A queer affirmative therapist, specializing in REBT (Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy) from the Albert Ellis Institute, New York. She pursued her Masters in Clinical Psychology from Mumbai University. Shama’s practice for the past 8 years has been spread across Mumbai, Rajkot, Ahmedabad, and Bangalore. She has worked with psychiatric clinics, International school settings, and has engaged in group-based community work. She specializes in marital and relationship conflict, parenting concerns, adolescence related concerns, body image issues, work-life balance, stress from various life factors, and existential queries. She is skilled at addressing clinical concerns – depression, anxiety, personality disorders, substance abuse, along with grief counselling work.