Dr Shalini is a well-being professional registered under the RCI as a rehabilitation psychologist and a life member of the Indian Psychiatric Society along with being a practicing hypnotherapist. The session included discussions on technique of hypnotherapy and how it can be applied with respect to the Indian psyche.

I am not against use of modern medicines. But I believe that if your subconscious mind is blocked or you are feeling stressed out, you cannot conceive. Joy cannot be born out of pain. I have realised that no one is to be blamed for whatever happens in my life. I have earned it. It’s Karma. And it is also Karma that we will be parents to a child in July.

Psychotherapist Shalini Poddar spoke on "Importance of behaviour management in the classroom." To be a good teacher it was necessary to love the subject and love children, she said. She reiterated that a teacher should not carry emotional baggage from home to the classroom.

Dr Shalini Poddar, Chief Clinical Psychologist and Hypnotherapist, Milestone Learning Resource Centre, feels that our belief system needs to be changed. “Set parameters need to be broken. There is no need to feel guilty or sympathetic towards them. When you meet such a child, treat the child and his/her parents as you would anyone else.”