Her Story
About Anusha
Anusha Goswami has spent five years working in psychology and behavioral health. She served as a treatment counselor at Denver Children's Home for a year and a half, where she managed cases for high-acuity at-risk youth with neurodivergent disorders or high trauma backgrounds. Her responsibilities included being the primary point of contact for students and their multidisciplinary teams, observing progress across school, residential, and courtroom settings, and ensuring treatment plans translated effectively into daily life. Anusha holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and completed three years of research lab training focused on social perceptions. She also maintains a behavior therapist license along with CALM training and first responder certification. She attributes her success to family support and perseverance through challenges. Anusha is passionate about meeting students where they are developmentally and advocates for greater compassion and empathy in working with treatment-resistant youth. Currently on a break from her role, she is exploring opportunities in neurotherapy and neurofeedback to develop more effective interventions for autism spectrum disorders and trauma-impacted backgrounds.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Anusha
01What do you attribute your success to?
I would say family and the support that I've been given is one of the main things and then just staying and persevering when things got hard.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
Meet the students where they are at developmentally and then go from there.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
This is the kind of field that not a lot of people stick around in. It is very difficult and very demanding because we're working with kids who are treatment resistant... entering this field with compassion with grit and with belief in the kind of work that you do is very important. Otherwise it falls apart pretty quick.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
A lot of the current therapies for the neurodivergent kids and trauma-impacted kids are not very efficient and not very long-lasting. The opportunity is stepping into neurotherapy neurofeedback and working with kids with autism spectrum disorders trauma-impacted backgrounds to see if those therapies are more effective than traditional ABA.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
In my work compassion and understanding of people with different backgrounds. Even if you don't relate to a story you need to be empathetic towards them. In my personal life the values are pretty similar being compassionate understanding that people come from different stories and a little bit of love can really make a difference. Being strong in what you believe and leaning into education and understanding before jumping into conclusions.
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