Dr. Sharanya

Child & Adolescent Psychologist, APA P
Verified Therapist Credentials

Location

  • Company - DIRECT India
  • Agency Name - DIRECT India
  • Chennai, 600034

  • Contact Name - Dr. Sharanya

About

DIRECT is a centre for child development. It was founded in 2002 with the aim of bringing change to the field of disabilities in India. As an institute it is known for its application of cognitive training techniques as a tool to help improve memory, attention, perception, reasoning, planning, judgment, general learning, and overall executive functioning within the pediatric population.

The organization is dedicated to improving the lives of children with challenges and their families through clinically-linked and applied pediatric rehabilitation research. The long-term hope is to bring together a transdisciplinary team of professionals who will become successful and contributing members to the future of disabilities and in the fields of diagnostics, assessments, intervention and research. The institute is the only of its kind in India that currently offers Animal Assisted Therapy, Cognitive Training, Educational Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy and Speech Language Therapies for children between the ages of 18 months and 18 years.

Qualifications

  • Years in Practice: 20+ Years
  • License No. and State: 11942164 American Psychological Association

Fee structure & payments

  • Avg Cost (per session): ‎₹500-3000
  • Accepts Insurance: No

Age Group of Patients

  • Children
  • Teens
  • Adults

Therapy Type

  • Anger Management
  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Art Therapy
  • Authentic Movement
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
  • Constructivisim
  • Creative Art Therapy
  • Dance or Movement Therapy
  • Drama Therapy
  • Equine and Animal Assisted Psychotherapies
  • Expressive Arts Therapy
  • Music Therapy
  • Play Therapy
  • Poetry Therapy
  • Psychoanalysis or Modern Psychoanalysis
  • Psychodrama
  • Psychomotor
  • Sand Tray or Sand Play Therapy

Issues

  • Abandonment
  • Abuse or Abuse Survivor Issues
  • Academic Concerns
  • Adjusting to Change or Life Transitions
  • Aggression and Violence
  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Bipolar
  • Child and/or Adolescent Issues
  • Communication Problems
  • Depression
  • Developmental Disorders (Autism, Aspergers, etc.)
  • Disability
  • Dissociation
  • Divorce or Divorce Adjustment
  • Domestic Violence
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Fear
  • Grief, Loss, and Bereavement
  • Identity Issues
  • Inattention, Impulsivity, and Hyperactivity (ADHD)
  • Learning Difficulties
  • LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Issues
  • Obsessions and Compulsions (OCD)
  • Oppositional and Defiant Behavior in Children and Teen
  • Panic
  • Phobias
  • Physical Abuse
  • Post Partum Depression
  • Post Traumatic Stress or Trauma
  • Self Confidence
  • Self Harm
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexuality or Sex Therapy
  • Social Anxiety or Phobia
  • Suicidal Ideation and Behavior
  • Women's Issues
  • Intellectual Disability
  • Body Image
  • Schizophrenia
  • Young Adult Issues
  • Bullying
  • Chronic Illness or Disability

Last Modified: 15 October 2018