Dr Nimmi Hutnik

Biography

I have been an academic /practitioner ever since my MA in Clinical Psychology. My Doctorate from Oxford University was on Ethnic Minority Identity and was published as a book (see Publications).

I am currently running the IAPT Low Intensity Course which is a one year training programme teaching people Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Skills to treat mild to moderate depression and anxiety in Primary Care.

Along with four other mental health practitioners, I founded a Residential Therapeutic Community in New Delhi called Aashiana. I was also a founding member of TARSHI (Talking About Reproductive Health Issues) which is a telephone helpline.

I was one of the Editors of a leading mental health journal in India called Psychological Foundations- The Journal.

I was also Head of the Psychology Department at a well know college in New Delhi.

Research Interests

• Cultural issues in the delivery of compassionate, holistic, professional mental health care
• Cultural sensitivity training
• Mental health: Ethnic and national identity as it relates to psychological well-being in Asian Adolescents
• Ethnic minority identity in British Asians in particular British Muslims
• Primary Care Graduate Mental Health Workers
• Mental health: Getting into flow to get out of dysphoric moods
• Social Psychology: The social psychology of double minorities: Indian women in LA and Britain.

Publications

UK Publications

Hutnik, N. and Street, R. (accepted for publication) Profiles of British Muslim Identity. Journal of Adolescence.

Hutnik, N and Gregory, J. (2008) Cultural Sensitivity Training: Description and Evaluation of a Workshop. Nurse Education Today 28, pp. 171-178.

Strain, J., Hutnik, N., Gregory, J. & Bowers, G. (2006) Graduate Primary Care Mental Health Workers: The process of introducing the role into primary care.

Hutnik, N. (2005) Towards Holistic, Compassionate Professional Care: Using a Cultural Lens to Examine the Practice of Psychotherapy in the West. Contemporary Family Therapy, 27, pp. 383-402

Hutnik, N. and Banerjee, L. (2002) (Eds.) Thriving Amidst Adversity. Psychological Foundations- The Journal. Vol. IV (2) pp. 207. New Delhi: Don Bosco Press.

Wright, S. & Hutnik, N. (2002) The black spaces project: The South Asian Women Study. The Mental Health Foundation, London.

Hutnik,N. (2001) TA and minorities: Do we over-pathologise? TA UK 61, pp.5-7.

International Publications

Sonpar, S. Hutnik,N., Singh,R., & Vohra,S. (2002) (Eds.) Spirituality. Psychological Foundations- The Journal. Vol. IV (1) pp. 133. New Delhi: Hammer’s Design.

Singh,R., Vohra,S., Hutnik,N. &Johri R. (2001) The Body. (Eds.) Psychological Foundations- The Journal. Vol. III (2) pp. 84. New Delhi: Hammer’s Design.

Vohra,S., Hutnik,N., Singh,R. & Johri, R.(2001) (Eds.) Relating to Violence. . Psychological Foundations- The Journal. Vol. III (1) pp. 88. New Delhi: Hammer’s Design.

Vohra,S., Hutnik,N., Singh,R. & Johri, R.(2001) (Eds.) Mental Health and the Family. Psychological Foundations- The Journal. Vol. II (2) pp. 88. New Delhi: Hammer’s Design.

Vohra,S., Hutnik,N. & Singh,R. (2000) (Eds.) What does love have to do with it? Psychological Foundations- The Journal. Vol. II (1) pp. 88. New Delhi: Hammer’s Design.

Journal Articles

Hutnik, N. (2004) Threatened Indian Identities Psychological Foundations--The Journal Vol. VI (2) pgs. 43-45.

Hutnik,N. (2002) From the inside looking in: Raising cultural awareness. Psychological Foundations – The Journal Vol. IV, pp 55-68.

Hutnik, N. (2002) A spiritual psychotherapist. Psychological Foundations – The Journal. Vol.IV(1) 63-66.

Hutnik, N. (2001) Body therapies and the ethical use of touch in psychotherapy. Psychological Foundations – The Journal. Vol.III(2) 36-45.

Hutnik,N. (2000) An Indian woman in London. Psychological Foundations – The Journal. Vol.II(2)

Hutnik, N. (2000) User-led research. Psychological Foundations – The Journal. Vol.II(1) 70-77.

Hutnik, N. (2000) My Ruminations on the Nature of Love. Psychological Foundations – The Journal, Vol.II(1), 57-58 .

Book Chapter
Hutnik, N. (2004) An intergroup perspective on ethnic minority identity In J. Pandey (Ed.) Psychology in India revisited: Developments in the discipline. Vol 3: Applied Social and Organisational Psychology. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Teaching

Modules:

    Recognition: Engagement and Assessment of Patients with Common Mental Health
    Recovery: Evidence-based Low-intensity Treatment for Common Mental Health Disorders
    Respect: Values, Policy, Culture and Diversity
    Reflection: Working within an Employment, Social, and Healthcare Context

Cultural Sensitivity Training for all nursing programmes in FHMS.

Departmental Duties

Director of Studies: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Low Intensity Course

I am a practising Chartered Counselling Psychologist.
I was Senior Fulbright Research Fellow at the California School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles in 1997