Registered Psychologist · South Calgary
Cherub Dhillon
Co-Director, R. Psych · Reg. #8235
About Cherub
Cherub Dhillon is a Registered Psychologist and Co-Director at South Calgary Psychology Group. With 4+ years of clinical experience, she has built a practice grounded in compassion, collaboration, and a deep commitment to understanding each client’s unique experiences, strengths, and goals.
Cherub has a passion for supporting pre-teens, teens, adults, couples, and families navigating anxiety, trauma, ADHD, emotional regulation difficulties, anger management concerns, relationship challenges, identity exploration, and major life transitions. She is committed to creating a safe, non-judgmental space where clients feel heard, understood, and supported throughout their therapeutic journey.
Cherub recognizes that each client’s experiences, strengths, and needs are unique. She takes an integrative and individualized approach, drawing from trauma-informed care, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), mindfulness, attachment-based approaches, and Positive Psychology. Her approach is tailored to each client’s goals, helping individuals develop insight, strengthen coping strategies, and move toward meaningful change. When working with couples, Cherub also integrates the Gottman Method to support healthier communication, deepen emotional connection, and strengthen relationship patterns. She is also passionate about providing culturally responsive and affirming care, drawing on her understanding of the influence of culture, family, and values on each person’s experiences.
Cherub serves clients across South Calgary and the surrounding communities, including Legacy, Mahogany, Auburn Bay, Cranston, Shawnessy, Silverado, Sundance, and Millrise, as well as clients throughout Alberta through virtual therapy. She offers flexible daytime, evening, and weekend appointments and provides a complimentary 20-minute consultation to help clients determine whether her approach is the right fit for their needs.
Couples and relationship therapy
Gottman Method (Levels 1 and 2 trained) · Emotionally Focused Therapy
When a relationship is in crisis, generic advice isn’t enough. We need specific, practical tools that actually work when tension is high. Cherub’s approach to couples therapy is grounded in two of the most research-backed frameworks: the Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).
The Gottman Method draws on decades of observational research to identify exactly what separates relationships that thrive from those that deteriorate. Instead of offering surface-level fixes, it targets the specific patterns that predict relationship breakdown: criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling.
Alongside this, Cherub utilizes EFT, which works at the level of attachment. This approach helps partners understand the deeper emotional needs and fears driving their arguments, transforming conflict into a doorway for connection rather than a cycle of hurt and withdrawal.
Relationship concerns Cherub works with
Communication breakdown and recurring conflict
Infidelity and affair recovery
Rebuilding trust after betrayal
Emotional distance and disconnection
Intimacy and physical concerns
Parenting disagreements
Pre-marital counselling
Cultural and family pressure on the relationship
Anger and emotional reactivity between partners
Considering separation or navigating divorce
Infidelity recovery is one of the most painful processes a couple can go through. Cherub works carefully with both partners through the immediate crisis, the deeper questions it raises, and the long process of deciding what the relationship looks like going forward, whether that means rebuilding or separating with clarity.
Culturally fluent and multilingual care
Sessions available in English, Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu
Cherub offers therapy fully in Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu in addition to English. For many clients, being able to speak in their first language is not just a comfort. It is a necessity for doing real therapeutic work. Nuance, emotion, and family concepts often do not translate. With Cherub, you do not have to translate.
Beyond language, Cherub brings a genuine insider understanding of South Asian culture, including the pressures of intergenerational dynamics, the weight of family honour and community expectations, the experience of navigating two cultural identities at once, and the unique stressors that come with immigration and cultural adjustment. This is not surface-level cultural competency. It is lived and clinical understanding woven directly into her practice.
South Asian clients commonly work with Cherub on:
Intergenerational trauma and family conflict
Immigrant and cultural adjustment stress
Pressure around marriage, career, and family expectations
Navigating South Asian and Canadian cultural identity
Shame, guilt, and family obligation
Spirituality, religion, and mental health
Relationship issues within South Asian family systems
First-generation and second-generation identity conflict
Cherub offers a free 20-minute consultation in English, Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu. Whichever language feels most comfortable for you.
Education and credentials
Master of Arts, Counselling Psychology
University of Lucknow, India · 2014
Research: Optimism, spirituality and subjective wellbeing in older adults; resilience following partner bereavement
Registered Psychologist (R. Psych)
College of Alberta Psychologists · Reg. #8235
4+ years clinical experience
Calgary Institute of Counselling
Specialized training
Gottman Method, Levels 1 and 2
EFT Attachment Science in Practice
CBT for Self-Injury
Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk
Anger Management
Shame and Resentment
Professional Ethics in Psychology (Athabasca University, 2021)
What Cherub can help with
Anxiety disorders (GAD, panic, social anxiety)
Depression and low mood
Trauma and PTSD
Couples therapy and relationship issues
Family therapy
Infidelity and affair recovery
Grief and loss
Life transitions
Body image and body dysmorphia
Intergenerational trauma and conflict
Immigrant and cultural adjustment
Emotion regulation and anger management
Self-esteem and identity
South Asian cultural concerns
Therapeutic approaches
Gottman Method (Levels 1 and 2)
Research-based couples therapy focused on building friendship, managing conflict constructively, and creating shared meaning between partners.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
Attachment-informed approach to help individuals, couples, and families access core emotional needs and build secure, lasting connection.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Structured, evidence-based therapy for reshaping the thought patterns driving anxiety, depression, and avoidance.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Explores the different internal "parts" we carry to reduce inner conflict and build genuine self-compassion.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
Skills-based therapy for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and mindfulness in everyday life.
Mindfulness-Based Approaches
Grounding practices that build present-moment awareness and reduce emotional reactivity across all areas of life.
Availability
Wednesday – Thursday: 2:00 – 8:00 pm
Friday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Flexible evening and weekend hours
Sessions
In-person (South Calgary) and virtual sessions available across Alberta.
Free consultation
Free 20-minute call in English, Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu to ensure we are a good fit.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about working with Cherub.
Book a session with Cherub
Start with a free 20-minute consultation. Whether you prefer to speak in English, Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu, you are welcome here.