Professional Experiance:

Key Skills & Achievements

• 1. 2 years experience as Clinical Psychologist in Mumbai.
• 2. Giving counseling and Psychotherapy for Out-Patients and In - patients.
• 3. Organizing workshops.
• 4. Being a resource person to various academic institutions.
• 5. Member of Board of studies for PG Psychology program at Srimad Andavan Arts & Science College, Trichy.
• 6. . Reframed syllabus – Course paper “Child Development” for B.Sc psychology and “ClinicalPsychology” for M.Sc counselling Psychology in Madras School of Social work, Chennai.
• 7. Member of syllabus revision committee for PG. Diploma courses in Athma Institute of Mental Health and Social Sciences, Trichy.
• 8. Appointed as Chief Superintendent of Examination for the PG.Diploma Courses in Athma Institute of Mental Health and Social Sciences, Trichy by Bharathidasan University.

Responsibilities

• Handled postgraduate diploma week end programs (five courses).
• Prepared study materials for the PG. Diploma.
• Participated in Board of Studies as Special invitees for PG.Diploma courses in Bharathidasan University.
• Organized workshops.
• Contributed to students personal growth and life skills development across the range of the School and college programs.
• Teaching nursing interns about basic Psychology and Mental illness.
• Appointed as Chief Superintendent of Examination for the PG.Diploma courses by Bharathidasan University.
• Supervising PG.Diploma students in field work and community organization Programmes.

Awards & Honours

Research & Experience

M.A.,     Topic: “Children of working parents are independent than Children of non-working parents”

M.Phil.,     Topic: “ A study of Individual interest and job satisfaction On their job performance”

Papers Presented

Research Project Guidance

1. Assistance for research guidance are available to students & research scholars (from PG - Ph.D) from various Colleges & Universities.
2. Research assistance is offered for the following areas;
a. Guidance for research proposal and synopsis submission.
b. Thesis chapter writing assistance based on APA style.
c. Data analysis using SPSS.
d. Coaching offered regarding methodology and data analysis techniques.
Fee structure is based on nature of support & requirement of the student or scholar.

Individual Counseling

Individual counseling helps the individual to understand their emotions, feelings and to help them make positive choices and decisions. It helps to reduce distress in difficult situation of life that has impacted a person’s life negatively. This negativity spreads to various aspects of individual’s life damaging relationships, destroying progress and degrading the self. Individual counseling enlightens awareness about their inner resources, encourages short and long term adaptive functioning which means positive coping, thus leading to psychological well-being.

Various problems that are handled-

• Stress related problems
• Handling emotions
• Handling fear
• Handling Anxiety
• Communication Difficulties
• Overcoming procrastination
• Difficulties in interpersonal relations.
• Work life balance
• Career counseling

Student Counseling

In recent times, there has been an increase in psychological, emotional and behavioral problems among school students. Students face peer pressure, academic stress, unrealistic parental expectations, bullying, change of school, verbal, emotional, sexual abuse, school adjustment etc. These issues if left unresolved will lead to failure at school, anxiety, drug abuse, childhood depression and suicide.

Student counseling deals with these issues and assist to identify and gain a better understanding of the problem, strengthen their resources and find effective solutions to help them develop into an healthy personality.

Some of the student’s problems that are dealt with-

• Improving academic performance
• Memory techniques
• School and college adjustment
• Burnout
• Performance anxiety
• Exam fear

• Handling failure
• Appropriate self expression (emotional)
• Develop potentialities
• Efficient study habits
• Goal setting
• Vocational Guidance

Marital counseling

Premarital counseling is needed for responsible role changes, adjustment, understanding etc. Marital counseling helps Couples having relationship and communication difficulties, lack of understanding, pressures of extended family, affairs etc. This counseling aims to improve communication thereby improving relationship that leads to better understanding of self and spouse’s expectations and reducing conflict. This enhances their relationship and their wellbeing.

Pre marital counseling

• Conflict management
• Relationship management
• Adapting to role change
• Marital disharmony
• Lack of empathy and communication
• Counseling for expectant mothers

Family counseling

Today, Indian parents with a cultural background and modern expectations from their children leads to lot of confusion in the value system for the child. This hinders the moral development of the children. This issue leads to friction in parent child relationship. The pressure from parents with extremely high expectations for achievement leads to anxiety, anger, fear of failure, depression etc. The parents are heart broken when they see their children struggle with various challenges of growing up. Modern parenting also needs technological control, about which the parents have to be oriented.

Counseling for parent and child can reduce the disharmony between parent and child, improve mental health of the child.

• Parent counseling
• Child counseling
• Behavior problems
• Marital disharmony
• Academic issues
• Relationship with siblings

School based programs

The centre also undertakes various programs in schools. It aims at helping the students become mentally healthy, academically proficient; explore their skills, equipping them with successful handling of challenges, adjustment with peers etc. This program helps the students to take responsibility for school environment, develop positive peer culture, improves their motivation towards academic, be at peace and enjoy childhood.

Interested schools may contact the director at the centre for need based programs.