Profile:

Ms Saras Atre is a counselling psychologist who has been with Raffles Counselling Centre for over 20 years. Saras has a respectful, eclectic approach to counselling that is person-centred, compassionate, and holistic.

Saras works with individuals and families. Her areas of expertise include management of stress, anxiety and depression, crisis counselling for grief and bereavement, as well as skills and strategies for coping with life transitions. She is a practitioner of MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction), MBCT (Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy), and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing).

Apart from being a practitioner, Saras has taught counselling skills for diploma programmes. She has also conducted numerous workshops on stress management, anxiety, and depression.

Languages spoken: English, French (conversational), Hindi, and Tamil.

Qualifications:

MPsych (Applied Psychology), MSocSc (Counselling), BSc (Physics), BEd