#Sarada Bhagavatula, MA, RCC (She/Her)**
Available for sessions online only // Offers Expressive Arts and Somatic Therapy
Works with Adults, Individually and through Relationship Counselling
Warm Greetings! I am grateful that you are here and recognize your innate strength to choose to be here. I work with clients who are navigating through their relationships with self, others, and the world. This may show up in different ways and intensities, and/or in multiple areas of life, and I value the intersectionality, complexity and uniqueness that comes with addressing and exploring your life and experiences with you. You may be experiencing anxiety, depression, grief, loss, or stress. Maybe you are wanting to rebuild trust and compassion towards yourself or navigate transitions in your life or changes in relationships. Or perhaps you want to work through some things from your past that are showing up in the present. My clinical philosophy when sitting with clients aligns with curiosity, recognition, collaboration, warmth, and space. The approach I take is based in a strong belief that you have the answers within and that our time together can be a space to explore and build. I joyfully honour your choice and your voice taking up the therapeutic space. You’ve got this, and I’m here with you.
Some more about me: I am a cis, able-bodied, woman, born and raised in so-called Vancouver BC, with Indian ancestry. I am a second-gen, racialized settler living and working on the unceded and traditional lands of the sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), and S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō) nations. Outside of my counselling work, I enjoy laughing with loved ones and connecting to practices and activities that spark creativity and joy.
I understand that finding the right counsellor for you is in itself a process. I would be honoured to meet you through a free consultation and see if we may be a good fit or help you in your process to finding it (yay for rhyming)!
Additional Clinical Training:
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Body Oriented Therapy Techniques for Trauma and Attachment
- Expressive Arts Therapy: Creative Solutions for Trauma Recovery
- Connection and Cooperation: Adlerian Couples Counselling with Eclectic Influences
