International Institute of Counselling and Applied Psychology sealInternational Institute of Counselling and Applied Psychology
Lead Faculty — Applied Counselling & Psychotherapy

Rumana Jafri

UGC NET (Psychology) Qualified | Counselling Psychologist | Certified Psychometrician | CBT Practitioner | Life Coach

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14+ years of experience in counselling, psychotherapy and higher education.

Integrative counselling and psychotherapy; CBT, NLP and transformational hypnotherapy

Rumana Jafri is a clinical psychologist and counsellor with over fourteen years of teaching and counselling experience. She holds an MA in Clinical Psychology, an MSc in Counselling and Family Therapy and a PG Diploma in Business Psychology, and is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA). She has qualified UGC NET/JRF twice and has taught at IGNOU and IEDO.

She is a certified CBT Practitioner, an accredited Life Coach (iGCLC™) and NLP Master Practitioner (iGNLP™), an accredited Transformational Hypnotherapy Facilitator, and a trainer in soft skills, POCSO and POSH. Her continuing professional development spans APA courses in data analysis and psychological research, alongside programmes from IIT Guwahati, IIT Roorkee, the University of Sydney and Seoul National University.

Clinical experience & internships

Clinical Psychology Intern — Fortis Hospital, Delhi

Hospital-based clinical rotations, psychiatric case formulations, and therapeutic interventions.

International professional development

  • ITC Test User Programme — International Test Commission (ITC) (advanced training in psychometric theory, test selection, scaling, norming, reliability, validity, and ethical test use)
  • Medical Neuroscience — Duke University School of Medicine
  • Foundations of Positive Psychology Specialization — University of Pennsylvania
  • The Science of Well-Being — Yale University
  • Psychological First Aid & Major Depression in the Population — Johns Hopkins University
  • Learning How to Learn — McMaster University
  • Social Psychology — Wesleyan University
  • Finding Purpose and Meaning in Life — University of Michigan
  • Statistical Literacy — IIM Bangalore
  • Research Methodology — IIT Roorkee
  • Psychology of Stress, Health & Well-being — IIT Guwahati

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