Publications
In this study published in the Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics (2025), we examined the often-overlooked psychological well-being of siblings of childhood cancer survivors, finding that while many siblings demonstrate remarkable resilience and emotional intelligence, they also face significant challenges with self-esteem, self-efficacy, and rejection sensitivity that warrant targeted psychosocial support.
Featured in the British Psychoanalytic Society’s New Association magazine, this piece confronts the often-silenced terrain of caste in psychoanalytic practice in India, drawing on clinical work to explore how caste shapes identity, the therapeutic relationship, and the unconscious dynamics between therapist and patient.
Also featured internationally, this reflective essay traces my journey into psychoanalytic thinking and practice as a (becoming) psychotherapist in India, exploring how training, supervision, and personal experience intertwine to shape both the clinician and the person.
Conference Presentations
2026 — Veiled Desire: Nazar, Splitting, and Relational Gaze in Indian Cultural Life. The Joint International Conference — Broken, Kyoto, Japan.
2026 — Veiled Desire: Misogyny, Nazar and Relational Gaze in Indian Cultural Life. IARPP — Can Hate Last? Reclaiming Clinical Sensibilities in Relational Psychoanalysis, Toronto, Canada.
2025 — Emergence of the Analytic Third: Through Maternal Holding, Paternal Structure, and Cultural Influences. International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy — The Paradox of Freedom in Relational Psychoanalysis, Wyndham Grand, Athens, Greece.
2025 — Cultural Objects as Transitional: Navigating Hope and Despair (with Mona Jamshidi Nasab & Tom Fielder). Association for Psychosocial Studies, St. Mary’s University, London.
2025 — Effectiveness of Animated Videos in Enhancing Parental Understanding During Preoperative Counselling: A Randomised Controlled Trial. RIPSSCON 2025, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.
2024 — Through the Kleinian Lens: Psychic Encounters of a (Becoming) Psychotherapist and a Person in India. Joint Conference of the Association for Psychosocial Studies and Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture & Society, St. Mary’s University, London.
2024 — The Haunting Echoes of an Emptying Split: Reimagining the Emotional Violence and Developmental Effects of Caste Through an Intersubjective Lens (with Reva Puri). Joint Conference of the Association for Psychosocial Studies and Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture & Society, St. Mary’s University, London.
2024 — The Haunting Echoes of an Emptying Split: Reimagining the Emotional Violence and Developmental Effects of Caste Through an Intersubjective Lens (with Reva Puri). Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy + Psychoanalysis, Connecticut, Washington.
2023 — From the Shadows of Disavowal: Psychic Terrain of Caste in India. Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture & Society, Rutgers University, New Jersey.
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