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S Davis Emerson
Counselling Psychologist
Chennai
Summary
Determined Student Counselor with success in helping students achieve educational goals and personal well-being. Talented in meeting the objectives of the counseling program by providing preventive education, advocacy, mediation and counseling to students. Sensitive to socioeconomic and cultural difference of students.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
School Counsellor
Loyola Matriculation boys’ higher secondary school
06.2016 - 03.2019
- Enhanced student emotional well-being by providing individual and group counseling sessions.
- Collaborated with teachers and other school personnel to create individualized education plans for students with special needs.
- Empowered parents/guardians involvement in their children''s education via organizing educational workshops and providing resources on academic, career, and personal/social development.
- Provided crisis intervention in response to emergencies, employing existing trust, and rapport to deescalate situations.
- Identified and addressed concerns of incoming students and parents.
- Enhanced faculty collaboration through regular consultation on classroom management strategies, behavioral interventions, or other support measures needed for student success.
School Counsellor
St. Joseph’s Anglo India boys’ higher secondary school
- Enhanced student emotional well-being by providing individual and group counseling sessions.
- Promoted mental health awareness among staff members through training programs on topics such as stress management, self-care, and recognizing warning signs in students.
- Collaborated with teachers and other school personnel to create individualized education plans for students with special needs.
- Empowered parents/guardians involvement in their children''s education via organizing educational workshops and providing resources on academic, career, and personal/social development.
- Provided crisis intervention in response to emergencies, employing existing trust, and rapport to deescalate situations.
School psychologist and advisor
Little flower higher secondary school
- Consulted with teachers and parents to gain in-depth understanding of students.
- Conducted group and individual counseling sessions for key issues.
- Utilized formal and established testing protocols to evaluate educational, emotional and behavioral needs of students.
- Built positive and productive relationships with students, parents, educators and community resources.
Counselling psychologist
TCS
4 2019 - Current
- Counseled self-referred associates at TCS workplace with mental health issues, work related problems, relationship problems, marital discord and other issues
- Gave floor talks on mental health and to conduct workshop to projects and other first aid groups
- Listened to associates' concerns, instructed on stress-management techniques, adjustment strategies for life changes, how to live normal lives and ways to improve relationships.
- Established rapport with diverse clientele, fostering trusting relationships conducive to successful therapy outcomes.
- Consulted with external agencies and professionals to coordinate care and advocate on behalf of clients'' needs.
- Maintained thorough documentation of counseling sessions, ensuring compliance with ethical standards and professional guidelines.
- Presented findings from research studies at professional conferences, promoting knowledge sharing to psycho-educate associates to change their maladaptive behavior.
- Improved client well-being by developing and implementing individualized treatment plans.
- Provided clients with recommendations to community resources.
- Utilized meditation and visualization to support clients in meeting therapeutic goals.
- Documented client progress in confidential files.
- Performed client assessments and developed treatment plans.
- Utilized evidence-based therapeutic approaches to address various mental health concerns effectively.
- Provided crisis intervention services, helping clients navigate through challenging life situations.
Head - Guidance & Counselling
Prime India Healthcare
12.2016 - 04.2019
- To manage a team of 15 psychologist based at various locations in – Counsel students, teachers & Parents
- Counselling supervisor for Prime psychologists
- To provide direction to fellow psychologists
- Regularly recruit psychologist for schools that are associated with Prime India
- Send monthly report to the school management and Prime Management
- Conduct monthly meetings
- Train the team on best counseling practices
- Guide the team in preparing content for workshops
- To conduct workshops on various awareness topics like bullying, learning styles etc
- Counsel students individually and in groups
Teaching psychologist
The British International School
07.2015 - 12.2016
- To teach Psychology to IGCSE, AS and A level Students
- School Counsellor for students of British International School
- To teach choral music to school children
- Prepare Annual and term-wise lesson Planning and preparation to take classes for the week
- To assess and record Stu development
- To provide feedback about the students to management and Parents
Team Lead, Business Analyst
CSS Corp
08.2004 - 12.2011
- Translate business requirement to technical specifications
- Documenting Business requirement document, Functional specification document
- Writing proposals
- Client visits
- Worked in projects on specific SDLC frameworks
- Create wireframes or prototypes to match requirements
- Business flow diagrams using UML, flow charts, data flow diagrams with tools like Visio and pencil sketch
- Managing a team of 8 for Forte systems
- Lead business analyst for Decatel project, Netherlands
- Prepared the complete FS document that was used by the developers to enhance the website
- Business Analyst for ballisticblue.com, UK in understanding the client’s requirement and to do a gap analysis by visiting their onsite location at UK
- Helped in modifying the FS document for VFS global
- Business analysis for the HR team in preparing wire frames and FS document for the recruitment module which is part of the GHRMS
- Recruit candidates for Forte Systems and Netgear projects as a team lead in 2007
Faculty
Jeni Computers
05.1999 - 06.2004
- Teaching faculty and overall maintenance of the center
- Ensure 24 hours Network maintenance
Fund Raising officer
HelpAge India
09.1994 - 04.1999
- Company Overview: HelpAge India is an NGO, for the underprivileged elderly that works under the umbrella of HelpAge International, UK
- Part of the fund-raising team
- Organize events and festivals for the poor elderly left at homes
- Liaise with establishments and place donation boxes
- Organize sale of HI-Archie’s greeting cards to corporate and other establishments
- HelpAge India is an NGO, for the underprivileged elderly that works under the umbrella of HelpAge International, UK
Education
M Sc - Psychologial appraoches to Health & Management
University of Bedfordshire
England, UK09-2014
Skills
Academic advising
Mediation and crisis intervention
Career advising
Student chaperoning
Parent-teacher collaboration
Youth and adolescent development
Career guidance
Classroom guidance
Websites
Certification
International affiliate, American Psychological Association
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 03/24/70
- Marital Status: Married
Accomplishments
- Best counsellor award, TCS Cares, 2023
- Best counselling practices award, Apollo, 2023
- No escalation leadership award, Prime India healthcare services, 2019
- Onsite gap analysis, Ballistic blue, 2009
- Certified ITIL in IT management, CSS Corp, 2008
- Best performer award, CSS Corp, 2007
- Double increment for best performance, HelpAge India, 1998
Profilesummary
Possessing counselling skills is who I am. The age, the counselling models and the experience of counselling a thousand different people had given me the ease to understand people and their problems and to help them widen their horizon and to make them see the various pathways that they could take alongside the problem that they have., The process of understanding the feelings and needs of the associate and to address their physical, emotional and financial constraints without compromising on the policies and values of my organization., Recruitment, is another stronghold. Recruitment is part of my Job profile both at CSS Corp and at Prime India. Choosing the right people for the right job is important. I think, I have the psychological edge to identify people through their appearance, body language and voice tone to identify their attitude and basic personal traits and to place them for the right job., Resolving disputes, conflict resolution and helping the HR in initiating or avoiding a disciplinary action is another area that I have been involved with in TCS as a psychologist and also in my previous company. Again, active listening, appropriate communication tactics and a usable plan to manage conflict are some of the tools that I use to resolve conflicts., My stint at CSS Corp as a billable resource has given me empathy towards work and work culture. Also, as a psychologist, I am empathetical to employee struggles. This had helped me to take non-biased decisions even in TCS in helping associates manage their workloads and to promote a positive work-life environment which is an innate skill required in HR functions., Even though, I was not actively involved in psychometrics, this is one another area where I could use my skills to create questionnaires, test their reliability and validity and to administer them during recruitments to choose the right candidate for the right job., An active advisor to HR in providing suggestions and guidance on HR issues within an organization. I work with members of staff, liaison with HR offering support and expertise on employee relations, employee engagement and emotional wellbeing of the employees.
Affiliations
International affiliate, American psychological association
Interests
Timeline
Head - Guidance & Counselling
Prime India Healthcare
12.2016 - 04.2019
School Counsellor
Loyola Matriculation boys’ higher secondary school
06.2016 - 03.2019
Teaching psychologist
The British International School
07.2015 - 12.2016
Team Lead, Business Analyst
CSS Corp
08.2004 - 12.2011
Faculty
Jeni Computers
05.1999 - 06.2004
Fund Raising officer
HelpAge India
09.1994 - 04.1999
International affiliate, American Psychological Association
School Counsellor
St. Joseph’s Anglo India boys’ higher secondary school
School psychologist and advisor
Little flower higher secondary school
Counselling psychologist
TCS
4 2019 - Current
M Sc - Psychologial appraoches to Health & Management
University of Bedfordshire
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