Experience

Change For Life

• United Kingdom
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Oct 2006 - Present

• • Oct 2015 - Present

  Malini has a doctorate in behavioural neuroscience and her key interest relates to the role of the brain in behaviour and neural mechanisms. She has over 17 years of experience in working with children and adults. At Change for Life, Malini is offering paediatric services that include assessments for formulating diagnoses, funding applications, and developing Early Intervention (EI) Programs for children and families with additional needs. Malini and her team run targeted therapy programs for ASD, Level 3 based on the needs of the families in their local demographic. Therapy support for children includes several innovative clinical models of integrative therapy. She has a keen interest in parent child attachment and building a family centred model of care. For adults and children in her general psychology practice, Malini provides therapy for depression, anxiety, PTSD, grief and loss, specific phobias, OCD type behaviour, panic attacks, parental separation, and culturally and lingustically diverse issues. She offers secondary consultation and support for court reports, complex dual disability issues, and funding support packages. Malini is committed to education and teaching via speaking engagements, training workshops, and journalistic writing to increase community awareness and support for mental health and disabilities. She continues to collaborate and work with childcare centres, preschools, and schools to develop innovative clinical interventions for improving educational and social outcomes for children. In her personal life, she is a mother and wife, and enjoys creative writing, bushwalking, cooking, photography and music with her friends and family. Her background of being raised by a parent who was an orphan raised in an orphanage, has given Malini a unique perspective on the concept of 'family', attachment, identity, doing what matters, and a wider belonging through our sense of connection, our story, and interdependence with others. Show less