Dr. Prasad-Gaur is a licensed psychologist deeply passionate about supporting children, adolescents, and their families. With extensive training in child development and clinical child and adolescent psychology, she brings years of experience from diverse clinical and school settings. In September 2008, she established her private practice, where she is dedicated to helping young individuals thrive.
Currently based in Chapel Hill, NC, Dr. Prasad-Gaur lives with her husband and their beloved senior black Labrador. Born in India, her journey has taken her across the United States, including Texas, New Jersey, Maryland, and Maine, before making North Carolina her home.
Outside of her professional work, Dr. Prasad-Gaur enjoys exploring nature trails, practicing yoga, reading, traveling, and gardening. She also cherishes spending quality time with family and friends.
Dr. Prasad-Gaur earned her PhD in School Psychology with a Clinical Child emphasis from Texas A&M University in 1998, through an APA-accredited program.
She completed her pre-doctoral internship in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, providing services to inner-city families at a community behavioral health center. She then went on to complete a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at Sheppard Pratt Health System, a renowned psychiatric care and teaching institution in Towson, MD.
After her fellowship, Dr. Prasad-Gaur continued to serve as a staff psychologist at Sheppard Pratt’s special education day school (formerly Forbush School), where she worked with preschool through high school students facing emotional, behavioral, and developmental challenges, including autism spectrum disorder.
At Sheppard Pratt, Dr. Prasad-Gaur worked within a multidisciplinary treatment team, employing a comprehensive, integrated school and psychiatric treatment approach. This collaborative environment taught her the importance of examining and understanding each student holistically to help them reach their full potential in cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development.
Between 2004 and 2006, Dr. Prasad-Gaur also served as the Clinical Coordinator for the Forbush elementary and middle school programs, ensuring the implementation of effective, empirically validated intervention strategies in the classrooms.
Over the past several years, Dr. Prasad-Gaur has pursued specialized training and participated in various workshops in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). In 2024, she completed the SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) Treatment training under the guidance of Dr. Eli Lebowitz at the Yale Child Study Center. SPACE is a parent-based treatment program designed to support children and adolescents with anxiety, OCD, and related challenges.
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