Bini Sebastian completed her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at the University of Missouri, where she also received her M.Ed. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of North Texas. Bini currently works at UC Berkeley, where she serves as a psychologist to support student mental health.
Bini’s research focuses on the role of mindfulness and psychosomatic practices in the development of identity and critical consciousness. Bini has provided 50+ workshops and facilitated discussions on the role of mindfulness/psychosomatic practices at local and national conferences. Bini has experience in teaching undergraduate classes on diversity, and she has co-facilitated multicultural labs for graduate students.
Bini views mental health through a multicultural, biopsychosocial-spiritual lens. She integrates mindfulness and psychosomatic practices with transpersonal approaches in her clinical work. She has experience working in university counseling centers, integrative behavioral health settings, and community mental health centers. Bini enjoys collaborating with local leaders, healers, educators, and artists to co-create decolonized spaces for mind-body-spirt healing. She has offered consultation on mindfulness and psychospiritual practices to nonprofit faith communities, businesses, and health departments. Bini most enjoys working with college students and hopes to co-create with students to bring liberatory, consciousness-raising practices to higher education.
Bini interweaves her identities as a counselor and visual artist to create art that is reflective of healing, liberation, and transcendence, a.k.a. artivism.
