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M.A. Psychology

Maniben Nanavati Women’s College is quite well known for its psychology department. Our professors’ extensive expertise and the well-equipped psychology laboratory distinguish us as one of the best psychology colleges in Mumbai. From Psychophonics to numerous cultural competitions, the department is jam-packed with educational and entertaining events. Our lessons incorporate both practical and theoretical knowledge, making us the top psychology college in Mumbai.
Clinical and counseling psychology are the two specializations offered in the post-graduate MA psychology program. Along with the training, students are given internships in their profession to help them comprehend the subject and gain industry experience. Guest lectures and various practical sessions are organized for the students during their semester. All these aspects mark our college as one of the topmost preferred MA psychology colleges in Mumbai. All of these psychology courses are accessible for enrollment at our women’s college through the completion of an online admission form available on the SNDT University website.

The Postgraduate Department of Psychology, currently offers Two year programme in M.A in Psychology, in Mumbai. The specialization offers are M.A in Counselling Psychology & M.A in Clinical Psychology, in Mumbai. Testing and assessments are two essential tools for the psychologist and the department leaves no stone unturned in providing in depth training based on globally established standards. The PG psychology lab is among the most well-equipped in the state. The training always looks beyond the syllabus to ensure students meet professional requirements when they step out. Every student has a job offer before the two-year Masters programme is completed, very often from the same centers that they interned at.
The faculty members are qualified and experienced researchers with many years of experience. With strong counseling, assessment and research skills, the faculty team provides training to students based on the student’s area of interest. Students who take an active interest in teaching or research are guided and mentored research publications or for clearing the NET/SLET exams.
Many of the students have gone on to establish their own centers and run thriving centers for wellbeing. Collaborations with NGOS’, corporates and wellness agencies like Inner Hour, Therappo, Insight Counseling Services, Vrudhi Foundation, Prafulta Psychological Services, Responsible Netism, Rotary Club of Mumbai, Adveka Foundation, Desousa Foundation, Drishti, Mind Temple, Mind and Arts, Change Entrepreneurs and ARDSI have all collaborated and trained students in various modes

Psychophonics (with the support of Indian Oil), World Mental Health Day under the label of Mind Mela and other days relevant to the cause of well-being are celebrated with great enthusiasm where students take the lead in organizing, coordinating with various agencies. The use social media through Self– Care Central for promotion of mental health awareness.

About Department

Established: 2004

The postgraduate department of Psychology currently has both the clinical and counsel-ing specializations. Testing and assessments are two es-sential tools for the psycholo-gist and the department leaves no stone unturned in providing in depth training based on globally established standards. The training always looks beyond the syllabus to ensure students meet profes-sional requirements when they step out. Every student has a job offer before the two-year masters programme is com-pleted, very often from the same centers that they in-terned at. The students are trained to independently conduct work-shops from their first year itself. They are also encouraged to participate in various events at the college, university, state, national and international levels. Many of the students have gone on to establish their own cen-ters and run thriving centers for wellbeing.

Placements

Collaborations with NGOS’, corpo-rates and wellness agencies like Inner Hour, Therappo, Insight Coun-seling Services, Vrudhi Foundation, Prafulta Psychological Services, Responsible Netism, Rotary Club of Mumbai, Adveka Foundation, Desousa Foundation, Drishti, Mind Temple, Mind and Arts, Change Entrepreneurs and ARDSI have all collaborated and trained stu-dents in various modesPsychophonics (with the sup-port of Indian Oil), World Men-tal Health Day under the label of Mind Mela and other days relevant to the cause of well being are celebrated with great enthusiasm where stu-dents take the lead in organ-izing, coordinating with vari-ous agencies. The use social media through Self–Care Central for promotion of men-tal health awareness. Students who take an active interest in teaching or re-search are guided and men-tored research publications or for clearing the NET/SLET exams. Our PG students are easily accepted in reputed interna-tional universities for further training. They also partner the in-house counseling center “Swayam” and provide testing and counseling support.

Awards, Honors & Recognitions

Category Numbers
Student Research 36
NET Qualified Students 9
Teacher Publications 12

Faculty

They have been certi-fied by various interna-tional bodies like WHO and APA for various courses completed with them. They are well known in their respective specializa-tions and are trained in various therapeutic and testing modalities like Gestalt Therapy, EMDR , Art Therapy, Indian Psychotherapy & Integral Somatic Psychotherapy.

The faculty members are qualified and experienced researchers with many years of experience between them. With strong counseling, assessment and research skills, the faculty team provides training to students based on the student’s area of interest. One-on-one case discussions, independent research guidance and freedom to pursue as many different therapy training modules are some of thestrong points. The PG psychology lab is among the most well-equipped in the state. Access to test materials, software, manualsand instruments is well organized for all the students. This gives them an opportunity to devise their own lab and social experiments and conduct researches that interests them.

Dr. Anuja Deshpande

P.G. Coordinator

Dr. Shoma Chakrawarty

Dr. Sanhita Karmarkar

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Ms. Nyamat Chadha

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