Suma is a RCI Licensed Clinical Psychologist in India with 8 years of experiences. She secured Gold Medal for her M. Phil in Clinical Psychology from Osmania University and completed her MSc in Psychology (Clinical) from Bangalore University. She has worked as Clinical Psychologist in well renowned esteem institutions such as National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Spandana Hospital, RECOUP Neuro Centre & Pragnya Clinic, Bangalore. She conducted tele-conference training sessions for District Mental Health Program Psychologists on various mental health topics and invited speaker for National conferences, colleges programs and organizational training. She also worked under Employee Assistant program for IT companies. She was also a part of helplines and conducted webinars/counselling for addressing mental health issues of Covid patients.

She is a passionate scholar-practitioner who divides her time between clinical practice, training, and research. She believes that therapy is a collaborative process to guide the clients to increase self-awareness, gain new perspectives, decrease symptoms, and increase personal strengths to have a meaningful life experience. She is trained in providing Psychotherapy and Counselling for a wide array of Child and Adult psychiatric disorders, emotional and behavioral problems, critical life issues, Behavioral & Internet Addiction, and academic difficulties. Her treatment expertise lies in the empirical and evidenced based practices in the areas of Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Dialectical Behavior therapy, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Positive Psychotherapy, Supportive Therapy, Behavioral Marital Therapy & Emotion focused Therapy. She uses an integrative and non-judgmental approach which builds secure atmosphere and work alliance where client will be able to share, learn and grow holistically.

What is therapy to me? Therapy, to me, creates a safe space via a collaborative work alliance between the client and therapist, wherein the client will be able to share, learn and grow holistically. It guides the clients to increase self-awareness, gain new perspectives, decrease symptoms and enhance personal strengths to have a meaningful life experience.

Therapeutic approach: I use an integrative and non-judgmental approach to build a secure atmosphere and work alliance.

Areas of Expertise:  Cognitive behaviour Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Positive Psychotherapy and Supportive Therapy. Existential Psychotherapy, Adult Individual Therapy, Marital & Couple Therapy, 

Languages known:  English, Kannada, Telugu

Rates:

Individual therapy: Rs. 2000 ; Couples and family session: Rs. 2500