Cultivating Peace, Self-Love, & A Positive Self-Image

— Exploring the relationship between mental health, emotions, and the body - many mental health diagnosis not only have a mental and emotional impact on functioning, but also include a somatic component of expression. In mental health care, we must celebrate the scientific reintegration of mind and body in order to address the entirety of who we are as human beings. Simultaneously, it's beneficial to observe the systems within which we are also embedded that either feed or starve the health of us not only as individuals, but also as communities. The mental health field is growing with evidence-based practices and modalities that embrace the mind-body-community connection allowing for deeper trauma and emotional processing. Such modalities include EMDR therapy, somatic therapy, and expressive art therapy.

Valeria Teles interviews Anjana Khosla — a Mental Health Therapist, Licensed Marriage And Family Therapist (LMFT), And Speaker

Anjana's interest in the therapeutic arts began at age 14 in 1997, when she volunteered to spend time with elderly clients in an assisted living facility (Manor Care Nursing in San Jose, CA), providing residents company every Saturday throughout the entirety of high school. While obtaining her undergraduate degree in Cognitive Science at University of California San Diego, Anjana volunteered at Ronald McDonald House for Children offering comfort and support to families with terminally ill children. In 2012, while she was working as a Research Associate at Kaiser Permanente (Santa Clara, CA), I volunteered as an advocate with the YWCA SART (Sexual Assault Response Team) and decided that her true calling was as a therapist. From there, Anjana began her journey through graduate school, followed with experience as a MFT Trainee at Safe Alternatives to Violent Environments and Associate MFT at Family and Children Services.

Anjana now works for Nashville Center for Trauma and Psychotherapy. She believes every human being deserves to be seen and live in a way that brings about peace, self-love, and a positive self-image. Her goal is to provide all her clients with the information and tools we each need and deserve to live as fully as possible.

To learn more about Anjana Khosla and her work, please visit: nashvilletherapy.co/anjana-khosla

— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.