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Navnita Bose
Counsellor
Professional Affiliation: RCI registered Clinical Psychologist
Qualification: M.Sc. (Psychology; Specialization in Counselling Psychology), \
M.Phil in Clinical Psychology
Email: navnita@adm.iitkgp.ac.in
Phone No. : 32222-81208 (Office)
Research Projects/Work - Child Sexual Abuse, Mood Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Mindfulness Meditation - Effect of Compassion Focused Technique - Self-perception, Body-image disturbance Training & Accreditation - Currently, pursuing a Certificate Program in Traumatic Stress Studies (Online Course, 7 month) by Trauma Research Foundation, led by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk - Completed one-hour QPR Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Program, QPR Institute, March 2022 - Completed 2 hours of online course on “A Strategic Planning Approach to Suicide Prevention”, from Suicide Prevention Resource Center, Oklahoma, March 2022 - Completed 24 hours of Solution Focused Brief Therapy training by Academy for Solution Focused Approaches and Research (ASFAR) & Mental Health Foundation (MHF), 2018. - Completed a 6-month certificate course on Psychodynamic Studies from Centre of Psychodynamic Studies, affiliated to Indian Psychoanalytic Society, 2017. Seminars & Presentations - Conducted a seminar on, “Yoga for improving mental health and quality of life”, dated 15th May 2024, Indian Association for The Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur. - Conducted a webinar on “Suicide Prevention”, dated 8th July 2022, Indian Association for The Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur. - Conducted a webinar on “Anger Management”, dated 6th January 2022, as a part of Students’ week celebration, organized by Savitri Girls' College, Kolkata. - Conducted a webinar on “Psychological Counselling for mental wellness of students during pandemic”, dated 4th January 2022, as a part of Students’ week celebration, organized by Panihati Mahavidyalaya, Sodepur, Kolkata, West Bengal. - Conducted a webinar on “Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace”, dated 20th December 2021, organized by ICC cell, Indian Association for The Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur. - Conducted a webinar on “My health, my responsibility- Improvement of Mental Health Post COVID Situations”, dated 22nd November 2021, organized by Gargi Memorial Institute of Technology for celebrating “World Mental Health Day – 2021”. - Organized and conducted a webinar on, "Relaxation practices for everyday life", dated 10th November 2021, Indian Association for The Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur. - Conducted a webinar on “Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for children”, dated 27/10/2020, organized by Rehab Connect. - Conducted a webinar on "Empower by Sharing - Temperament as an indicator of Personality development in Children”, dated 27/06/2020, organized by Rehab Connect. - Organized and conducted a seminar on "Dealing with Harassment" as a part of International Day of Action for Women's Health, dated 15th January 2020, Indian Association for The Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur. - Organized screening of short films on the eve of “International Day of Action for Women's Health”, followed by a discussion, dated 29th May, 2019, Indian Association for The Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur. - Organized and conducted a seminar on "Solution Focused skills to deal with Mental Health Issues", dated 14th January 2019, Indian Association for The Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur. - Conducted a lecture on “Stress Management”, dated 10th September 2018, as a “Popular Lecture” organized by Science Association Club, Indian Association for The Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur. - Bose, N. and Roy P.K. (2016, November) Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with a child with Social Anxiety. Oral paper presented at the national level seminar - ‘Psychotherapies: Contemporary Approaches in 21st Century India’ organized by Department of Psychology, Loreto College and West Bengal State University. Publications - Sarkar, S., Ghosh, S. & Bose, N. (2022). Psychological Wellbeing, Perceived Stress, Coping Strategy of The Bengali Young Adult Pet Owners. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 10(4),1596-1603. DIP:18.01.152.20221004, DOI:10.25215/1004.152 - Bose N. and Roy P.K. (2021) Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with a child with Social Anxiety. Psychopathology and Psychotherapy: a review of causes, consequences and curative measures (ISBN: 978-93-88069-40-3) Department of Psychology, Loreto College, Kolkata - Bose N. (2020) Self and beyond, The Learning Curve, (Vol- IX, pg 57-65; e- ISSN 2321-7057), by Department of Psychology, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi - Das T, Tarafder S, Banerjee S and Bose, N. (2016, December) Studying the construct of body image among overweight female students: through cognitive distortions, body shame & guilt and self-figure drawings. Oral paper presented at the 26th Annual Convention of National Academy of Psychology (NAOP), IIT Madras, India. - Bose, N., & Tarafder, S. (2015), Tracing the personality variables in cancer through qualitative analysis of figural drawings. Recent Approaches in Mental Health Research, (2nd edition, p.127-139). K.P. Bagchi & Company, Kolkata - Bose, N., & Tarafder, S. (2015), Tracing the personality variables in cancer through qualitative analysis of figural drawings. Presented at the national level seminar, recent approaches in mental health research, Barrackpore Rastraguru Surendranath College, August, 2013. - Bose, N., Bhattacharya, A., Banerjee, P., Roy, S., & Sengupta, A. (2012, December Domicile emerges as a factor in Neighbours’ Perspective regarding Social Concepts with respect to Mental Illness & Its Cure. Poster presented at the XXII Annual Convention of National Academy of Psychology (NAOP), Bangalore, India. Professional Activities - Five years of private clinical practice at Mon O Monon, Barasat. - Two years of intensive clinical work as M. Phil in Clinical Psychology Trainee at Institute of Psychiatry. - 6-month part-time internship as TRAINEE Clinical psychologist at R.G. KAR MEDICAL HOSPITAL, AUG-DEC,2012. - 3-month part-time internship as trainee clinical psychologist at College of Medicine & JNM Hospital Kalyani, West Bengal. Areas of Professional Interest - Dialectical Behavior Therapy - Acceptance & Commitment Therapy - Trauma-focused therapy - Body movement work - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy - Mindfulness techniques - Projective Techniques Awards - Won the best paper of the session (oral presentation) for "Working with Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) techniques among people with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) in the domain of self-peace" ,2nd International Conference on Peace Psychology, The journey to Peace: Within Self and Beyond; 11-12 May 2023, West Bengal State University. - Ranked first in M.Sc. at University level.