

Dr. Maya Bohra is an RCI certified Rehabilitation Psychologist. She is a Cognitive Behaviour Therapy practitioner (Trained from Beck Institute, USA) and Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy Practitioner (Trained from Albert Ellis Institute, New York). She is trained in Clinical Hypnotherapy from California Institute of Hypnosis. She is the founder of Lakshya – Making the way of Education Society. She is the head psychologist, assessor and therapist at Lakshya.
She was a Program Director of Umang Kishore Helpline, a project in association with M.P. Government, UNFPA and REC Foundation. She has worked with Jaipuria Institute of Management and is presently a faculty at NIPCED. In 2012 she co-founded Spandan – A free of cost 24×7 Suicide Prevention helpline in Indore. She is also a corporate trainer, author and has been the keynote speaker and resource person for various national and international conferences.
Education
- Diploma in Early Childhood Special Education (DECSE-MR from SASR )
- Post Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation Psychology ( PGDRPY from Bhopal CRC)
- Post Graduate Diploma In Guidance and Counselling, (PGDG&C from D.A.V.V Indore )
- Masters in Psychology
- Ph.D.
Psycho-diagnosis
- Certified from National Institute of Mentally Handicapped for Psychological Assessment (NIMH-Secunderabad).
- Certified for Diagnosis and Intervention for Learning Disabilities from NIMH, Delhi
- Certified for Psychological Evaluation of Children with Intellectual Disability, Autism & Learning Disability from NIMH, New Delhi
- Master Trainer (Madhya Pradesh) in Autism Tools – INCLEN & ISAA (Ministry of Social Justice Empowerment and National Trust)
- Trained in Developmental Assessment Scale for Indian Infants (DASII), KEM Hospital, Pune
- Master Trainer in Life Skills Education ( AACCI- India )
Training in Therapies
- Primary Certificate Practicum of Child and Adolescents in RE-CBT from Albert Ellis Institute (New York).
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Depression, Anxiety Disorder, Personality Disorder from Beck Institute, Philadelphia (U.S)
- Certificate Course in Dream Analysis from Panorama (60 hrs) Panchmarhi
- Certificate Course in Gestalt Therapy by Dr. Dick Mchugh and Father Georgio (Retreat House) Mumbai
- Certificate Course in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy- (Level 1 & Level 2) Morphic Minds
- Play Therapy ( Level 1 ) by National Association for Play Therapy, Bangalore
- Therapeutic Intervention in Autism Spectrum Disorder (Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities & Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment) Delhi.
- MBSR (Mindfulness Dimension – Toronto)
- Clinical Hypnotherapy (CHI-USA)



