Biography

Dr Arpita Gupta is a teacher, therapist, and mental health researcher. She earned a BA (Honours) in Psychology and a master's degree in psychology from the University of Delhi, followed by an MPhil in Clinical Psychology from the Central Institute of Psychiatry, and a doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. 

She has been teaching psychology undergraduates at the OP Jindal Global University since 2022. She has recruited her expertise in theories of loss and grief to curate courses on Psychology of Loss and Psychology of Loss II: Illness & Grief. 

She has been registered as a clinical psychologist with the Rehabilitation Council of India since 2015. She has worked across various settings, including government hospitals, private clinics, non-profits, and educational institutions as a mental health professional and consultant. Her training in Narrative Approaches from the Ummeed Child Development Centre in Mumbai further influenced her therapy work.

As a mental health researcher, she has explored lived experiences of loss and grief, mental illness and recovery, focusing on experiences of caregivers, retirees, people with severe mental illnesses, mental health professionals, and childhood maltreatment. She explored the interplay between mental health institutions and socioeconomic factors for her doctoral thesis, "Experiences of Loss, Grieving, and Recovery in Severe Mental Illnesses," which earned her the David B. Feinsilver Award from the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis in 2019. She has published in various peer-reviewed journals and presented her work at national and international conferences.