Arpita Gupta

Hello! 

I am an assistant professor at Jindal School of Psychology and Counselling at OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat. 

I am a mental health researcher interested in lived experiences of mental illness, loss and grief, the sociocultural situatedness of human experiences, and qualitative research methodologies.

I am a clinical psychologist, registered with the Rehabilitation Council of India, who believes in recruiting Narrative Practices techniques and people's knowledge and wisdom

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Severe Mental Illness | Loss & Grieving | Recovery | Qualitative Methods | Reflexivity                  

EDUCATION

2022                Ph.D. Department of HSS, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

2014                M. Phil., Department of Clinical Psychology, Central Institute of Psychiatry Ranchi

2010                M.A. in Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Delhi

2008                B.A. (Hons.) in Psychology, Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE & TRAINING

2018-2020         Counselor. Counselling Service.

2019                   Ethical Practices in Humanities and Social Sciences Research 

2019                   Trainee in Narrative Practices 

2018                   Clinical Applied Anthropology I: Critical perspectives on mental health theory and practice in India

2014                   Trainee Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist

2009                  Clinical Psychology Intern

2009                  Clinical Psychology Intern

2007                  Clinical Psychology Intern

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2018-2019       PSY451— Application of Psychology to Life. Course Tutor.

2018                 Cognition, Transformation and Lives. Teaching Assistant

2018                 Psychiatry: an overview. Teaching Assistant

2018                 How the Brain creates Mind. Teaching Assistant

2017-2018       PSY451— Application of Psychology to Life. Course Tutor.

2017                 Cognition, Transformation and Lives. Teaching Assistant

2015                  COM 200 – Communication Skills: Composition. Course Tutor.

2010- 2011       International Diploma Course in Guidance and Counselling. Junior Project Fellow. 

PUBLICATIONS

Gupta, A. (2019). Qualitative Research and Severe Mental Illness: Situating Reflexivity and Agency amidst Healing Practices. Indian Journal of Psychology. Special Issue on Mental Health, pp. 115-121, UGC Care list, ISSN-0019-5553. 

Gupta, A., Bhattacharya, P., & Priya, K. R. (2019). Revisiting the Paradigm Shift in Trauma Studies: Twenty-Five Years of Veena Das’ ‘Our Work to Cry: Your Work to Listen’. The Journal of Anthropological Survey of India. 68(1), 70-84. https://doi.org/10.1177/2277436X19844898

Pandey, R., Khanna, A., Sharma, D., Gupta, A., Bhattacharya, P., Kukreja, S., & Priya, K. R. (2019). Getting Close to the Context and Experience of Illness: Critically Reflexive Fieldwork in Qualitative Health Research. Journal of Health Studies. 1 (1), 96-127. https://ahpsy.in/all-issues.html

PRESENTATIONS

Gupta, A. (2019). Illness Identity in a Gendered World: Exploring Intersectionality using Phenomenological Approach. [Paper; Symposium on “Making Psychology Deliverable To Society: On Campus And Off Campus Endeavors”]. 29th Convention of National Academy of Psychology (India). Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University. 

Gupta, A., & Priya, K.R. (2019). “What is lost?”: A Qualitative Inquiry into Narratives around Severe Mental Illness. [Feinsilver Award Paper]. 21st International ISPS Conference. The International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Gupta, A. (2019). “Being an Expert” and Psychosis: Encounters with Lives on the Margins. [Poster]. 21st International ISPS Conference. The International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis. Rotterdam, the Netherlands. 

Gupta, A., & Bhattacharya, P. (2019). ‘Being a Resource’ and ‘Being with Resources’: Living with Mental Illness in a Neo-liberal World. [Paper; Symposium on "Self and Social Identity in Neoliberal Globalization Era: Implications for Mental Health and Societal Development"]. Department of Humanities and Social Science. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. 

Gupta, A. (2018). Being in the Room: Severe Mental Illness, Therapeutic spaces, and Possibilities. [Paper; Symposium on ‘Interrogating the Dynamics of Diversity and Equality: A View from the Field’]. XXVIII Annual Conference of National Academy of Psychology (India). Ramanujan College, University of Delhi.

Gupta, A. (2018). Collecting or Receiving? Reflexivity and other Struggles during Data Collection. [Paper]. Research Scholar Day. Department of Humanities and Social Science. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. 

Gupta, A. (2017). Loss and Grieving in Severe Mental Illness: A Qualitative Enquiry into Perceptions of Mental Health Professionals. [Poster]. 43rd National Annual Conference of Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists. Coimbatore. 

Gupta, A. (2016). Childhood Maltreatment and Depression: Exploring Difficulties in Emotion Regulation in the Indian Context. [Poster]. 22nd World Congress of the World Association of Social Psychiatry. New Delhi. 

Gupta, A. (2016). Re-authoring Mental Illness: Loss as an Alternative to Mental Illness Discourse in the Indian Scenario. [Poster]. International Narrative Therapy Conference. Ummeed Child Development Centre, Mumbai. 

Gupta, A. (2016). Storied Widows of India: Challenges of Doing Qualitative Analysis of Women’s Narratives. [Paper; Symposium on ‘Qualitative Health Research: Process and Rigour’]. 25th Silver Jubilee Convention of National Academy of Psychology (NAOP). University of Allahabad, Allahabad. 

Gupta, A., Bhattacharya, P & Priya, K. R. (2016). Twenty Five Years of “Our Work to Cry: Your Work to Listen”: Veena Das’ Contribution in the Paradigm Shift in Trauma Studies. [Paper]. 25th Silver Jubilee Convention of National Academy of Psychology (NAOP). University of Allahabad, Allahabad. 

Gupta, A. & Priya, K. R. (2016). Understanding Self & Loss in the Material World: A Qualitative Enquiry. [Poster]. 25th Silver Jubilee Convention of National Academy of Psychology (NAOP). University of Allahabad, Allahabad. 

Gupta, A. (2013). Empathy in Psychotherapy: From the perspective of theory of Mind. [Poster]. 39th National Annual Conference of Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists (NACIACP). AIIMS, New Delhi. 

Gupta, A. & Kishore, R (2008). Mental Health Concerns of Caregivers of Persons diagnosed with Schizophrenia. [Paper]. Annual Conference of National Academy of Psychology (NAOP). IIT, Guwahati. 

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2019                The David B. Feinsilver Award for the best research or clinical paper on the psychotherapeutic treatment of the severely disturbed. The International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis.

2016-2019       Senior Research Fellowship. University Grants Commission, Government of India. 

2014-2016       Junior Research Fellowship (FELLOW/2015-16/UGC/114). University Grants Commission, Government of India.

GRANTS

2019                Travel Grant to 29th Convention of National Academy of Psychology (India), Puducherry.

2019                Travel Grant to the ISPS International Congress at Rotterdam 2019. 

2019                Travel Grant to ASA19: Anthropological Perspectives on Global Challenges, Norwich.

2019                Travel Grant to ASA19: Anthropological Perspectives on Global Challenges, Norwich. 

2016                Travel Grant to XXII Congress of the World Association of Social Psychiatry, New Delhi. 

2016                Travel Grant to International Narrative Therapy Conference – Room Full of Stories. 

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Regional Member, ISPS India . International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATION

Registered Clinical Psychologist. Rehabilitation Council of India. RCI/CRR-NO. A44483

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ENGAGEMENT

2018-2019       Student Representative. 

2016-2017       Maintenance Committee member. 

2015-2016       Student Representative. 

2015-2016       Girl Representative. 

2013-2014       Student Representative. 

2007-2008       Editor. ‘Psy-Track’, departmental magazine. 

2006-2007       Member. Fine Arts Society. 

CONTACT

Arpita Gupta