Dr Sumathi Narayanan

Ma. Subramanian

Minister for Health and Family Welfare of Tamil Nadu

Special Guest: Inaugural Address

Inauguration Special Guests

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Dr Shruthi and Pooja Nair

Queer Affirmative Practises

Ms Pooja Nair

Mariwala Health Initiative

Queer Affirmative Counseling Practice

Dr Shruti Chakravarty

Chief Advisor at Mariwala Health Initiative (MHI)

Queer Affirmative Counseling Practice

Jon Sperry, Ph.D

Lynn University (USA)

Culturally Responsive Case conceptualization

Ms Lindsay Turner

Barry University (USA)

Lindsay Turner, MS is clinical mental health counselor. She works in a private practice in Florida and received her MS at Lynn University. She is currently pursuing her doctorate at Barry University.

Toni Knight

Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology (awarded with Distinction), Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy and Strategic Psychotherapy.

From Compassion fatigue to Compassionate Presence

Dr Nadine Pelling BA (Hon.), MA, PhD

Clinical Psychologist

Senior Lecturer – Clinical Psychology/Counselling & Interpersonal Skills - UniSA: Justice and Society

Paper Presentations

Dr Jan Sky

Neuropsychotherapist; Supervisor; Educator (Australia)

Brain Potential, Leadership Powered by Neuroscience - Jan is a graduate of Applied Neuroscience and uses her understanding of brain function applying this knowledge to enhance leadership applications and outcomes.

Dr Sumathi Narayanan

President of Creative Communication and Management Center, Chennai

Panel Moderator - Ph. D in HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, Department of Psychology, University of Madras

Masooma Mahtabi

United Nation Department of Safety and Security (Afganistan)

Bachelor’s Degree from Kabul University, Faculty of Psychology and Education, my master’s degree in Applied Psychology, specialization in counseling

Dr Nivedita Chalill

Courageous Compassion | Applying Buddhist Psychology to a Contemporary Context

Nivedita is the founder of ARTH (2014), a mental health initiative that offers Counselling and Arts Based Therapy services for people dealing with Mental health issues.

Sibylle Cseri

BFA (Univ. of New Mexico, USA), M.A. Art Psychotherapy (Univ. of Barcelona, Spain), art therapist, lecturer and supervisor based in Barcelona, Spain

WORKING WITH CREATIVE PROCESS' IN ART THERAPY TREATMENT

David ‘Bhakti’ Gotlieb

M.App.Sci.Crit.Psych. Grad Dip Social Ecology, ACA College of Supervision (Australia)

Precision in Counselling - linking Healing Inner Conflict (HIC) to Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Compassionate Inquiry (Dr Gabor Maté)...

Dr Stephani Stephens

Jungian oriented psychotherapist and a lecturer in Counselling at the University of Canberra (Australia)

Broaching: How we support our clients to talk about Race

Christian Henrichs

Dipl.-Psych. (Bonn, D), M.Phil. (Bristol, UK), psychological psychotherapist (LPA Hesse)

The Capacity to Deal with Cultural Diversity from the Perspective of Positive Psychotherapy

Aparna Joshi

Tata Institute of Social Sciences TISS (India)

Panel Moderator - Assistant Professor with the School of Human Ecology

Matthew Povey

Trauma Therapist and Supervisor at Riverina Counselling (Australia)

Matthew Povey is a Social Worker, Counselor and Clinical Supervisor with over 10 years experience in trauma, personality issues and complex illness with adults and children

Dr. Saraswathi Bhaskar

Counselling Psychologist & Coach (India)

Adoption Counseling Competency Seminar

Dr Narendra Sing Thagunna

Founder / Vice President of the Association of Psychologists in Nepal (APN)

Narendra Sing Thagunna was awarded his Ph.D. in Cross Cultural Psychology in 2010 from Kumaun University, India

Dr Adelaida C.Gines

Former Vice President for Academics at Philippine Normal University

Former Vice President for Academics, Philippine Normal University and Immediate Past President, Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association（PGCA）

Peer Mohamed Azees

Founder of IPPODHU (India)

Mental Health and Media: Shaping up Peace

Swami Vinayakanandaji

Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama (India)

The Inevitability Of Spirituality For Generating Perfect Mental Health

Dr Philip Armstrong

CEO Australian Counselling Association (Australia)

Adjunct Senior Industry Fellow of the University of South Australia and a Fellow of the Australian Counselling Association.

Dr Sophie Lea

Monash University (Australia)

Providing Supervision to Early-Career Mental-Health Professionals using a CPR Framework

Associate Professor George Davy Vera, PhD

Barry University, Florida (USA)

Key Note on Counselling Supervision

Dr Kanthi Hettigoda

Clinical Psychologist for the Sri Lanka Navy (Sri Lanka)

Panel Discussion: Women in a Globalised World and Mental Health 

Dr Shilpa Pandit

Co-Founder at Dreampath Foundation (India)

Shilpa Pandit in her more than two decade long adventure has primarily identified herself as a researcher as it resonates with her being.

Smriti Rana

Director - Programmes at Pallium India, Head of Policy Advocacy (India)

Grief is a universal experience and every culture has its own rituals associated with mourning and loss.

Dr Tripura Kashyap

Movement Therapist, Dance Educator and Choreographer (India)

Creative Movement Therapy (CMT)

Tanya Ginwala

Mental Health Practitioner | Nature & Adventure based Therapist | (India)

Adventure Therapy Workshop

Dr Vasuki Mathivanan

Founder/President Indian Academy of Professional Supervisors (India)

Dr. Vasuki Mathivanan is an accomplished Psychologist with over 2 decades of experience in the field of mental health

Tracy Milson

Australian Institute of Family Counselling (Australia)

Couple, Relationship and Pre-Marital Counselling

Dr Farida D’Silva Dias

Sr. Faculty, William Glasser International

Reality Workshop - Life is a circus and you are the ringmaster of your life! improve Let’s look at ways to our own mental health and well-being.

Melody Qu

Bridging Hope (Australia)

Is hotline mental health service an effective way in supporting the Chinese Australian community?

Dr G L Sampoorna

Rathna Center for Conscious Living (India)

Presenting a Workshop on Forgiveness

Didem Atahan Fabig, MS

InVision (Germany)

Cross Cultural Therapy Workshop

Dr Sam Manickam

Clinical Psychologist (India)

"Is Psychology in India in the reverse gear?: Challenges and Future Directions in the Global context."