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About Me.

I yearn to understand and alleviate human suffering, and I have worked with clients and trained individuals from across the globe. I am a Licensed Professional Counsellor - Associate (No. 93151), working virtually with individuals, couples, and families. I trained as a therapist in Austin via my Master's in Counsellor Education at the University of Texas at Austin and numerous training sessions with the Austin Group Psychotherapy Society and the Austin Psychoanalytic. I also participated in annual conferences of the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology (APA Division 39) and the American Psychoanalytic Association. 

 

Alongside therapy, I have been a college instructor for 8 years now. I have taught courses on critical thinking, writing, strategic learning, leadership, and group dynamics to university students in India, the USA, and Nigeria. Prior to my counselling master's, I completed a master’s in Liberal Studies with a concentration in Psychology and Philosophy, and an undergraduate degree in engineering from India.

On my journey from being an engineer to a therapist, I traversed the fields of social impact consulting, marketing, fundraising, behavioral science research, and sustainability. Across several disciplines, my love for supporting people in their own quests has only deepened.

When I am not busy exploring the depths of the existential vacuum, I can be found appreciating and capturing art around us in the form of photographs, short films, writing and reciting poetry, backpacking, savouring cinema and music, practicing mindfulness, and swimming post-sunset.

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Conference presentations

Apr 2024

Washington D.C.

Stolen Desire: The oppressive impact of the other on one’s Jouissance, sexual identity & belonging [Panel].

American Psychological Association Division 39, 43rd Annual Spring Meeting

Apr 2023

New York City 

Architecture, Psychoanalysis, and The Creation of Subjective Space in Times of Conflict and Transformation [Panel].

American Psychological Association Division 39, 42nd Annual Spring Meeting: Our Beautiful Struggle

Jan 2021

Virtual 

Understanding the therapeutic effects of philosophy education 

3rd International Conference on Philosophical Counseling & Practice

Teaching experiences 

Nov ’25 – Feb ‘26

Visiting Faculty, Group Dynamics, India 

Co-facilitated short courses on Group Dynamics with postgraduate and undergraduate students at the Indian School of Development Management and the Master's Union School of Business

Aug ’21 – May ‘23

Assistant Instructor, The University of Texas at Austin

Taught an educational and social psychology course on ‘Strategic Learning for the 21st Century’

Oct ’22 – Nov’22

Co-facilitator, Power Lab, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Part of the teaching team of experts for the Group Dynamics & Organizational Politics Lab

Aug ’18 – Jan ‘21

Instructor, Critical Thinking & Writing, Ashoka University, India

 

Designed an interdisciplinary (psychology and philosophy) curriculum exploring intrapersonal & interpersonal dynamics

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