Dr. Nisha Gupta is an existential-phenomenologist, depth psychotherapist, creativity scholar, and artist. She is an advocate of the psychological humanities—disseminating psychology to the public as art (paintings, film, poetry) for community healing and social change. Her arts-based phenomenological research projects seek to raise critical consciousness and empowerment regarding marginalized lived experiences, such as sexual and gender oppression, creative madness, and spiritual emergencies. She is currently writing a literary memoir titled “Phoenix Rising: Transforming Trauma into Spiritual Evolution,” which blends Western depth psychology with Eastern spiritual teachings to reframe trauma survivorship as a journey of awakening spiritually with each death-and-rebirth cycle survived. Dr. Gupta received two 2025 APA Early Career Awards from Division 32 (Humanistic Psychology) and Division 5 (Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology), as well as the 2020 APA Dissertation Award from Division 5. She earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Duquesne University in 2018 and is now an associate professor of psychology at the University of West Georgia.

She serves at Saybrook University as a counseling faculty in both Master & PhD programs infusing cultural humility in integrating indigenous healing traditions with modern counseling approaches. She is a Spiritual care provider at Georgetown University & an active community leader showcasing indigenous wisdom traditions as a valuable resource in modern times. Her research focus is on exploring healing traditions of dance, music, yoga meditation & spirituality.