Dr. Sushma Gopalan is a highly skilled Pediatric Psychologist in Yelahanka. She is currently practising as the
Lead Consultant – Child Life Services (Psychology). She brings transformative approach to pediatric care by
integrating emotional, behavioural, and psychological support into medical treatment for children and their
families. Dr. Sushma brings a deeply interdisciplinary approach to clinical practice.
She is the key force behind introducing Child Life Services in India, a structured hospital-based psychosocial
program designed to support children, parents, and healthcare providers emotionally during illness,
diagnosis, hospital stays, and long-term treatment. Her vision, driven by the belief that “healing is not
complete until the mind and heart find peace,” has shaped India’s first integrated psychosocial care
framework in pediatrics. Dr. Sushma’s expertise spans paediatric psychological care, family counselling,
trauma-informed therapy, maternal mental health, chronic illness support, paediatric oncology, behavioural
assessments, grief counselling, and hospital-based psycho-social care.
She specialises in helping children cope with anxiety, fear, depression, hospitalisation stress, treatment
trauma, behavioural changes, body image concerns and emotional recovery.