Providing lifespan services to individuals with special needs...
Counseling And Assessments
The V-Excel Assessment and Counseling Clinic provides counseling services to parents and children and has one of the richest collections of standardized psychological and psycho-educational assessments. A range of 100 test kits suitable for children and adults. A team of expert professionals and trained psychologists administer and interpret the tests and provide detailed reports to the clients.
The clinic helps provide counseling services for anxiety or depression, adjustment problems at home or work, adolescent and teenage issues, career and educational concerns, counseling for special needs/disabilities, marital problems, parenting, psychosomatic problems and stress.
The team of well-trained experts in the fields of clinical, child and educational psychologists provide counseling, psychotherapy, play therapy and formal assessments for any person/child as per their needs. Along with mainstream counseling methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Rational Emotive Therapy (RET), and Person Centered Therapy, Anthroposophical, Biography as therapy, and Art Therapies are also employed to help clients find their own paths.
Parimal Pandit
Parimal Pandit
Program Director - Counseling And Assessments
Mrs. Parimal Pandit is a trained clinical psychologist and counselor who has 18+ years of professional experience in teaching and counseling. She has a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Pune. Her responsbilities at V-Excel include play therapy for children with autism, developmental delays, learning disabilities and emotional issues. She also counsels parents of children with special needs and provides counseling services for adults with emotional and psychological problems. Mrs. Pandit is also a Lecturer in our Diploma in Special Education program. Her prior experiences include tenures at the Maharashtra Institute of Mental Health, Ashnaa Health and Counseling Center and at the Shishuvan Primary School. In these organizations she was responsible for providing counseling services, conducting group interventions, and teaching a variety of courses in psychology, psycho-diagnostics and
psychotherapy. She completed her teacher training at V-Excel and joined Kaleidoscope Learning Centre as a Teacher in 2003. She was the Kaleidoscope Learning Centre Coordinator from 2006 to 2008. After a break of two years, she rejoined V-Excel Remedial Centre and took over as Coordinator in October 2011 to continue her enriching jounery.
Puja Bhalla
Puja Bhalla
Senior Psychologist and Curriculum Coordinator
Puja has completed M.Sc. and M.Phil. in Counseling and Assessment from the Women's Christian College, Chennai. Deeply involved and intuitive about children in our school, Puja is an asset to the department. Her interest in Autism began with her project on Music and Autism, a journey that culminated in her working in V-Excel as a Counselor.
Puja wears multiple hats in our institute. She is a play therapist, teacher, curriculum guide and conducts educational assessments. Her knowledge of anthroposophy and art makes her a creative therapist who is ready to explore beyond boundaries. Her warm and accepting nature helps the children she works with connect deeply with her. According to Puja the children and their qualities of compassion, forbearance and truth inspire her. Those qualities also help her grow as a person and professional.
Radhika Sasankh
Radhika Sasankh
Psychologist