Dr Praveena Rajendra

Dr. Praveena is a Certified Mental Health & Awareness practitioner and works with parental narcissistic abuse victim. She uses various techniques and coping mechanisms, including her personal life experience, to help victims recognize abusive behaviors, heal and live an empowered life. She has also created a framework known as the Narcissistic Victim Empowerment Technique (NVET) to help victims find the freedom from manipulating and controlling thoughts of toxic parenting. She understands that many may find it difficult to speak about parental narcissistic abuse due to the trauma bondage and societal perception associated with it, hence Praveena takes it as a personal mission to empower as many individuals out there to take the reins of their own life.

Praveena has a dedicated column called “Mind the Mind” in The Sun; Malaysia’s national daily where she writes about mental health awareness. Also, Praveena sits at the board of Malaysia Mental Health Association (MMHA)

On the professional front, Praveena wears various hats. As an engineer, academician, researcher and avid animal activist, she holds notable positions in multiple non-profit organizations and serves as a voice for issues pertaining to the environment and animals. She is currently a senior lecturer at Taylor’s University.

For her numerous contributions to the society as a whole: people, environment, and animals namely, Praveena has received the Malaysia's Women Leaders Award by the World Women Leadership Congress. She has also been featured in Living Malaysia's "World Humanitarian Day & 10 Malaysian Women Who Exemplify It's Meaning".