Harkamal Sangha

About Harkamal

Hello, my name is Harkamal and I identify as a cis-gendered, able-bodied male and first generation settler of South Asian descent. I live and work on the unceded ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.

I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor with a Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology and I am an active member with the BCACC. Over the past 13 years, I have worked as a counsellor primarily in the public health sector in a clinic setting.
I draw on several evidence-based therapeutic modalities such as motivational interviewing, acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and narrative therapy to address challenges related to substance use, behavioral addictions, depression, anxiety, and bereavement . In addition, I am trained in body-oriented psychotherapies to address and manage PTSD symptoms, including EMDR and Somatic Experiencing.

Apart from my work with individuals, I also have experience and training in working with couples to address relationship ruptures and conflicts. My couples training and certification involves Gottman Couples Therapy (level 1 and 2) and Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy.

Throughout my career, I have worked extensively with people who identify as marginalized, often having to navigate multiple systems of oppression affecting their mental health: housing insecurity, poverty-related stressors, and many forms of discrimination based on their gender, race, and culture. This experience has informed my counseling approach, which can best be described as trauma-informed, strength-based, intersectional, and client-centered, rooted in collaborative principles, anti-oppressive practices, and an ethic of social justice.

Embedded in most models of therapy is the belief that healing is the outcome of a relational process. Whatever problem brings you to therapy, despite the approach or modality I draw on as a counsellor in witnessing your story, it is my values and ethics that underpin the therapeutic relationship. These values lie on a bedrock of compassion and collaboration to promote self-awareness, a sense of empowerment, fostering a greater sense of hope, well-being and personal agency.

I am currently providing both in-person and virtual/online and telephone counselling, and I offer a free 15-minute telephone consultation to help potential clients see if my counselling services might be a good fit for them.

Thank you for considering me as a potential therapist, and I look forward to the opportunity to work with you. You can also email me at [email protected]