I completed my PhD in Counseling Psychology at the Universit of Southern California. I have been in both public and private practice in Barcelona for the past 20 years. I adopt an integrative style.
I am an Swiss-Pakistani Canadian psychologist. I completed my PhD in Counseling Psychology at the University of Southern California and have lived in Barcelona for 20 years. I can work with you on problems in living, existentential issues, relationship issues, in addition to mental health challenges like depression and anxiety. My goal is to provide you with the change you seek, be it through the application of strategies to live the life you want given the givens or to explore deeper life and self issues, or both. I am honored to have the opportunity to work as a psychotherapist with people from all over the world experiencing a rather amazing array of life situations. I have a strong commitment to diversity, social justice, and see my role as one of faciliating insight, personal growth, and living a fulfilling and meaningful life.
I see therapy as consisting of two principle elements. One focuses on self-exploration and looking within, with the goal of making some sense of oneself. As amazing as it is to gain insight to one's patterns, desires, fears and so, it can also be helpful to have strategies to help manage oneself to be able to move towards one's goals (which sometimes also need to be identified).
I believe that therapy needs to be tailored to each person, however an experiential approach that thematizes emotional, cognitive, and somatic aweress is central.
2025 - Clinical supervisor, Iguality, Barcelona, Spain 2010 - today: Private practice, Barcelona, Spain 2018 - today: Counsellor and psychotherapy, European Design Institute, Barcelona 2022 - today: Associate online faculty, Masters in Counselling Psycholgy, CityU Canada 2022 - 2025: Supervisor and Spain clinical care team, Mindgram 2002 - 2016: psychologist, Transcultural Psychiatry Program, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona
1999 PhD Counseling Psychology, University of Southern California (APA accredited) 1992 EdM Psychological Counseling, Teachers College, Columbia University