Siddhi Shah

Siddhi completed her Masters in Clinical and Mental Health Sciences from University College London (UCL) in UK. She also completed her Bachelors in Psychology from City, University of London. As a part of her course she trained as a psychologist in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric team at UCL Hospital, collating useful information regarding the problems of young people for their intervention. She was also a mentor for a programme called ‘City Buddy’ where she had mentees discussing academic and emotional difficulties. She also completed an observership at King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEM) in Mumbai. Here, she was better able to understand the psychological problems that patients went through and how these problems differed by age. Her experiences both in India and UK were a contributing factor to understanding cultural differences in the causes of psychological and emotional problems.

While she enjoys the theory of psychology, she also has another foot in research aspects. She has experiences as a research assistant in UK, wherein she was a part of a study ‘Detection of Audio-Visual Asynchrony’ in the general population. She has also written two research projects as a part of her degrees. One based on the ‘Effects of Autistic and Schizotypy Personality Traits on a Visual Inhibition Task’ and the other on ‘The Ethnic Differences of the Manifestations of Depression in African-American, Asian-American and White-American Women: A Prospective Cohort Study’.

Siddhi enjoys working with people in any aspect; displayed in her volunteering experiences. She was part of a seminar by KSHRujan at SNDT college for girls, discussing Life Skills and her personal experiences and struggles with trying to achieve her goals. She was also a part of an initiative (by a program called LEAP) to increase employability awareness and opportunities for young girls part of the Udayan Shalini Foundation. She is very dedicated and motivated to working with different people and her outgoing nature helps her thrive in such an environment. She has always had a passion for studying and working in a psychological environment and has always had a keen interest in understanding the complex way in which people think and behave in.

Currently, at Faculty Minds, she is a Junior Psychologist. Since our clinic provides a holistic development for our clients, Siddhi is engaged in building, developing and delivering different programmes such as Social Skills training, Attention and Concentration and the Self Mastery program. With her expertise, she conducts sessions with different age groups to provide a well-rounded and balanced therapy experience.