Nina talks about how she was born in Toronto, grew up in Grand Prairie, Alberta and her parents are immigrants from India, Kenya, and England. She had an awareness of being different. She shares her experience as a Registered Psychologist and voices how it is important to explore with clients their cultural and generational differences in understanding mental health. She adds the significance of decolonizing academic institutions to provide counselling in different ways that is more culturally appropriate.
Nina is a Registered Psychologist who helps people heal and grow from stress, trauma, burnout, compassion fatigue, PTSD, loss, and grief. She specializes in working with people who have experienced childhood, developmental, physical, and sexual trauma and may be reliving past wounds. She has a background working in community and feminist organizations and in post-secondary counselling services. Nina also works with health care providers and first responders who may be experiencing work-related stress or trauma. She takes a feminist and relational approach to therapy. Nina currently works in private practice with clients in Alberta and can be contacted at nina@transcendpsychological.com