My approach
I am a Melbourne-based psychotherapist, with 7 years and 4000 hours of clinical experience. Rooted in the Psychodynamic framework, I invite you to explore your whole and complex self in a safe and accepting therapeutic relationship. Believing my clients to be the experts on their own lives, I aim to facilitate your journey towards your goals, priorities, and desired vision of life.
I work to create a safe and accepting environment to ease the sharing of vulnerable material. In sessions, I integrate talk therapy with behavioural techniques, mindfulness and breath work, and expressive arts techniques. These are evidence-based practices from psychology and neuroscience, and can help you navigate your life with more awareness, authenticity, and agency.
I offer both short-term and long-term support. Short-term work is typically 1-12 sessions, designed to help in crisis management, catharsis, working towards focused goals, or to offer support when time or resources are limited. Long-term work is 4-6 months or longer, and is helpful for exploring attachment, ongoing stressors, and trauma.
Education & Clinical Registrations
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Bachelor (Hons.) of Science in Psychology
I graduated Magna cum Laude from Forman Christian College in Lahore.
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Master's in Counselling Psychology
I completed my Master’s degree in the US, where I was a Fulbright Scholar.
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Therapeutic Modalities
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Psychodynamic Therapy
Our past experiences subconsciously shape behaviour, beliefs, emotions, and reactions in the present. By making these influences conscious, psychodynamic therapy gifts us more agency in our present lives. By understanding deeper patterns, it facilitates lasting change.
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Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
SFBT prioritises solutions to address pressing challenges. By identifying the client’s strengths and resources, it generates action steps well-suited to individual goals and context. This approach is designed for short interventions, typically 8 or less sessions.
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Internal Family Systems Therapy
IFS is a powerful and evidence-based framework that helps clients identify and regulate different parts of themselves. In the process, it helps connect clients with their compassionate, curious, and courageous Self.
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Mindfulness-Based Therapies
Our breath and body can anchor us in the storms that rage within or around us. Using evidence-based techniques from neuroscience and psychology, integrating mindfulness can help improve self-regulation and clarity of thought.
Certifications & Professional Development
Essentials in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Level 2 — Dr. Peter King, Australian DBT Institute
MARAM Comprehensive Risk Assessment & Management Module (Virtual) — Safe & Equal
2024
Polyvagal Theory: A condensed look at its applications in everyday practice — Ari Badaines, PhD
2024
Understanding Social Entrapment & Coercive Control — Mark Walters, QCDFVR
2023
Certification in Polyvagal Theory & Techniques — Deb Dana, Polyvagal Institute
2023
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