychwire
- ACT for Beginners Course, Psychwire
- Expert Strategies for Treating Narcissism, NICABM
- Psychotherapy for Eating Disorders, OMA Section of Generalists in Mental Health
- Addiction Medicine Conference 2022, International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM)
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia, MDPAC
- Virtual Review Course in Addiction Medicine, American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
- Virtual Psychotherapy Conference 2020, MDPAC
- Addiction Medicine Conference 2019, ISAM
- AEDP Institute
- Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy
- Medical Psychotherapy Association of Canada
- Ontario Psychiatric Association
- Psychotherapy Action Network
- Section of Generalists in Mental Health, Alberta Medical Association
- Family Medicine Residency, University of Calgary
- Doctor of Medicine, University of Calgary
- Medical elective experiences including: Solution Focused Therapy, Psychotherapy, Trauma Therapy, Addiction Medicine, Addiction Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry & Neuropsychiatry