Poornima Mahindru
Senior Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist
(Perinatal Co-ordinator)
Poornima Mahindru, is RCI registered clinical psychologist and psychotherapist with
over 12 years of clinical experience. She completed her M.Phil in Clinical Psychology
from prestigious Manipal University. She started her professional journey as a
clinical psychologist at NIMHANS and worked there for 2 years. Since 2016, she has
been practicing in private sector with the experience in curating the department of
clinical psychology and spearheading the team of psychologists at ANR Hospital and
Mindplus Healthcare - neuropsychiatric hospitals in Punjab.
She is working as a senior consultant clinical and perinatal psychologist with The
Green Oak Initiative. She specializes in working with the clients dealing with mental
health issues during pregnancy and post partum period. She works with individuals
who are struggling with dilemmas while planning to conceive, going through IVF
process and struggling with anxiety and depression during their perinatal period.
She is a trauma informed and queer friendly therapist and follows a client centric
attachment based approach. She has an extensive experience working with adults
diagnosed with personality disorders. She has been trained in Mentalization Based
Treatment by Prof. Anthony Bateman, a specific form of therapeutic intervention for
Borderline Personality Disorder. She also specializes in psychological assessments
and psychotherapy for clients with the history of trauma and clients struggling with
emotional dysregulation and self harm.
In addition to her clinical work, she is involved in research, training and clinical
supervision of mental health professionals. She is one of the clinical supervisors of
our team and also run reflective group supervision for psychologists and counsellors.
She had been associated with UNICEF research project focusing on maternal
mental health. She is also actively involved in training and teaching by being a lead
faculty in PARC- an organisation that focuses on advanced training for mental health
professionals.