Sanchana is an Educational and Developmental Psychologist who has experience working with adolescents, young adults, and adults in schools, community mental health, hospital and non-profit settings since 2008.
Sanchana’s areas of special interest include anxiety (including performance anxiety, social anxiety, generalised anxiety, health anxiety, perfectionism, imposter syndrome, specific phobias), depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic health issues, grief and loss, life transitions, stress and burnout, and cross-cultural issues.
Special groups that Sanchana enjoys working with include gifted individuals, creatives, people of colour, individuals with chronic illnesses, and migrants.
Sanchana is trained in and uses evidence-based practices including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Trauma-Focussed CBT, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Compassion-focussed approaches. Sanchana works in a trauma-informed manner and has extensive experience working with individuals from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Sanchana is an accredited supervisor with AHPRA for provisional and registered psychologists and those looking for endorsement as Educational and Developmental Psychologists. She has been providing individual supervision services since 2015 and has provided training for school counsellors and other allied and mental health professionals.
When not working, Sanchana enjoys creative writing, reading, going to music gigs, hiking, spending time at the beach, and doing the bidding of her two rescue cats.
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