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Swarali Sonar

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India6 yrs experience
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Key Highlights

  • Expert in trauma-informed psychotherapy and emotional intelligence.
  • Mentored over 20 budding psychologists and counselors.
  • Led significant research on mental health policies in India.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a mental health professional specializing in psychotherapy and research.

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About

I’m Swarali, a trauma-informed psychotherapist. I use eclectic approach to develop emotional intelligence in my clients. Over the past 5.5 years, I’ve worked across the corporate, social/disability sector, and in private practice. These diverse experiences have shaped not only my professional skills but also my personal values—most notably, a deep commitment to inclusivity, ethics, and person-centered care. Throughout my journey, I’ve pursued further certifications and deepened my understanding of various therapy modalities, always with a focus on emotional and psychological well-being rather than clinical diagnosis. 💡 My Philosophy on Mental Health Mental health ≠ mental illness You can struggle without a diagnosis. You can flourish while managing one. My role is to support clients in enhancing their mental well-being, building resilience, and reframing unhelpful patterns, whether or not they have a clinical diagnosis. 🧠 Who I Work With I specialize in working with overwhelmed and anxious adults with non-clinical concerns, stuck in difficult situations, to gain control of their lives by developing emotional intelligence with 1:1 online therapy. I also support individuals on the borderline of clinical diagnosis, always within a non-clinical, talk therapy framework. 🌿 What Do I Offer ✔A safe, collaborative space rooted in compassion, ethics, and transparency ✔ Eclectic approach of various evidence-based modalities like CBT, DBT, REBT, and ACT ✔A trauma-informed, person-centered approach that supports clients at their own pace Feel free to drop a line to know more or collaborate!

Experience

Flame university

Research Mentor

Sep 2025Present · 6 mos · India · Remote

  • Mentoring UG students through their research

Flame university

Visiting Faculty Member

Aug 2025Oct 2025 · 2 mos · On-site

Arisa foundation

Collaborative Researcher

Jun 2024Present · 1 yr 9 mos · India

  • 1. Researching open science practices, awareness, perception, attitudes, & barriers in India.
  • 2. Conceptualised the study and designed the survey using Qualtrics.
  • 3. Led documentation for ethics approval, preregistration, and data analysis.
  • 4. Co-authoring a research paper on open science practices in India.

Enable india

Associate Manager - Project ICCHA

Mar 2023Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Head Project ICCHA
  • Mentor team members
  • Designed a curriculum for beginner-level's mental health training for disability professionals to be able to bridge the gap between Persons with Disabilities and Mental Health Professionals and smoothen the ecosystem.
  • Develop the emotional skill set of the Persons with Disabilities with the help of 1:1
  • psychotherapy, counseling, and psycho-education. Have counseled ~125 unique clients for 1750+ hours. Currently working with a population of 18 to 50 years old.
  • Facilitate workshops on psychoeducation to various cohorts of PWDs (~400 unique beneficiaries).
  • Upskill the frontline disability professionals with the skillset like PFA and Emotional Intelligence.
  • Mentor budding psychologists.
  • Co-establish and make Project ICCHA sustainable along with a colleague.

Jombay

Associate Consultant

Jul 2022Nov 2022 · 4 mos · India

  • Conducted secondary research on behaviors and curated content for assessment reports.
  • Briefly worked with sales and presales.

Tech mahindra

3 roles

Business Associate

Dec 2021Jul 2022 · 7 mos

  • ● Conducted qualitative research in the lab with the aim of enhancing productivity &
  • the creativity of the team
  • ● Redefined the hiring process to bring in more talent
  • ● Worked closely with the research and development team to resolve their work-related issues through individual counseling
  • ● Engaged company partners and Universities during their visit to the lab

Business Associate

Sep 2021Dec 2021 · 3 mos

  • ● Drove 1-on-1 retention discussions/exit interviews. Interviewed around 500 associates.
  • ● Helped associates overcome obstacles for smooth daily functioning through 1-on-1 discussions.
  • ● Hosted recognition events for the associates

Human Resources Intern

Jul 2021Sep 2021 · 2 mos

Webicoun india

Business Psychologist

Apr 2021May 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · India

The holistic living - life coaching | wellness retreats | natural wellness store | academy

Psychologist

Feb 2021May 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos · India

Contentninja

Web Content Editor

Feb 2021Jun 2021 · 4 mos

  • Worked as a content editor for a US client.

Global internship research program (girp)

Research development & Content writer

Feb 2021Apr 2021 · 2 mos

  • Designing and reviewing a curriculum.

Sal foundation

Associate Consultant

Oct 2020May 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos · India

Self-employed

Psychotherapist & Researcher

Mar 2020Present · 6 yrs · India

  • ● Counsel/offer therapy to individuals on their personal, social, and professional issues - focusing on their emotional, cognitive and behavioural aspects
  • ● Instigated novel pan-India research revolving around Mental Health Policies in Companies in India (paper in progress)
  • ● Mentor undergraduates, postgraduates, and early career counsellors (~20 students & budding
  • counsellor/psychotherapists mentored)
  • ● Collaborated with peer psychologists for various articles, webinars, IGTVs, and Mentza Circles, etc., related to wellbeing
  • ● Mentza series - One Kind word, with Shaveta Bharadwaj, Founder & CEO @SprintStudioAI. Spoke about safe workspaces, bullying, the impact of kindness, art of checking in. Ranked as #1 in 2022 on LinkedIn.
  • ● Seminar to a group of Entrepreneurs on the Relevance and advantages of Business Psychology for small-scale businesses
  • ● Speaker at Global Empowerment Summit 2021 - emotional wellbeing
  • Publications:
  • ● Article in IIBP (Indian Institute of Business Psychology) newspaper
  • ● Article on Burnout during COVID published in Psychlogs magazine
  • ● Contributing author to Navigating difficult times by Dr. Owen Fernandes

Kingston university

Student Researcher

Sep 2019Dec 2019 · 3 mos · Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

  • Conducted qualitative research revolving around the ‘flow’ experiences of people.
  • Studied these experiences in relation with their applications to workplaces.
  • Acquired research and critical thinking skills
  • Obtained first-hand experience of time management and associated documentation.

Vso

Observer and Assistant

Mar 2019Mar 2019 · 0 mo · London, United Kingdom

  • Documented thorough observations of the candidates on their assessment day.
  • Offered professional inputs to the recruiters to assist them in the decision-making process.

Lifestyle sspace

Content Writer

Apr 2018May 2018 · 1 mo · India

  • Conducted extensive research on various domains like fashion and studies.
  • Authored domain centric research articles for the website.

Ankur vidyamandir

Assistant therapist

Aug 2016Aug 2016 · 0 mo · Pune Area, India

  • Helped the special children to enhance their motor skills through various individual and group activities.
  • Studied the condition specific behavioural patterns of various special children.

Education

Kingston University

MSc — Occupational and Business Psychology

Jan 2018Jan 2019

Fergusson College

Bachelor of Arts — Psychology

Jan 2015Jan 2018

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