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Who am I?
I'm a counselling psychologist working across therapy, mental health research, and mentoring students considering psychology.
My psychoanalytic training shapes a reflective, theory-informed practice, attentive to listening, meaning, and the impact of personal and social contexts.
I'm especially interested in how psychological ideas are used in real settings, and how this shapes experience over time.
My Background
Education
Research & Academic Work
I currently work as a Research Assistant at Dublin City University, contributing to the CHUMS Study (Cultural HUmility in Mental health Services), a community-based participatory research project focused on culturally responsive mental health care in Ireland. My work involves qualitative research, literature reviews, data analysis, and collaborative engagement with service users and stakeholders.
More about the project: The CHUMS Study
My broader research experience includes trauma-informed, community-based, and qualitative projects across diverse populations.
Publications
Arora, Y., Farahani, Z. T., Matarutse, E., Murphy, R., et al. (2025). Creating safe spaces through community-based participatory research: Early reflections from the CHUMS study (Cultural Humility in Mental Health Services). In Collective Voices in Neurodiversity Initiative (CVNI) Conference (Conference abstract). Cork, Ireland. https://cvni.ie/2025-2/
Farahani, Z. T., Arora, Y., Matarutse, E., Bounekdja, D., Marchelewska, E., Villani, J., & Murphy, R. (2025). Creating a national mental health engagement infrastructure for migrant and ethnic minorities. Cairde.
Farahani, Z. T., Arora, Y., Matarutse, E., et al. (2025). The practice and operationalisation of "Cultural Humility" across disciplines: A scoping review protocol. HRB Open Research, 8:38.
Arora, Y., et al. (2022). The Impact of Self-Stigma of Seeking Help on Stress Perceived by Family Caregivers of COVID-19 Patients: A Mixed-Methods Approach. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 10(4).
Training & Applied Experience
My background includes training in trauma-informed approaches, psychological first aid, and peer-based mental health support, alongside supervised experience in therapeutic settings.
I was selected to attend a research training school in Brussels focused on carrying out sensitive qualitative fieldwork, with emphasis on ethics, reflexivity, and researcher accountability when working with vulnerable groups, particularly in mental health and migration-related research.
Together, these experiences shape how I approach vulnerability, power, and context in mental health work, with care and close attention to how people are affected in practice.
Selected Courses & Certifications
- Trauma-informed approaches to mental health care
- Qualitative research methodology and data analysis
- Community-based participatory research (CBPR)
- Psychological First Aid (Johns Hopkins University)
- Positive Psychiatry and Mental Health (University of Sydney)