Sreeja Syamala is the Founder of Aptimind Counselling & Therapy.
She is a Counselling Practitioner specializing in relationship counselling for adults and general counselling for teenagers. She has completed MSc Counselling Psychology from the University of Madras. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Psychology with research based on relationships. She has also completed her PG Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy and Certification on Career Guidance Psychometry from CCS Academy, Chennai.
Previously she served as a fulltime Counselling Psychologist & Trainer in Chennai Counselling Services, TNagar, Chennai for almost 2 years. She has gained hands on experience in assessment and intervention working for more than a year with Prof. Balakrishnan, a veteran Clinical Psychologist in Chennai. She has also practiced CBT under Dr. Chandramohan. She is proficient in English, Tamil and Malayalam. She has conducted various workshops, webinars and seminars on topics related to mental health.
She has a global perspective from living in the US for 7 years and so she is able to easily relate and empathize with Indians living abroad. She has also lived in Germany for a short period and travelled across Europe, Singapore, Malaysia, UAE etc.
She started with IT as her career and worked in various MNCs like Polaris, HCL and Cape Gemini. She has also contributed in growing a few startups. As a part of that, she got trained in corporate counseling and started practicing. This is when she realized her passion and enthusiasm for psychology and decided to pursue a degree in Counselling Psychology. She then took up a position in IIT Madras Pravartak and also started freelancing as a counsellor.
With her life experiences through exposure to different cultures, career choices, wide travelling, extensive reading and rational thinking she possesses a wealth of knowledge and experience. In her counseling career she has conducted more than 2500 sessions, catered to more than 1000 clients and has also trained more than 100 students.
Her approach in counselling is purely scientific and rational and follows an eclectic style. The modality she follows ranges from Person Centered Therapy, CBT, REBT, Transaction Analysis, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Couple Therapy, Trauma Informed Therapy, Queer Therapy and Sex Therapy. She does Marital Counselling, Pre-marital Counselling, Couple Therapy, Trauma Counselling, Divorce and Grief Counselling, Workplace Counselling, Adolescent Counselling, Anger Management Counselling, LGBTQ+ Counselling and Sexual Counselling.
She has been married for 24 years with 2 children and lives in Chennai. During her free time, she enjoys reading and gardening.
