About Me

What I offer as a therapist comes not only from education and training, but also from lived experience. I am a BIPOC international adoptee from Bangaldesh who is autistic and who has had mental health struggles. I have experienced various modalities of therapy and multiple forms of treatment as a client. I always enjoyed therapy and wondered what it would be like to sit on the other side of the room! It took a while to make that a reality.

I received my undergraduate degree in 2010 in Human Biology at Stanford University with an area of concentration in Global Public Health and Infectious Disease. I was working towards a career in public health and epidemiology (the study of diseases); however, various factors did not seem to coalesce. I know what it’s like to feel a lack of purpose and desperately search for meaning. It was in this place that I felt a calling to become a therapist.

I earned my Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology in 2018 from John F. Kennedy University in San Jose. I completed internships at two counseling agencies, an elementary school, and a private practice. My areas of focus include mood disorders, adoption and attachment issues, neurodivergence, and relational issues. I am continually learning and expanding my knowledge as a clinician. I maintain an active membership with California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT).

Outside of therapy, I am very involved in movements for social justice. I have fought to break down stigma through National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), and I will be training to faciliate the NAMI Provider Education Course. I currently work towards an abolitionist future, in which everyone’s needs are met and we don’t have to earn our existence like we do now under capitalism. Additionally, disability justice is extremely important to me.

I also do not fit the gender binary, as I identify as agender and am autigender (meaning my autism informs how I understand gender). I strive to create a non-judgmental, safe space for all.