Hitankshi Trivedi is a licensed clinical psychologist and psychotherapist with over 3 years of diverse clinical experience. She has completed her M.Sc from Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), and was recognized as the best outgoing student of her batch. She then pursued her M.Phil at NIMHANS, where she was awarded a gold medal in recognition of her exemplary clinical skills. She has also been trained in motivational interviewing approach by Dr. William Miller, which focuses on enhancing individual’s motivation towards health-seeking behaviour.
She believes that change occurs within the larger community. Drawing from humanistic, systemic, narrative and attachment-based perspectives, she aims to tailor-make therapy to suit client’s individual needs. She works with diverse clinical presentations such as anxiety disorders, grief, trauma, depression, and personality difficulties. Across her work, she emphasizes on building safe and warm relationships with her clients, to facilitate growth and change.
Along with providing psychotherapy, she finds herself strongly inclined towards academia and research. Her research interests include psychotherapy processes, personality disorders, gender perspectives on mental health, trauma, and neuropsychological underpinnings of behaviour. She has presented several research articles, and is dedicated to continuing research in these areas.
In her free time, she enjoys reading, dancing, and travelling.