Shashi’s Profile

Shashi has Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Master’s in Clinical Psychology and Post-Graduation in Clinical Psychology.

She has worked in India and New Zealand, across different health boards including Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. On coming to Australia, she has worked as consultant clinical psychologist at Maternal Child Health Centre and was part of the Beyond Blue initiative on post natal depression in regional Victoria. She has been working privately too. Currently she works as Senior Clinical Psychologist for Westmead Centre for Oral Restorative Sciences.

Shashi is available with telehealth sessions and has more than 22 years of clinical experience of working with children, adolescents, families, adults and larger community. She is a registered Clinical Psychologist with AHPRA, Member of the Australian Psychological Society and also member of the Australian Psychological Society Clinical College.

Shashi’s areas of expertise:

• Anxiety.
• Depression.
• Adjustment difficulties
• Grief and Loss.
• Anger.
• Complex Trauma.
• Psychological assessment.
• Oro facial pain management.
• Body-image disturbance.
• Relationship issues.
• Stress and worry.
• Sleep difficulties.
• Body-image disturbance.
• Pain management.

Therapeutic Approaches:

• Cognitive behaviour therapy
• Emotion focussed therapy
• Psychodynamic psychotherapy
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• Attachment based therapeutic interventions
• Art therapy
• Behaviour therapy.
• Mindfulness