To respond to the personal needs of the individual / family to help enhance their social, psychological and emotional well-being through offering professional counselling; providing a safe, supportive and friendly environment while maintaining the highest standards of Ethics and Integrity.

 I feel it is important to begin where the individual feels comfortable, using a wholesome approach, keeping therapy solution-focused and strength-based. 

Through the therapeutic process, individuals will effectively experience positive emotional changes in their lives and enhance the quality of their well-being. 

Additional Information about this Counsellor 

I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors. 

I have my Masters in Counselling Psychology and a Bachelor’s Degree in Child and Youth Care Counselling. 

I am a Family Counsellor serving children, adolescents, couples and families in Surrey, South Surrey, North Delta, South Delta, Langley, Richmond, and Vancouver. 

I have completed Level 1 and Level 2 training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy in my therapy work. 

I have worked as a Healthy Families Counsellor at a non-profit agency for 14 years. I worked with Ministry mandated clients and have the experience in helping individuals and families work through the various issues that are interfering in their ability to parent effectively or maintain a healthy relationship. My goal was to help increase their skills to better their situation. This included marital counselling, psycho-education in parenting skills, helping them understand the importance of attachment, and helping them better manage their mental health concerns while dealing with other life situations. 

I also currently work with many Indo-Canadian Families on various presenting conflicts including family violence, addiction, abuse, parenting issues, cultural/ inter-generational differences between parents and children and needing assistance in connecting to community resources, such as legal aid. As I am fluent in Punjabi and Hindi, I can assist clients in communicating their needs with outside resources, while also speaking to them in a language they are familiar with, in individual or family sessions. 

I have the experience of working as a Child and Youth Counsellor for over five years in a high school and community setting. I have worked with adolescents to address personal issues such as assertiveness, self-esteem, to build communication skills, help set boundaries, decrease and better manage stress, anxiety and depression and have mediated sessions between parents and adolescents to deal with cultural and inter-generational differences and various other parent/ teen conflicts.