Gitanjali Palekar Email & Phone Number

Thane, Mh, In

Individual Therapy Group Therapy Parent Consultations

Overall responsibility of counseling and special education across 3 schools.Conducted individual and group therapy sessions for children in need and also catered to emotional and social difficulties of students at large across the 3 schools. Trained and supervised counselors and special education teachers. Maintained documentation for and monitored progress of all children in therapy and communicated the same to concerned teachers and Heads of school. Identified children in need of remedial help, monitored their progress and worked on integrating the students into their classroom curriculum.Conceptualized early identification and intervention mechanisms for developmental delays. Developed content for a Social & Cognitive milestone development group for ages 3 years to 5 years. Conducted teacher training on; Boundaries with children, Essentials for creating a supportive school environment, Effectiveness of reinforcements, Communication and teambuilding. Capacity building sessions for parents

Coordinated activities of the counseling centre. Conducted individual and group sessions for children in need and also catered to emotional and social difficulties of students at large. Held sessions for students and initiated discussions on topics of socio-emotional importance, and for parents on understanding development and factors influencing parent-child interactions.Worked towards creating awareness for and acceptance for mental health among the staff. Trained and supervised counselors in the medium of group counseling. Developed content for social skills group and mental health awareness week.

Conducted individual and group sessions for children in counseling.Conducted Life Skills sessions in classrooms, initiating a discussion on topics of socio-emotional importance. Maintained documentation detailing progress in counseling and communicated the same to teachers responsible.

Provided therapy for children, and their families, Adults, and Couples. Clientele was primarily Spanish speaking, and we worked with Interpreters.

My duties involved assisting with psychological testing and was responsible for scoring and completing reports for the same. I also co-lead social skills groups for children with social-deficits and provided individual therapy for those with behavioral concerns.

Ms, Clinical Counselling Psychology

Clinical Education Award for Outstanding Performance at a Clinical Training Site 2010.

M.A., Clinical Psychology

Ba, Psychology