Specialist Wellness Counsellor - DR AK LAKSHMANA
(2023-01)
Provide comprehensive mental health support and wellness counselling services on an ad-hoc basis.
- Mental Health Support: Provide counselling for stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and emotional regulation. Focus on coping strategies, resilience-building, and self-awareness.
- Insomnia & Sleep Coaching: Establish root causes for insomnia – do a deep dive to understand negative sleep beliefs and use CBT and NLP techniques to restructure beliefs and break conditioned associations with wakefulness.
- Life Challenges Counselling: Guide individuals through personal difficulties such as relationship issues, career transitions, grief, or self-esteem struggles.
- Lifestyle & Preventive Coaching: Support clients in managing stress, preventing chronic illness, and adopting healthier routines.
Senior Human resources / Finance Consultant - Cryptograph Technologies
(2022-02)
Provide comprehensive HR and Finance consultation services on a contract basis.
- Employee Coaching & Development: Guided team members through workplace challenges, facilitated growth via personalized coaching, and delivered tailored training programs.
- Onboarding & Integration: Oversaw end-to-end onboarding, trained staff for consistent implementation, and built strong candidate relationships to ensure seamless transitions.
- Talent Acquisition: Sourced, interviewed, screened, and selected candidates across diverse roles, applying active listening and critical thinking to align strengths with job requirements.
- Candidate Preparation: Conducted mock interviews, facilitated meetings with hiring managers, and supported candidates throughout the hiring process.
- Compliance & Security: Coordinated background checks via Lexis Nexis, identifying potential risks to maintain workplace safety.
- Performance Coaching: Helped employees identify skill gaps, overcome mindset barriers such as fear of failure and imposter syndrome, and build actionable roadmaps toward career goals.
Specialist Wellness Counsellor / Coach / Trainer / Facilitator - Youth Care Africa / Mind Dynamics
(2018-01)
Provide mental health and wellness facilitation services, community workshops, graduate training programs, and psychometric assessments on an ad-hoc basis.
- Community Workshops - Designed and facilitated wellness programs at Itumeleng Primary School (Soweto), Marlboro Gardens School, Kids Haven (Benoni), and Westbury Community, reaching diverse audiences including learners, educators, and community members using Journey Within Workbook.
- Applied structured exercises from the Journey Within Workbook to guide participants in self-reflection, emotional regulation, and resilience building.
- Incorporated behavioral frameworks to deepen self-awareness and interpersonal understanding.
- Addressed issues such as stress, anxiety, and mindset barriers, equipping participants with practical tools to manage emotional wellbeing.
- Empowered learners and staff to identify personal strengths, align them with goals, and develop actionable roadmaps for growth.
- Collected participant feedback and observed improvements in resilience, communication, and confidence, demonstrating measurable outcomes in community wellness.
- Program Facilitation: Conducted structured training sessions for Outsurance interns in October 2022, January, and February 2023, applying the Journey Within Workbook (self-development manual authored by Angie Rambaran).
- Learning Design: Orchestrated comprehensive learning programs equipping interns with practical tools and techniques for personal growth, resilience, and workplace readiness.
- Interactive Delivery: Delivered compelling lectures, facilitated group discussions, and guided role-playing exercises to foster engagement and critical thinking.
- Experiential Learning: Designed dynamic activities that promoted knowledge acquisition, self-awareness, and emotional intelligence.
- Impact Outcomes: Enhanced interns' confidence, communication skills, and adaptability, preparing them for successful integration into professional environments.
- Effective Communication Training: Facilitated targeted training sessions for staff members, focusing on practical communication techniques to enhance workplace collaboration.
- Personalized Coaching: Strengthened individual communication skills by providing tailored coaching, constructive feedback, and actionable improvement strategies.
- Positive Learning Environment: Established an engaging and supportive training atmosphere that encouraged active participation, knowledge sharing, and skill application.
- Global Assessment Delivery: Conducted psychometric assessments for professionals both locally and internationally, applying the Five Lens methodology to evaluate personality, resilience, and leadership potential.
- Data Analysis & Interpretation: Analyzed detailed assessment reports, translating complex psychometric data into clear, actionable insights tailored to individual and organizational needs.
- Candidate Debriefing: Facilitated structured debrief sessions with all candidates, guiding them through self-awareness, emotional resilience, and interpersonal dynamics.
- Leadership Development: Applied Enneagram insights to strengthen decision-making, communication, and team cohesion among professionals at executive and senior management levels.
- Organizational Impact: Linked assessment outcomes to measurable improvements in performance, collaboration, and strategic alignment across diverse professional contexts.
