My Story & Why This Work Matters

I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) based in Surrey, BC, offering in-person and virtual therapy across British Columbia.

I am a first-generation Canadian, the daughter of Punjabi immigrants, and I’ve lived in Surrey my entire life.

I am also a wife and a mother to two young children, a toddler and a baby — and motherhood has reshaped me in ways I could not have anticipated.

I grew up in an immigrant household shaped by sacrifice, silence, resilience, and survival. I experienced the loss of a parent and witnessed what it meant for a single immigrant mother to carry grief while still holding a family together.

I also carried trauma — both my own and intergenerational — into adulthood. It shaped how I related in romantic relationships, friendships, and even how I saw myself. Like many people, I functioned. I achieved. I showed up. But internally, there were patterns rooted in survival.

Healing was not instant. It was layered. It required therapy, reflection, accountability, and nervous system work. It required unlearning what I thought was “normal.”

Becoming a mother brought another layer of transformation — what many describe as a rebirth. Parenthood has a way of surfacing what was unresolved. It can reopen attachment wounds, grief, identity shifts, and ancestral narratives.

My lived experiences do not replace clinical training, but they deepen my understanding, humility, empathy, and respect for how complex healing truly is.

I bring over 11 years of trauma-informed care experience into this field — across crisis response, reproductive trauma spaces, parenting support, and relational healing.

As a South Asian therapist, I understand how migration, intergenerational trauma, patriarchy, grief, cultural expectations, and resilience shape our emotional lives.