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Counselling and guidance, shaped around you

Every person arrives with something different. These are the areas I most often work in, but you don't need to place yourself in a category before reaching out, we can start with whatever feels most pressing and find the right shape together.

Every session: a safe space to be heard, understood, and supported.

  • 50 minutes per session
  • Online, on Google Meet
  • ₹1000 per session
  • Sessions between 10 AM – 6 PM
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Individual Counselling

One-to-one sessions where the conversation follows you. We look at what feels heavy right now, anxiety, exhaustion, loneliness, the sense of not being heard, what has been building up over time, and what you would like to feel differently. There is no fixed script and nothing you need to prepare beforehand.

This may suit you if

  • You feel overwhelmed and want somewhere private to think out loud
  • You feel lonely, or unheard by the people around you
  • You are going through a difficult phase and need steady support
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Stress & Anxiety Support

We work on what anxiety and stress are doing to your days, the racing thoughts, the disturbed sleep, the tightness that does not lift. Alongside space to talk, you take away simple, practical ways of steadying yourself that fit into an already full life.

This may suit you if

  • Anxiety or worry that keeps returning even when things are fine
  • Difficulty switching off after work or study
  • Feeling on edge, restless, or easily exhausted
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Relationship & Family Guidance

Relationships hold some of our most difficult conversations. We look at the patterns that repeat, the hurt of feeling abandoned or taken for granted, what makes honest communication hard, and how to set boundaries that protect the relationship rather than end it.

This may suit you if

  • Recurring conflict or distance with a partner or family member
  • Feeling abandoned, rejected, or left out by someone close
  • Difficulty saying no or asking for what you need
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Student Mental Wellbeing

For students carrying pressure from every direction. We work through examination stress, procrastination and self-doubt, and the effect of bullying or unkindness at school or college, so you feel steadier in yourself and less alone with it.

This may suit you if

  • Examination pressure and the fear of falling behind
  • Bullying, teasing, or feeling unsafe among peers
  • Low confidence, self-doubt, or difficulty speaking up
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Emotional Wellbeing

Sometimes there is no single problem to name, only loneliness, a sense of being stuck or flat, or the doubt that you could ever put what you feel into words. These sessions give that feeling room, and help you find small, workable ways back towards steadiness.

This may suit you if

  • Feeling lonely, low, or unlike yourself
  • Doubting your ability to express what you feel
  • Carrying something you have never said out loud
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Parent–Child Connection

Parenting asks a great deal and rarely leaves room to talk about how you are doing. We look at the conflict at home, a child who has grown quiet or is being bullied, the guilt that follows a hard day, and ways of responding that feel firm and kind at once.

This may suit you if

  • Frequent conflict or distance between you and your child
  • A child who has withdrawn, or who is being bullied
  • Guilt, exhaustion, or feeling you are getting it wrong
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Old Age Connection

Later years can bring quieter kinds of difficulty, days that feel empty, the loss of people and roles that mattered, worry about health, or the feeling of being set aside by your own family. These sessions offer unhurried company and a place for all of it.

This may suit you if

  • Long, lonely days with little company
  • Grief, or adjusting to life after a loss or retirement
  • Feeling overlooked, dependent, or a burden to family
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Couple Counselling

Sessions for couples who want to attend together, in the same conversation. We look at communication that keeps going wrong, the feeling of not being heard, the distance that has built up quietly over time, arguments that keep circling back to the same place, and the question of how you would like to move forward. This is different from relationship and family guidance, which is for one person working on their relationships alone.

This may suit you if

  • You both want to attend sessions together
  • Conversations turn into the same argument each time
  • Distance or silence has grown between you
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Child Counselling

A gentle, unhurried space for children and younger adolescents. We make room for worries that are hard to put into words, pressure at school, friendship difficulties or unkindness, changes at home, and the quietness that sometimes follows. Sessions move at your child's pace, with no expectation that they explain themselves neatly. How this works for parents: a parent or legal guardian arranges the sessions and consents to them. Confidentiality works a little differently with a child than with an adult. Your child needs enough privacy to speak freely, so you are kept informed of the themes we are working on and how things are progressing, rather than given a record of everything said. Anything that raises a concern about your child's safety is always shared with you. Depending on your child's age and situation, some sessions may include you, and we decide that together.

This may suit you if

  • A child who seems worried, tearful, or unusually quiet
  • School pressure, or difficulty with friends and teasing
  • Changes at home that your child is finding hard
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Approaches

Trained in evidence-based therapeutic approaches, with a personalised focus on every individual.

Explained plainly, never as jargon.

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy(CBT)

    Noticing the thought patterns that quietly keep anxiety, stress or low mood going, and learning to question them.

  • Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy(REBT)

    Loosening rigid beliefs like “I must never fail” or “everyone has to approve of me” that make everyday life feel heavier.

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy(ACT)

    Making room for difficult feelings instead of fighting them, so you can keep moving towards what actually matters to you.

  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills(DBT)

    Practical skills for overwhelming moments: riding out distress, steadying strong emotions, staying grounded.

  • Gestalt approach

    Staying with what is happening right now, what you feel in this moment, rather than only the story around it.

  • Behavioural approaches

    Small, doable changes in what you do day to day, so the way you feel has room to shift too.

Practical questions

How sessions work

How long is a session and what does it cost?
Each session is 50 minutes and costs ₹1000.
Where do sessions take place?
All sessions are online on Google Meet. You can join from anywhere in India on a phone or laptop.
What are the available timings?
Sessions run between 10 AM – 6 PM, by appointment.
Can I reschedule a session?
Yes, with 24 hours' notice we can move your session to another available time.
Which languages are sessions held in?
Sessions are held in English or Hindi, whichever lets you speak most freely.

Not sure which one fits?

That's completely alright. Write a line about what you're going through and we'll work it out in the first session.

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