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I’m an integrative therapist (and counselling psychologist in India), writer, and someone who’s always been drawn to stories.
Growing up, I found comfort in the layered characters of books, and over time, I realised that people carry just as many twists, metaphors, and turning points within them. So yes, I will entertain those screenshots if you bring them to me.
That love for wondering and wandering took me across the world. I studied Psychology and Creative Writing at Beloit College in the U.S., graduating cum laude. During this time, I also studied post-colonial writing in the UK, where my passion for decolonization deepened—not just in literature, but in people’s lives.
Healing, too, can be an act of reclamation. I also happened to learn about donkey-assisted therapy and studied under a leading researcher of psychoimmunology- a word I had thrown around growing up when it was just a myth.
Places I’ve lived:
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Kolkata, West Bengal (born)
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Beloit, Wisconsin (sort of reborn)
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Aurora, Illinois (COVID-19 pandemic lockdown hideout)
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Belfast, Northern Ireland (hehe)
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Birmingham, England (the things I’ve seen people do to that damn bull)
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London, England (where I am now)
Education
I hold a Master’s in Counselling (Children and Young People) from Birmingham City University, where my thesis explored the risk assessment and safeguarding training experience of trainee counsellors. This made me interested in further exploring cultural sensitivity and relativity in safeguarding and risk—an area I remain deeply committed to. In simpler terms, I often wonder why some cultures have normalized behaviours that would be seen as a danger to a young person in another cultural context.
Work and Philosophy
Over the years, I’ve worked with children, teens, and families across India, the UK, and the US—in schools, clinics, nonprofits, and community-based organisations. These experiences continue to shape how I show up in the therapy room: adaptable, culturally attuned, and human-first.
My education has been cross-disciplinary—Philosophy, Sociology, Biology (the kind where I had to dissect animals, to my surprise)—and so is my perspective. Whether we’re unpacking Nietzsche’s “Child”, exploring the gut-brain connection, learning why doodling re-wires your brain, or simply wondering together why something still hurts, my aim is always to meet you where you are: with warmth, curiosity, and care.
I see therapy as an act of re-storying—a way to return to the tangled threads of memory and weave something new. Something grand. We hold space for that process, one session at a time.
Things I like besides therapy (in no particular order):
Poetry
For example, anything by Philip Larkin. He worked at the library at Queen’s University in Belfast, so guess what I did…
Creative Non-Fiction
For me, this basically means writing about myself, but making it pretty.
Flying In Planes
Let’s talk if you hate flying.
Being In Fun Groups
e.g. friend groups, academic communities, therapist groups, my sorority etc.