Dr. Priya Kayastha Anand (PhD)
MA - Psychology, M.Phil - Psychology, PhD - Psychology
Clinical Psychologist,
Counselling Psychologist,
Psychotherapist
21 Years Experience Overall (17 years as specialist)
Dr. Priya Kayastha Anand is a consultant Clinical Psychologist with over 10 years of experience in practicing psychotherapy with adults, adolescents and children. She completed her M.Phil and PhD in Mental Health & Social Psychology from NIMHANS, Bangalore. She has extensive experience in psychological assessments such as intellectual / cognitive abilities, adaptive behavior, interpersonal relations, projective tests and diagnostic psychometry, and has been actively involved in psychotherapy for children, adolescents and their parents. Her areas of interest include learning disabilities, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, parenting and stress management. She specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy, parent management training, contingency management, supportive therapy and remedial intervention for dyslexia. She has also worked as a Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS and has provided supervision and training to M.Phil trainees in psychological testing and psychotherapy.
My first visit to Maanas was my second session with Dr. Priya as I'd already met her at Apollo Jayanagar for my first session. I personally found Maanas to be more homely and comfortable compared to Apollo, as it is not a typical hospital-doctor-patient kind of a vibe you get off the place. Coming to the therapist, Dr Priya is really strong in her domain, analysing the root causes; digging deep(in a good way) finding solutions at grass level, making you understand the cause; thereby making the whole healing process faster. I like her detail oriented therapy process approach to problems that you feel have limited solutions. This is my second therapist and am really more than satisfied with the results. I'd totally recommend her with closed eyes as I've personally experienced her in depth hold on the subject in my good number of sessions with her.
One will have to consider himself lucky for getting an appointment with her, as she's got a lot of patients and its not easy to get an appointment at the time of your need. I've faced this a few times initially. But it is totally worth the wait. Once you get familiarised, you could always request for however frequent you want to schedule your appointments. This will be considered and obliged by the Dr and the clinic staff.
- Namrata.