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ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS

Boston University (Boston, MA)

  • Adjunct Faculty, Department of Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development
    Courses: Psychology of Oppression & Liberation, Multicultural Counseling, Positive Psychology, Independent Study

  • Curriculum Development, Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, Certificate in Education for Equity & Democracy
     

Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA) 

  • Adjunct Faculty, Department of Counseling, Developmental & Educational Psychology
    Courses: Psychology of Trauma in Adulthood
     

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace, University of South Florida, 2021

  • Traumatic Stress Studies, The Trauma Center, 2014

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Dr. Sujata Regina Swaroop works with adult, adolescent, and child populations providing treatment for a variety of issues, including anxiety, depression, trauma, identity development, relationship difficulty, chronic pain, substance abuse and life transitions. Dr. Swaroop also has expertise working with university students, veterans, survivors of the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings, immigrants, refugees, asylum-seeking survivors of torture, and victims of human trafficking. She serves as a Lecturer at Boston University's Wheelock College of Education & Human Development.

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Dr. Swaroop has received formal training in biofeedback/HRV, Seeking Safety, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), EMDR (Level 2), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Substance Abuse, Chronic Pain, Depression, Trauma, Complicated Grief, and Post Disaster Distress, Gottman Couples Therapy, Sensory Motor Affect Regulation Therapy (SMART), and Attachment, Regulation, and Competence (ARC) intervention. Extensive experience working from various treatment models allows her to flexibly conceptualize treatment plans from a variety of psychological approaches to successfully meet each client’s needs.  

 

Dr. Swaroop completed her predoctoral internship at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago, IL.  At the VA, Dr. Swaroop provided psychological services, including clinical assessments and individual, couples, and group psychotherapy, across the OEF/OIF/OND Post-deployment Clinic, PTSD Clinic, Partial Hospitalization Program, Pain Clinic, Alcohol Treatment Program, and Drug Dependence Treatment Clinic.  Concurrently, Dr. Swaroop served as a therapist at the Marjorie Kovler Center for Survivors of Torture where she provided psychotherapy to asylum-seeking survivors of political torture and coordinated provision of care across treatment teams involving psychiatric, medical, and legal providers.

 

After obtaining her doctoral degree, Dr. Swaroop completed a two-year fellowship at the internationally renowned Trauma Center in Brookline, MA. At the Trauma Center, Dr. Swaroop provided intensive outpatient trauma-focused psychotherapy and psychological evaluation to clients with histories of polyvictimization.  She also served as the Program Coordinator for Project REACH to offer mental health services to victims of human trafficking and consultation and training to providers working with trafficking victims throughout the United States. Through this position, she has offered trauma-informed training to FBI agents and law enforcement officials, attorneys, medical professionals, mental health professionals, shelter workers, and community activists.  Finally, Dr. Swaroop maintained a role in Disaster Response as Adjunct Staff to Boston Medical Center’s Resiliency Center by assisting on-site at the federal trial to provide crisis management and therapeutic support to survivors of the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings.  She received her BA in Psychology and Health Sciences from Boston College. Subsequently, she obtained her Masters and Doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology at the APA-accredited Chicago School of Professional Psychology where she specialized in International Psychology and Human Rights. 
 

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

Musciaro, R., Spinazzola, J., Arvidson, J., Swaroop, S., Goldblatt-Grace, L., Yarrow, A., Suvak, M., & Ford, J.D. (2017). The complexity of adaptation to childhood polyvictimization in youth and adults. Journal of Orthopsychiatry, doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838017692365
 

Swaroop, S. & DeLoach, C. (2015). Voices of trauma and resilience: Cultural and gender distinctive responses to war and displacement in Pakistan. Journal of Psychology and Developing Societies, 27(1).


DeLoach, C. & Swaroop, S. (2014). Community transformation and collective healing: Lessons from Pakistan, Brazil, and Zambia. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, Special Issue on Transformative Change in Community Mental Health, 5(1), 1-13.


Swaroop, S., DeLoach, C., & Sheikh, F. (2014). Islamic healing approaches, beliefs, and health-related behaviors. In R. Gurung (Ed.), Multicultural Approaches to Health and Wellness in the United States. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.


Swaroop, S. & Rundles, K. (2012). Taming the flame: Reaching transformation while preventing domestic violence. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, 2(3), 1-24.
 

Petersen, M. & Swaroop, S. (2011). Complex trauma: A critical analysis of the Rwandan fight for liberation. Journal of Pan-African Studies, 4, 1-19.
 

Peterson, M., Swaroop, S., & Uttamchandani, A. (2010). Colonialism and trauma: Intersections of the past and present. Stress Points (International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies), 24, 4-6.

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