Aritra Chatterjee

Aritra (she/her) believes deeply that mental health is political and her practice is rooted in queer/trans affirming practices, anti-caste and feminist politics, disability rights and social justice.

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She is a registered clinical psychologist with the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) with over three years of experience of working in clinical and research settings.

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She is well-versed in English and Bangla and has working knowledge of Hindi.In her psychotherapy work with clients across diverse life experiences and social locations, she prioritizes personhood over pathology as a baseline value.

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She lets her practice be informed by evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), third-wave approaches like DBT and ACT, emotion and compassion-focused work, motivational interviewing and behaviour change communications.

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Aritra is constantly learning and unlearning from her clients to do better, and is happy to bear witness for their personal growth inside and beyond therapy.

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She is also a registered PhD candidate at the Dept. of Psychology, University of Calcutta. She has special interest in women’s mental health, trans/queer health, lived experience studies and service-user perspectives.

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You can find her scholarly works at her ResearchGate profile.

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Currently Reading: Gender Chemistry by Sappho for Equality

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Hobbies: Painting or artwork, talking to loved ones, eating good food, watching movies and series, etc.