RESUME
Objective: To gain Experience and Expertise in the field of Clinical Psychology with an organization that allows the opportunity for professional growth and development.
Educational Qualification
Pursuing Ph.D. in Psychology (Batch 2019-2020) Department of Psychology,
University of Delhi, New Delhi
M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology (2017) Department of Clinical Psychology,
Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health (LGBRIMH), Tezpur, Assam (Affiliated to Gauhati University, Assam).
Research Topic: “Efficacy of Executive Functions-Based Cognitive Remediation in Patients with Schizophrenia”
M.A. Psychology (2015)
Department of Psychology, Vasanta College for Women, Rajghat, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi.
B.A. Psychology and English (2012)
SONI JAISWAL
Address for Correspondence – Ms. Soni Jaiswal
Clinical Psychologist (CRR No. - A56168) Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Gargi College, University of Delhi
A 84, 2 nd floor, Paryawaran Complex, IGNOU Road, Saket, New Delhi - 110030
Contact No.: +91 8604983724 Email: [email protected]
Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith University (MGKVPU), Varanasi.
Intermediate (U.P. Board) (2009) Sri Agrasen Kanya Inter College, Maidagin, Varanasi.
High School (U.P. Board) (2007)
Sri Agrasen Kanya Inter College, Maidagin, Varanasi.
Other Qualification
1) Diploma and Practitioner Certificate Course in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) by Mind Matters on 20th-23rd January, 2018, New Delhi.
2) Practitioner Course in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) in April, 2018.
3) Practitioner Course in Mindfulness in April, 2018.
4) Basic and Advance Certificate Course in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) in March, 2021.
Membership and Association
1) Professional Registration of Clinical Psychologist by Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), New Delhi, on 19/09/2017.
CRR No. is A56168.
2) Professional Lifetime Member in Indian Association of Clinical Psychologist (IACP) from February, 2018.
Membership No. is PLM-591/17/18.
Other Achievement Qualified CBSE-UGC NET July, 2018
Paper Presentations
1) Presented on “Life Skills to deal with Mental Health Issues in Women” at an
“International Conference on Life Skills and Well-being of Children and Youth in the Digital World” Lucknow (U.P.) held during 09th-11th February, 2018.
2) Presented on “Efficacy of Executive Functions-based Cognitive Remediation in Patients with Schizophrenia” at “44th NACIACP (National Conference)”, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida (U.P.) held during 23rd-25th February, 2018.
3) Presented on “Changes and Risk Factors Involved in Adolescence during Social and Emotional Development” at an “International Conference on Family Well-being: A Global Perspective” Department of Human Development and Family Empowerment, Bharati College, New Delhi held during 20th-21st February, 2018.
4) Presented on “Green Exercises to Promote Well-being in Terminally Ill Patients” at an
“International Conference on Positive Psychology for Health & Well-Being” Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar (Haryana) held during 09th-10th March, 2018.
5) Presented on “Physical Exercise to Enhance Emotional Well-Being in Obese” at “5th National Conference on Society and Well-Being”, Amity University, Lucknow, held on 04th April, 2018.
6) Presented on “Outdoor Activities to deal with Digitalization Issues in Adolescents” at
“5th National Conference on Society and Well-Being”, Amity University, Lucknow held on 04th April, 2018.
7) Presented on “ICT: A Change Element in Education” at “National Seminar on Education for the 21st Century: Challenges and Innovations”, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Lucknow, Barabanki, U.P., held on 21st July, 2018.
8) Presented on “Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) to Enhance Resilience and Wellbeing in Adolescents” at “National Seminar on Education for the 21st Century:
Challenges and Innovations”, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Lucknow,
Barabanki, U.P., held on 21st July, 2018.
9) E-poster presentation on “Cognitive Remediation in Schizophrenia: An Indian Study”
at the “3rd International Conference on Clinical and Counseling Psychology” held during August 20th-21st, 2018 in Singapore.
10) Contributed as Speaker and talked about “Care for Caregivers of Person With Disability”
at National Conference on “Rights of Person with Disability (RPD) ACT2016 and its Implementation” organized by Institute of Human Behavior and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), New Delhi held from 30th November to 01st December, 2018.
11) Contributed as Speaker and talked about “Psychological Aspects of Trauma” and chaired a scientific session of “Behavioral Sciences” at 1st International Conference on BioPsychosocial Perspective of Trauma held at Shia P.G. College, Lucknow on 13th January, 2019.
12) Presented on “Mindfulness: A way to deal with occupational stress” at 3rd National Conference on Recent Advances in Cognition and Health organized by Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi from March 5-6, 2019.
13) Presented on “Cognitive Remediation in Schizophrenia: A Single Case Study” at 5th International Conference of Indian Academy of Health Psychology (IAHP) on Suicide:
Issues, Challenges, Prevention and Management held at Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi from October 20-22, 2019.
14) Presented on “Green Exercises to deal with Psychological Distress in Individuals” at the National Seminar organised by the Department of Psychology, University of Delhi on 28th29th February, 2020.
15) Presented on “Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Body Image related Issues: A Review” at 31st convention of National Academy of Psychology on Psychology and Social Justice at the time of COVID-19 Pandemic: The State, Community, and Individual Perspectives organised by the Psychophysiology Laboratory, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay from 4th-6th March, 2022.
16) Presented on “Exploration of youth sleep patterns and their relationship with personality traits” at 31st convention of National Academy of Psychology on Psychology and Social Justice at the time of COVID-19 Pandemic: The State, Community, and Individual Perspectives organised by the Psychophysiology Laboratory, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay from 4th-6th March, 2022.
FDP
1. Participated in 7 days Online Faculty Development Program on Advanced Statistical Analysis for Management and Social Sciences organized by Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow Campus from 3rd June to 9th June, 2020.
2. Attended 5 days Faculty Development Programme on “Perspective in Mental Health and Psychotherapy Post Covid-19” during 13th July to 17th July, 2020 organised by Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences, Amity University Kolkata.
3. Completed One week FDP on “ICT-based Learning and Developing MOOCs for Teaching Process in Higher Education” held from December 29th, 2020 to 4th January, 2021 and obtained a grade A+ organized by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi under the aegis of Ministry of Human Resource Development Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Training.
4. Attended Ten Days Faculty Development Program on “Research Methodology” organized by Department of Business Management, RBVRR Women’s College in association with ICSSR, from 28th December, 2020 to 6th January 2021.
Publications
1) An article published on “Psychosocial Support for Cancer Patients” in CIP Alumni Association Newsletter 2018, Vol. 05, Ranchi.
2) Jaiswal, S (2018). Life skills to deal with mental health issues in women. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 6(2), 146-151. DIP:18.01.075/20180602, DOI:10.25215/0602.075
3) Jaiswal, S (2018). Changes and Risk Factors Involved in Adolescence during Social and Emotional Development. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 6(4), 15-20.
DIP:18.01.022/20180604, DOI:10.25215/0604.022
4) Jaiswal S. Role of green exercises to promote well-being in terminally ill patients. International Journal of Health Science and Research. 2018; 8(11):292-296.
5) Jaiswal S, Saxena P, Chowdhury D, Abhishek P. Effectiveness of brief executive functions based cognitive remediation in inpatient males with schizophrenia. Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry 2020;36:87-90.
Workshops and Seminars
1) Attended one day workshop on “Relaxation Therapy for Professionals and Beginners”
on 19th April, 2015 at Counseling Crux, Varanasi (U.P.).
2) Attended three days workshop on “Building Efficiency in Core Therapeutic Skills” on 16th-18th July, 2015 at LGBRIMH, Tezpur, Assam.
3) Attended one day workshop on “Self-Harm Behaviour among Adolescents and Young Adults” on 5th May, 2018 at Nur Manzil Psychiatric Centre, Lucknow.
4) Attended two days National Seminar on “Third Wave Cognitive Behaviour Therapy”
organized by Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists – South Zone held on 26th – 27th May, 2018 at National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (NIEPID).
5) Attended one day National Seminar on “Education for the 21st Century: Challenges and Innovations” organized by Shri Ramaswaroop Memorial University, Lucknow-Deva Road, Barabanki held on 21st July, 2018.
6) Contributed as resource person and presented on “Stress Management” in Induction Program organized for Nursing Officers on 11/09/2018, 03/10/2018 and 09/10/2018 at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
7) Contributed as resource person and presented on “Mental Health” in a workshop on Humane Health Care on 16th November, 2018 at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
8) Attended one day National Seminar on “Issues of Psychosocial Disability” organized by Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), New Delhi held on 02nd December, 2018.
9) Contributed as Keynote speaker and talked on “Psychological Aspects of Trauma” in the 1st International Conference on “Bio-Psychosocial Perspectives of Trauma” jointly organized by Shia P.G. College and Indian Mental Health & Research Centre held on 13th January, 2019 at Lucknow, U.P.
10) Chaired the Scientific session of “Behavioural Sciences” in the 1st International Conference on “Bio-Psychosocial Perspectives of Trauma” jointly organized by Shia P.G. College and Indian Mental Health & Research Centre held on 13th January, 2019 at Lucknow, U.P.
11) Attended National Seminar on Psychology of National Integration held at Shyama Prasad Mukherji College, University of Delhi from 30th-31st Jul, 2019.
Training Experience
1) Clinical Training in Mental Health Institute for two years during M.Phil course, 2015-2017 at LGBRIMH, Tezpur, Sonitpur, Assam.
2) Practiced as an external trainee in Child Psychiatry Unit, Neuropsychology Unit and Behavioral Medicine Unit for a period of one month in Department of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India.
3) Practiced as an external trainee for in Pediatric Unit, Oncology Unit, Gynecology Unit, General Surgery Unit and Emergency unit for a period of 15 days in Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Gauhati, India.
Work Experience
1) Work experience as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology in Department of Clinical Psychology, AIBAS, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow Campus from 03rd October, 2017 to 06th July, 2018. Total teaching experience is 09 months.
2) Work experience as Clinical Psychologist at Student Wellness Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar, New Delhi from 11th July, 2018 to 31st December, 2018. Total clinical experience is 06 months.
3) Work experience as an Assistant Professor in Department of Psychology, Gargi College, University of Delhi, New Delhi from 1st January, 2019 till now.
• Clinical Experience (After M.Phil) – 15 months
• Teaching Experience – (4 years 5 month)
• M.Phil in Clinical Psychology (9 months)
• Under Graduation (3 years 8 months)
Skills and Expertise Expertise in the following areas:
• I.Q. Assessment
• Psychological Testing and Psycho-diagnostic evaluation
• Psychotherapy and Counselling for all ages
• Family and Couple Therapy
• Cognitive Remediation
• Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• Mindfulness Based Therapy
• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Personal Details Full Name: Ms. Soni Jaiswal
Father’s Name: Mr. Dinesh Kumar Jaiswal Mother’s Name: Mrs. Madhu Devi
Date of Birth: 23rd December, 1992 Marital Status: Unmarried
Category: Other Backward Classes (OBC)
Permanent Address: A 13/29 Rajghat Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India-221001 Contact Number: +91 8604983724
Email Id: [email protected]
Languages Known: Hindi, English and Assamese Declaration
I hereby declare that the above-mentioned information is correct up to my knowledge and I bear the responsibility for the correctness of the above-mentioned particulars.
Place: New Delhi Date: 25/08/2022 (Soni Jaiswal)
