Dr. Khandekar’s clinical practice spans almost 20 years and includes experience across variety of clinical settings from college counseling centers, inpatient medical units, to military mental health clinics and inpatient psychiatric hospital settings. For the last 10 years, Dr. Khandekar has been working with individuals coping with anxiety, depression, and trauma-related disorders in both inpatient and outpatient psychology settings. Dr. Khandekar was a core faculty member for the Navy psychology APA-accredited internship program from 2017-2023, where she supervised doctoral psychology interns in emergency psychiatry and inpatient mental health. During this time, she also helped develop the VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of First-Episode Psychosis and Schizophrenia; a guideline designed providing evidence-based recommendations for the management of these disorders. She continues to serve as associate faculty for the Naval Medical Center San Diego psychiatry residency program, providing psychotherapy training and consultation to psychiatry residents. Currently Dr. Khandekar maintains a part-time outpatient psychology practice in San Diego, specializing in treating healthcare professionals, burnout, anxiety, depression, and trauma-related conditions. She also specializes in multiculturally sensitive treatment, often working with first or second-generation individuals managing the challenges associated with navigating multiple cultural identities.