Namaste! I’m Mamtha Rajesh
Trusted Psychotherapist, Breathwork practitioner and mentor
I work with individual adults and couples to help them discover their inner world to create changes which will lead them towards living in peace with themselves and harmony with others. I use an eclectic approach of Transactional Analysis,
Psychodrama, Breathwork, along with a psycho-spiritual framework. I entered this field in the year 2000.
As a college goer, I had no idea I would end up being a mental health professional. It was completely accidental.
What inspired me to become a mental health professional?
Carl Jung coined the phrase “wounded healer” to describe a person who uses their own past experiences of pain, trauma or vulnerability to empathise deeply with their clients to provide understanding and support. It was only when I began my training in counselling that I became aware of the many traumas that I had been through. Birth trauma due to being kept in incubator away from my mother, school trauma of being shamed for being poor at maths and science. These and a few other childhood experiences had greatly shaped my subconscious understanding of myself, my worth, my place in the world and therefore my responses to the world.
In 2006 I was undergoing an intense training program where it was mandatory for me to be in personal therapy myself, and I began to fully recognise my emotional wounds. I began working on myself and this journey of looking within and looking
deeper is something that I haven’t stopped since then. As an ethical practitioner, I continue to be in regular personal therapy and under supervision. Along the way I tried psychodrama, transactional analysis, 5 elements breathwork, past life
regression, spiritual practises, inner child healing.
I am a life-long learner and have always been in some form of training program since 2000.
Discovering an emotional block or wound in myself is like a red rag being waved in front of a bull. I cannot not work on healing and unravelling it to get past it or grow beyond it.
The entry of 5 Elements Breathwork in my life was my watershed moment and breathwork session eventually became my tipping point. It has opened multiple doors for me – healing physically issues, releasing deep rooted emotional wounds and opening me up for spiritual growth. So much so that I divide my life into two – BEFORE breathwork and AFTER breathwork.
I understood the purpose of my life in this lifetime by undertaking past life regression. One of the ways of fulfilling that purpose is through helping those I can in their quest of healing themselves. With that in mind I founded Utsmaya along with Mihika
Rajesh, a child psychologist to create and hold a healing space.
I thrive on pushing myself to grow. I feared being visible to the world. A part of me feared being judged. Wanting to overcome my fear of putting myself out there, I entered a public speaking reality show. “Super Speaker - season 3” a contest to use the power of speech to inspire and impact people, had close to two lakhs registrations for round 1. Over 14 months, 5 rounds and multiple challenges , I made it to the top 10 finalists. It was ironic that as part of the Super 10 I would be standing in front of judges to be judged! I finished my Super Speaker journey as the Runner Up of season 3.
Watch the full video of the Finale of Super Speaker Season 3 here
Watch my three rounds in the finale below
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
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