Christian Therapist, Counseling Psychologist, Counselor and Psychologist
Overview
Mrs. A Rajeshwari is a passionate, enthusiastic, dedicated and committed Psychologist, with a special
interest in Health Psychology, working as a Psycho-Oncologist/Psychologist in Bengaluru, India.
She completed her Master of Science (M.Sc) in Psychology from Montfort College, Bengaluru.
She has had experience in dealing with concerns of more than 1000 patients and their families over the
past 7 years. Concerns dealt with include: emotional distress, non-pharmacological measures to help cope
with pain, End of Life care issues, Tobacco Cessation, deal and cope with individual changes and inter-
personal role changes, dealing with new normalcy, providing psycho-education related to treatment and its
side effects, helping families cope with caregiver burden and burnout, helping children cope with cancer
and its treatment.
She can converse completely in English, Kannada and Tamil.
Areas of expertise
Psycho-Education
Awareness talks (Cancer awareness, Stress management, Tobacco Cessation) and trainings
Supportive Psychotherapy
Tobacco Cessation
Psychosocial issues in Pain and Palliation & End of Life care
Understanding and helping children and their families cope with cancer
Understanding Family Systems
Organizing and Facilitating Support Groups
Experience
Ms. A Rajeshwari has a 7 years of work experience in the field of Psycho-Oncology. She has helped
over 1000 patients and/or their families to cope with the trajectory of the disease and also navigate
through decision making by bridging the communication gap between care provider and the patient/family.
Concerns that she has extensively worked with include: emotional distress, non-pharmacological
measures to help cope with pain, End of Life care issues, Tobacco Cessation, deal and cope with
individual changes and inter-personal role changes, dealing with new normalcy, providing psycho-
education related to treatment and its side effects, helping families cope with caregiver burden and
burnout, helping children cope with cancer and its treatment.
Contribution:
She has presented papers at National conferences at Psycho-Oncology, Psychology and Palliative Care to
showcase the role, impact and need of Psycho-Oncology Services.
She has published a research paper in the IJPC (Indian Journal of Palliative Care) on Assessment of
Distress among Patients and Primary Caregivers; Findings from Chemotherapy Out-Patient Unit”(2020)
She also co-authored a research paper in Cancer Reports on “Inception of a Caregiver Support Group
directed by Patient Needs” (2021)
- Bangalore University in 2016