Background:
Dr. Sabahrwal’s mission at the Hume Center is focused on implementing and expanding prevention early intervention services for unserved and underserved communities. Dr. Sabharwal is also interested in advocacy, social justice, equity, inclusion and representation within the field of psychology and emotional wellness.
Career Progression:
Dr. Sabharwal’s clinical expertise extends to providing therapy to individuals, families, and couples within the South Asian community in Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu. She has been actively involved in initiating conversations around emotional wellness within the Punjabi community in the Bay Area and facilitating healthier communication to foster stronger relationships. Her interests in psychology focus on breaking stigmas of mental health and increasing utilization of mental health services in the South Asian community through outreach, psychoeducation, and culturally based services.
She joined The Hume Center in 2013 as a practicum student, providing services in the South Asian Community Health Promotion Services (SACHPS) program. She continued as a Pre-doctoral intern in the Alameda County Child, Youth, & Adult Outpatient Services program, as then as a Post-Doc Mental Health Clinician/Quality Assurance Specialist in the Fremont clinic’s SACHPS program. She became the permanent Program Coordinator for the SACHPS program in 2019, and upon licensure in 2021, she became its Manager. In 2022, she initiated a School-Based program at Fremont Unified School District and became the lead for that program. Additionally, she took on a supervisory role for a newly created Mentored Internship Program for undergraduate students and expanded her role within the training department to mentor master’s interns and doctoral level practicum students in both the SACHPS program and the Fremont School-Based Services program.
Notable Achievements / Areas of Interest:
Dr. Sabharwal has a passion for ongoing advocacy work that has led to her creating the South Asian Mental Health Consortium. This is an organization that hosts the yearly South Asian Mental Health Conference. Dr. Sabharwal has presented on South Asian Mental Health at conferences across the United States and received recognition from the Asian American Psychological Association for her outstanding contributions to Asian American Psychology. Dr. Sabharwal has also recently co-authored a chapter focused on working with South Asian youth. And, in addition to her professional achievements, Dr. Sabharwal is a proud mother of a vibrant and sassy 7-year-old who keeps her busy in her free time.
Affiliations:
Founder- South Asian Mental Health Consortium
Board Member – Sikh Family Center
APA member
CPA member
AAPA member
DoSAA member
Education:
Doctorate of Psychology
American School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University, 2016
License:
PSY32751