Hello Rishi
​Rishi is an AASW-accredited social worker whose main therapy modalities are motivational interviewing and trauma-informed CBT, with aspects of life story work, narrative therapy & solution focussed brief therapy. Rishi’s style is approachable, understanding, open to feedback, and focused on deep listening and understanding your perspective as the only expert in your life.
Hello Rishi
Why did you get involved in Psychology as a career path and means of support?
My early life experience and challenges with family left me confident that there was an explanation to my experience. Studying psychology was initially a way to learn about how things work and why they turned out the way they did. Initially psychology served a purpose for self discovery, and along the way I was able to learn how to help others get to the same point.
What's your cultural background and what makes it out ?
I am Punjabi by birth and was born in Jalandhar. Family are practicing Hindus and many close friends and my wife is Sikh. I speak Hindi and Punjabi well, can get away with Urdu.
What sort of individual challenges can you best support?
Most people with mental health challenges- depression, anxiety, phobias or trauma. I bring a lived experience of mental health and cultural considerations for therapy, which I learned through my own experience accessing the MH system.
What are your areas of expertise and is there anything else you want to branch out into?
I absolutely love working with young people, 16-35. Part of me wants to share all I have learned with a young person who feels lost with mental health, family, friends, uni, school and and help them understand their own experience. Most importantly, show them that they will be ok.
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What's the last song played on Spotify?
Gangta's Paradise- Coolio
Indus Therapy
Location: Ivanhoe and online
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Phone: 03 8373 4649