Dr. Ribhu Goyal is a Social Entrepreneur, Founder of Empowered, a Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Counselor and a Registered Medical Practitioner for Alternative forms of Medicine. She holds various national and international professional memberships with organizations such as International Association for Holistic Psychologists (IAHP, India), British Psychological Society (BPS, U.K.), British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy (BACP, U.K.) and Indian Board of Alternative Medicines (IBAM, India).

Due her father’s transferable job, her family had to move places every two to three years which led to frequent change of schools. This experience made her realize that every place had its own culture and the way people live differed from culture to culture. Being explorative and a keen observer she became more curious and fascinated by the effect of environment on individuals’ development. At the age of 16 she was convinced and held a strong belief that an individual is influenced by both nature & nurture. In order to explore and understand the effect of culture and environment on human cognition and psychological development, she decided to travel for her education after finishing her honors degree in Psychology from New Delhi (North India). She acquired her higher education qualification and degrees in the field of Psychology from different parts of the country which includes Mumbai (Central India), Kolkata (Eastern India) and Tamil Nadu (Southern India). She studied Counseling and Psychotherapy, Applied Psychology and got trained in various forms of alternative medicines at masters and advanced levels. Psychopathology, Psychotherapeutics, Physiological Psychology, Reflexology, Meditation and Universal Life Energy are the areas of her special interest. She continues to review the literature and follow latest researches to further her skills and knowledge in the field.

She specializes in Neurotic Disorders and her area of expertise includes Anxiety Disorders, Somatoform Disorders, Psychosomatic Disorders, and Depression. She has been especially competent in dealing with issues such as low self-esteem, low confidence, nervousness, stress, performance anxiety, shyness, dissatisfaction, negative thinking, anger, parenting issues, sleep difficulties, chronic fatigue syndrome (ME), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), muscle cramps and tension headaches, panic attacks, phobia and many more.

She enriched her skills in profession and gained professional experience while working with developmental disorders, families of children suffering from developmental disorders, with clinically diagnosed patients suffering from major mental disorders, development and implementation of Life Skills program for adolescent girls, Child-Parent-School project for developing Self Reliance in children, corporate organizations for organizational development and ensuring adequate level of mental health for employees,  conducting individual and groups sessions, workshops, lectures and seminar. She has been repeatedly contacted by the print media for her inputs on various psychological issues. She has been a part of various national and international conferences as speaker as well as presenter. She likes reading non-fiction, autobiographies, research journals and any Psychology text. She is an avid traveler by nature and loves adventure sports. She is fascinated by subjects like Geosciences, Metaphysics and Dream Interpretation.
She aims to change the picture of Mental Health across the globe and Empower people to Enhance Quality of their Life and ensure a happy, healthy, contented life for all.