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Affiliate Therapist
Education
Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy, Texas Tech University
Other Professional Involvement/Leadership Positions

Member, Governance Leadership Identification Task Force, AAMFT, 2019-2021

Research Interests
  • Systemic family therapy; marriage and family therapy
  • Global mental health
  • Inclusion, diversity, equity, multicultural, cross-cultural and gender issues, intersectionality
  • South Asian families, immigrant families
  • Parenting
  • Child-free couples
Grants Awarded

2021-Present: Co-Investigator, NIH-funded grant # 1R01CA242520-01 (Consultant from 2019-2021) Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine “A Multilevel Physical Activity Intervention for South Asian Women and Girls”

Selected Publications & Presentations

Dr. Rastogi has published numerous articles and books for both professional and general readers. A few recent ones are listed below:

Rastogi, M. (in press). A Systemic Conceptualization of Interventions with Families in a Global Context, in K. Wampler, Ed., Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.

Rastogi, M., & Singh, R. (Eds.) (in press). Handbook of systemic family therapy (Vol. 4). Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.

Sahebi, B., & Rastogi, M. (2020, September 10). Strategies to cope with distance learning: A Systems approach for parents and children. Psychotherapy Networker. https://bit.ly/35mSHfd

Rastogi, M., & Sahebi. B. (2020, July). Raising anti-racist children: Special tips for immigrant families. ParentingLENS. https://www.parentlens.com/blog

Rastogi, M. (2018). Childfree Couples. In: Lebow J., Chambers A., Breunlin D. (eds). Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8

Awosan, C.I., Curiel, Y.S., Rastogi, M. (2018). Cultural Competency in Couple and Family Therapy. In: Lebow J., Chambers A., Breunlin D. (eds). Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8

ChenFeng, J., Rastogi, M. (2018). Ethnic Minorities in Couple and Family Therapy. In: Lebow J., Chambers A., Breunlin D. (eds). Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8

Rastogi, M., & Bhatia T. (2016). Young adult daughters’ experience of maternal loss: Self, relationships, and culture. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 35 (4), 23-40.

Courses
  • Assessment and Treatment of Diverse Populations
  • Family and Couples Therapy
  • Advanced Family and Couples Therapy
  • Systemic Conceptualization of Treatment of Infidelity
  • Psychology of Gender
  • Psychotherapy with Women
  • Family Therapy with Special Populations: Substance Abuse
Academic Activities

Advisory Editor-Family Process (202-Present; 2014-2017); Associate Editor, Journal of Marital and Family Therapy (2005-2011); Program Director, Minority Fellowship Program (SAMHSA funded) (2011-2015)

Awards
Outstanding Faculty Award (2017), Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Schaumburg
Professional Memberships
Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor, AAMFT Founding Member, Indian Association for Family Therapy