Tina Balachandran, Chief Consultant Psychologist

Tina Balachandran

Chief Consultant Psychologist

Flourishing Minds

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Doctorate, Psychology (PsyD)
Experience
20 years, 0 Months

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Chief Consultant Psychologist at Flourishing Minds
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since December 2019

Consulting practice uniquely placed to offer scientific, evidence based solutions and specialist support to understand, assess, and intervene - aiding individuals and organizations create a unified, resilient, inclusive, safe, and healthy space to heal and flourish.

Senior Company Psychologist at Qatar Airways
  • Qatar - Doha
  • May 2014 to November 2019

Lead Psychologist, heading the psychology department of the airline's medical division ensuring psychological services is provided across the organization, including mental health and emotional well-being services in line with international and professional standards of care. Focused on creating and maintaining a psychologically healthy workplace environment for the safety and wellbeing of employees. Involved in developing policies to guide delivery of psychological services (clinical and organizational) across the company in line with ethical guidelines of psychological practice and standards of care

Company Psychologist at Qatar airways
  • Qatar - Doha
  • August 2009 to May 2014

Involved in setting up the psychology section within the airline medical center, providing assessment, diagnosis, and therapeutic services for employees, as well as consulting with managers and other stakeholders on cases of psychological bearing.

Includes but not restricted to:-
Clinical interview of ab-initio cabin crew for fitness to fly assessment.
Clinical interview of the staff for diagnostic purpose.
Psychological test administration.
Providing psychotherapy and counseling for emotional problems and other mental health problems.
Conducting Psychosocial support training for Disaster Response.
Developing training material related to psychology.

Senior Organizational Psychologist at Eduquity Career Technologies P Ltd
  • India
  • April 2005 to August 2009

Includes but not restricted to:

- Understanding specific job role
- Job Analysis
- Competency Profiling and Mapping
- Use of Psychometric Assessments
- Customized Test Development for corporate clients
- Benchmarking Skills and Competencies
- Test Report Development
- Reports based on various assessments
- Assessment center activities
- Statistical Analysis using SPSS
- Client Interactions and Management
- Mentoring & Coaching team members

Customer Service Executive at 24/7 Customer Ltd
  • India
  • November 2004 to April 2005

Was involved in outbound sales.·
Was a consistent performer·
Main purpose of working in this area was to get exposure in handling and interacting with International clients and understanding the corporate world.

Child Psychologist at Centre for Epilepsy and Neurology
  • India
  • September 2004 to November 2004

Included but was not restricted to:

1. IQ Screening.·
2. Screening for Learning Disability.·
3. Management of Childhood Problems.·
4. Counseling.

Trainee Psychologist at Malabar Institute Of Medical Science
  • India
  • June 2004 to September 2004

Included but was not restricted to:

1. Case history taking
2. Counseling for sexual, marital and family problems
3. Behavior modification and Behavior therapy
4. Counseling for substance abuse clients and their family
5. Management of childhood problems
6. Postoperative Cardiac counseling
7. Teaching Nursing College students at MIMS College of Nursing
8. Relaxation therapy
9. Psychological Assessment
10. IQ Assessment
11. Counseling.

Education

Doctorate, Psychology (PsyD)
  • at California Southern University
  • May 2020
Master's degree, Psychology
  • at University Of Madras
  • April 2004

M Sc.Psychology-Modules covered include: General Psychology, Social & Community Psychology, Human Development & Health Psychology, Research Methodology, Organizational Behavior, Marketing & Consumer Psychology, HR, Counseling & Guidance and Psychological testing. Secured Masters degree with scores above 60%

Bachelor's degree, Bachelors of Arts in English Literature
  • at University Of Calicut
  • April 2002

2001: Secured Highest marks in University Exam for French, received Certificate of Merit for the same

Specialties & Skills

Assessment Center
Management
Psychology
Insurance
Psychological test development
Psychological Measurements
Competency Mapping
Research methodology
Statistical tool - SPSS
MS Office Tools
Counselling
Job Analysis

Languages

English
Expert
French
Beginner
Hindi
Intermediate
Malayalam
Intermediate

Memberships

American Psychological Association
  • Associate Member
  • July 2007
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • Associate Member
  • May 2007
National Federation of Neuro-Linguistic Psychology, (NFNLP) USA
  • Member
  • January 2009
Association for Counselling at Work (ACW), division of BACP
  • Member
  • June 2009
Association of Aviation Psychology
  • Member
  • September 2009
Division of Trauma Psychology
  • Associate Member
  • September 2009
International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA)
  • Associate Member
  • September 2009
The International Association of Applied Psychology
  • Member
  • September 2009
European Association of Aviation Psychology
  • Member
  • October 2009