Empowering Law Enforcement with Knowledge to Combat Domestic Violence by Indian top marriage counsellor and relationship expert Shivani Misri Sadhoo
Jaipur, October 2024 – In a significant step to combat domestic violence, Rajasthan Police partnered with one of India’s leading marriage therapists and relationship experts, Shivani Misri Sadhoo, also the Founder of Saarthi Counselling Services and Healing Path Services, to conduct a lecture on “Domestic Violence Awareness” for over 100 IPS officers. This event reinforced law enforcement’s commitment to addressing domestic violence across the state.
Ms Shivani Sadhoo discussed the severe impact of domestic violence, highlighting it as a fundamental violation of human rights, dignity, and personal freedom. She explored various forms of abuse—physical, emotional, verbal, economic, and sexual—that endanger individuals and families. Her lecture, titled “Domestic Abuse of Women – The Ultimate Betrayal of Human Rights,” stressed the need for proactive intervention, comprehensive victim support, and community engagement.
“Domestic violence is a grave violation of human rights,” Ms. Sadhoo asserted, advocating for collaborative efforts beyond reactive measures to build a fairer, safer society. She emphasized that both law enforcement and community roles are vital in protecting victims, fostering safe spaces, and helping individuals reclaim their dignity.
This collaboration between Rajasthan Police and Shivani Misri Sadhoo demonstrates a forward-thinking approach to domestic violence prevention, equipping officers with practical strategies for a humane and effective response and reinforcing the police’s commitment to a society free from violence and abuse.
About Shivani Misri Sadhoo
Shivani Misri Sadhoo is the Founder of Saarthi Counseling Services and Healing Path. As a certified psychologist, relationship expert, and couple’s therapist in India, she brings extensive training in behavior modification, counseling assessment, and neuro-linguistic programming to her practice.
Her expertise encompasses issues such as infidelity, trust, communication, conflicting values, bereavement, grief, and loss. In addition to her postgraduate degree in counseling psychology, she is a certified Level 3 trained Gottman Method Couples Therapist. (https://gottmanreferralnetwork.com/therapists/shivani-misri-sadhoo)
Shivani Sadhoo holds certifications in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Emotionally Focused Therapy. She has also contributed to a leading NGO crisis intervention center, assisting individuals and couples who are depressed, suicidal, or distressed.
About Rajasthan Police:
Following India’s independence in August 1947, 563 princely states gradually united into administrative units, culminating in the modern State of Rajasthan. The Matsya Union—comprising Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur, and Karauli—was the first to unify on March 18, 1948, followed by additional states joining over the next year. By March 31, 1949, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, and Jaisalmer formed Greater Rajasthan, inaugurated by Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Shivani Misri Sadhoo is an internationally recommended relationship Counsellor by world’s biggest and most trusted study and research-based foundation for couples therapy – Gottman Institute. She is trained on specialised key relationship counselling Skills from AIIMS, VIMHANS and various other reputed institutions. Counselor Shivani Misri Sadhoo, is also Certified for Emotionally Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.
Counsellor Shivani Misri Sadhoo is also a Certified Neuro Linguistic Practitioner with specialised training and experience in the field of affairs/betrayals, trust issues, difficulty communicating, conflicting values, bereavement, grief and loss (affairs, separation, divorce, childhood) and emotional health issue (anxiety, social anxiety, fear, depression, low mood).
Currently, Shivani Misri Sadhoo is one of the top counsellors with the HIGHEST Success Rate with over 17,000 happy couples and individuals (based in India and abroad), who has benefited from her therapy. Psychologist and Counselor Shivani Misri Sadhoo not only practice independently from her clinic in Greater Kailash, Delhi, India but also listed on the panel of eminent hospitals like IBS Hospital – Institute of Brain & Spine, Express Clinic, Fortis (formerly) based in Delhi.