training & qualifications

  • Registered Psychotherapist (RP) | College of Psychotherapists Ontario (CRPO) - reg no. 11600

  • Masters in Clinical Psychology | Leiden University | 2015 | Leiden, Netherlands

  • Bachelors in Psychology | University of Toronto | 2013 | Toronto, Canada

  • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level I (for trauma themes) | Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute | 2023 (93 hours) (in progress)

  • Certificate in Somatic Embodiment & Regulation Strategies: Level I, II & III. | Linda Thai | Toronto, ON, 2021 (10 hours) 

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Comprehensive (5-day intensive training) | Elisha Van Harte | Toronto, ON, 2021 (26 hours) 

  • Acceptance & Commitment Therapy as a Brief Intervention | Dr. Russ Harris, Psychwire | Toronto, ON, 2021 (10 hours) 

  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Skills | Dr. Marsha Lineham, Psychwire | Toronto, ON, 2020 (10 hours) 

  • Integrative Somatic Parts Work Certificate: Level 1 & 2. |  Frances D Booth | Embody Lab | 2021 (16 hours) 

  • Trauma Informed Stabilisation Treatment (TIST) | Janina Fisher | Therapy Wisdom | 2022 (22 hours) 

  • Expressive and Embodied Approaches; Reimagining Resilience and Self-Restoration- A Year Long Program | Collectively Rooted | 2021-2022 (18 hours) 

  • 200 hr-Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) | Heather Elton | Nepal, 2017 (200 hours) 

  • Body and Psyche: An Introduction to Jungian Somatics with Jane Clapp | JUNG Archademy | 2022 (2 hours)

  • 5 Rhythms Workshop: God, Sex, and the Body with Alex Mackay | HeartSpace Productions | Toronto, ON, 2022 (20 hours)

  • Somatic Intro to the Tarot | Maria Nazdravan | 2023 (3 hours)

  • Initiation Intro to the Tarot (A Jungian Perspective) | Maria Nazdravan | 2022 (2.5 hours)

  • Traumatic Stress & the Breath | Jane Clapp | Toronto, ON, 2020 (8 hours) 

  • Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy | Liana Lowenstein, SickKids | Toronto, ON, 2019 (11 hours) 

  • Integrative Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy | Dr Shehla Alvi, Terapia | Karachi, Pakistan, 2018 (24 hours) 

  • CPPD Humanistic Integrative Counselling | Lynne Kaye, CPPD UK | Karachi, Pakistan, Oct 2016 - Feb 2017 (120 hours) 

  • Art as Therapy Practitioner | NOWPDP | Karachi, Pakistan, 2013 (48 hours)