Devanshi Goradia, a licensed clinical psychologist and registered couple and individual psychotherapist with the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), hails from Mumbai. Fluent in Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, and English, she pursued her M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology from Rajiv Gandhi University, Bangalore, and her M.Phil. from the Postgraduate Institute of Mental and Behavioural Sciences in Raipur. Certified by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS Mumbai) in family and couples therapy, she expanded her skills in family systems therapy by training at The Bower Place (Australia).

Her therapeutic approach is process-oriented and integrative of narrative practices, trauma-focused, systemic family therapy, and transactional analysis. She frequently draws upon the crucial therapeutic techniques of dialectic behavioral approaches, rational emotive behavioral approaches, and cognitive behavioral approaches in her psychotherapy.

She has been trained in queer affirmative counseling as part of her training curriculum provided by Mariwala Health Initiative and is undertaking the Emotion-Focused Therapy experiential training program.

With over five years of professional experience, she has worked extensively with individuals and couples from diverse backgrounds, including providing interventions for adolescents in Dharavi, a densely populated suburb in Mumbai.

One of her areas of expertise includes intimate partner violence (also known as domestic violence). Devanshi has worked with the Ministry of Women and Children, Government of India, and NIMHANS, Bangalore, to train counselors from one-stop centers across India, focusing on supporting women in situations of violence. Additionally, she has served as an external facilitator for a workshop conducted by Project StreeManoraksha at NIMHANS.

In the realm of academia, Devanshi has contributed as a lecturer for the MA in counseling psychology program at SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai. She has also been invited as an external facilitator for undergraduate students at Christ University, Bangalore.

Her professional interests encompass women’s mental health, family and couple dynamics, personality disorders, trauma, and intimate partner violence. She is dedicated to advancing research in these areas.