Social Sciences

Rucha Sarwate is a Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) registered clinical psychologist and psychotherapist. After completing an MPhil in medical and social psychology from the Central Institute of Psychotherapy, Ranchi, Rucha obtained a PhD from Savitribai Phule Pune University. Her research was focused on the application of mindfulness-based programmes on adolescents.

She has taught in the Masters Programme in Psychology at Symbiosis College, Pune, and worked as a Senior Research officer in the ‘MANAS: Mental Health App’ project, a Government of India initiative, at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. Her research, intertwined with her deep commitment to practice, is focused on the various mindfulness-based methods and therapies in Psychology.

In her counselling, she practises an eclectic approach that is informed by mindfulness and wisdom traditions of Psychotherapy.

Current research projects:

• Subjective exploration of the ‘therapeutic presence’ of psychotherapists in the context of Presence–oriented Psychotherapy.
• Examining the factors from a Mindfulness paradigm that affect, accelerate, and contribute to a change process at an individual, interpersonal, and collective level.

Sarwate, R., & Vaidya, A. (2018). Evaluating The Effects of School-Based Mindfulness Training on Early Adolescents' Emotional Competence and Adjustment. International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews, 5(3).

Sarwate, R., & Vaidya, A. (2018). Exploring the Effects of Mindfulness-Based Training Program on Early Adolescents’ Mindfulness Skills and Emotional Competence: School-Based Study. International Journal of Advanced and Innovative Research, Vol. 7 (9)

Mandrekar, J., & Sarwate, R. (2021). Narcissism, Big 5 personality factors & perfectionism: Study of interrelatedness. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 9(1).

• Counselling Psychology
• The Heart of Counselling
• Abnormal Psychology
• Positive Psychology