Radhika Nair co-founded Animal Angels Foundation in 2005, which was the first of its kind Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) organisation in India. She is a Clinical Psychologist from Mumbai University and a certified practitioner of AAT from the University of North Texas and also from Delta Society (now Pet Partners), USA. Through her work, she realised that animals can enhance the therapy process, and decided to integrate it into regular therapy, which led to her co-founding Dear Oliver Therapy Services.
Radhika is trained in the therapeutic styles of REBT, CBT and TA. She follows a fluid process in developing custom-made therapy plans for her clients. She has worked with children, adolescents and adults with anxiety, addictions, depression, trauma, gender concerns and children with special needs. Radhika believes that while the past does have an impact in shaping our personalities and world view, the impact need not be permanent.
Deepika Bhandari is the co-founder of Dear Oliver Therapy Services. She started her professional journey as an animal-assisted therapist after completing her Masters in Clinical Psychology from SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai. Alongside, she has worked at Sophia College for Women as the college counselor. She is trained in ISP, EMDR, REBT, TA and Gestalt work, apart from regularly investing in trauma informed courses.
She specialises in working with people with Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN), and associated mental health concerns. She largely works with adolescents and young adults, using both AAT and regular therapy. She strongly believes in the idea that people are a work in progress and helps them modify their view of themselves rather than just find issues to their solutions.
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