Aparna has completed her Masters in Clinical Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University. She has previously worked as a research intern under various mentors like Dr. Ellen Langer (Harvard), Dr. Lisa Miller (Columbia University), Ronnie Newman, and Dr. Dara Ghahremani (UCLA) working on the space of Spirituality and Mind-Body Healing.
She Educational Qualifications:
1. M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University(2020)
2. B.A. in Psychology (Honors), Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University(2018)
Research and Publications:
1. Intuition in Children (Integrative Project for M.A.)
2. Psychology and Spirituality Through the Lens of Quantum Physics (B.A. Honors Thesis)
3. Pilla, D., Qina’au, J., Patel, A., et al (2020). Toward a Framework for Reporting and Differentiating Key Features of Meditation and Mindfulness-Based Interventions. Mindfulness 11, 2613-2628. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-020-01475-7
4. Variability in Studies’ Reporting of Differentiating Features of Meditation and Mindfulness-Based Interventions. Poster presented at the 32nd Association for Psychological Science Convention (May 2020)
5. Patel, A., Sharma, R. (2017). Mindfulness and CBT. Book of CBT in Indian Context. (Presented at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.)
6. Patel, A., Doulatani, G. (2017).Levels of Neuroticism between Working Women and Non-Working Women. International Journal of Indian Psychology 4(3). (Presented at Sardar Vallabhbhai University, Gujarat.)
