01 · CBT
Evidence-based clinical practice
Core framework applied across anxiety, depression, trauma and behavioural presentations.
11+Years of professional mental-health experience
Trustee & Director · Psychotherapist & Clinical Psychologist
Kanisha Binu Sharon
A clinician, researcher and practitioner bringing rigour, empathy and over a decade of frontline mental-health expertise to IVM's leadership.
Clinical philosophy
Evidence + empathy + expression.
Kanisha's practice integrates evidence-based clinical approaches with genuine human empathy. The supplied profile describes CBT, Trauma-Informed Care and Art Therapy not as separate frameworks, but as an integrated way of meeting each client where they are and creating the safety needed for healing.
02 · TRAUMA
Trauma-Informed Care
Clinical interactions remain sensitive to trauma's impact on behaviour, relationships and healing.
03 · ART
Expressive Art Therapy
Creative expression is used as a therapeutic medium and directly informs IVM's art-therapy programmes.
04 · RESEARCH
Art therapy research
Her doctoral research focuses on expressive and art-based psychological assessments and interventions in Indian clinical contexts.
EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS
A multidisciplinary academic foundation.
Art Therapy
ATH-SAIU — research focused on expressive and art-based psychological assessments and interventions.
Clinical Psychology
Saveetha Medical College and Hospital — advanced clinical training supporting therapeutic and diagnostic practice.
HRD Psychology
University of Madras — human development and organisational psychology.
BACHELOR'S
Social Work
Stella Maris College, Chennai — grounding in social justice, community welfare and human rights.
RECOGNITION
Swathwashree Award 2026
Presented by the Indian Council for Therapy and Holistic Healing in recognition of excellence in therapeutic practice.
SPECIALIST TRAINING
Broad clinical and therapeutic capability.
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
Brain, behaviour & assessment
Training supporting complex clinical assessment and intervention.
EMDR
Trauma therapy
Evidence-based trauma therapy for PTSD and complex trauma.
NARRATIVE THERAPY
Reclaiming agency
A strengths-based approach helping clients re-author their life stories.
PARENTING COACHING
Family support
Supporting parents through child development, family dynamics and behavioural concerns.
EXPRESSIVE ART
Creative therapeutic practice
Using creative expression as a therapeutic medium and part of IVM's rehabilitation programmes.
TRAUMA-INFORMED
Safety-centred care
Building therapeutic relationships that respect trauma, context and the individual's pace of recovery.
PROFESSIONAL REACH
Her work spans some of the most demanding mental-health settings.
NGOs & REHABILITATION CENTRES
Community and residential care
Extensive clinical work serving marginalised and vulnerable populations.
HOSPITALS
Clinical psychology services
Assessment, diagnosis and therapeutic intervention in hospital settings.
TELE-MANAS
National mental-health support
Active contribution to the Central Government's Tele-MANAS initiative.
PUZHAL CENTRAL PRISON-I
Counselling in an underserved setting
Providing counselling services to incarcerated individuals in Chennai.
LORD · IVM
Women's psychiatric & de-addiction rehabilitation
Providing specialist care for women with psychiatric conditions and substance-use disorders.
CLIENT GROUPS
Children, adolescents & adults
Her clinical work addresses anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties, parenting challenges and postpartum mental health.
Meet each client where they are — and build the safety necessary for real healing to occur.
RESEARCH + PRACTICE
Art therapy is central, not supplementary.
Her doctoral research strengthens IVM's capacity to offer creative and expressive interventions and aims to build the evidence base for art-based approaches in Indian clinical contexts.
LEADERSHIP
Clinical depth for IVM's mental-health work.
As Trustee & Director, she brings evidence-based thinking and clinical depth to the organisation's rehabilitation programmes.
CONTINUE EXPLORING
Two perspectives. One movement.
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