Robin Dhaliwal
Robin Dhaliwal is a Registered Psychotherapist, Qualified Mediator (ADRIO/ADRIC), and Divorce & Separation Coach with over 16 years of experience in mental health and dispute resolution. She provides a structured and impartial mediation process for individuals, couples, families, and professionals navigating complex and emotionally charged conflicts. As a South Asian practitioner, she brings a culturally informed and sensitive lens to mediation, understanding the nuanced ways culture, family expectations, and community dynamics shape conflict. She offers services in English, Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu, allowing clients to engage in a way that feels most comfortable and understood. Her approach integrates psychological expertise with a strong foundation in mediation, guiding clients toward fair, practical, and durable outcomes that promote clarity, resolution, and forward movement.
Academic Credentials & Professional Affiliations
- Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Mental Health Counseling, Niagara University
- Registered Psychotherapist (RP), College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario
- Qualified Mediator (ADRIO/ADRIC)
- Certified Divorce & Separation Coach (IAP College)
Specialized Training & Clinical Experience
Robin Dhaliwal has over 16 years of experience in counselling, psychotherapy, psychological assessment, and mediation. She has extensive experience facilitating mediation across family, workplace, civil, and culturally complex matters. Her work is grounded in a trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and client-centered approach, integrating clinical expertise with structured mediation practices to support individuals, couples, families, and professionals through complex and emotionally charged situations.
Areas of Practice
Robin specializes in supporting high-conflict situations, communication breakdowns, and emotionally complex dynamics. She works with diverse populations and brings particular cultural competence in working with South Asian individuals and families. Her approach focuses on creating clarity, reducing conflict, and supporting respectful, solution-focused outcomes.
Scope of Mediation Services
Robin Dhaliwal provides comprehensive mediation services virtually across Ontario and in person in Hamilton and Ancaster, supporting couples and families through separation and divorce, parenting plans, child and spousal support discussions, family conflict and communication challenges, relationship disputes, pre-marital and pre-cohabitation planning, civil and workplace disputes, elder and intergenerational matters, and culturally sensitive family issues, all while offering ongoing conflict resolution and decision-making support with a commitment to professionalism, empathy, and structure that helps clients navigate conflict and move forward with clarity and confidence.
