Case Study Circle

Dr Saras Bhaskar has over 30 years of Psychological Counseling and HR Management experience. Her belief is that every human being has the potential to succeed, and her mission is to empower people to discover/rediscover their full potentials. She objectively guides and assist the help seekers to incorporate those skills.

As a Counseling Psychologist, she has mastered in identifying psychopathology and offering necessary therapeutic guidance to clients and their families. She effectively manages clients with cognitive, emotional, and behavioral disturbances. She incorporates appropriate therapeutic techniques in her treatment modality.

As a Corporate Consultant, she is well-recognized for her skills to train human capital which is essential for an organisation’s growth. As an analytical person, she designs and facilitates need based training programs. She educates, empowers, and enlightens all levels of personnel by offering guest lectures. Her comprehensive workshops are conducted via online/in-person incorporating experiential learning through group work, role plays and case discussions. She is much sought after facilitating programs at all levels for the “psychosocial implications of sexual harassment of women at workplace.” With her specialization in HR Management, she enhances leadership positions to meet the dynamic corporate workforce.

As an affiliate, mentor, and consultant

• She is a mentor/facilitator associated with MobilTrain, a technology driven training services in healthcare, education, skills development for healthy lifestyles. http://mobiltrain.com.
• Associated with T.S. Gopalan and Co in conducting awareness programs and enquiry under the POSH Act 2013.
• Consultant for CEO TSG labour Compliance Services Private Ltd.
• Specialized in trouble shoot for attrition, conflicts at workplace.
• She is a trainer for a unit of SOS children’s Village of India sponsored by MobilTrain.
• Faculty for several programs organized by
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• Collaborated with T G Gopalan & Associates and released an educational movie on “Legal and psychosocial implications of sexual harassment of women at workplace.”
• Designed an effective curriculum for Internal Committee members and the Presiding officers, barefoot counselling, how to do conduct enquiry process, documentation and report writing.
• Conducts systematic, comprehensive interviews/enquiries and submit fact finding reports.

As the Co-Founder of Chennai Counselors’ Foundation (CCF), started the organization in 2004, to provide a platform for Counseling professionals to share knowledge, therapeutic expertise, facilitate guest lecture, workshops for growth and advancement in mental health field.

As a responsible citizen

• Leading a team of mental health professionals (Root 2 Fruit), in offering free counselling/training programs for the volunteers, students and mentors of “Agaram” https://agaram.in
• Taken one-year voluntary project “Nambikai” in offering staff training and resident counselling, group work and workshop at “Soul free INSPIRE” in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. https://soulfree.org
• Consultant/faculty member with “Padme,” an organization which provides support for adoptive, prospective adoptive parents, adoptees, and all other stake holders in the ecosystem. http://padme.in

She appears on local television channels, and her interviews and expert comments appear frequently in The Times of India, The Deccan Chronicle, The Hindu and other Tamil newspapers, and magazines.

Academic Qualifications

• PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Madras, Chennai.
• As a part time research scholar has two research publications associated with University of Utrecht, Netherlands.
• Master of Art in Human Services, Counseling & HRM, St. Edwards University, Austin Texas, USA
• Master of Arts in Applied Psychology, SIET College for Women, Chennai Tamil Nadu, India.
• Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences, QMC College for Women, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Membership affiliations

• Associate Life member, Indian Psychiatric Society.
• Associate member, America Psychological Association, USA
• Associate member - ESHRE – UK
• Associate Life member of Indian Association of Applied Psychology.
• Co-Founder - Chennai Counselors’ Foundation, Chennai India.

To name a few clients: Accenture, Asian paints, AGS, Apollo Tyres, Australian Consulate, Capgemini, CTS, Ford, L&T, International papers, iOPEX, St. Gobain, TCS, TVS, Visual Graphics, HCL, , Symrise, Valeo-Amalgamation, WABCO, World Bank and many more.

Sheela Grace is professionally trained School counselor with 5 years of experience in the field of school counselling. She is dedicated and passionate to facilitate Social Emotional skills through Life skill and Visual art sessions for children of all the age group. She also conducts workshops for teachers and parents.

• She is an internationally certified NLP practitioner. She has undergone various trainings/workshops such as Career guidance and Counselling using CBT, Counselling Approaches to handle Child Sexual Abuse, Advanced Counselling course for practicing counselors etc.
• She has completed her under graduate and Post graduate degree in Psychology from Dr. MGR-Janaki College and Women’s Christian College, Chennai.
• She did a case presentation in an International EAT Conference in collaboration with WCC.
• As an individual she is amicable, adaptable and resilient.
• She is Junior Professional counselor and an active member of CCF since 2017
• She is also a passionate artist, nature lover and catalyst to bring positive change in people around her.
• Her mission is to empower the children from various backgrounds to reach their fullest potential in the society

Maleeka Riyaz is a counseling psychologist, holding a Master’s degree in Psychology and a Diploma in Islamic Psychology from Virtual Atlantis University. She has also been recognized as the Best Outgoing Student from the Department of Psychology at CTTE College, Sembium.

Additionally, she is a certified MCMF Career Counselor. Maleeka is passionate about research, having presented five research papers at various national and international conferences. Her research topics include:

Preference for traditional learning methods over online classes (published by Journal for Innovative Development in Pharmaceutical and Technical Science)

Effect of optimism on grit and resilience (awarded Best Paper at the International Conference on Mental Health and Gender Sensitization)

Strengths and difficulties of adolescents during the Covid-19 pandemic (published by IAPS Journal of Practice in Mental Health)

Gadget addiction and fertility

Personality and spirituality

In her quest for continuous learning, she has participated in multiple training programs across diverse areas such as yoga and positive psychology for managing life and career, graphology, ethical practice in counseling and psychotherapy, NLP for self-improvement, basics of counseling, healing the inner child, fundamentals of digital marketing and entrepreneurship conducted by reputed institutions.

Maleeka is deeply committed to promoting mental health awareness and frequently conducts sensitization programs in schools, emphasizing the importance of mental well-being. Currently, she works as a Research Assistant at Evidentia Research Solutions and has been an active member of CCF since 2019.

Dr. Chitra Aravind is a RCI-Certified Consultant Psychologist and in the field of psychology for two decades. She did her Ph.D. and M.Phil in University of Madras. She has also done her diploma in Human Resource Management at Loyola College. She founded MANAS-A pursuit of happiness, where she is playing varied roles in the gamut of psychology such as trainer, researcher, counselor, author, speaker, life coach, psychotherapist etc. Her research work has been published in journals like Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, International Research Journal of Social Sciences, The International Journal of Indian Psychology, Journal of Indian Academy in Applied Psychology, Indian Journal of Health and Well-being, Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, The International Journal of Indian Psychology, Indian Police Journal, Business Psychology (book) etc. She is serving as peer reviewer for International journals. She had authored a book titled, “Manase, Manase’, published by Sun Publications, which deals with various mental health issues of Children and Adolescents.

She has been providing consultancy services to various, corporate, educational institutions and social bodies, through counseling and training programs. She has conducted workshops and lectures in the field of Resilience, Leadership Development, Personality Development, Prevention of Sexual harassment Act (POSH), Communication Skills, Stress Management, Prevention of child abuse, Emotional Management, Life Skills Training etc. She has won various awards for her academic pursuits including IAAP-NITTTR award for Best PhD Paper and Dipak Bhat award for Best Paper Presentation. She had authored books, scientific journals and serving as an expert for various online magazines. She has been a resource person for various visual and print media like Kungumam Magazine, Vikatan group, Rani, Dhinamalar, Hindustan Times, IANS, Sun TV, Kalaigner TV, Raj TV, Vijay TV, Thanthi TV, Zee Tamil, Behindwoods etc. She is a member of various psychological associations like Rehabilitation Council of India, American Psychological Association, Madras Psychological Society, Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, etc. Her motto is to always see people around her happy and to enjoy the life gifted to them.