Dr. Ashok Balsekar

He is a Family Physician (65), practicing Family Medicine and Person to Person counseling, at Andheri E. He had passed MBBS in 1974 from Mumbai University. He got a Fellowship from College of General Practitioners in 1990. He received a Diploma in Counseling Psychology from XICP in 2008. WORK EXPERIENCE: -Practicing as Family Physician for 40 years& Psy.Counsellor for 13 years. -Ex-Hon. Counsellor for LJNJ College (SNDT Univ.) for 2 years,for Seva Dhan, a de-addiction centre at Bhardawadi, Andheri (E) for 2 years &for St. Xavier’s School, Vile Parle (W) for 2 years. -Taken workshops for students of junior college at Sathaye College, M. L. Dahanukar College, Sydenham College & Nanavati College on AIDS Awareness, DRUG Awareness & Behavior Modification, for staff of LJNJ College and counselors of Seva Dhan on subjects like Emotional Intelligence, Body Language, Stress Management, Teamwork, on pre marriage counseling for final year students of degree colleges (in association with STREE MUKTI SANGHATNA), for Engineering Students of S.S.B.T. College, Jalgaon on interview skills and personality development. - Volunteer for TEACHINDIA – a spoken English program for underprivileged children - a Times of India enterprise. - Presented a Prize Winning Paper o "Total Health” in GPA confererance in 2014. - Given lectures in CME in IMA and GPA on "Doctor–Patient Communication”, "Breaking Bad News”, "Counseling in Psychiatric Diseases” ,”Counseling for a Cancer Patient”, "Anger Management”, ”Counseling for De-addiction”, Child Sexual Abuse” - Take Workshops on Sex Education & CSA (Child Sexual Abuse) for Parents & Teachers   ASSOCIATIONS: Past President of Indian Medical Association (Mumbai West). This association looks after the welfare of public by holding health camps in the community and informative lectures and programmes for specific group of people like Senior Citizens, Children, Patients of HIV Positive, and Patients Suffering from Diabetes and also conducts CME’s (Continuous Medical Education) for doctors.