About Komal

There aren't many who do what I do. People come when they've tried everything else and nothing is working. In the therapy room that looks like high functioning on the outside and quietly falling apart on the inside. In organizations it looks like smart people, good intentions, and dynamics nobody can seem to fix. I help you see what's actually driving it. Then I stay beside you as your thinking partner, your sounding board, and your most trusted counsel until you're through it.

ABOUT MY PRACTICE

I am Dr. Komal Bhasin, psychotherapist, organizational consultant, and public thinker based in Toronto. For over twenty years I have worked at the intersection of the inner life of people and the inner life of organizations, bringing clinical depth, intersectional perspective, and breadth of training to the most complex human and institutional challenges.

Why I do this work

As a woman of colour with nearly 20 years in leadership roles, my lived experience has deeply shaped how I understand people and organizations from the inside out.

I’ve experienced what it feels like to be seen, sponsored, and positioned for success. I’ve also experienced exclusion, bias, microaggressions and the quiet feeling of being limited by who you are rather than what you’re capable of. Both have made me a sharper clinician, a more honest consultant, and someone who understands complexity at a level that goes beyond frameworks and training.

This is why I work the way I do: close to the bone, intersectional by nature, and with genuine care for people and organizations I work with.

My education and credentials

I am a registered social worker and certified health executive, with master’s degrees in social work and health sciences, and a Doctor of Social Sciences degree.

I bring two decades of experience across mental health, organizational consulting, and leadership development – working in hospitals, community agencies, government and private sector organizations.

I am a certified intercultural competence coach and provider of the Intercultural Development Inventory. My practice is trauma-informed, intersectional, and grounded in both clinical depth and organizational complexity.

Over the past 5 years, I have delivered curated training to thousands of people, and coached hundreds of leaders around the world.

A bit more about me

I live in Toronto, where I was born and grew up. I love to travel and have spent a lot of my life exploring the world.

I have trained extensively as a yoga teacher, with a specialization in breathwork, mindfulness, and resilience.

I have volunteered for many years on boards of several organizations committed to civic discourse, child, youth and late-life mental health.

In my quiet time, I like to cook, paint and cuddle with my rescued kitties.

What Insayva means

Being a South Asian woman born to Punjabi Sikh immigrant parents, I have been richly influenced by my culture, my heritage and Eastern philosophy.

The name Insayva is inspired by the Indian practice of “sayva” or “seva,” which means “service” in the ancient language Sanskrit.

Sayva encompasses courage and strength in giving of yourself — with an open heart and open hands — and fighting for justice to uplift our collective, and connected, spirits.

My mission is to be “in sayva” or “in service” to individuals, organizations, and communities seeking to make the world better through interconnection and consciousness. My intent is to be bold in pursuit of equity, anti-oppression, social justice, and wellbeing for all.