My name is Ritu, and I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) and specialized somatic practitioner.
I provide sessions online/virtual throughout Ontario and British Columbia. In-person sessions in Burnaby (central to Vancouver, Port Moody and New Westminster).
My practice, Veda Somatics Psychotherapy and Wellness, bridges modern Western psychotherapy with ancient Eastern healing traditions.
Navigating life through my own lived experiences with family and peers—carrying shame, guilt, complex cultural transitions, and high-pressure expectations in both my professional and personal life.
I intimately understand the heavy weight of shifting identities, multiculturalism, and daily pressures. I get the deep grief of losing your best support system or the grief of never having one, and the pain of losing yourself over time.
You just want situations and people to be less difficult. You already know that a lot of your anxiety, phobias, and OCD loops are just reflections of what your mind and body are going through. But you also know that you are so much more than your symptoms.
Somewhere along the way, you lost the person you used to be. For years, I performed strength under heavy cultural expectations. My own journey taught me that true wellness comes from living life from a point of peace.
My journey with you will be to provide you with the grounding and space you need, so you don't crumble under pressure.
Together, we will break away from the fearful thoughts and heavy feelings that are pulling you down. You deserve so much more than what you have been offered. I want to offer you an absolutely warm, zero-judgment space. I am here to invite you to step out of this self-defeating mode, because somewhere, a part of you knows that this is not true.
Safely, we will explore the questions together - layer by layer, which you probably never got a chance to do without being judged:
Who am I in this situation/relationship? What do I actually want? Whatever is happening with me right now- does it make sense? We would go at your own pace. I specialize in helping you heal from:
- Relational Trauma & Coercive Control: Safely untangling emotional abuse, gaslighting, and the lingering echoes of intimate partner violence.
- High-Functioning Burnout & Type C Traits: Calming a body locked in people-pleasing and chronic masking so you can find true rest.
- Anxiety & OCD Loops: Interrupting the exhausting cycle of fighting your own thoughts and physical sensations.
- Postnatal Depletion &Life Transition: Navigating the intense physical and identity shifts of parenthood.
I hold a Master’s in Counselling Psychology alongside a Master’s in Engineering. This allows me to blend sharp analytical skills with deep human connection and relational skills.
The pauses and reflective sentences I use are intentional - to bring the depth out of you and to steep into your inner wisdom. I bring a decade of experience in somatic work and over 1,500 hours of specialized training. We will use gentle, bottom-up tools including EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and Trauma-Informed ACT.
Let’s connect for a free 15-minute consultation and see if we could be on this journey together.
Click on this link for booking with me for the free consultation https://vedasomatics.janeapp.com/#/staff_member/1/treatment/1
Or email me if you have any questions or availability queries.