Vahini has been published by the Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, and works as an instructor and project advisor for the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute. She enjoys exploring: indigeneity, power, ability, wellness, the unknown, spirituality, objective science, and personal perspectives.
Vahini, who was born in Calgary, Canada, has travelled and moved around extensively for many years of her life. For the past 18 years, she has been living and working in the city with the colonial name: Victoria, BC, which is also known as the land of the Lekwungun speaking people. Holding a completely diasporic identity, coupled with an attraction to adventure and exploration, Vahini’s life is coloured with variance and multiple realities.
Vahini’s indentured ancestors were brought to South Africa and Mauritius from South India in the 1700s/1800, and now she has a large mixed race family who live all over the globe, mostly in Ireland/Europe, Canada and the United States.
Vahini is a good fit therapist for many different types of people. She provides bias free counselling, and provide a safe therapy space for those identifying as BIPOC, queer, and/or neurodivergent. Vahini is most aligned with narrative, existential, person-centred, social constructionist, sex positivity, and trauma-informed lenses.
Vahini is a mother (of a teenager) and is a yoga practitioner who embodies the feminine and the masculine, who feels and thinks deeply, and believes she is here to help.
Please take a look at her website: www.brightinsight.ca
