I have been supporting individuals, couples and families through significant mental health challenges for 20 years. I became a social worker because I felt a deep calling since childhood to support humanity to heal.
I’m a Registered Social Worker (RSW) with the BC College of Social Workers & a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors. I completed my Master of Social Work (MSW) in 2013 from the University of Toronto with a specialization in mental health. I completed my Bachelor of Social Work in 2007 from the University of British Columbia.
A little bit about me...
Intimate Partner Violence Intervention Training with Battered Women’s Support Services
2008
Women’s Economic Council Leadership Mentorship, Mentee with Angela Marie McDougal
2008-2009
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with the Medical University of South Carolina
2013
Motivational Interviewing with Marily Herie
2013
CERTIFICATION
Trauma Informed Care with Dale Kuehl
2013
Best Practices: CBT for Depression and Suicide with Dr. Christine Padesky
2013
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Certificate with Sarah Mellet
2014
Narrative Therapy Intensive-Foundations Level Training with Vancouver School for Narrative Therapy
2016
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Level 1 with DBT Centre of Vancouver
2017
Emotion Focused Family Therapy Level 1 with Mental Health Foundations
2017
Early Psychosis Intervention Provincial Training with EPI Provincial Training
2017-2018
Gottman Couples Therapy Level 1 and 2 with The Gottman Institute
2022
Somatic Experiencing Professional Training Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Levels with Somatic Experiencing International
2023-2025
2025
TRAINING &
Certified as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) with Somatic Experiencing International
You too can heal and thrive.
My deep belief in our innate capacity to heal comes from lived experience. It’s not just talk. As a first-generation South Asian woman, my parents immigrated from Punjab, India in the early 80s. I’m a survivor of adolescent trauma and multi-diagnosed mental illness.
My younger self yearned to experience deep self-love, independence, peace and connected relationships. It was as a young adult I committed to healing myself.
Through a deep dive into therapy, spiritual life and ancestral healing I’ve surpassed my younger self’s dream for myself. I healed my mental health and nervous system. And my relationships. As a result, I’ve been living the me my younger self only dreamed of.
My experience put into practice
My approach is client-led: I work as a partner alongside you in therapy. I support from an integrative, recovery-oriented perspective. I also recognise the role that stigma, oppression and larger systems play in shaping people and our communities.
My approach
Working Together
