ABOUT ME
Kareena Mehta
(Ed.M., M.A.)
FOCUS
Kareena supports individuals dealing with anxiety, mood disorders, family conflicts, relationship challenges, low self-esteem, body image issues, PTSD, and intergenerational trauma. She is dedicated to empowering marginalized groups and has worked with survivors of sexual abuse, assault, and domestic violence using a strengths-based approach. With extensive experience in various settings, her primary passion is working with people of color in the emerging adult and adult populations through a trauma-informed approach.
PHILOSOPHY
Kareena believes that a safe and supportive therapeutic alliance can help clients work through their unconscious conflict, rectify their maladaptive reactions towards themselves and their relationships, and develop healthy coping mechanisms. As a mental health counsellor, Kareena strives to help clients reach their full potential and improve their quality of life by cultivating self-awareness, self- control, and self-knowledge. Kareena’s multicultural identity engendered her commitment to diversity, where she believes that all therapists must recognize and accept that each client is unique, multi-faceted, and has an intersectional identity. Kareena believes that the client’s cultural identity must be acknowledged and respected to create a safe and empowering therapeutic environment.
PERSONAL CONNECTION
Kareena supports individuals dealing with anxiety, mood disorders, family conflicts, relationship challenges, low self-esteem, body image issues, PTSD, and intergenerational trauma. She is dedicated to empowering marginalized groups and has worked with survivors of sexual abuse, assault, and domestic violence using a strengths-based approach. With extensive experience in various settings, her primary passion is working with people of color in the emerging adult and adult populations through a trauma-informed approach.
Kareena believes that a safe and supportive therapeutic alliance can help clients work through their unconscious conflict, rectify their maladaptive reactions towards themselves and their relationships, and develop healthy coping mechanisms. As a mental health counsellor, Kareena strives to help clients reach their full potential and improve their quality of life by cultivating self-awareness, self- control, and self-knowledge. Kareena’s multicultural identity engendered her commitment to diversity, where she believes that all therapists must recognize and accept that each client is unique, multi-faceted, and has an intersectional identity. Kareena believes that the client’s cultural identity must be acknowledged and respected to create a safe and empowering therapeutic environment.
ED.M. MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELLING
Teachers College, Columbia University
M.A. PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELLING
Teachers College, Columbia University
B.A. PSYCHOLOGY
Bryn Mawr College
SPECIALISATION IN POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania
CERTIFIED IN PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST-AID
John Hopkins Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center
CERTIFIED IN ADMINISTERING COLUMBIA-SUICIDE SEVERITY RATING SCALE (C-SSR)
Columbia University Department of Psychiatry and New York State Psychiatric Institute
TRAINED IN THE TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE USE AND COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOURS
Center for Motivation & Change
CERTIFIED CLINICAL TRAUMA SPECIALIST FOR INDIVIDUALS (CCTS-I)
By Trauma Institute International
APPROACH
Guiding you towards healing and self-discovery
Kareena believes that a safe and supportive therapeutic alliance can help clients work through their unconscious conflict, rectify their maladaptive reactions towards themselves and their relationships, and develop healthy coping mechanisms. As a mental health counsellor, Kareena strives to help clients reach their full potential and improve their quality of life by cultivating self-awareness, self- control, and self-knowledge. Kareena’s multicultural identity engendered her commitment to diversity, where she believes that all therapists must recognize and accept that each client is unique, multi-faceted, and has an intersectional identity. Kareena believes that the client’s cultural identity must be acknowledged and respected to create a safe and empowering therapeutic environment.
