Nimisha Kumar
Honorary Treasurer, India
ACBTA / Asia
Dr Nimisha Kumar is a senior consultant psychologist, CBT practitioner, educator and researcher based in New Delhi, India. She is President of the Asian Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Association and represents the association on the WCCBT Board. She is also the Founder-President of the Indian Association for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Founder-Director of Ascend PsyCare, a mental health practice and training organisation based in Delhi.
Dr Kumar holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Delhi and an MSc in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy from the University of Derby, which she completed as a Commonwealth Scholar. Her doctoral research focused on developing a cognitive behavioural framework for diabetes. She is a Professor at SGT University in Gurugram and has more than 15 years of experience across clinical practice, university teaching, research, training and supervision.
Dr Kumar has played a leading role in the development of CBT in India. In 2015, she organised the country’s first international conference dedicated to CBT and subsequently helped establish the Indian Association for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in 2016. She went on to organise further international CBT conferences in 2017 and 2018, which contributed to edited publications showcasing research and practice in the field.
Her academic work has examined the cultural adaptation and application of CBT in India and other non-Western contexts. She has published and presented her work nationally and internationally and has supervised master’s and doctoral research. Through her clinical practice, she provides CBT for a range of mental health concerns and offers training, mentoring and supervision to students and professionals from varied backgrounds.