Meet Sitara

Counsellor

It can be hard to know where one challenge ends and another begins — the stress, strained relationships, the ache that lingers. But beneath these feelings, a deeper story is often at work. These experiences are more than difficulties to be endured, they can be an invitation to understand yourself, your relationships, and your history more deeply.

My practice is grounded in the belief that mental wellbeing cannot be separated from the contexts we live within. The ways we relate to ourselves and others are shaped by our identities, relationships, family histories, and the broader social and cultural worlds we inhabit.

I work with individuals and couples navigating questions of identity, relationships, life transitions, and emotional wellbeing. Together, we explore the patterns and coping strategies that once helped you survive, while creating space for new ways of understanding yourself and relating to others. My hope is that our work helps you feel more grounded, connected, and able to move through life with greater clarity and intention.

Relationships & Family

iNTERGENERATION tRAUMA

cULTURAL iDENTITY

hEALING & rESILIENCE

Perinatal Couples

cOUPLES tHERAPY

fEMINIST tHERAPY tRAINED

nARRATIVE tHERAPY

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Sitara's Education and Training

  • Professional Counselling Diploma - Rhodes Wellness College

  • PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Oxford

  • MA in Sociology and Equity Studies from the University of Toronto

  • BA in Anthropology and Asian Studies from the University of British Columbia

  • Coaching Certificate - Rhodes Wellness College

Meet The Team

We believe that different ways of working offer different ways of seeing.

Summit Within brings together three practitioners whose approaches are genuinely complementary — not by accident, but by design. Between us, our practice is at once emotionally alive, structurally grounded, and always in search of meaning.

Colin Herfst

Healing doesn’t have

to be heavy.

Kieren Brittkovich

Guiding relationships through

their hardest moments.

Sitara Thobani

We are each made of something more than we know.

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