Ashutosh Tiwari

Consultant Psychologist and Admission Counsellor: Provide mental health counselling, career counselling, and aptitude testing, management and Skill development.

WORK HISTORY

Consultant Psychologist and Admission Counsellor: January 2020 to Present

MindGlass Well-being Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, India

Responsibilities

• Visit banks and reputed organisations and counsel their workers, managers, and directors.
• Plan and moderate multidisciplinary conferences and workshops.
• Teach soft and hard skills to psychology students and increase confidence by up to 50%.
• Assist students in identifying career objectives, writing statements of purpose, and seeking admission to foreign universities.
• Provide mental health counselling, career counselling, and aptitude testing.

Part-time Lecturer: February 2021 to May 2022

Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India

Responsibilities

• Instructed undergraduate students on "Drug abuse in Punjab" with engaging content and increased attendance by 90%.
• Instructed students of Physiotherapy on “Psychology” and improved their marks to above 75%.
• Handled grading and attendance.

Associate Psychologist: July 2019 to October 2019

RoundGlass Well-being Pvt. Ltd., Mohali, India

Responsibilities

• Conducted life skills training for students in a Peer mentor programme.
• Delivered workshops on soft skills and mental health in government and private institutions.
• Counselled university students and conducted psychological assessments.
• Collaborated with institutes and universities, including NIT, Gautam Budha University, CT University, and Rayat Bahara Universities.

Personality Development Trainer (Part-time initially, Full-time): March 2018 to July 2019

Glocal University, Saharanpur, India

Responsibilities

• Taught the impact of psychology and community on human personality.
• Assisted students in identifying their skills and aptitudes and preparing for placement.
• Conducted mock interviews and group discussions to help students with job interviews.
• Provided training on anger and stress management, and improved well-being by 90%.
• Counselled students for better learning outcomes and increased marks by 20% in the last assessment.

Psychologist: September 2017 to January 2018

Sri Aurobindo Society, Ghaziabad, India

Responsibilities

• Delivered workshops to government teachers on comprehensive mental health education (CMHE).
• Educated teachers on identifying students with neurodevelopmental disorders.
• Trained teachers in writing case histories and referring students to clinical psychologists.
• Conducted training impact assessments before and after workshops with a learning rate of 100%.
• Provided training on methods to enhance learning retention among children with special needs.
• Counselled students and taught brain gym techniques in schools.

Research Scholar: August 2014 to August 2017

Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India

Responsibilities

• Completed six months of coursework in psychology with a 9/10 CGPA.
• Identified literature gap regarding the treatment of Addiction in Punjab.
• Delivered CBT and MI therapies to Heroin Users for one month in 30 groups.
• Conducted pre- and post-therapy session assessments on Heroin Users using six psychological tests.
• Presented two research papers based on the collected data at conferences and published one paper.
• Improved cognitive and behavioural skills in heroin users by 50% using CBT.

Psychology Intern: January 2012 and December 2013

Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India

Responsibilities

• Observed the process of diagnosis, following standards, and following ethics.
• Observed the recommendation of therapies and assessments for different disorders.
• Learned MSE, case history writing, and following protocols.

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INTERESTS

Scientific debates, writing, travelling, mental health blogging, cycling, documentaries, and live shows.

SOFT SKILLS

Active Listening

Agility

Assertive Communication

Bargaining

Collaboration

Compassion

Communication

Communication Skills

Critical thinking

Empathy

Enthusiasm

Ethics

Evaluation

Flexibility

Integrity

Interpersonal Skills

Interpersonal communication

Leadership

Negotiation

Organization of information

Planning

Prioritization

Problem-Solving

Team member

Time management

HARD SKILLS

Anger and Stress Management

Behaviour analysis

Behaviour disorders

Behaviour Modification

Behavioural Psychology

Brain Gym

Career Counselling

Case History

Child Advocacy

Clinical

Clinical Case Manager

Clinical Research

Clinical Psychology

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Conference Speaker

Conflict Resolution

Creativity

Crisis Intervention

Data Analysis

Developing a Treatment Plan

Diagnosis

Drug Abuse Counselling

Electronics Data management

Event Management

Family Counselling

Grief Counselling

Group Therapy

Health

Healthcare

Health Issues

Integrated Healthcare Models

Keynote Speaker

Management

Mental Health

Motivational Enhancement Therapy

Motivational Interviewing

Observation

Occupational Therapy

Protocols

Psychological Testing

Reporting

Research

Standard Operating Procedures

Statistical Analysis

Substance Abuse Counselling

Technical Skills

Training

Yoga

Webinars

Written Communication

ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS

• Organised two international multidisciplinary research conferences.
• Conducted 200+ virtual webinars on mental health using the Clubhouse app.
• Achieved II ranks in graduation.
• Received a University Potential for Excellence scholarship for 3 years.
• Mentored and transformed over 1,000 students through peer mentoring and soft skills training.
• Transformed over 2000 clients using Cognitive behaviour Therapy and motivational interviewing.
• Provided instruction in hard skills to over 300 students and sharpened their knowledge by 100%.
• Completed over 700 group counselling sessions for substance users to increase recovery rate by 50% than non-CBT therapy group drug users.

RESEARCH, CONFERENCES, AND POSTERS:

• Primary research-based paper: “Effects of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Motivational Enhancement Therapy on Anxiety and Alexithymia in Heroin Users.”
• Presented two papers and one poster at national and international conferences on substance abuse.

NEWSLETTER AND WEB ARTICLES

• Published six case histories and 21 other articles on LinkedIn newsletters.
• Authored 10 articles on mindglass dot in

BOOK: Under publication: "Drug Abuse in Punjab: Factors and Prevention."

Open Forum Discussion

• Answered 150+ questions on Quora Forum about careers in psychology, studying abroad, stress management, and mental health disorders.

VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES FOUND

• Host biweekly talks on soft skills for the 4K members of the “Soft Skills Development Club” on the Clubhouse app.
• Conduct weekly talks on mental health and psychological growth for the 9K members of my Psychology 101 Club.
• Engage in the case study and research-based discussions with mental health professionals as a founder of the World Psychologists Club, which has over 450 members.
• Researchers Club has over 150 PhDs, postdoctoral fellows, and independent researchers.

Ashutosh Tiwari

Date: August 2023

Education

▪ Pre-PhD Coursework in Psychology (6 months), Guru Nanak Dev University, GNDU (2014–15)

▪ MA (Hons.) Psychology (Two Years), GNDU, Amritsar, India (2012–14)

▪ BA (Hons.) Applied Psychology (1+3 Year), University of Delhi, Delhi, India (2008–12)