I work with people who have spent years trying to fix themselves by working harder, being more agreeable, and trying to get it “right.” Beneath that, there is often a belief: something about me is wrong. I know that belief well. As a South Asian immigrant and a neurodivergent woman, I have spent much of my own life explaining myself in rooms that were not built with me in mind. I know what it’s like to do the long and challenge work in therapy to rid myself of unnecessary responsibilities. I bring that understanding into the room as your therapist, along with more than four years of trauma-focused practice with adults across eight countries.

I think of my work as a sandwich. While somatic work and cognitive work are two slices of bread; anti-shame work is the middle filling that holds everything together. Cognitive work helps us recognize patterns and understand where they came from. Somatic work helps your body learn that it is safe to feel. Shame doesn’t just live in the mind, but in the body too. Without addressing shame, insight can stay locked in our head. A lack of action makes new possibilities feel unreachable when a part of you still believes you do not deserve them. As Ann Voskamp writes, “shame dies when stories are told in safe places.” That is why I believe the relationship we build in therapy matters as much as the technique.

As a certified Integral Somatic Psychology practitioner, we go at your pace. You do not have to relive everything to heal. And if your story is bursting out of you, I’m here to listen. Let’s explore what it would feel like to finally come home to yourself. I’d be honoured to walk alongside you.