About Me.
I yearn to understand and alleviate human suffering, and I have worked with clients and trained individuals from across the globe. Currently, I am a private practitioner in India working with individuals and couples both domestically and internationally. Before that, I was working as a full-time therapist in Austin, Texas (as a Licensed Professional Counselor-Associate), where I also pursued my master’s in counseling. Prior to my move to the US, I completed a master’s in liberal studies with a concentration in psychology and philosophy, and an undergraduate degree in engineering. Alongside therapy, I have also been a college instructor for 7 years now. I have taught courses on critical thinking, writing, strategic learning, leadership, and group dynamics to university students in India, USA, and Nigeria.
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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.
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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, writing and reciting poetry, backpacking, savoring cinema and music, practicing mindfulness, and swimming post-sunset.
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Teaching experiences
Aug ’21 – May ‘23
Assistant Instructor, The University of Texas at Austin
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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
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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
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