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Dr. Priyamvada Dua (Ph.D., Psychoneuroimmunology)
Consultant- Integrative Psychotherapy
Dr. Priyamvada Dua is a practicing integrative psychotherapist currently based in Gurgaon. She completed her Masters degree in Integrative Neurosciences from Imperial College London following which she went on to pursue a Ph.D in Psychoneuroimmunology from BARTS and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry. She has worked extensively on an immune model of movement disorders and psychiatric conditions like OCD, Depression, ADHD and Autism as part of European Multicentre Tics in Children Studies (EMTICS). As part of her postdoctoral experience Priyamvada trained in a range of psychotherapeutic modalities like Cognitive Behavioural therapy, Gestalt therapy and Emotion-Focussed Therapy.

Dr. Dua has been honored with numerous awards including the Professor Mary Robertson Award for research contribution in Tourette's Syndrome, The Hephaistos Prize for research methods in Psychoneuroimmunology and Honorary Consultancy at Microbiology, Virology and Infection Control Laboratory, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London. She is currently a visiting consultant at Daivam Wellness an Integrative Medicine clinic found by Dabur Research Foundation.

In 2016 with a vision is to amalgamate her Western education with Eastern spiritual practices Priyamvada came to India to explore the role of expressive arts, mindfulness, yoga and meditation as conjunctive therapies for neuropsychiatric disorders. She got trained in expressive art therapies, hypnotherapy, Zazen mindfulness practices, Reiki, yoga science amongst many other holistic sciences practices.

Her expertise now lies in providing an integrative view of mental health amalgamating principles and practices of neuroimmunology- cognitive therapies- holistic practices for stress management, anxiety disorders, depression, addictions, sleep disorders, phobias and other psychosomatic illnesses.

Qualifications

  • BSc biomedical sciences (university of Newcastle upon Tyne)
  • MSc integrative neurosciences (Imperial College London)
  • PhD Psychoneuroimmunology (Queen Mary Univ of London)

Certifications

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
  • Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy
  • Clinical Hypnotherapy
  • Yoga Science in Wellness