Jan 2024 – Apr 2024 · 3 mos · Bengaluru East, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Worked with clients from various age groups dealing with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, interpersonal issues and work related concerns through offline and online settings
• Conducted training sessions for psychology interns, peer supervisions
• Created mental health content for social media handles
• Major projects:
• Career guidance project: Conducted career guidance workshops in 15 Government High Schools for career pathways, strength analysis and stream selection under Collin’s Aerospace CSR Project and United Way Bengaluru.
• Conducted 20 hour skill development course for BSc Psychology students of Christ University, Bannerghatta for the course topic “Family and Couples Counselling”.

Nov 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo · Remote

• Working with clients between ages 16-40 years through online mode. Dealing with concerns such as grief, trauma, suicidal tendencies, interpersonal issues, relationship and work concerns, goal setting, productivity, work-life balance.

Jun 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos · Delhi, India

• Core team member
• Designing mental health awareness programs and mental health curriculum for schools
• Taking up counselling sessions for adolescents and young adults
• Major projects:
• Worked as program coordinator and curriculum designer for a training program with OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat
• Started a newsletter for mental health called "Mann Ki Chitthi"
• Created a flagship program (and also led a team) for MannRaahi called "Classroom programs" - an assortment of programs designed to help the educators to promote Social Emotional Learning and Mental Health Literacy in their classrooms by initiating conversations, interactive activities, and using diverse voices of teens to create awareness and fight stigma, for grades 3-12 as well as for teachers.
• Created workshop content for topics like career counselling, emotional intelligence, psychological safety, menstrual health, ways to take care of mental health & wellbeing, maintaining mental health at workplace.
• Created an interactive quiz on mental health for EHU app
• Created learning curriculum for NursEdge, to help students in healthcare field understand their mental health challenges better

Mar 2022 – Jun 2022 · 3 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

• Under the 'Mindrise Project' in association with PII and Progressive Foundation, I worked as a mental health counsellor and provided counselling, emotional support and career guidance to students who have lost their parent(s) due to COVID-19. Responsibilities included assisting children, adolescents and young adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, loss, interpersonal issues etc, through telephonic counselling.

Oct 2021 – Mar 2022 · 5 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

• Curated psychology and mental health content for the organisation's blog, social media (LinkedIn, Quora and Instagram) and web content.

Jul 2021 – Oct 2021 · 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Provided counselling under supervision, collected case history, conducted group activities to facilitate rapport building with children of neurodivergent spectrum, administered screening tests and made assessment reports, administered behavior modification and relaxation techniques on clients with depression, peri-menopause, OCD, addiction, etc.

Dec 2019 – Jan 2020 · 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Responsibilities included collecting case history, administering psychometric assessments, providing counselling under supervision, conducting group activities for children of the neurodivergent spectrum.

Jun 2018 – Sep 2018 · 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Interned under the supervision of Dr Gopukumar Pillai, where I collected case history, administered neuropsychological assessments and observed therapy sessions.

May 2017 – May 2017 · 0 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Worked under the guidance of Ms Naheed Ataulla (Editor for politics). Responsibilities included covering news under city and politics, writing and editing articles.