About
Dr. Soumya Madabhushi is a gifted and sought-after psychologist, consultant, and trainer. She is endlessly curious and deeply reverential regarding the human condition. She is driven by her passion to be a source of healing whether with individuals, couples, communities, or organizations.
“The world can be a beautiful and wondrous place but is also often difficult and full of losses, struggles, and traumas. I would be deeply honored to bear witness to your journey, and to support you in your process of transformation and growth”.
Dr. Soumya blends her gravitas with light-hearted humor, her passion with playfulness, and her incisive perceptiveness with generosity and humility.
Education and Professional Affiliations:
Licensed Psychologist – State of Pennsylvania, USA.
Member – American Psychological Association, USA.
PhD in Counseling Psychology – University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA.
MS in Clinical Psychology – Pittsburg State University, USA.
BA in Psychology, English Lit, & Pol Sci – St. Francis Degree College, OU, India.
Experiences:
Dr. Soumya served as a Staff Psychologist and Outreach Training Coordinator at the Counseling and Psychological Services Center at the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy league university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for 8 years.
She completed her doctoral internship at the University of Pennsylvania, and a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Delaware.
Her commitment to excellence led her to complete a two-year intensive Psychodynamic Psychotherapy program through the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia (PCOP)
And then a 6-month diploma in the foundations of Relational Psychoanalysis through Institute of Relational Psychoanalysis of Philadelphia (IRPP)
She has worked at a variety of settings over the years – a substance abuse and domestic violence shelter; an in-patient psychiatric unit; a community mental health center; the counseling psychology department clinic that worked with (among others) mandated clients from the community correctional facility; a center for immigrants and refugees, survivors of torture; as well as three different university counseling centers.
She has gained wide-ranging experiences and has demonstrated competence at working with diverse individuals from varied backgrounds seeking help for a range of concerns.
Her Cultural Journey:
She is originally from Hyderabad, India and has lived over 18 years in the US. She is deeply embedded in both cultures and intimately familiar with the dance involved in shifting between cultures. She is always reflective and deeply examines value systems, and culturally bound norms, and expectations.
“I am continually engaged in the work of deliberately developing and internalizing my personal value system and code of honor. A deeper sense of understanding regarding what I personally hold to be valuable in life, gives me the confidence and the flexibility to slip in and out of different environments that have entirely different norms and expectations, without losing my identity. Gaining such a sense of personal cohesion has led to a greater appreciation for America and its culture as well as to a deepening of love for India and its customs”.
These life experiences have also uniquely sensitized her to issues related to migration, loss, intergenerational conflicts in families, marginalized identities, trauma, and distribution of power and privilege in societies. She approaches each individual and each situation with cultural humility and her work with multicultural competence. She is both trauma and justice informed and advocates for equity and inclusion in all of her work.
