As your therapist, I see us as a team. You're the expert on your own life, and I'll bring my understanding of how our minds, bodies, and spirits are all connected. I'll ask questions and gently guide us to explore your stresses and struggles without judgment, so we can discover what your past and present experiences are trying to teach you. 

My approach to therapy is shaped by my own journey, both personally and professionally. I've been a therapy client myself, a psychotherapist, and an immigration activist. I feel deeply connected to my roots, my heritage, my spirit, and the wisdom of my ancestors in India and the U.S. My personal and professional experience with mental health systems in both India and the U.S. has made me especially aware of how important it is to approach everyone I meet with cultural humility.

I use decolonial and liberatory values as my guiding light - My North Star- . I draw from my experience with various therapeutic approaches like Brief Solution-Focused Therapy, CBT, Narrative approaches, DBT, Motivational Interviewing, and Feedback-Informed Care.

I truly enjoy working with people who are new to therapy. In our sessions, I weave together somatic (body-based), cultural, and spiritual practices. I honor a wide range of spiritual traditions, and I'm most familiar with those practiced in Asia: Buddhism, Sikhism, Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity. I also enjoy working with folks whose spiritual journeys have led them to move away from organized religion. I deeply respect the spiritual teachers who have guided you.

Regarding my education, I have a Master's in Social Psychology from the University of Mumbai (India) and a PhD in Community-Clinical Psychology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (United States). My clinical experience comes from my time working in mental health advocacy in India, as an LGBTQ+ affirming counselor with a support group in India, with a community agency dedicated to asylum seekers and refugees in Maryland, with justice-involved men in Maryland, with a diverse student community at University Counseling Centers in Washington state, and with a tribal health agency in the Puget Sound region.

And because my personal background can offer some helpful insights, here’s a bit about me: I'm a Cisgender South Asian woman (Punjabi, Indian), and I'm sensitive to the impact of caste, race, gender, sexuality, disability, and immigration status. I'm fluent in English, Hindi, and Urdu, and I have a basic understanding of Marathi and Punjabi. I’d also like to add what the wise elder, Sister Clear Grace Dayananda once said about their identities, “I am all of this, I am none of this.”