Life and Light Counseling

     I am a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) serving clients in the Twin Cities area providing a safe and caring place where you can talk about your thoughts and feelings. My focus is on helping you build on your own strengths to better cope with problems and challenges you may be facing in your life. I can support you discover the necessary life skills to become more effective in getting what you really want from both your personal relationships as well as in your career. 

    I am experienced in helping individuals, couples, adolescents, and families deal with life’s challenges. I am multilingual and am fluent in English, Hindi and Urdu. I am conversant in Punjabi and Gujarati.

EDUCATION: 
    I have a bachelors and a masters degree in psychology from India. After working for a year on a social science project for the Ford Foundation in India, my quest for learning took me to the United States. I earned my master's in Community Counseling from the University of Dayton, Ohio. In the Minnesota, i am registered as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor  (LPCC#00466). Currently i am working on my doctoral degree in Counselor Education and Supervision.

APPROACH:
     My approach is strongly grounded in  Integrative psychology which embraces an attitude towards the practice of counseling that affirms the inherent value of each individual. In my work with you i try to use your strengths, values and knowledge to respond appropriately and effectively to the challenges you are facing. My approach identifies with the idea that the person is not the problem, and takes into account a holistic perspective on life. I lean towards using a trauma informed lens, holistic, and liberatory (critical, queer, feminist) ways of thinking to co-create healing.  

    I am experienced in helping individuals, couples, adolescents, and families deal with life’s challenges. I am multilingual and am fluent in English, Hindi and Urdu. I am conversant in Punjabi and Gujarati.