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.