My Introduction

Dr. Vinaya Prabha Baligar

My educational background:

I hold a PhD in Psychology from University of Delhi. My PhD research was titled

''A Study of the Reconstruction of Women's Attitudes towards the Girl Child''

It was an action-oriented research and determined the efficacy of a cognitive intervention technique in changing gender-related attitudes.

I conducted over 800 hours of counselling sessions with the research subjects.

I hold a Master's degree in Psychology from Bangalore University, which I attended as a National Merit Scholar.

Professional Membership:

  • Member, Association of Clinical Psychologists, New Delhi.

  • Life Member, Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists, Bangalore.

  • Member, Delhi Psychiatric Society, New Delhi.

  • Member, Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, Chennai.

counselling and Training Experience:

Independent practice as a Consultant psychotherapist.

In the past 15 years that I have worked as a psychotherapist, I have counseled individuals and families for emotional and psychological problems through individual counselling and workshops. I have dealt with male and female clients covering an age range from 16 to nearly 70 coming from all sections of society. My clients include Indians living in USA, Canada, Europe, UAE, Australia, Singapore. Some of the concerns which my clients have explored in counselling sessions include:

    • relationship problems

    • parenting concerns

    • pre-marital counselling

    • emotional, psychological abuse

    • building self-awareness, self-confidence

    • marital problems

    • study-related issues

    • career planning

    • handling emotions

    • the meaning of life

among many other topics.

My Theoretical Orientation:

I primarily use the cognitive therapy approach to counselling However, as and when appropriate, I use the approaches of other therapeutic interventions- e.g. gestalt therapy, existential therapy, person-centered therapy, spiritual psychology, in order to maximally and effectively help my clients.

Director and Co-founder of Vistaara Foundation, Bangalore:

The aim of this organization is the psychological and social empowerment of individuals and families through group and individual counselling. As Director I have designed and conducted many workshops for students of professional courses, women's groups, NGO representatives and mixed groups.

Soft Skills Trainer:

I am an experienced soft skills trainer and have designed and conducted several workshops. I have trained executives of various organizations including:

    • Basak and Shamban,Bangalore

    • Bangalore Management Association, Bangalore

    • Crossdomains,Bangalore.

    • Dell Computers, Bangalore

    • Enercon,Bangalore

    • KPTCL,Bangalore

    • LM Glasfibres, India

    • MacMillan,Bangalore

    • Mahila Samakhya, Karnataka

    • Micro labs Pharmaceuticals,Bangalore

    • Mysore Minerals, Bangalore

    • Tata InfoTech,Bangalore

    • Titan Watches, Bangalore

    • Vimoksha Technologies,Bangalore

I have also conducted workshops for college students of

    • ICFAI,Bangalore

    • Christ college,Bangalore

    • Jyoti Nivas College,Bangalore

    • JSS College, Bangalore

    and Heads of the Departments of BVB Engineering College, Hubli

The Workshop topics included:

    • Interpersonal Skills for Success

    • Assertive Skills

    • Self Awareness and Motivation

    • Emotional Intelligence for Workplace Effectiveness

    • Spiritual Intelligence

    • Team building Skills

    • Mentoring Skills

    • Skills for Effective stress management

    • Transactional Analysis for personal effectiveness

    • Communication Skills

    • Life Style Management

    • counselling Skills

    • Leadership Skills

    • Gender Awareness

    • Stress Management

    • Career Planning

Previous Experience:

  • Professor in HR and Organizational Behavior at Alliance Business School, Bangalore.

  • Corporate Trainer at the Alliance Business School, Bangalore.

  • Visiting Faculty, Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore.

  • Visiting Faculty, T John College of Management,Bangalore.

  • Visiting Faculty, Banjara Academy of counselling, Bangalore.

  • Educational Consultant for the Amber Valley School, Chickmagalur, Karnataka. I developed the Life Skills Curriculum for classes 1 to 12.

  • Head of Student Solutions at Eduquity Career Technologies, Bangalore, in charge of providing Career Solutions to college students.

  • Counselor, Sanjivini Society for Mental Health, New Delhi.
    Sanjivini runs a counselling centre where volunteers provide supportive services to those in emotional distress. As a counselor I handled work- related and relationship problems.

Publications:

Mother and Girl Child: Reconstructing Attitudes (1999) Jaipur: Rawat Publications

In this book I have addressed the issue of changing negative attitudes of mothers towards their girl children. I have illustrated the efficacy of cognitive therapy techniques in attitude reconstruction .
 
   

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