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| Dr. Meera Haran Alva is a Consultant Psychotherapist with over two decades of clinical experience working with individuals, couples and families. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Psychology, specialising in Clinical Psychology, from the University of Delhi. She pursued advanced training in the United Kingdom, earning a Postgraduate Certificate in Family Therapy from the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, and also completed a postgraduate programme in the Management of Learning Disabilities at S.N.D.T. Women's University, Mumbai. She completed her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Psychology at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, where her doctoral research explored the use of self in therapy among Indian psychotherapists. In private practice since 2004, Dr. Alva integrates systemic, relational and attachment-informed perspectives in her work and is committed to reflective, ethical and culturally responsive psychotherapy. Alongside her clinical practice, she conducts professional training programmes, workshops and supervision for mental health professionals and organisations. |
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She is also an advocate for inclusive mental health practice and is passionate about creating psychologically safe, accessible and inclusive spaces that honour diversity, disability and lived experience. As an author, researcher and trainer, Dr. Alva remains committed to advancing psychotherapy through evidence-based practice, reflective inquiry, education and research.
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