Childhood challenges don’t have to define the future—this is the heart of Shiva Movafaghian’s work.
As a leader in child and youth mental health, Shiva brings 15+ years of expertise to empower children and families to thrive.
Through the transformative power of play and neuroscience-driven techniques, she creates a safe space for children to explore emotions and build resilience.
Whether guiding parents through challenges or helping children build social, emotional, and cognitive skills, Shiva is passionate about fostering growth in every young mind she touches.
Childhood challenges don’t have to define the future—this is the heart of Shiva Movafaghian’s work.
As a leader in child and youth mental health, Shiva brings 15+ years of expertise to empower children and families to thrive.
Through the transformative power of play and neuroscience-driven techniques, she creates a safe space for children to explore emotions and build resilience.
Whether guiding parents through challenges or helping children build social, emotional, and cognitive skills, Shiva is passionate about fostering growth in every young mind she touches.
Shiva Movafaghian is a psychotherapist, certified play therapist, certified life coach, ABA Trainer, and family counsellor with over 15 years of experience in child and youth mental health. As the founder of Alpha Child Therapy Centre in Ontario, Shiva specializes in helping children and families navigate challenges such as anxiety, ADHD, autism, and complex family dynamics. Her qualifications include life coaching certification and hands-on experience in Canadian schools, enabling her to provide unique insights and effective guidance.
At Alpha Child Therapy Centre, we are dedicated to supporting children and families through a wide range of challenges. Our expert-led services specialize in addressing anxiety, phobias, sleep disorders, ADHD, autism spectrum, trauma, and more. By offering compassionate care tailored to each child’s needs, we empower them to overcome obstacles, build resilience, and thrive in every aspect of life. Explore our areas of expertise to learn how we can help your family navigate these important journeys.
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Play therapy improved my daughter’s self-confidence. She is now much happier and has more friends. It was Shiva’s experience and skills that helped her to speak up, define her anxieties and stand up for herself.
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Working with Shiva helped my son and our family to cope and get passed through a big loss and the shock. I had no hope for our family to find happiness again. Seeing my child’s sadness was really painful for me and my husband. We are so thankful.
Tara, Mother of 4 year old son
The change in my son is extraordinary. He is no longer shouting and yelling. He can manage his feelings for the most part and has learned how to express them in a positive way. Shiva has taught him how to use Mindfulness.
Ali, father of 6 year old boy
Our daughter had nightmares and would wake up several times at night. I saw how play therapy techniques by Shiva created for her worked like a miracle. She sleeps like an angle all through the night now.
Vida, Mother of 7 year old girl
Unfortunately, we didn’t know how to get our son to go and sleep in his own room for almost 5 years! But parent coaching and developing a better relationship with our son, made a big change in our life in a really short time. Now we are all in our own rooms and enjoy privacy.
Matin, father of 5 year old boy
They say as your children grow up so do their problems. But Shiva showed us how resolving small problems gradually can help our child to grow healthy emotionally. Thank you Shiva for bringing back happiness instead of helplessness to my child and my family.