About Me

I am a licensed Counselling Psychologist , with over 30 years of clinical experience in the field of Mental Health, Counselling, training, teaching and supervision.

I graduated as a Psychologist with a Post Masters Degree (CAGS) specializing in Multicultural Counselling from the world-renowned and prestigious Johns Hopkins University in the United States and following on served as a Faculty Associate in the Graduate School of Counselling at Johns Hopkins for 7 years.

I am an American of Indian-origin, born in Malaysia and spent my childhood there before moving to India where I spent most of my formative years. I have lived and worked in Public and Private Settings as a Psychologist in the US, India, Dubai and Singapore.

My Journey So Far

Over three decades of clinical and academic experience across diverse cultures and communities.

30+ yrs

of counselling, teaching and community mental health work

Dubai skyline

Dubai, UAE

Licensed Psychologist

Singapore city

Singapore

Counselling Psychologist

Community outreach in the United States

United States

Community & Refugee Mental Health

Community outreach in the United States

India

Global Advisor / Psychologist

Professional Engagements

I engage in roles across clinical practice, community-led initiatives and advisory positions,
contributing to ethical and culturally sensitive mental health care.

The Love Hope Company, Chennai, India

Global Advisor / Consultant Psychologist

I serve as a Global Advisor and Consultant Psychologist, supporting the organisation's counselling services through clinical guidance, professional oversight and ethical practice standards.

I provide strategic input and mentorship for therapists, while supporting individuals, couples and families through tele-counselling, with a focus on emotional wellbeing, relationships, stress, anxiety, identity concerns, grief and life transitions.

TherapHeal, Bengaluru, India

Global Advisor / Consultant Psychologist

I serve as a Global Advisor and Consultant Psychologist for an online platform founded by NIMHANS-trained psychologists, providing clinical guidance, mentorship, advisory support through tele-consultation.

I support ethical, culturally sensitive and evidence-based counselling practices, working with complex cases involving multicultural dynamics, trauma, relationships, emotional wellbeing and remote mental health care.

Keyani Health Center, Dubai

Counselling Psychologist

I work as a Licensed Psychologist, providing individual, couple and family counselling for emotional distress, relationship and marital concerns, stress, anxiety, depression, identity-related challenges, grief and life transitions.

My clinical work follows a holistic, client-centred approach, integrating CBT, ACT, mindfulness-based interventions and compassion-focused therapies for culturally diverse clients, aligned with international best practices.

Lifeworks Holistic Counselling Centre, Dubai

Counselling Psychologist

I serve as a Counselling Psychologist, providing individual, couple and family therapy for concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship and marital challenges, identity concerns, grief, stress and major life transitions.

My work followed a holistic, client-centred approach, integrating CBT, ACT, mindfulness-based and compassion-focused interventions, while also contributing to community awareness and psychoeducational outreach initiatives.

Open Minds Counseling Centre, Dubai

Counselling Psychologist

I worked as a Counselling Psychologist, offering individual, couple and family psychotherapy for students, adolescents and adults. My practice covered mood, anxiety, stress, trauma, adjustment, relationship, anger and acculturation concerns, alongside Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) counselling in the Middle East.

Dubai Community Health Center, Dubai

Psychologist

I worked as a Psychologist at Dubai Community Health Center, providing individual, couple and family psychotherapy for students, adolescents and adults. My work focused on depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, adjustment and coping difficulties, self-esteem, relationship and family issues, intergenerational conflicts, anger management and acculturation challenges.

Scott Psychological Services, Singapore

Partner

I worked as a Partner at Scott Psychological Services, providing individual, couple and family psychotherapy for students, adolescents and adults.

My clinical work addressed depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, adjustment and coping difficulties, self-esteem, relationship and family issues, intergenerational conflicts, anger management and acculturation challenges.

James Cook University, Singapore

Faculty – Department of Counselling

I served as Faculty in the Department of Counselling at James Cook University, Singapore, where I taught a master's-level course in Advanced Counselling, contributing to the academic training of postgraduate counselling students.

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

Faculty Associate – Department of Counseling

I served as a Faculty Associate in the Department of Counseling, teaching a graduate-level course each semester on Cross-Cultural Counseling: Issues and Interventions across clinical, school, organisational and community counselling tracks. I also co-instructed graduate internship courses for students in community, school and organisational counselling programmes.

Center for Multicultural Human Services (CMHS), USA

Director – Multicultural Training Institute

I served as Director of the Multicultural Training Institute at CMHS, overseeing graduate internship programmes in counselling, social work and psychology. My work included building university partnerships, supervising interns and ethical standards and leading cross-cultural competency training and curriculum development for refugee, immigrant and multicultural mental health services at regional and national levels.

Improve Access to Health Care Grant, USA

Health Care Programme Manager

I served as Programme Manager for the Improve Access to Health Care Grant supported by the Consumer Health Foundation and Kaiser Permanente.

My work involved training health care providers in cultural awareness and competency across the Washington Metropolitan area, along with developing cross cultural healthcare curricula, resource directories for translated health materials and educational media to support culturally responsive care.

Meet in Person

Dubai

Practice Location

Meet in person for consultations at the practice location.

Villa 9, Street 29B, AL Manara, Dubai, UAE

Connect Online

India

Through Video Call

Connect online for consultations through video call sessions.

Call: +971 56 743 1266

Educational Qualifications & Licensure

My Educational Qualifications

  • Post Masters (CAGS- Multicultural Counseling), Johns Hopkins University, USA
  • MS (Psychology), Radford University, USA
  • BA (Psychology), Presidency College, University of Madras, Chennai, India

My License

License Number – CDA-PL-0001132

Community Development Authority , Dubai

My Professional Memberships

  • American Counseling Association (ACA)
  • American Psychological Association (APA)
  • American Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD)
  • International Association of Marriage and Family Counseling (IAMFC)

Associated Institutions (Education , License & Memberships)