About Chana Rapoport
Chana Rapoport brings years of experience as a teacher, school principal, and school counsellor to her work as a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying). Her background in education informs how she works with young people and parents. A concern that comes up at school may look different at home, and both settings can help make sense of what someone is going through.
At TMHC, Chana works with teens, young adults, and adults. She supports people experiencing anxiety, depression, or insomnia, as well as those navigating a life transition or working through questions about meaning, purpose, and direction.
Background in Education
Alongside her work in Toronto schools, Chana has taught adult education classes, lectured internationally, and directed summer programming at Camp Eitz Chaim in Moscow. Her work with parents includes years of coaching and teaching parenting classes. She holds a master's degree in mental health counselling.
Clinical Approach
Chana describes her approach as grounded in attachment and connection. She aims to create space for clients to speak candidly, understand their reactions, and recognize strengths they can draw on. She uses evidence-based approaches to help clients find practical next steps.
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps clients notice how thoughts, feelings, and behaviours influence one another and try different ways of responding.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients make room for difficult thoughts and feelings while taking steps guided by their values.
- Motivational Interviewing (MI) helps clients explore mixed feelings about change and identify their own reasons for taking a next step.
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) focuses on habits and thought patterns that can keep sleep difficulties going.
Areas of Focus
Anxiety and depression. Chana works with clients who feel caught in patterns of worry, low mood, or withdrawal. Her practice also includes concerns that can overlap with anxiety and low mood, such as social stress, burnout, and difficulties with executive functioning.
Insomnia. For clients who struggle to fall asleep or stay asleep, Chana draws on CBT-I to look at the routines and responses that may be sustaining the problem.
Life transitions and questions of meaning. A change in school, work, relationships, or family life can bring questions about identity and direction. Chana helps clients clarify what matters to them and consider how they want to move forward.
Parent Coaching
Chana's experience as a school counsellor and parenting educator gives her a perspective on what families may be navigating across home and school. In parent coaching, she helps parents think through what may be driving a recurring difficulty and identify ways to respond that fit their child and family.
