Yashika
Case Manager, Addictions & Supportive Housing
Toronto
Summary
My approach to mental health is intersectional and Systemic through a Psychodynamic and relational lens. Influenced by the Therapeutic Communities framework, I believe in responsibility over blame, supporting my clients through rupture and repair in their communities.
Experienced with intensive case management and client advocacy, ensuring holistic support and improved client outcomes. Utilizing advanced intervention techniques and resource coordination to address complex client needs effectively.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Intensive Case Manager, Addictions & Supportive Housing (ASH)
LOFT Community Services
02.2023 - Current
- Provided holistic and client led case management from a Recovery/ Psychosocial Rehabilitation framework, to an assigned caseload of individuals living in independent ASH units located across Toronto
- Developed collaborative relationships and worked in tandem with interdisciplinary staff from various agencies and institutions to deliver comprehensive wrap-around supports based on subjective needs
- On-Site Task Supervisor for advance student placement for University Of Windsor
- Supervised the student, based on university curriculum and experiential learning practices in the community
- Advocated for clients at risk of eviction in their living environments, for a more integrated and equity based living, with building managements across Toronto
- Worked on de-cluttering and self-advocacy in collaboration with VHA, for clients at high risk of eviction
- Raised 1500$ funding in collaboration with RBC's Communities Together Fund (CTF), for Christmas 2024, to support members in the community, based on 'wants', instead of 'needs'
Associate Psychotherapist
The Color of Grey Cells
01.2022 - 12.2022
- Working directly with and helping patients struggling with various mental health challenges
Therapeutic Community Manager
The Hank Nunn Institute
01.2022 - 12.2022
- Managed MOSAIC, the only one-of-its-kind academic Therapeutic Community in the country for mental health practitioners & individuals curious about psychology and/or therapeutic communities
- Facilitated case discussions and conflict resolution within the community
Faculty Member
Social Transformation Education Platform (STEP)
01.2022 - 12.2022
- Conceptualized and taught the 2-month course 'What Makes You You?'- A Psychological Exploration to the first cohort of 10 women hailing from underserved communities in North-East India
Core Member and Advocacy Head
Uttar Pradesh Mental Health Council
01.2020 - 12.2021
- Headed a team of 4 mental health practitioners, responsible for mental health advocacy efforts of the council and setting up organisational processes
Mental Health Fellow
SLV.Global Mental Health Fellowship
01.2019 - 12.2019
- Company Overview: In collaboration with King's College London & National Youth Service Council, Sri Lanka
- 1 of the 25+ fellows selected from 5 continents
- Obtained cross-cultural perspectives on mental health by working in a 3-membered team to plan & design 15+ weekly sessions, create therapeutic spaces and executed creative group activities for 45+ service users across 4 user groups: Geriatric and Rehabilitation Ward patients, National Institute of Mental Health; Individuals struggling with substance abuse, Senehasa Rehabilitation Center; The Sir James and Lady Peiris Cheshire Home; Children between the ages of 6-15, Banglawatta Community Temple
- In collaboration with King's College London & National Youth Service Council, Sri Lanka
Head, Project Tong-Len
drsafehands.com with Dalai Lama Trust
01.2017 - 12.2017
- Organised 6 medical camps with 20+ doctors on a telemedicine panel, to provide better healthcare for 300+ slum dwellers of Kangra valley and 150+ children in need from Tong-Len Hostel
Education
Psychoanalytic Fellow -
Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA 01.2021 - 01.2023
Master of Science - Psychoanalytic Developmental Psychology (Distinction)
University College London and Anna Freud Center
London, UK 01.2019 - 01.2020
Master of Arts - Applied Psychology (Major Clinical, 1st Division)
Jamia Millia Islamia
New Delhi, IN 01.2016 - 01.2018
Bachelors of Arts (Hons.) - History
Lady Shri Ram College
New Delhi, IN 01.2012 - 01.2015
Skills
Substance abuse awareness
Family support
Client advocacy
Housing assistance
Homelessness prevention
Multidisciplinary collaboration
Case documentation
Individualized service planning
Critical thinking
Mental health
Legal advocacy
Certifications Affiliations
- UMAB- Understanding And Managing Aggressive Behaviour, Toronto, 2024
- Dialectical Behavioural Therapy Skills, Toronto, 2024
- Safe Talk, Suicide Prevention, Toronto, 2024
- Adaptive Therapeutic Communities, BCARA, British Columbia, 2024
- Trainee, UNREAD 2021-22, Hank Nunn Institute in association with University of Nottingham and INDTC., Completed 589 hours of clinical and theoretical training in the intensive 6-month based practitioner program based on relational and group analytic framework at Hank Nunn Institute, India.
- Creative & Dance Movement Therapy Facilitator, 2018-19, International Dance Council (CID), UNESCO
- Fellow, 2019, SLV.Global Mental Health Fellowship, Sri Lanka in association with Kings College, London.
Degrees
- MA
- MSc
Research
- Presented Hank Nunn Institute's paper on survival and containment titled The Going On Being of HNI at the Therapeutic Community (TC) Consortium, London., 04/05/22
- Currently crafting an individual paper on the experience of generativity in an academic TC and passing on of the 'learning culture' through a socio-cultural-psychoanalytic lens.
- Wrote and submitted dissertation - The Invisible Umbilical Cord: Intergenerational transmission of eating difficulties and bodily experience during pregnancy - by conducting an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis as part of M.Sc. at University College London and Anna Freud Center., 2019 - 2020
- Authored an observation-based paper informed by a year-long nursery-based observation of a young child at Anna Freud Center., 2020
Timeline
Intensive Case Manager, Addictions & Supportive Housing (ASH)
LOFT Community Services
02.2023 - Current
Associate Psychotherapist
The Color of Grey Cells
01.2022 - 12.2022
Therapeutic Community Manager
The Hank Nunn Institute
01.2022 - 12.2022
Faculty Member
Social Transformation Education Platform (STEP)
01.2022 - 12.2022
Psychoanalytic Fellow -
Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia
01.2021 - 01.2023
Core Member and Advocacy Head
Uttar Pradesh Mental Health Council
01.2020 - 12.2021
Mental Health Fellow
SLV.Global Mental Health Fellowship
01.2019 - 12.2019
Master of Science - Psychoanalytic Developmental Psychology (Distinction)
University College London and Anna Freud Center
01.2019 - 01.2020
Head, Project Tong-Len
drsafehands.com with Dalai Lama Trust
01.2017 - 12.2017
Master of Arts - Applied Psychology (Major Clinical, 1st Division)
Jamia Millia Islamia
01.2016 - 01.2018
Bachelors of Arts (Hons.) - History
Lady Shri Ram College
01.2012 - 01.2015
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