(Practice in Urdu and English)
I have been a mental health clinician for over 14 years, having earned my Masters in Counselling Psychology from the University of Toronto in 2010. Since then I have been supporting clients in private practice and mental health agencies. From 2015 to 2022 I worked at PRHC’s Out-Patient Mental Health and Addictions Program as a Mental Health Therapist providing individual and group therapy, clinical supervision to Masters-level students and urgent-care support.
My personal journey has led me through a 20 year voyage of healing through indigenous shamanic practices, meditation retreats, and Easterns and Western psychotherapies. Over the course of this time I have organized several mindfulness retreats, and developed a somatic movement practice which combines creative expression with healing. I also bring a rich depth of life experience to my work, having immigrating twice in my life, adapted to a physicail disability, and a previous career working in Silicon Valley as a software engineer.
I currently have a particular interest in supporting clients with grief and terminal illness, identity and cultural issues, men’s issues, and navigating life transitions. Practice modalities include Mindfulness-Based Cognitive- Therapy (MBCT), Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Emotion and Somatic-focused, Psychodynamic- Relational, Shamanic healing, Trauma-Focused, and Person-Centered.
I believe we as humans have an innate ability to connect to our power and aliveness, and step out of shame, confusion, and small-ness. I am creative by nature, I enjoy meeting my clients where they are at and finding the strengths and skills needed to move into the next stage of our growth and healing. Often I find that we develop a kinder and more open stance (to ourselves and those around us ) through the healing journey.