Piyali Misquitta Psychologist and Psychotherapist, has ten years of experience working with adults, adolescents and children. She believes in providing ethical and effective mental health care for her clients.
Ms. Misquitta has completed her M.A. in Psychology from SNDT University, Churchgate, Mumbai. She has done her B.A. in Psychology from St. Xavier’s College, also in Mumbai. In addition, she has a Post Graduate Diploma in Counseling Psychology - a practicum-based program offered by the Xavier’s Institute of Counseling Psychology, Mumbai. She is now doing higher studies.
In her psychology practice Ms. Misquitta best works with adults who are dealing with depression, anxiety disorders, conflicts in relationships, trauma, or work-related stress. Her first session helps obtain relevant information, which is used to design an individualized intervention plan for each client.
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is Ms. Misquittas primary mode of therapy. She is a Beck Certified Clinician from the Beck’s Institute of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Philadelphia, USA. She chose CBT as her mode of delivering therapy because there is a large research evidence supporting its effectiveness. CBT “works” for a variety of mental health conditions including depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, social anxiety, and trauma. CBT provides a simple framework that teaches clients how to change their patterns of thinking and behaving to achieve their goals. Psychotherapy can also be an essential component of treatment and management of serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar mood disorder. Ms. Piyali’s therapeutic approach is psycho-social, trauma-informed, and queer-friendly.
Ms. Misquitta has extensive experience in the area of child psychology. She has worked extensively in the assessment and diagnosis of Learning Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities, Neuro-developmental disorders like Autism Spectrum Disorders, and emotional difficulties. Her previous experience has included working at the Centre for Learning Disabilities, B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai, which is one of three certification centres in Maharashtra for children with Learning Disabilities. She also worked as a clinical psychologist in the Child Development Centre at P.D. Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai. For parents of children diagnosed with difficulties, Ms. Misquitta offers Parent Management Training sessions (PMT). PMT is an intervention that targets parenting skills and teaches parents how to manage challenging behaviours.
Ms. Misquitta gives lectures and workshops to early-career psychologists, teachers, and students. She is associated with the Sunderji Group of Institutions in Pune. She is also a guest lecturer for the Certificate Course for Skill Development in Special Education (Learning Disabilities, Autism, and Intellectual Disability) run jointly by Sunderji Global Academia and the Morris Foundation under Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth.
As a mental health professional Ms. Misquitta believes that every person has the right to enjoy mental health and well-being, and have the skills to grow through life’s challenges. Presently she is not taking new clients as she is pursuing higher studies.