Bijal Oza

Academic Experience at SP Jain School of Global Management

• Taught full-credit Emotional Intelligence course as a part of the Employability and Practitioner Skills Series for the Undergraduate program with very positive student feedback each year (Every Fall Semester)
• Mentored Regional Research Projects of Undergraduate students as a part of their core coursework

Corporate Experience

Global Director – Counseling and Coaching Center, SP Jain School of Global Management, Dubai, UAE (December 2012 – Current)

• Spearheaded the development and implementation of individual/ group counseling services and career guidance
• Led monthly counseling staff meetings across campuses (Dubai, Sydney, Singapore and Mumbai)
• Mentored students for personal, professional and academic success
• Provided effective crisis intervention services during emergency situations and developed intervention strategies for “At-Risk” students
• Conducted personality development workshops
• Assessed and evaluated students based on appropriate use of psychometric tools
• Developed counseling related policies across campuses for effective interventions
• Involved in design and execution of SP Jain's esteemed program - Passport to Excellence (P2E) to train students to be “interview-ready”
• Initiated and led the Culture, Coffee and Conversations (C3) Program to facilitate cross-cultural exchange among students and empowered students to facilitate the same
• Designed and implemented the Peer Mentorship and Counseling Program to train student peer mentors
• Co-founder - Centre of Excellence for Happiness: Developed Academic and Corporate Positive Psychology and Happiness Programs and conducted trainings and workshops incorporating the Science of Happiness and Positive Psychology principles

Senior Counselor & Psychologist, Inner Space Counseling and Assessment, Mumbai, India (September 2012 – December 2012)

• Marriage Counseling and Couples Therapy
• Individual/Family Counseling
• Psychometric Testing and Assessments
• Basic Counseling Skills included – Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Client-Centred
• Therapy, Mindfulness & Positive Psychology

Consulting Clinical Counselor, Private Practice, Mumbai, India (December 2009 – September 2012)

• Provided counseling services to individuals of all age groups.
• Individual/Family Counseling
• Services included Psychotherapy, Career & Educational Guidance, Emotional, Pre-marital/ Marital Counseling, Stress and Anger Management, as well as Memory Enhancement Skills.

Intern Therapist, Apna Ghar Inc (Our Home), South Asian Domestic Violence Shelter, Chicago, USA (May 2008 – June 2009)

• Provided multilingual counseling services to immigrant women and their children, who have been survivors of abuse and trauma
• Provided collaborative case management services to the clients for assisting them with employment, housing, and social skills development
• Provided translation services to the clients at courts
• Conducted Domestic Violence Groups

Outreach

• Domestic Violence/Women Empowerment training to Salon professionals, especially South-Asian as a part of the Salon Solutions program of Apna Ghar (Cut it Out program by the National Cosmetology Association)
• Provided training in different Indian languages/dialects