Dr. Devika Srivastava is a licensed Psychologist in TX, FL, and all Psypact States across the United States.  

Psypact States: https://psypact.org/mpage/psypactmap

She received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Fordham University, did M.S coursework in Clinical/Counseling Psychology from Columbia University in New York City and received my B.S in Psychology from University of Houston. Dr. Srivastava completed a doctoral internship at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center as well as her post-doctoral fellowship in Houston at the Harris Center. She also worked and gained specializations in medical issues, depression, anxiety, adjustment disorders, vocational and career issues,  trauma, psychosis,memory problems, evaluations for different disorders, relational and attachment disorders, and issues related to aging and family.

Dr. Srivastava was also a Doctoral Fellow at the American Psychological Association in the Public Health Directorate in the Office of Governmental Relations where she helped lobby federal policy in congress on health, social, and human rights policy for women, families, immigrants, veterans, people of color, refugees, students, and LGBTQIA+ populations, aging populations, and those with chronic illness. I also conducted policy research related to mental health and health outcomes for people of color and helped in advocating mental health legislation for various advocacy organizations on federal and state levels. Dr. Srivastava also served as a Clinical Programs Analyst at the Harris Center where she conducted clinical outcomes research and program evaluations on all county and state public mental health programs. 

Dr. Srivastava also served as an  Assistant Professor in the  Menninger Department of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine and provided psychological and assessment services to all of the medical units of Ben Taub Hospital as well as supervised Post-doctoral Psychology Fellows, lectured medical students, and behavioral health therapists.  She also was the Coordinator for the Social and Health Equity Course and lectured Psychiatry residents on issues related to multiculturalism and disparity, including presentations specifically on cultural competency and multicultural populations, and disparity in healthcare. Dr. Srivastava  also has numerous research publications on mood disorders, psychotic disorders, chronic pain, family conflict, ethnic identity and perceptions of discrimination and mental health of second generation Asian American, risk factors for mental distress and psychosis, and on sexuality, grief for South Asian Americans during Covid, co-sleeping for South Asians. Additionally, Dr. Srivastava served as a Financial Officer in the Asian American Psychological Association. 

Dr. Srivastava is the past Chair, Co-Chair, and Chair Elect of the Division on South Asian Americans (DoSAA)  in the Asian American Psychological Association. She also organized the first national DoSAA mental health conference bringing together an entire community of providers, professionals, researchers, students, and community policy makers who presented (34 presentations and research posters) on various topics related to South Asian American mental health.

She is also co-editor on the first ever book coming out focused on South Asian American Psychology and mental health entitled “Counseling and Psychotherapy for South Asian Americans:Identity, psychology, and Clinical Implications”.