Saras Bhaskar MSc, PhD

Dr. Saras Bhaskar is a Counseling Psychologist, skilled in identifying psychopathology, and offers necessary therapeutic guidance. As a private practitioner, she extends individual, family, pre-marriage, marriage and family counselling. Her niche area is Health Psychology focusing on the Bio psychosocial framework emphasizing the psychological well-being of people. She incorporates traditional and contemporary therapeutic techniques in her counseling interventions.

As a Corporate Coach, her experience in design and implementation of proactive solution-based curriculums is multi-fold. As an objective problem solver, she is an expert in identifying organizational needs, in order to design and develop customized solution-based programs. With her specialization in HR Management, she can empower all levels of personnel throughout the organization. Ms. Bhaskar periodically facilitates need-based workshops and training programs for MNCs, private companies, NGOs, and Academic institutions.

Ms. Bhaskar's interest and passion in the field of counseling have empowered her to develop intervention modules for “adoption counseling. Currently, she has collaborated with an organization in Bangalore and designed ‘adoption competency training’ which is soon to be launched. She is a resource person for the Department of Social Welfare in Tamil Nadu and facilitates training for caseworkers on a need basis. For the last 15 years, she has been offering preadoption (preparedness for parenthood), and post-adoptive care for parents and children for smooth assimilation and transition.

She is also a consultant on a call with the Cardiac Wellness Institute in Chennai. She was a faculty at the 1st national conference on cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation in 2017. Currently working on a standard model of psychological intervention for emotional regulation of cardiac patients. Her vision to empower counseling professionals in the field of psychology gave birth to Chennai Counselors’ Foundation. Starting in 2004, CCF provides a platform for counseling professionals to share knowledge, and expertise, provide cross-referrals, and train for growth and advancement.