Psychologist
Resume:
SHILPA SOMANATHAN
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OBJECTIVE To provide the organization with the best of my knowledge of Psychology, healing and therapy to enable individuals to develop and maintain quality skill set, be a coach who enables individuals to identify their potential and to be a facilitator of innovation by maintaining and amplifying the standards of the organization.
RESUME CAPSULE Has had more than 12 years experience in counseling, coaching, therapy and healing people on different challenges and development of performance and competency in different age groups in Karnataka.
Has worked actively as a Student counselor, Relationship counselor, Business coach, corporate relation coach, Skill development coach, Competency development coach, Theta Healer, and Hypnotherapist. DESCRIPTION Student Counselor, Delhi Public School
Worked as a student and parent counselor in DPS, Bangalore East. This involved collecting case studies, using differential counseling and coaching methodologies to increase skill and manage challenges. Parent counseling was done for general awareness, management of differential challenges and to help parents apply healthy and progressive growth process at home.
Work proLile also included psychological assessment for individuals. Have also created assessments to screen and test applicants for posts of teacher, administration and other staff in DPS.
Practicing Counselor, Azurite.
Founded a counseling centre called Azurite as a referral counselor. This involves counseling and skill development for individuals, competency enhancement for young adults, performance enhancement coaching for business heads and managers, relationship and marital counseling. Practice and provide Behaviour therapy for individuals with Behavioural challenges to enable them to develop new patterns over-writing the existing hard-wired patterns.
Have also practiced Dance Therapy as a healing science to help individuals overcome their challenges and to incorporate stress management as a life pattern.
KNOWLEDGE Psychology — Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Therapy, Counseling and Healing — Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance. Neuro-Linguistic Programming (practitioner) – Knowledge of studying individual work patterns, awareness of these patterns and creating a performance oriented behaviour shift in individuals.
English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Sociology and Anthropology — Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and inLluences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Hypno-Therapy & Theta Healing – Studied Hypno-therapy and theta healing as efLicient means of understanding and accessing internal challenges and arriving at deLinite solution centric processes.
PhD Dance Therapy- currently pursuing Doctorate in Dance and movement therapy from Banasthali University, India.
SKILL SET Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively. Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and beneLits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help and transform lives of people.
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS COURSE YEAR OF
PASSING
COLLEGE UNIVERSITY MARKS
PhD,
Psychology
Current Banasthali
University
Banasthali
University
Currently
Pursuing
MSc clinical
and
Counseling
Psychology
2008 SDM College Mangalore 70.92%
BA
Psychology
2006 Christ College Bangalore 67%
P.U.C 2003 Vijaya PU
College
Bangalore 58.6%
SSLC 2001 Carmel
Convent
School
Bangalore 82.08%
WORK EXPERIENCE Additional qualibication:
• Dance therapy from Tripura Kashyap
• CertiLied Handwriting Analyst from HII.
• Theta Healing from Vienna Stibal Foundation- founder of Theta healing.
• Hypnotherapy from Hypnotherapy School of India.
• Pranic Healing from World Pranic Healing Foundation, Inc.
• Sensory Processing Challenges- RCI Approved.
• Reebok CertiLied group Fitness trainer.
• Access Consciousness Training.
• Basic NLP Practitioner- The National Federation of Neurolonguistic Programming.
• The Service Leadership workshop- Ron Kaufman.
• DIPLOMA in Business Administration from ICFAI University.
• Worked as a faculty in HR for Centre for Management Studies, Jain University for the Academic Year 2010-2011.
Achievements:
• Have presented a paper on Dance therapy in an International Conference in Montfort College, Bangalore.
• Has started Azurite, a centre for Dance Therapy and Counseling.
• Has been on a panel of Counselors addressing the challenges of individuals on SUVARNA KANNADA, a TV production.
Institution Duration Designation Year
Quantum Leap 1 year 6 months Trainer/ Coach July 2009- Jan 2011
Delhi Public School 1 year 2 months Student
Counselor
May 2008- July
2009
Azurite Creative
Expressions
7 years 4 months Founder/
Therapist/
Healer
August 2009- Jan
2017
Sudharshan Vidya
Mandir
1 year (Part time)
Special
Educator
June 2013- May
2014
SWADHAIA
Academy
current Founder/
Therapist/
Healer
Jan 2017-
Current
PROFESSIONAL INNOVATIONS
• As a Psychologist and a dancer, I have combined the science of psychology into the art of dancing to create modules on Skill Development process. This process is applicable for individuals from the age group 3 to 18 and individuals from 18-21. This process involves developing of life skills in individuals like communication, accelerated learning, interpersonal skills, social skills, leadership and other skills of attention, concentration, memory, conbidence building etc. I have not only used dance as a medium but also play, art, music, drama, martial arts and yoga& meditation to enable achieve results.
• I have combined the science of psychology into the art of movement to create modules on Stress Management process which helps individuals relax, concentrate and focus on result- oriented behaviour.
• As a counselor, I use a combination method of counseling and coaching. This enables me to take the role of a facilitator and enable the individuals to attain more self centered, effective results that provide increased quality of life.
OTHER DETAILS Hobbies:
Dancing, reading novels, writing short stories and poems, painting, creative drawing and innovating learning material.
Co-Curricular Activities:
• Team member of cultural team, Christ College, Bangalore.
• Participated and won awards in various intra and inter school and collegiate cultural fests.
• Conducting visits and programs in orphanages, old age homes and homes for the disabled.
• Conducting dance classes and summer camps for individuals.
• Conducting coaching and counseling programs for couples, single parents and individuals with differential capabilities.
REFERENCE Mr. Deepak Bhasi
Theta Healer,
Proprietor,
Pranav Integrated Healing Pvt Ltd.
PERSONAL DETAILS Date of Birth: 18th November 1985
Nationality: Indian
Marital Status: Married
Languages Known: English, Hindi, Kannada,
Malayalam, and Tamil.
I hereby declare that the information furnished
above is true to the best of my knowledge.
Shilpa Somanathan
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