Shivani Bhagavatula

In association with NSPIRA, as an Expert Psychologist, I visit various residential branches of Narayana Group of Institutions in the city of Nellore.

In a week, 5 branches. The main nature of the job contains group counseling where topics like Importance of Mental health, Well-being, The Self, Relationships, Management, - topics as these are covered.

Apart from group counseling, a day is catered for individual counseling where students reach out for personal therapy and to learn coping mechanisms.

In the section of Behavioral Therapy, I carried out my internship at The BrainTree, a child neuro-developmental centre. The holistic setup of the organization provided the most enriching experience.

I had an opportunity to work with a diverse clientele, with diverse cultural backgrounds.

As a part of the internship, I worked for the following departments:

- Behaviour therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Special Education
- Neuro-developmental Assessments
- Clinical interview of the parents

During the peak of pandemic, Online was the new normal and Psychology was just taking a shape then. This online training program provided a supervision platform to understand the clinical side of psychology in depth. Various sessions on disorders, assignments, roleplay sessions gave an enriching experience.

Taking Case History, administering Mental Status Examination, Roleplay activities and Psychological Assessments, Research, Assignments - A few areas of working as Trainee.

It was a wonderful experience to explore Zoom classes with the next-gen students teaching English for 3rd - 6th grades. The support received from the senior faculty boosted my energy and confidence to venture into a newer field, especially during the pandemic.

It was a new area for me, to deal with adolescents. Apart from just teaching them English, the discussions were far more profound. The next generation is definitely takes an upper step towards more knowledge!

Adolescent Education.

To see the rural setting with the lens of Psychology can get disheartening at times. As a Neurofeedback Practitioner, I got to experience in the areas of Dementia risk and Children with Learning Disabilities.

The process for Dementia check-up included;

Case History taking, interviewing, followed by Brain Mapping (EEG). Once the results were out, there was a consultation session with the later adults of Manali region.

The process of Brain mapping for children with learning disabilities gave an additional insight to the NGOs to develop their intervention strategies. Also, a lot of music and play therapy was also included.