Monisha Nayar-Akhtar, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry
Clinical Associate, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
135 S 19th Street, Suite 220
Phildelphia, PA 19010
Phildelphia, PA 19010
Education:
BA (Psychology)
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 1979.
M.A. (Clinical Psychology)
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1982.
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology)
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1985.
Permanent linkBA (Psychology)
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 1979.
M.A. (Clinical Psychology)
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1982.
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology)
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1985.
Selected Publications
Nayar-Akhtar, M.C: Culture, Socialization and Creativity in Analytic Practice. Psychoanalytic Trends in Theory and Practice. Lexington Books, London, UK, Page: 251-267, 2018.Akhtar, M and Ariely, Sumedha. G: Attachment and Context: Evolving Perspective in a Clinical Realm. Essays from Cradle to Couch, In Honor of the Psychoanalytic Developmental psychology of Sylvia Brody. IPBooks, Astoria, NY, Page: 137-171, 2017.
Nayar-Akhtar MC: On the seashore of sunshine homes: psychoanalytic perspective on working with institutionalized children in India: Children in Need: Analysts in Alternative Settings. Psychoanalytic Inquiry 35(7): 744-757, October 2015.
Akhtar MC: Infertility, trauma, and assisted reproductive technology: psychoanalytic perspectives (Chapter X). Psychoanalytic Perspective of Reproductive Technology. Mali M (eds.). Karnac, London, United Kingdom, Page: 77-98, 2015.
Akhtar MC: Identities in Transition: The Growth and Development of a Multicultural Therapist. \{Identities in Transition: The Growth and Development of a Multicultural Therapist}. Karnac Books, London, United Kingdom, 2015.
Nayar-Akhtar MC: A Wound of No Return: In search of Self, Loss, and Transformation (Chapter 6). Identities in Transition: The Growth and Development of a Multicultural Therapist. Karnac, London, United Kingdom, Page: 79-95, 2015.
Dyette K, Nayar-Akhtar MC: Understanding institutionalized children in a developing country: exploration of trauma and attachment at an orphanage in India. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association 63(3): 14-19, 2015.
Akhtar MC: Working with Caregivers Training Workshop. Indian Institute for Psychotherapy Training, New Delhi, India December 2014.
Akhtar MC: Ego Resilience Training Workshop. Indian Institute for Psychotherapy Training, New Delhi, India December 2014.
Modi K, Dyette K, Nayar-Akhtar MC, Antra: Udayan Ghars (sunshine homes): a unique model as a developmental support to children in institutions. Children Australia 39(4): 226-231, 2014.