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.

We 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 

We are Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors. 

Angela has her Masters in Counselling Psychology and a Bachelor’s Degree in Child and Youth Care Counselling. 

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

Angela has completed Level 1 and Level 2 training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy in my therapy work. 

We 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. 

Angela has 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. 

Angela has 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