Malini Sridhar is the Executive Director of Parivarthan and the Managing Trustee of Parivarthan Consultation and Training Services.

She is a post-graduate in Commerce from Bangalore University (1975) and her career path has alternated between Finance and the NGO sector with brief forays into teaching and advertising.

She began her career as a Probationary Officer with the State Bank of India (1976 – 1987) and worked with the bank in various branches and in different managerial capacities.

After a break of 2 years to be a full-time mother, she joined the Spastics Society of India (now Karnataka) (1989 – 1994) to co-ordinate their Fund Raising and Community Awareness Programs.

She then went back to the financial field as Manager – Corporate Finance at Integrated Finance Private Limited, an NBFC (1094-1997).

In 1997, she was approached to set up Parivarthan, which was registered as a Society to provide counselling services and training programs in counselling skills. She was Administrator from 1997 – 2002 and thereafter has been the Executive Director of the Centre.

Vivek Varma has an MBA and over 14 years of experience working in Human Resource Development and Behaviour Studies. In 2017 he started his training to become a counsellor with Parivarthan, and has since completed his Child and Adolescent Counselling and Couples and Family Certification from Parivarthan. Prior to working as the Director – Services, Vivek worked with Parivarthan as a Counsellor, Trainer and in the Outreach Services.

Satish has completed his B.Com and has been working for over 10 years in Administration and Accounts

Amrita Kaur has a Post Graduate Degree in Human Resources from the Symbiosis Institute of Business Management Pune and Certifications in Counselling (BSIC), Couple and Family Counselling from Parivarthan.

She has over 18 years of experience as a Practitioner and Educationist in the field of Human Resources and Organization Behavior & Psychology.

Amrita follows the integrative approach to counselling and works with adolescents, adults and couples. She has also done emotional wellness programs for corporate executives and individual & group therapy under the EAP umbrella.

She believes that individuals need to be held and supported with unconditional positive regard in their journey towards emotional and mental well-being.

Anjana Kochhar has an MSc. (Psychology) degree from the University of Madras (2015). Prior to this, she completed her Diploma in Basic Counselling Skills from Parivarthan (2012), followed by Certificates in Child and Adolescent Counselling and Couples and Family Counselling. She earned her initial degree in Electrical Engineering from Goa University (1990).

Anjana has over six years of experience of engaging with a diverse group of people ranging from children and adolescents to adults and the elderly across a very diverse socio-economic spectrum. She follows an integrative approach comprising of person-centered, CBT and TA principles. She also incorporates emotional embodiment using ISP techniques in her counselling practise.

Aparna Ramkrishnan is a Movement Psychotherapist registered with The Association of Dance Movement Psychotherapy UK (ADMPUK) and The Indian Association of Dance Movement Therapy India (IADMT). She has a Masters degree in Dance Movement psychotherapy from Goldsmiths, University of London. She also holds a Masters of Science in Medical Sociology from The University of Madras and a Post Diploma In Bharatanatyam from Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai.

Aparna works both with individuals and groups in a variety of community settings. She has worked with a varied client population from adolescents to adults.
For her, integrating mental health with the use of the body as a creative outlet helps bring a sense of oneness. In addition, she believes that each movement of the body is an adventure, where, with the support provided by the therapeutic relationship, one seeks to explore something new each time. She also holds a strong ethical outlook of creating a safe space of inclusivity and non-judgment.

B.N. Sharada has around 20 years of experience in the field of counselling. During the years she has worked with a spectrum of ages ranging from children to senior citizens. Her special areas of interest include gender, LGBTIQ, caste, group work and using media for therapy.

Sharada has obtained a BSc (Horticulture) from the University of Agricultural Sciences in Bangalore (1988) and an MSc in Psychology from the University of Madras (2005). Additionally, she has completed a certification in Basic Skills in Counselling from Parivarthan, Bangalore (2001); Neuro-Linguistic Programme (NLP) (both basic and advance) (2001), Certification in ‘Couple and Family Counselling’ (2005) and ‘Child and Adolescent Counselling’ (2005) from Parivarthan. She believes that learning is a constant process, which shows through the workshops she has attended so far on Transaction Analysis, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic, Psychoanalysis, REBT, Gestalt, Values in the Counselling Room, Gender and Sexuality, Telephone Counselling, Gay Affirmative Therapy, Acceptance, and Commitment Therapy,  Reflective Supervision, Workshop on Supervision, to name a few. Currently, she is obtaining training in Integral Somatic Psychology (ISP).

She has been working with Parivarthan since 2001 as a Trainer, Counsellor, Supervisor and Outreach facilitator. Through the course, she has successfully conducted training modules in Counselling and Supervision in Bangladesh and Bhutan.

Being a co-founder of an NGO called ‘Sangama’, Sharada has in her kitty, a vast experience of dealing with the non-English speaking LGBT community. Sharada has also worked as Project Assistant and Interpreter to Ms. Aase, a Danish Research Scholar from Copenhagen University Denmark (1900-92); WYTEP-Women and Youth Training Project related to Agriculture (1992); Worked In Development and Human Right sector(1996-99); she has also trained the state police in gender sensitivity and counselling. 

Chinmayi is a psychoanalytically oriented therapist who works with individual adults and adolescents and is fluent in Kannada, English and Hindi. She is an alumnus of Ambedkar University, Delhi from where she has an MA in Psycho-social Clinical Studies and an MPhil in Development Practice.

Besides her work as a counsellor with Parivarthan, she is also part of the multi-sited research project Digital Intimacy: Young Women and Social Transformation in Asia, housed in Lingnan University, Hong Kong and she is also a part of an ongoing collaborative project on “Money and Psychoanalysis”

Having completed her M.A. in Anthropology, M.Sc. in Family Therapy and Counselling, Gayatri further completed specialization courses at Parivarthan in, Basic Skills in Counselling, Couple & Family Counselling, Child & Adolescent Therapy and Trauma Informed Counselling. Gayatri Abraham is a counsellor who uses different therapeutic models and modalities such as EFT, CBT, inner child healing, and mindfulness techniques, and has specific interests in trauma-informed approaches. She works with individuals and couples in the areas of decision-making, relationship concerns, grief and loss, trauma, depression and anxiety management.

Bringing in life experience along with skills and expertise, her technique is eclectic and she believes that every individual has the potential to access their inner world, and has abilities to navigate their life situations and make informed choices.

Gayatri’s approach is through an anthropological lens and focuses on human diversity and the application of that knowledge to help people of different backgrounds and family systems. She recognises the importance of emotional nuances as a core of an individual’s experiences and emphasises safety and connections in relationships, which can be a channel for growth and development.

Starting her career in 1993, Gayatri Abraham has built her expertise across various industries in the corporate sector, such as hospitality, lifestyle, public relations. Later she branched out, following her passion, and started and continues to run Padme an NGO in the adoption space, which she manages along with her role as a counsellor.

The NGO supports and helps couples and individuals navigate through the adoption journey – from dealing with infertility and loss, to preparing them to make an informed decision on adoption as an alternative route to expanding families.

She is an avid reader and nature/wildlife buff. For her, self-healing begins when one is attuned to nature within and outside of oneself.
She offers counselling in English and Tamil

Dr. Kalyani Patange works in the field of counselling and homeopathy. She completed her BHMS from DS Homoeopathic Medical College in Pune (2001). She completed her BSIC (2015), CFC (2015), CFC (2015), CAC (2016), from Parivarthan. She has also been a counsellor on the Parivarthan Helpline Services from 2016. She has attended a workshop on psychosexual medicine in 2016.

Lakshmi is a certified Counsellor from Parivarthan. She has completed training in Basic Skills in Counselling (BSIC), Advanced Training in Child & Adolescent Counselling, Couples & Family Counselling and Trauma Informed Counselling.

In quest of learning other modalities, Lakshmi continued and got certified as an NLP practitioner, clinical hypnotherapy, breath work, chakra healing, crystal healing, Theta healing, inner child healing, and Transactional Analysis. She is a Queer affirmative, trauma-informed therapist.

Truly mesmerized by the uniqueness that every individual is, cause of environment, home, social system, culture, and individual state of mind, Lakshmi brings in the integrative therapy approach, that works with the body, mind, emotion and soul of a person.
After completing her PGDHRM, Lakshmi worked in an IT firm, establishing Smartian groups and built in a safe environment for individuals to express themselves. She later made this into her main purpose and has spread various programmes in colleges, and schools on mental health and its importance in our daily lives.

Lakshmi is presently working as a counsellor with Parivarthan and the Parivarthan Helpline and provides support to Micelio Mobility Private Limited. She has 9 years of experience in counselling, has worked with various companies, supports NGOs and facilitates school and college students in private and confidential setups.

Lakshmi is proficient in English, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, and Tamil.

Madhumitha is a certified counsellor from Parivarthan Counselling, Training and Research Centre in Bangalore. She also has a certification in life skills training, couples and family therapy and transaction analysis. In her counselling work, she uses an integrative client-centred approach and a cognitive behaviour approach. She specifically works in areas of minority stress, in particular with communities like persons with disability, the LGBTIQ+ community, domestic violence survivors and women. She has taken steps towards trying to make counselling accessible for the deaf including authoring a paper which was published by Mariwala Health Initiative and starting a peer support program for queer individuals in partnership with InnerSight and Orinam.

Apart from her work as a mental health professional, she is the founder of Diversity Dialogues and works extensively in the space of building inclusive workplaces. She has in the past, led diversity and inclusion for organizations like Coca-Cola and Snapdeal and been recognised for her contributions on multiple platforms.

Institutional work as a mental health professional (Counsels in English, Hindi and Tamil)

Pinky is a certified counsellor working in the space of Individual, Couples and Queer Affirmative Counselling. She adopts an integrative approach in her counselling and uses various methods to create a therapeutic space for clients to explore and navigate through their concerns and reach spaces of resolution. Pinky provides sessions in English, Hindi and Kannada.

With a background of 5 years in the education industry, Pinky began her counselling journey after completing ‘Basic Skills In Counselling’ with Parivarthan in 2019. Post which she completed her advanced training in ‘Child and Adolescent Counselling’ and ‘Couples and Family Counselling’.

Pranav Prakash (pronouns: he/him) is a Parivarthan-trained mental health counsellor. After completing his foundational training in Basic Skills in Counselling in 2022, he trained in Child & Adolescent Counselling (2023) and Trauma Informed Therapy (2024). Pranav works with individual clients between the ages of 8 and 50.

Pranav brings a humanistic, neuro and queer affirmative, trauma-informed, and anti-oppressive lens to his work, providing a space not only to facilitate exploration of his clients’ stories, but also view them within the wider context of the systems they exist in. He believes that mental health and illness do not exist in a vacuum but are impacted by cultural, economic, environmental, social, and political factors.

In addition to providing therapy, Pranav also conducts corporate trainings and webinars on various topics related to mental health.

Prerna Kapur has an MSc. in Psychoanalysis from University College London and Anna Freud Centre, and a BA Hons. in Psychology from Lady Shri Ram College.

Prerna has worked with children, adolescents, and families over the last six years. Her experience includes working as a Therapist at The Shri Ram School (NCR), Rishi Valley School, Snehadhara foundation – a center for special needs children, Kara4Kids – an inclusive kindergarten, and Salaam Balak Trust amongst others.

She has been a counsellor at Parivarthan since 2018 and has worked with children, adolescents, individuals, and families.

Rakesh is a certified counsellor from Parivarthan. He has completed training in Basic Skills in Counselling (2019), Child and Adolescent Counselling (2019) and Couple and Family Counselling (2021). He is also a certified queer affirmative counsellor (QACP, 2019).

Rakesh aims to help clients develop a nurturing view of themselves so they can build more centred and fulfilling lives. To aid them in this, he wants to help clients develop a holistic and empowering view of their patterns of response to different situations. As an integrative therapist, he brings a combination of therapeutic strategies to support this process. One key strategy is creating a safe space in which clients can navigate the changes they seek.

Prior to becoming a counsellor, Rakesh worked in journalism. His educational training has been in Journalism and Psychology (Christ College, Bangalore) and in Politics (MA, University of Hyderabad; MPhil, Jawaharlal Nehru University).

With a background of over 20 years in learning and development and leadership coaching, Rovan began his counselling journey after completing ‘Basic Skills In Counselling’ with Parivarthan in 2018. He is also certified in Couple and Family Counselling from Parivarthan and works with adults in relationships in diverse family structures and systems.

Rovan is a Queer Affirmative Counselling Practitioner and believes in creating positive and affirmative spaces for everyone across spectrums of gender and sexuality. He recognizes the cross-sectionality of experiences and addresses them with a humanistic view. He follows an integrative approach in his counselling and uses various methods to create a therapeutic space for clients to explore and navigate through their concerns and reach spaces of resolution.

He provides sessions in English, Hindi and basic Malayalam.

Roy is a certified counsellor from Parivarthan. He follows an integrative approach in his therapy work and draws on a variety of techniques and frameworks in the field of Psychology to help his clients as they explore and navigate their own concerns, relationships, and selves. Roy is committed to educate, re-educate, and explore himself through ongoing participation in workshops and courses in the fields of Healing, Mental Health and Psychology.

After 18 years in Banking and Business Process Outsourcing, where he held a variety of leadership roles, and reinventing himself over the following 15 years as a Photographer and a Performing Artist in Theatre & Film, he worked towards completing his training in Basic Skills in Counselling in 2021, Couple & Family Counselling in 2022 and Trauma Informed Counselling in 2024. He presently works with adults and couples/families and also has a private practice. Roy received his BA (Hons) in Economics from Harvard University in 1987. He is currently enrolled in an MA (Psychology) from IGNOU.

Shweta has a deep interest in Psychology and believes in a holistic approach in working with adults, adolescents and couples to bring about a change based on the innate strengths of the individual she is Counselling. Her therapeutic approach involves recognizing the uniqueness of each person and working with that to help clients work through the changes in their environment. Her integrative approach to counselling helps her choose the specific therapy based on the specific needs of the clients.

She has done her P.G. Diploma in Public Relations and Advertising Management. She has worked in corporates like Genpact, American Express and Fidelity Investments. Her passion to work in the space of mental and emotional health made her switch to Counselling.

Shweta is currently working as a counsellor with Parivarthan. She has been a counsellor with Parivarthan Helpline Services for 3 years. She is proficient in English, Hindi, Bengali and can understand Punjabi as well.

Srividya Muralikrishna has been in the field of Counselling since her completion of the One Year  Training Programme, Basic Skills in Counselling (BSIC) at Parivarthan in 2013. She has a Post-graduation in Psychology (2017) and Business Administration(1999). Srividya has done her advanced training in Basic Skills in Child and Adolescent Counselling(2014), and Basic Skills in Couple and Family Counselling(2014) from Parivarthan. She is a certified practitioner of Integral Somatic Psychology(2019).

Srividya works with diverse age groups.  She has worked with children and adolescents at the Centre for Child and Law and  Bosco Rainbow Home. Srividya has worked with Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore as their Student Counsellor.  She was associated with Employee Associate Programs as a Consultant Counsellor. She is presently engaged with Parivarthan as a Counsellor.  She is associated with MVJ Engineering college as their Student Counsellor and as a Consultant Counsellor with a Hospital. She has been with Parivarthan Counselling Helpline since 2014.

Srividya uses an Integrative approach in her practice.  She believes that individuals have an innate potential to grow and change and hence facilitates the process of self-awareness. She is fluent in English and Tamil. 

Suma. S. Belawadi has been working in the field of Psychology for the past 12 years and has expertise in the field of teaching and counselling. Suma has a Masters in Psychology from Bangalore University and has worked in the academic field. She worked as a Lecturer in Surana Post Graduate Centre, Jyoti Nivas College and Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.

She is a Certified Counsellor and holds a certificate in Basic Skills in Counselling, Couple and Family Counselling, Child and Adolescent Counselling and Dance/Movement Approaches in Therapy from Parivarthan.

With her experience and skills in counselling, she is currently running a private practice as a counsellor and is providing professional counselling services to individuals, couples, children and adolescent clients.

She is proficient in English, Kannada, and Hindi and also offers online consultations and telephone counselling.

Supriya Kalbag started her career armed with an MBA in marketing.  After over a decade she decided to follow her heart and study counselling. She has completed the one-year BSIC program, as well as the Advanced Training in Child and Adolescent Counselling and Advanced training in Couples and Family counselling. 

She is currently a counsellor and trainer at Parivarthan.

Tejsweeta Singh is a certified counsellor, having completed her Basic Skills in Counselling (BSIC 2019), Child & Adolescent Counselling (2019), Couple & Family Counselling (2022) and Trauma Informed Counselling (2024).

She has worked with diverse age groups, including adolescents in a high school, young adults at corporates and educational institutes, as well as older clients, in areas like relationships, decision making, grief, anxiety and depression.

She is passionate about exploring the possibilities for self-awareness, healing and wellness and believes that all human beings have the resources and ability to make changes in their lives. Counselling can be an effective means to unlock this potential. She offers counselling in English and Hindi.

Amita Bala is a trained reflective counsellor and trainer and has been in the field for 19 years. She works with older adolescents, individual and couples. For the past 9 years, she has been working extensively online, in a video conferencing format, supporting people who need counselling. 

Her foundation is from the Humanistic school of counselling. Her practice includes the application of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Mindfulness Sand play therapy and Existential therapy.

Mental health is something she feels passionately about and hence moved careers. She is a certified accountant for the UK and decided to follow her passion when she moved back to India. 

She sees herself as a ‘journey person’- someone who joins people on their journey when they need support. 

Kaushiki is a certified counsellor from Parivarthan (2018) and follows an integrative, feminist approach to counselling. She includes embodied methods in her work. She is open and affirmative with regard to gender and sexuality and is a certified queer affirmative counsellor (QACP 2019).

Through her work, she aims to enable clients to see themselves better and accept themselves. She seeks, through this process, to help them choose their paths more consciously. Her work supports clients by providing a therapeutic space while they navigate the changes that occur in their lives and selves.

Previously, she worked in labour and livelihoods. Her initial training is in anthropology (BA, Amherst College, 2004) and political theory (MA, University of Chicago, 2005).

Kaushiki works with individual adults, children & adolescents, and also provides relationship counselling.

Maitri Gopalakrishna is a Drama therapist, Counselling psychologist, and practice-researcher. She has a Ph.D. from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai and an MA in Counselling Psychology with a concentration in Drama Therapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco. She is also a registered drama therapist (RDT) of the North American Drama Therapy Association. She has been a member of staff at Parivarthan since 2009.

Maitri works with both individuals and groups in a variety of institutional and community settings. Her work includes community building, preventative care, mental health support, psychotherapy, and training. She has experience working with issues of gender, sexuality and sexual trauma and childhood sexual abuse. Her work is greatly influenced by intersectional feminist therapy,  narrative approaches, role theory, psychodrama and theories of Augusto Boal. Maitri’s current areas of practice-research include drama as an intervention for sexual trauma and drawing on theories and practices from the Natyashastra in therapeutic work.

She follows an intersectional, feminist and person-centered approach to her practice. She has also worked as a Therapeutic Movement Facilitator in remand homes, various schools for children with special needs and their mothers in India.

Sanjini is passionate about the provision of mental health and arts therapies. Through her continuing research Sanjini aims to investigate how DMP could help men express their embodied affective experiences outside the patriarchal/stereotypical norms.