Sophia Ali
Get To Know Me
Ever since I was young, I knew I wanted to get into a career path that would make a difference in people’s lives. This interest led me to study psychology and eventually stepping deeper into expressive arts. It took me a while to get hold of the work for my own self. I learned from my life challenges. My personal life is a base for my current practice. My intention of using expressive selfcare platform is to support the community to gather resources for themselves through awareness and insight, I am committed to the well-being of all my clients and to cater to their needs.
Since opening the doors of my practice in 2016, I have provided clients in the New Delhi area with a wide range of psychological services. Life can be overwhelming and sometimes even exhausting, through awareness and insight we can support and empower ourselves. I’m here to guide you on your journey toward self-discovery.
I am a practicing psychotherapist, India’s first Tamalpa Practitioner, Registered Somatic Movement Therapist(RSMT), from “The International Somatic Movement Education & Therapy Association (ISMETA)” with MA in Clinical psychology and specialization in Movement-Based Expressive Arts Therapy(MBEAT) from Tamalpa Institute, California. Currently working with the neurology, neurosurgery, oncology & cardiology inpatient unit and outpatient rehabilitation department team in a hospital and expanding my personal practice simultaneously.
I work with my clients using the Tamalpa Life/Art Process, originated by the American dancer Anna Halprin and her daughter Daria Halprin, a master in the field of expressive art therapy.
Tamalpa life/art process focuses on the embodied approach. The approach promotes the use of creative mediums (writing, drawing, music-making, singing, moving) to facilitate awareness, insight, and change. The work believes that physical, emotional, and mental attunement and alignment let the individual grow closer to fulfilling their potential as human beings. I feel powerful witnessing the process of each client unfolding.
The concept of movement-based expressive arts therapy is new in India. Working with new approach is inspiring and challenging at the same time. I feel proud to be the first Indian to spread this process out into different communities in India. This process for me is a resource gathering wheel that connects me to the circular movement of starting and returning to oneself to move forward. I would like to share this resource gathering wheel with others, therefore I started my online portal “expressive selfcare” that bridges the gap between life and art through awareness and insight.