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Lochana Mangwani

Lochana Mangwani

psychological counsellor
Dubai

Summary


Adept School Counselor offering 4 years of experience counseling students on mental health, academics and interpersonal conflicts. Driven to help students achieve success by providing guidance on career options, higher education choices and life planning. Attentive in identifying early warning signs of harmful behavior in students to provide preventive counseling. Consistent in meeting the established goals of the counseling program.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Co-founder

ELIXIR
04.2020 - Current

An online counselling providing platform.

  • Scaled up the organization to include 5 co-founders, 16 trainee counsellors and approximately 300 clients who avail/have availed our services.
  • Established foundational processes for business operations.
  • Recruited, interviewed and hired new interns and staff and developed training materials for counsellors.


Lecturer

Symbiosis College of Liberal Arts
01.2023 - 10.2024
  • Taught 'Sports Psychology' at Symbiosis College of Liberal Arts.
  • Created and designed quizzes, tests and projects to assess student knowledge.
  • Evaluated and revised lesson plans and course content to achieve student-centered learning

School Counsellor

St. Mira's Primary School
11.2022 - 08.2024
  • Assisted students with overcoming learning difficulties by conducting assessments and facilitating Remedial classes with 20% increase in pre and post assessment scores.
  • Conducted one on one counselling sessions (students and parents) to address personal and emotional issues.
  • Organized Parents, Teachers and Students Engagement and Awareness Programs including Life skills, Wellbeing, Health, Safety and Social emotional learning.
  • Working with teachers, administrators, parents and external agencies for student success.
  • Maintaining accurate and confidential student records.


Private Coach

Devi's Knowledge First
11.2020 - 01.2024
  • Conducting private coaching for Psychology subject for IGCSE Grade 10 and 11 students from Winchester High School, Dubai with 30% improvement in grades.

Teaching Assistant

Amity Institute of Behaviour and Allied Sciences (AIBAS)
02.2021 - 06.2022
  • Taught subjects as below:

1. Post-graduates: Industrial Organisational Psychology (I/O) & Counselling & Psychotherapeutic Interventions.

2. Under-graduates: Advanced Health Psychology, Organisational Behaviour (OB), Research Methodology, Environmental Psychology & Clinical Psychology.

  • Provided guidance for dissertation to 36 under-graduate students across 9 groups at AIBAS.
  • Evaluated and supervised student activities and performance levels to provide reports on academic progress.
  • Counselled around 100 students and implemented evidence-based therapeutic interventions to promote positive behavior change.

Intern

Metro Kidos
03.2018 - 06.2018
  • Planned and organized their summer camp.
  • Fostered student curiosity and interest through creative hands-on activities with 90% positive feedback from parents.

Education

MSc - Psychological Counselling

Indian Institute of Psychology & Research
07.2018 - 07.2020

BA - Psychology

Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce
07.2014 - 03.2018

Diploma - Liberal Arts

Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce
01.2017

Skills

  • Communication
  • Individual and group counselling
  • Teaching
  • Working with children
  • Psychoeducation
  • Research and analysis
  • Team management
  • Leadership
  • Administration of Psychometric tools
  • Report Writing
  • Organization and Management
  • Microsoft Office
  • SPSS

Publications

Mangwani L., Lakhotia C. & Sandhya S. (2020). Professional quality of life among female nurses. International Journal of Indian Psychology,8 (3), 1758 - 1774 . DIP:18.01.181/20200803, DOI:10.25215/0803.181


Mangwani L., Agarwal S. & Gawali G. (2022). The Roller Coaster effect of the pandemic on theyouth presented at 57th National & 26th International Conference of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology in Jan 22.

Languages

English
Hindi
Marathi
Sindhi
Spanish (basic)

Accomplishments

  • Acquired distinction in Initial Communication Skills exam.
  • Passed the state drawing Intermediate Examination with B grade.
  • Won the house cup as Vice-Prefect in school (7th grade).
  • Traveled to Argentina through the Rotary Youth exchange Program in the year 2014-15.
  • Attained the Principal's Award of Appreciation in second year of college (Symbiosis College of arts and commerce, 2018).
  • Received the NAAC certificate for helping the Psychology department to prepare for the NAAC visit (2018) (Symbiosis College).
  • Topped in the subject- Experimental Psychology in TYBA (2018) (Symbiosis College).
  • Secured second position in poster making competition, Suicide Prevention Day, 2018 (IIPR, Bangalore).

Social Work

  • Provided free online counselling sessions and webinars related to stress management and career counselling through various fora.
  • Participated in various Outreach Programs on Children's Day and Independence Day with frequent visits and donations to orphanages., 2018-2019
  • Created awareness through activities related to World Suicide Prevention day and Mental Health Awareness Day.

Certification

MSc in Psychological Counselling

Work Availability

monday
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Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

On-SiteRemoteHybrid

Important To Me

Career advancementCompany CultureWork-life balance

Software

SPSS

MS Office

Timeline

Lecturer

Symbiosis College of Liberal Arts
01.2023 - 10.2024

School Counsellor

St. Mira's Primary School
11.2022 - 08.2024

Teaching Assistant

Amity Institute of Behaviour and Allied Sciences (AIBAS)
02.2021 - 06.2022

Private Coach

Devi's Knowledge First
11.2020 - 01.2024

Co-founder

ELIXIR
04.2020 - Current

MSc - Psychological Counselling

Indian Institute of Psychology & Research
07.2018 - 07.2020

Intern

Metro Kidos
03.2018 - 06.2018

BA - Psychology

Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce
07.2014 - 03.2018

Diploma - Liberal Arts

Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce
Lochana Mangwanipsychological counsellor