Darshini Nithianantham
Darshini Nithianantham
Clinical Psychologist

Availability: Mondays, 2pm – 6pm
Qualifications: Master of Psychology (Clinical), Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons) Psychology

Expertise:

Adolescents (16 and up), young adults, adults

Approaches used:

Cognitive behaviour therapy
Emotion focused therapy
Acceptance and commitment therapy
Dialectical behaviour therapy skills
Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing therapy
Mindfulness

Accreditation:

Registered Psychologist (Singapore), MSPS
SRP Approved Supervisor


Darshini has worked for over a decade in inpatient and outpatient tertiary psychiatric services, child protection, youth offending and residential services, community services, military services, corporate consultancy, and private health services. She has held key leadership positions, managed teams of clinicians, supervised clinical practice, and overseen the creation and delivery of clinical programmes.

Trained as a clinical psychologist, Darshini evaluates for different mental health needs, makes a clinical diagnosis where appropriate, and provides evidence-based intervention. She has supported clients with a range of needs, including depression, bipolar disorder, dysthymia, trauma, complex mental health needs, panic attacks and disorders, anxiety disorders, somatic complaints, intellectual disability, personality disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, psychosis, adjustment disorder, grief, gender identity issues, sexuality, and relational difficulties.

Darshini is committed to high practice standards and continued growth in the field of mental health. She also teaches as an adjunct senior lecturer at the National University of Singapore, Department of Psychology, provides corporate training, and supervises mental health practitioners.

Darshini believes that our unique life experiences shape us and that understanding this empowers us to grow and move forward. She personalises her approach for each individual within a respectful and safe space.

Darshini speaks both English and Tamil.

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