Clinical Psychologist
Mohammadpur Branch
Year of Experience: 11 years.
Sharmin Ara is a Clinical Psychologist and an M. Phil researcher at the Dept. of Clinical Psychology, University of Dhaka. She works as a psychologist, researcher, trainer, consultant, and clinical supervisor in the mental health field. She received her BSc. (honors) Degree in Psychology from the University of Rajshahi and an MS in Clinical Psychology from the University of Dhaka. She is a Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) practitioner and a trainee in Systemic Family Therapy (SFT) as well. She deals with adult, adolescent, and child clients with a wide range of emotional, and behavioral problems like depression, substance abuse, relationship difficulties, psychosexual disorders, family issues, etc. Sharmin Ara is also passionate about raising awareness on mental health among the Bangladeshi population through conducting various workshops, trainings, and mental health camps.
Sharmin Ara worked as a Psychologist at Mind Tale, synesis It Ltd. from August 2017 to October 2018, where she provided counseling/ psychotherapy to people through online services. She is a national trainer at The United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) on “The Universal Family Skills Program for Prevention of Negative Social Outcomes from October 2019.
She received a scholarship from the Psychological Assessment Clinic funded by Athe Australian High Commission for her research in MS. She is dedicated to providing mental health services to people from all over the world by using her knowledge and skills.
EXPERTISE:
- Generalized Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Panic Disorder
- Depression, Bipolar, Phobia
- Suicidal Ideation, Suicide Attempt
- OCD, Perceived Defects in Physical Appearance
- Hair Pulling, Skin Picking
- Trauma issues ( Accident, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Bullying)
- Hysteria ( Conversion Disorder )
- Personality Disorders
- Eating Disorders ( Eating too much or too little )
- Psychosexual Disorder
- Abnormal Sexual Behavior or Sexual Fantasies
- Addiction Problems, Drug Addiction, Anger Issues
- Decision Making and Problem Solving
- Sleep Disturbance
- Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity
- Stress Management
- Social Communication Disorder
- Conduct Disorder
- Disrupted Behavior in the Child
- Positive Parenting
- Disrupted behavior in Adolescents/Teen
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Personality disorder
- Grief and adjustment disorder
- Relationship difficulties
- Family conflict
- Parenting
- Study problem Child/Teen/Adult
- Academic pressure Child/Teen/Adult
- Time management
- Mental and Behavioral Issues in Special Child
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