Dr. Prerna Kohli is a leading Psychologist in India with a career spanning over two decades in almost all aspects of counselling and psychology. Dr. Kohli received her education at Welham Girls High School, Dehradun and holds a Ph.D. from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh where she was a four-time Gold Medallist for excellence in academics. Dr. Kohli has been in practice for the last 25+ years and she has helped many patients over the years. Also, she built a great team that is equally talented and dedicated. Now, there is a team of 10 fulltime psychologists who work with Dr. Prerna Kohli.
About Dr. Prerna Kohli
Dr. Prerna Kohli is a Clinical Psychologist, who practices Logotherapy. She is an author of the beautiful book ‘Psychologist Musings’ on counselling and has received multiple honors, including the 100 Women Achievers Award by the Honourable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee. Dr. Kohli, a holistic psychologist, in her capacity as an adviser to the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and a member of Niti Aayog works towards making the workplace safer for women and the country for children.
Contribution towards Society
Dr. Kohli has been a member of the POSH committee for the Press Information Bureau of India, a volunteer therapist at Tihar Jail, and a life skills coach at the Gurgaon prison and Aligarh prison. She is frequently interviewed on Radio, TV, and Print Media to discuss contemporary Mental Health issues. She has previously worked with the Censor Board of India to give a psychologist’s perspective on the media. A prolific writer, Dr. Kohli, is a keynote speaker at World Depression Conferences across the globe. She frequently speaks at corporates such as Google, and leading universities.
Dr. Kohli conducts heart-based workshops and lectures in Schools, Universities, and Corporates on maintaining work-life balance, creating self-awareness, and developing inner peace. Dr. Prerna Kohli is an internationally acclaimed expert in the treatment of Depression and Anxiety. Besides these two disorders, patients come to the treatment of marital problems, all kinds of emotional and psychological disorders such as Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Addiction (all types of addictions such as drugs, alcohol, smoking, food, sex, pornography, social media, etc.).
Work and Challenges
Like every other successful Enterprise, they also faced so many challenges. The biggest challenge faced is the taboo associated with mental health. The real fact is that mental health problems are extremely common, some people suffer from diabetes, others from blood pressure, etc., and some people suffer from depression, yet there is a taboo associated with depression and other mental health problems.
Also, they have built a very successful Reputation by focusing on the needs of the Patients. They work 7 days a week from 9 AM to 9 PM because according to them, the patient comes first. They are available for patients even on weekends to help them with their mental health issues. Dr. Kohli and the team of doctors working under her guidance have become a brand by the quality of work that has been done.
Introduction of TECH in the field of Clinical Psychology
To make continuous interaction with patients, they are in the process of developing an AI-based app for mental health issues. Patients will be able to get the first level of understanding and treatment from the app. Since the app is AI-based, it can self-learn, and once the database of the “patient interactions” will continuously grow. To make it possible they are seeking investments from angel investors and venture capitalists.
The Mission
The mission and vision of the company are to provide mental health to every individual who needs it. No one needs to go untreated. During counselling, one of the most common struggles they see is children undertaking tasks to please their parents. Parents have the best interest at heart for their children but most of the time they don’t realize that children too, have their aspirations and dreams. Due to this miscommunication, students place an insurmountable amount of pressure on themselves which leads to stress, depression & anxiety in their life. The overall statistics around mental health in India are alarming.
- A student commits suicide every hour in India
- Every 3 seconds there is an attempted suicide in India
- 22.4% of the Indian population above the age of 18 years in age suffer from substance use disorder
- Over 56.7 million people in India suffer from Depression
- Only 0.06% of the health care budget in India is spent on Mental Healthcare
- There is a severe shortage of specialists in India, there are only 4000 psychiatrists, 3500 psychologists, and 3500 mental health social workers
- While 150 million Indians need mental health care, only 30 million are seeking care
Achievements
The biggest achievement of Dr. Prerna Vadra Kohli is the book she has written on counselling which helps to handle our mental health on our own. The experience of Twenty-five years of counselling thousands of patients has been distilled into this book. There is an acute shortage of counsellors in India today, to fill this gap Dr. Prerna Kohli has written a simple and easy-to-read book that will guide everyone on how to handle their day to day relationship with work, health, family and friends. This book can be a quick reference guide for addressing, resolving and gaining coping skills at any point in time when you or your loved ones suffer from depression, loneliness, anxiety, stress, substance abuse, death or relationship breakdown or any other life problems. The book is available online from Amazon and the most popular bookstores across the country. To purchase the book online go to this link www.drprernakohli.in/books
Dr. Prerna Vadra Kohli says I agree with Albert Einstein when he says that “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” As a society, we need to teach and support our future generations to be happy. As happiness is not attained but created.
