Get To Know The Therapist

Becoming a therapist was not a career decision I made by chance. It grew from years of community work, crisis support, volunteering, facilitating workshops, and sitting beside people during some of the most difficult moments of their lives.

Over time, I realized that…

Helping people feel heard, understood, and less alone was not simply work I enjoyed. It was work that felt deeply meaningful to me.

My path into therapy was also shaped by my own experiences of grief, cultural expectations, immigration, identity, relationships, and learning what it means to take up space. I lost my mother at a very young age and came to understand grief long before I had the language to explain it. Later, I experienced further losses and learned that grief does not simply disappear; it changes, follows us, and often reshapes the way we experience safety, attachment, and belonging.

My Background

Growing up as a South Asian woman also taught me how complicated it can be to advocate for yourself in environments where silence, duty, perfection, and endurance are often valued more than emotional honesty. Immigration added another layer: learning how to belong in unfamiliar places while carrying a culture, language, and history that others did not always understand.

My own experiences do not mean I assume I know your story. They mean I understand how powerful it can be to sit with someone who is curious about the full context of your life and who does not ask you to separate your mental health from your culture, family, faith, identity, or relationships.

  • I work with people navigating:

    Childhood trauma and parental wounds, PTSD and complex trauma, Grief, bereavement, and complicated loss, ADHD, AuDHD, and neurodivergence, OCD and anxiety, Perfectionism and people-pleasing, Sexual assault and domestic violence, Racial and cultural trauma, Religious or family-based restrictions, Identity concerns and immigration stress, Relationship difficulties and attachment wounds, Couples conflict, emotional disconnection, and repair.

  • I hold master of art in:

    Counselling Psychology and have completed training in CBT, DBT, Solution-Focused Therapy, IFS-informed parts work, EFT, somatic approaches, EMDR, Brainspotting, and Gottman Method Couples Therapy.

  • My clinical experience include:

    Crisis intervention, mental-health and addiction assessments, school-based workshops, community support, and hundreds of hours of psychotherapy with youth, adults, seniors, and couples.

  • What therapy with me feels like:

    Clients often describe me as warm, empathetic, collaborative, and direct. Many people tell me after their first session that they feel relieved.

    Some say it is the first time they have felt truly heard. Others share that our work feels deeper than their previous experiences of therapy or that they feel safe discussing things they have carried privately for years.

    I offer compassion, but I will also gently challenge you.

  • My Approach

    Highly collaborative.

    I explain why I am suggesting a particular intervention, what purpose it may serve, and how it could support your goals. When several approaches may be helpful, we discuss them together. Therapy is not something I do to you. It is something we build together.