Chapter title: How do Punjabi Speaking International Students Access and Utilize Mental-Health Resources in the Greater Toronto Area?

Author: Bhupinder Singh Bains, Ed.D. student

Affiliation: University of Toronto, Canada

Author Biography:

Bhupinder Singh Bains is currently completing his EdD in Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Toronto. While doing so, he is also serving to support the mental well-being of a diverse student population as an on-campus counsellor. His practice and approach in cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness, emotion-focused therapy have evolved over a period of twenty-one years from listening and attuning to understand the uniquely diverse perspectives of forensic, rehabilitative (acute, sub-acute and chronic pain), community-based, and post-secondary student populations.