Dr. Chetna Duggal Chetna Duggal is an Associate Professor in the School of Human Ecology, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. She has completed her PhD from TISS, Mumbai and her MPhil in Clinical Psychology from NIMHANS, Bangalore. She is a Psychotherapist with over 17 years of experience and has worked with children, adolescents, couples and families. She teaches courses on psychotherapy and qualitative research and supervises trainee counsellors and practitioners. She heads two field action/outreach projects — the School Initiative for Mental Health Advocacy (SIMHA), an initiative that endeavours to promote well-being of young people in schools and other institutes through advocacy, research and capacity building; and Rahbar, an initiative to promote training, supervision and professional development for mental health practitioners in India.
She has co-authored a book titled ‘Reflective Practice and Professional Development in Psychotherapy’, released in February this year. Her research interests include psychotherapy process and supervision, school mental health, child and adolescent mental health, resilience in communities and religion and spirituality.
