I approach therapy not just as a clinician, but as someone who understands the profound vulnerability of sitting in the client's chair. Having spent years in my own therapy, I know the courage it takes to begin this process. It allows me to meet you not from a place of clinical detachment, but with genuine, grounded respect for your experience.
My practice is deeply shaped by my own lived experience of migration. Growing up in India and transitioning to life in the UK, I have an intimate understanding of how identity, culture, and displacement influence our mental health. This lived reality is the foundation of my intersectional approach.
Since 2020, I have combined this personal understanding with my Master’s background in Psychology and advanced training in Traumatic Stress Studies. Because I view therapy as an evolving practice, I am deeply committed to ongoing clinical education. Whether we are untangling relationship dynamics, processing grief, or making sense of who you are in a new environment, I offer a straightforward, collaborative space to help you feel grounded.
I practice psychotherapy using a primarily psychodynamic approach. This means we work together to understand how your past experiences, relationships, and emotional patterns shape how you feel and relate in the present.
In our sessions, you can expect a space that is thoughtful, warm, and collaborative. I listen closely, ask reflective questions, and help you notice patterns that may have previously felt confusing or automatic.
If you are here because you feel you have anxiety, depression, ADHD, or another pathology, I will see you beyond that as a unique person trying to make sense of the world. I tend to avoid clinical words because it is easy to over-identify with them. We often don't fully understand what a term like 'anxiety' means, yet we associate ourselves with it, saying, 'I am an anxious person.' When you integrate a label into your identity, you start to see the world entirely through that lens, forgetting that you are also resourceful and well-adjusted.
Therapy does not treat medical conditions; instead, it gives you tools to navigate life by understanding your inner world and adapting to your unique challenges. Ultimately, there is a quiet beauty in being sure of who you are.
Alongside my psychodynamic practice, I also draw on Jungian ideas to identify the unconscious patterns that come up in how you approach the world.