Mahensingh Deonaran, Chartered Psychologist - Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius

An Associate Fellow of the prestigious British Psychological Society, Mahensingh is the first, and currently the only, Chartered Psychologist in Mauritius. Specialising in Adult Psychotherapy with interests in Legal Psychology and Forensic science, he completed all of his training in the United Kingdom and has extensive experience of working across various Criminal Justice establishments across London. His clinical experience dates back to 1999 when he started his career at the Shaftesbury Clinic, a Regional Secure Unit in London before working at Her Majesty’s Prison Wandsworth, the largest penal establishment in Europe. He has also worked as a Forensic Psychotherapist and Honorary Lecturer at HMP/YOI Holloway before undertaking a major project to reform the mental health services at  

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Pentonville prison. Mahensingh has experience of treating a range of mental illnesses and disorders including severe personality disorder, depression, anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Phobias, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Body Dysmorphic disorder, Psychosis, physical complaints such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome and developmental / behavioural disorders such as Asperger’s Syndrome, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity disorder and Adjustment disorder, substance misuse, anger management and offending behaviour. As well as working as a Chartered Psychologist in private practice, Mahensingh lectures at Middlesex University on their undergraduate and postgraduate Psychology programmes. His other accolades include the award for Best Professor in Health by the African Education Leadership committee, the award of Chartered Scientist status with the UK's Science council and being a Fellow of the UK's Advance Higher Education Academy. He is currently undertaking doctoral research in Forensic sciences.

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Mahensingh Deonaran
C. Psychol, AFBPsS, CSci, FHEA, MSc REBT, PGDip Psychol, PGCert H.E. BSc (Hons) Dip HE MH, BSc (Hons) Biochem, Dip APsychol