Dr. Rajwinder Khurana earned her undergraduate degree in psychology from UC Berkeley and received her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Chicago, Illinois. Over the past 10+ years, Dr. Khurana has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings, community mental health clinics, private practice, and hospitals where she has gained extensive experience treating a diverse range of clients in terms of race, gender, ethnicity, and clinical presentation. Her key areas of focus lie in treating young adults struggling with depression, anxiety, life transitions, and stress. She has supervised both master’s and doctoral trainees in clinical supervision and has experience in conducting mental health and psychological assessments.

Additional areas of expertise include:

• Trauma and PTSD

• Relationship conflict

• Identity/self-esteem issues

• Infertility and women’s issues

• Grief and Loss

Dr. Khurana views individuals’ struggles as inextricably connected to the process of identity development and the search for meaning and purpose. She maintains an avid research interest in racial/cultural identity development, acculturation/immigration issues, relationship difficulties, and trauma work. She believes that difficulty in each area encourages a re-examination of one’s life in order to arrive at a deeper understanding of personal identity. She finds it empowering to invite people to share their stories and then works collaboratively to help re-write a new, more empowering narrative.

Dr. Khurana uses an integrative and collaborative approach in therapy, utilizing evidence-based practices such as:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy

• Solution-focused Therapy,

• Mindfulness-based interventions

• Narrative Therapy

• Emotion Focused Therapy

Dr. Khurana is committed to building a strong, collaborative relationship that nurtures trust and safety. She has a warm and genuine style and maintains a validating and empathic stance in the therapy room.

A note to clients: The goal of therapy is to disentangle your experiences and develop an understanding of how these experiences are impacting your life, relationships, and functioning. This often involves teaching you to identify your thoughts, feelings, negative self-talk, and unhelpful behavior patterns and then deciding what changes you want to make. As therapy progresses, the hope is that you can act with greater intention and feel more empowered and fulfilled in your life!