“To serve as an essential resource for individuals and individuals who seek assistance with developmental concerns. We provide short-term, culturally sensitive counselling, training, consultation, and other collaborative and programmatic services.”
Magdalene is a board certified psychodramatist. She is the first Indian Psychodramatist to be trained in India. She started her training in 2009 and was certified in October 2016 by the Australia Aotearoa (New Zealand) board of psychodrama through the Psychodrama Institute of Melbourne. She has been elected into the board of Directors of International Association of Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes.
Her teachers included Dr Herb Propper (USA), Sue Daniel(Australia), Dr Jorge Burmiester(Spain/ Switzerland), Saphira Linden(USA) and Donna Little(Canada). Magdalene also founded the Indian Institute of Psychodrama in 2013 in order to pave the way for others in India to be trained and certified within the Indian borders. She has completed more than 25 years in working as a counsellor/ therapist without a break in her career.
She enjoys teaching, art and food.
Aug 1994 – Dec 2004 | Counsellor, Substance Abuse Treatment Centre, TT Ranganathan Research Foundation |
Jan 2001 – Aug 2003 | Coordinator, Counselling Services SIAAP |
Sept 2003 – Feb 2004 | Project Director, Health First |
Mar 2004 – Dec 2004 | Counselling Trainer |
Dec 2004 – Feb 2005 | Director – Training and Counselling, SAATHII |
Oct 2005 – Jan 2007 | Counselling Consultant – Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control |
Society supported by UNICEF | |
Feb 2005 – July 2007 | Consultant on various projects |
Family Health International WHO – SEARO Ministry of Health – Bhutan Ministry of Health – Myanmar APAC – VHS (USAID Project) Action Aid International | |
Jan 2007 – Current | Counsellor / Counselling Supervisor / Psychodramatist |
Founder Director – East West Center for Counselling and Training | |
June 2013 – Current | Founder Director – Indian Institute of Psychodrama |
Magdalene Jeyarathnam is an expressive arts therapist and a certified Psychodramatist working with individuals, couples and groups including family groups in India and other countries. Magdalene has almost 30 years of experience in working with addiction, HIV/AIDS and mental health issues, she has worked with several state and central government agencies in India, She has also worked with UNICEF and WHO as consultant on projects. She is the founder of East West Center for Counselling which is an Expressive arts therapy center providing therapy services to schools, universities and organizations; She also founded the Indian Institute of psychodrama which is the first psychodrama training institute in India. She is one of the founding members of the Indian academy of professional supervisors; she is also on the board of directors of the International Association of Group Psychotherapy and group Processes. She is recognised as an International trainer for International Association of Group psychotherapy and Group processes since July 2022, she is a co-founder of Expressive Arts therapy Association of India. She is currently pursuing her doctoral study.
Mobile : +91 9884700135
magdalene.jeyarathnam@gmail.com
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