Harshi Sritharan

Harshi Sritharan is a registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. She specializes in working with individuals across the lifespan from childhood to adulthood, in neurological disorders like Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Learning Disabilities, Anxiety, and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

She has spent the early part of her career implementing behavioural techniques within clinics, homes, as well as public and private schools. Harshi has implemented treatment and program planning for individuals with ASD while coordinating and providing support in school classrooms. Seh also supports parents, providing neurodivergent parenting strategies to implement within the home. Harshi has also created a parent training program for parents whose children have recently been diagnosed with ASD and helped parents teach their children communication, social interaction and joint attention skills.

Harshi completed two undergraduate degrees at McMaster University in Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, and Sociology. She then went on to pursue a post-graduate certificate in Autism and Behavioural Science and a certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Following this, Harshi completed her Master’s in Social Work at the University of Windsor.

Harshi has a passion for working with individuals and helping them reach their behavioural, social and emotional goals. Her expertise in child development, human behaviour, and behaviour modification using the principles of Applied Behaviour Analysis helps her create treatment plans and strategies to help support individuals and families with ASD, ADHD and other neurodivergent conditions.

While working directly with youth at her previous agencies, she found there to be a lack of support for families and difficulty addressing the barriers, stressors and emotional challenges that families were facing. Thus, Harshi strives to bring knowledge and awareness of neuroscience differences, available resources and the mental health disorders that co-exist with ASD and ADHD.

Harshi likes to work with the whole family to provide a comprehensive service to foster growth and positive change within the whole environment and family system. Harshi uses a combination of strengths-based, client-centred approaches using cognitive, behavioural, and mindfulness therapies while working with clients, to help them become their best selves.