Sometimes life throws you one curve ball after another.
As the demands, losses, and disappointments pile on,
your capacity to think, to make decisions, to be present, and
​to feel joy is compromised.

You don't have to go it alone.
​
​Therapy can help you get back on solid ground.

Therapy gives you a space to explore, express, and grow.  The therapy relationship is one in which you can feel seen and heard fully. I'll help you learn about and understand the factors, events, and people in your life that shaped you. With greater self-knowledge, you get to make choices about what you want and how you want to show up in your relationships and life. 

Does this sound like you?

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• Self-doubt: Despite your accomplishments and success, you can't shake feeling anxiety and self-doubt. It’s keeping you from going after the kind of jobs, relationships, and life you want.  
• Stress: You want to learn better ways of managing your stress. You want to develop emotional resilience, so you can cope with life’s challenges with confidence.
• Relationships: You want to understand and change negative patterns of relating, so you can have truly intimate relationships. 
• Managing Strong Feelings: Sometimes surges of unexpected and intense emotions, especially anger, derail your best intentions. You want to figure out what happens to you and how to care for yourself.​

• People Pleasing: Although you are an expert in meeting other people's needs, you feel unable to identify or get your own needs met. You feel frustrated and unable to connect to the people you care about.
• Family Relationships: You feel stuck between meeting your family’s expectations and choosing to live your life the way you want.

If this resonates with you, I can help you. 

CALL ME

I am culturally centered and LGBTQ+ affirmative. I am fluent in conversational Hindi/Urdu and have conducted therapy in Hindi with South Asian clients. I work with my clients in-person in my office based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I work virtually with clients across California, via video conference. If you would like to learn more about working with me, let's schedule an interest call or fill out my form. 

Some Fundamental Themes

Self-Actualization

You’ve made it! You’ve got the career, the relationships, the lifestyle —  BUT — you're keenly aware of your stuck spots, and you don’t know how to get yourself unstuck. A stuck spot could show up as boredom, emptiness, self-esteem issues, anxiety, difficulty making decisions, disconnection, feeling like an imposter, creative blocks. You and I work together to get to the root, so you can grow into the full, unconstrained you; feel fulfillment and vitality; and connect to people, your life, and your SELF!

Belonging / Multicultural Identity

Immigrants, 1st- and 2nd-generation Americans are faced with a complicated balancing act: adapting to a new culture and norms and staying connected to their native culture. Immigration and acculturation involves finding your way in a new land while grieving the loss of your ancestral home, family, community, language, etc. You feel like an outsider. Family expectations regarding cultural norms, values, and traditional gender roles collide with your longing to fit-in, straining family relationships and worsening the sense of isolation and lack of belonging. You feel pulled apart and confused about who you are and how you want to show up in the world. Through our work together, you will be able to DEFINE the you, that feels like you!

Navigating Life Transitions

Whether it’s launching a new career, graduating college or beginning graduate school, moving, committing to a relationship or breaking-up, becoming a parent, etc., life transitions are times when we shift and make adjustments that are opportunities to review where you’ve been, explore where you are headed, and experience yourself in new ways. Transitions involve loss and open up anxieties. As we work together, you will be able to embrace CHANGE while standing firmly on the ground beneath your feet!

Healing from the Impact of Racial / Cultural Trauma

Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) suffer profound emotional harm from deeply ingrained racist inequalities that exist in our systems and institutions. Aside from historical and ongoing violence and disenfranchisement, they suffer from ingesting a regular diet of microaggressions. These experiences leave BIPOC feeling unsafe, anxious, angry, diminished, and shame, and which over time, become internalized oppressive beliefs. These beliefs distort identity and undermine self-esteem and confidence, so it’s harder to form and maintain healthy relationships and to succeed in school and job. Together we explore your experiences, emotions, and beliefs, so you feel EMPOWERED to engage in your relationships, work, school, community and life!

DESI AND SOUTH ASIAN MENTAL HEALTH

I believe in culturally centered therapy that celebrates and uplifts South Asian and Desi clients.

For those of us who identify as Indian, Desi, South Asian, or part of the Indian Diaspora, living in the United States means we occupy multiple worlds and identities and face a complicated balancing act of bridging the space ‘in-between’. As a South Asian immigrant, I truly understand the complexity of navigating multiple identities and I specialize in creating a space to process and embrace what that feels like.

South Asian and Desi clients seek me out to explore and understand how their multiple identities influence and impact their thoughts, emotions, and experiences, and to help them integrate their identities and show up more powerfully in their lives. I help my clients find their path through the stress and heaviness of day-to-day life and relationships without having to explain every intricate detail of their culture and identity.

Learn more about SOUTH ASIAN Therapy

SOME COMMON ISSUES

Acculturation and Experience of Immigration
Breaking-Up with / Committing to a Partner
Building Self-Esteem and Reducing Self-Criticism
Career Transition
Communication and Assertiveness
Grief and Loss
​Guilt and Shame
​Identity Development: Cultural, Racial & Gender
High-Functioning Anxiety
​Identifying and Understanding Obstacles
​Imposter Syndrome

​Impact of Oppression and Marginalization
​Life Transitions
Perfectionism
Navigating Family Dynamics and Expectations
Race-Based Trauma
Self-Actualization and Personal Growth
Setting Boundaries / Saying 'No'
​Third Culture Kids
Understanding Emotions (e.g. sadness, anger, regret, resentment)
Work-Life Balance and Stress

Let's talk about how I can help you