Prachee Banthia Dhondge

Prachee holds a Masters Degree in Counselling from Flinders University, Australia. She is a trauma-informed counsellor working with adolescents, youth, adults and seniors. She has worked on a range of issues including work-related stress, marital and family relationship difficulties, domestic and sexual abuse, trauma, depression, anxiety, caregiving stress, grief and loss, alcohol abuse and challenges related to life-stage transitions.

Prachee works collaboratively with her clients, to craft bespoke solutions that work in their specific context. She strongly believes in empowering clients so they can experience long term and sustainable transformation.

She is trained in various modalities including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Person Centred Therapy, Choice Theory/ Reality Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Psychodynamic Therapy, Redecision Therapy and Narrative Therapy, and applies these in an integrated and contextual manner.

Prachee is certified in tech addictions and digital wellness. Alongside her clinical work, she is a part time research fellow University College London, where her current work includes understanding preventive mental health interventions for adolescents, which address social media use.

Prachee is passionate about social impact. Alongside her work at SACAC, she volunteers as a pro-bono counsellor with an NGO working with economically backward, distressed individuals and families in New Delhi.

Prachee is a former COO with 15 years of rich corporate experience. She has co-founded and run a venture capital fund, sat on start-up boards, headed a 300 member FMCG sales team, and been a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. Her experiences give her an ability to view any situation from multiple perspectives, and work collaboratively, in a solution oriented manner.