Sukhvinder has been practicing in the field of mental health and the counselling field since 1994 offering therapy in Punjabi, Hindi, and English. She has practiced in different positions over the years with various non-government agencies, spent 13 years in England and practiced as a School Counsellor for 8 years for a National Child Protection Agency. and held a position as a Counsellor for South Asian Women’s Organization (in the UK) for 4 years and set up an innovative mental health project in the city for the very first time.

The main focus of her work has been associated with individual, co-therapy, and family therapy. She has also been involved in facilitating parenting groups on different issues/topics over the past 17 years (for instance, Connect parent group, Women’s empowerment group, Emotion coaching, Collaborative problem-solving, and stress management).

Recently, Sukhvinder has been working as Child and Family Therapist at The Children-Foundation since 2007, with focus on: family violence, alcohol/drug misuse, parenting, mental health, and relationship conflict. She also have been supervising intern students enrolled in a MA in Counselling Psychology program from a number of Universities in Canada (UBC, University of Victoria, SFU, City University of Seattle, Athabasca, Yorkville, and Alder University). 

Sukhvinder also works with other presenting issues in her practice such as physical injuries, family work, relationship conflict, marriage counselling, parenting, mental health, and loss and grief.

Sukhvinder is familiar with evidence based practices and applies approaches such as cognitive-behavioural, trauma-focused CBT, narrative, attachment based approaches, Virginia Satir family therapy, solution-focused, client-centred, motivational interviewing, behavioural family therapy, and culturally specific interventions to meet the needs of families from diverse backgrounds.