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Theja R.

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India9 yrs 11 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Expert in emotional intelligence and mental wellbeing.
  • Proven track record in coaching and group facilitation.
  • Innovative leader in esports performance optimization.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Counseling Psychologist and Coach with expertise in Esports and Learning Development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Player Performance OptimizationMental Health Advocacy

Other Skills

Analytical SkillsAugmented Reality (AR)Blended LearningBreakthrough CoachingCoachingCoaching & MentoringCognitive NeuroscienceCommunicationConfidence BuildingConflict ResolutionCorporate TrainingCounseling PsychologyCritical ThinkingData AnalysisData Driven Instruction

About

I am a Counselling Psychologist, ICF-Certified Coach, and Experiential Educator with a deep interest in human behavior, emotional resilience, and the power of reflective learning. My work centers on helping individuals and teams develop the self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and communication skills needed to thrive in both personal and professional settings. I specialize in designing and facilitating psychologically safe learning environments where participants can engage meaningfully, reflect deeply, and grow with clarity and confidence. With a background that blends psychology, coaching, and experiential education, I’ve conducted sessions for diverse audiences, including university students, educators, NGOs, early-career professionals, and community leaders. My facilitation style combines insight with practicality, ensuring that every learning experience is both transformative and applicable. 🔍 Areas of Specialization: - Emotional Intelligence & Mental Wellbeing - Assertive and Empathetic Communication - Identity Development & Self-Awareness - Group Facilitation & Psychological Safety - Personal Growth & Performance Coaching I’m passionate about creating impactful learning spaces that lead to real change, both within individuals and across teams and communities. If you’re looking to collaborate on training programs, workshops, or development initiatives, I’d be happy to connect. 📬 coach.theja@gmail.com | 🌐https://linktr.ee/coachtheja

Experience

9 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 2 mos
Average Tenure
11 mos
Current Experience

Zerya community

Founder

Jul 2025Present · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Jain (deemed-to-be university)

College Counselor

Feb 2025Jul 2025 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Trained in taking assessments and history-taking for students
  • Designed interventions for students with various mental challenges
  • Provided psychological first aid and worked with students to overcome challenges

Master your brain pvt ltd

Clinical Psychologist Intern

Sep 2024Dec 2024 · 3 mos · Delhi, India · Remote

  • Trained in taking assessments and history-taking for patients
  • Designed interventions for patients with various mental challenges
  • Provided psychological first aid and worked with patients to overcome challenges

The nestling network

Player Performance Optimization Specialist (Esports)

Aug 2024Jul 2025 · 11 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Remote

  • Player Performance Enhancement:
  • Applying psychological techniques to boost player performance, including focus and flow methods.
  • Using expertise in confidence, stress management, and anxiety reduction to address in-game and life challenges.
  • Creating tailored performance roadmaps based on psychological assessments, emphasizing cognitive skills and resilience.
  • Workshops & Training Programs:
  • Leading workshops on healthier gaming, resilience, and mindset for players and esports teams.
  • Designing exercises to manage anxiety and focus during high-pressure tournaments.
  • Offering one-on-one coaching for confidence, public speaking, and media training.
  • Aligning mental and physical training programs with the training department.
  • Engagement with Industry Professionals:
  • Collaborating with coaches, esports experts, and mental health professionals for insights on gaming behavior and health.
  • Analyzing expert feedback to enhance research, workshops, and performance interventions.
  • Participating in conferences and events to stay current on gaming psychology and performance trends.
  • Mental Health Advocacy:
  • Promoting mental health awareness within the gaming community and designing interventions to address burnout and stress.
  • Partnering with mental health organizations to expand initiatives for esports athletes.
  • Research on Gaming Addiction:
  • Leading a project to study gaming addiction’s effects on performance and mental health.
  • Conducting research to identify addiction patterns and psychological factors.
  • Developing solutions to reduce gaming addiction and sharing findings through reports and presentations.
Psychological TechniquesPerformance RoadmapsWorkshopsCoachingMental Health AdvocacyPlayer Performance Optimization

Finesco consulting services

Integrated Development Coach & Strategist

Feb 2024Sep 2024 · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • Conducted numerous workshops for coaches, utilizing Learning Experience Design to design content and flow for optimal learning outcomes.
  • Facilitated ICF accreditation process for coaching materials, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
  • Assisted in website creation and SEO strategies to enhance online presence and reach a wider audience.

Indian leadership academy

Trainer and L&D Consultant

Oct 2023Sep 2024 · 11 mos · India · Hybrid

  • Designed and facilitated workshops using Learning Experience Design to enhance coach training outcomes.
  • Led the International Trainer and Coach integrated program, guiding coaches towards certification.
  • Implemented innovative strategies at INDIAN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY to optimize learning experiences.

Hackerearth

Social Media Expert

Oct 2022Feb 2023 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Strategized and executed social media campaigns to promote HE's products and services
  • Overlooked the content strategy the social media pages
  • Hosted a few Instagram reels.
  • Expanded content reach on other platforms
  • Created user-generated content using surveys and polls as well as by interacting with the community
  • Actively helped run the HackerEarth community platform
  • Participated in brainstorming sessions for the Product Marketing campaigns as I never run out of creative ideas

Time 2 chime in

Founder

Feb 2022Jul 2024 · 2 yrs 5 mos · India · Hybrid

  • Assessment: assess the individual's current level of confidence, self-esteem, and resilience using questionnaires, interviews, or other assessment tools to understand the specific challenges and areas that need improvement.
  • Goal Setting: Help set specific and achievable goals related to building confidence, self-esteem, and resilience. These goals are tailored to the individual's needs and circumstances.
  • Tailored Strategies: Design customized strategies and action plans to address the individual's unique challenges. These strategies involve a combination of cognitive-behavioral coaching techniques, positive psychology, and other evidence-based approaches.
  • Building Self-Awareness: Help clients become more self-aware by identifying negative thought patterns, beliefs, and behaviors that contribute to low self-esteem and anxiety. Teach clients how to challenge and replace these patterns with more positive and constructive ones.
  • Anxiety and Fear Management: Provide tools and techniques to manage anxiety and overcome specific fears. Includes relaxation exercises, stress management, and exposure therapy to gradually confront and conquer fears.
  • Empowerment: Help recognize strengths and accomplishments. Encourage a growth mindset and self-compassion, viewing setbacks as opportunities for growth.
  • Support and Accountability: Provide ongoing support and accountability. Guide and motivate to work toward their goals and make positive changes in life.
  • Progress Tracking: Progress is regularly monitored and assessed using self-assessment tools, feedback, and objective indicators.
  • Communication and Collaboration: Work with parents or guardians to facilitate better communication and understanding between them and the child, particularly when family dynamics contribute to the child's challenges.
  • Life Skills Development: Develop essential life skills, such as time management, organization, decision-making, and problem-solving, to contribute to overall well-being.

Jupiter

Content Marketing Executive

Jun 2021Oct 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

  • Strategized and executed social media campaigns to promote financial literacy for the Finforall wing of the company
  • Got the Finforall Instagram handle (https://instagram.com/finforall) verified by growing the audience
  • Overlooked the content strategy as well as the content itself for blogs and scripts for YouTube
  • Hosted a few Instagram reels.
  • Expanded content reach on other platforms
  • Responsible for content SEO by coordinating with writers as well as other stakeholders
  • Created user-generated content using surveys and polls as well as by interacting with customers to improve the
  • product as a whole leading to a higher rating on the Store
  • Actively helped run the Jupiter community platform
  • Participated in brainstorming sessions for the Product Marketing campaigns as I never run out of creative ideas

Finin

Growth Marketing Executive

Sep 2020Jun 2021 · 9 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

  • Growth Marketing Executive
  • Brought up the company from 0-1 and pioneered the launch of the first-ever consumer neobank in the country
  • Acquired 18,000+ waitlist members in a span of 3 months and converted them, along with other quality leads, to
  • active users of the product with multiple growth initiatives which led to organic growth from 3% to 12%
  • Devised and implemented multiple retention and engagement strategies across multiple channels of
  • communication increasing the MAU up by 76.96%
  • Created a metric system and laid the foundations to analyse the performance of various growth and marketing
  • initiatives to calculate KPI, cohort analysis, and segmentation for targeted emails and notifications
  • Digital Strategist
  • Responsible for outreach through social media campaigns and targeted engagement via emails
  • Grew our audience by 600% (completely organic)
  • Growing customer base and brand awareness by handling partnerships with influencers, PR, other organisations for events and to gamify the referral system while driving engagement and retention by 77%
  • Responsible for content in app, website, all social channels, PR articles, blogs, App Store, and Play Store, making sure that it is apt for SEO, ASO, and PSO bringing ratings up from 0 to 4.5
  • Created user-generated content using surveys and polls as well as by interacting with customers to improve the product on a whole leading to a higher rating on the Store
  • Optimum allocation of marketing resources and budgets
  • Created Customer Journeys and engagement plans, resulting in a 74.62% increase in retention and engagement

The fuller life

2 roles

Marketing Executive

Jan 2020May 2020 · 4 mos

  • Managing social media campaigns, content conceptualization, design creation • PR and digital; maintenance of websites (WordPress) and social media (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube)
  • Generating quality leads, mailing and updating databases, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tool
  • Departmental functioning analysis (target audience, competitors, spend versus output, leads, awareness, etc.)
  • Optimum allocation of marketing resources across various promotional platforms • Devising promotional strategies and documentation (research and post-campaign learnings) • Organising events and product exhibitions including the annual Corporate Health Summit (planning, inviting delegates, etc. until event day execution)

Product Innovation Executive

Oct 2019Dec 2019 · 2 mos

  • Ran the whole development cycle for wellbeing products (Gamification and employee engagement) from ideation to development till testing and launch including kaizen, Inter, and Intra coordination until sales
  • Documentation (research, quality checks, sales pitches, etc.)
  • Client interaction for creation of project plans (schedule deployment of the product or service)

Ttk prestige ltd

E-commerce and Operations Executive for Flipkart

Sep 2019Oct 2019 · 1 mo

  • Coordinate with Flipkart warehouses for availing space to store TTK products
  • Coordinate with truck drivers for documentation of goods delivered and any necessary permissions
  • Coordinate with city-based SPOC for scheduling delivery to Flipkart warehouses
  • Provide detailed reports on deliveries and shipments on a daily and weekly basis

Athiya organizational competencies private limited

Trainee

Apr 2019Sep 2019 · 5 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

  • Learn andragogy
  • Complete English grammar resources accustomed to teaching adults
  • Facilitation skills
  • Handling various types of people based on the situation
  • Data training based on Infosys's modules

Ttk prestige ltd

Retail Management Intern

Sep 2018Oct 2018 · 1 mo · Greater Bengaluru Area

  • Creation and maintenance of potential client database
  • Researching potential clients by sending emails as necessary and social media promotions (LinkedIn and
  • Facebook)
  • Coordinating with various gifting agencies and corporate agencies to promote festive offers
  • Following up with companies and agencies interested in sales
  • Updating the masterbase and generating leads
  • Following up and generating successful deals

Toastmasters international

Mentor and Public Speaker

Jul 2016May 2021 · 4 yrs 10 mos

  • CC, CL, ALB
  • Mentoring current and upcoming public speakers
  • Winner of Area Level International Speech Contest for Area B1 of District 92 (2018)
  • Represented Area B1 in the District Level International Speech Contest (2019)
  • Won multiple "Best Speaker", "Most Improved Speaker", "Best Table Topic Speaker" and "Best Evaluator" awards (2016-2019)

Solitaire diamond institute (sdi)

Student Intern

Jun 2016Jul 2016 · 1 mo · Greater Bengaluru Area

  • - Telecalling students interested in learning about Diamond Certification

Education

Sampurna Montfort College - India

Master of Science - MS — Counseling Psychology

Sep 2025Present

Jain (Deemed-to-be University)

Postgraduate Degree — Counseling Psychology

Jul 2024Jun 2025

Alison

Schizophrenia Unveiled: Exploring the Science and Human Experience — Psychology

Aug 2024Aug 2024

Alison

Diploma in Psychology — Psychology

Apr 2024Jun 2024

Indian Leadership Academy

International Trainer and Coach — Communication and Leadership

Oct 2023Dec 2023

Lakmé Academy Powered by Aptech

Makeup Mastery — Advance Makeup

Nov 2022May 2023

Jain (Deemed-to-be University) Center for Management Studies

BBA - Bachelor of Business Administration — Marketing

Jan 2016Jan 2019

JAIN College

Pre-University (Commerce)

Jan 2014Jan 2016

New Horizon Public School

Jan 2001Jan 2014

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