About Me
Hi! I'm Saipriya. I'm a South Asian, 2nd gen Indian American immigrant, therapist, and community organizer living on Lenape and Canarsie land. I deeply care about mental health, stories + storytelling, and collective liberation for all oppressed beings; I love that my work as a therapist intersects with all of these.
I have 4 years of experience supporting clients with trauma, anxiety, depression, shame and self-worth, racial, gender, & sexual identity development, disability, grief and loss, loneliness, and in general: how to use our relative power and agency within systems of oppression to create freer ways of being and living.
My education and post-grad training in internal family systems (IFS) have certainly informed my approach, but my experience as a client of therapy has been the most helpful in shaping the therapist I am today.
I'm still learning and growing, just like you. I'm not "fully healed" (I don't believe there's such a thing), but I can tell you that therapy with a warm, relational therapist who helped me feel safe and understood without sacrificing my growth and accountability has brought me so much relief, self-trust, and clarity. I feel much more connected to myself and others in ways I couldn’t have even imagined were possible.
It hasn't always felt easy, but it has absolutely been worth it, and it is an honor to support and walk alongside my clients––to help hold and transform pain and create new stories and possibilities together.
Photo by Enya Pfeiffer
Education
EdM in Counseling Psychology + MA in Mental Health Counseling
Teachers College, Columbia University, 2022
BA in Psychology + Spanish & Latin American Cultures; minor in English
Barnard College, 2019
Training
Internal Family Systems Level 1 (2023)
Internal Family Systems Level 2 - Intimacy from the Inside Out (Couples Therapy) (2024)
Teaching Assistant for IFS Institute trainings + Sand Chang & Nic Wildes’ QTIFS training (2024-present)
