Counselling
The practice
I am preparing to open a small counselling practice for young adults after relationship endings and difficult transitions. Here is what it will be, and how to hear when it opens.
Not open just yet
I am completing the supervision arrangements that this work should not be done without. Rather than publish fees and promises before that is settled, this page describes the shape of the practice honestly and nothing more. If you would like to know when it opens, send an enquiry and I will write to you directly.
Join the waitlistWho I work with
Mostly young adults — broadly late teens through thirties — who are dealing with some version of an ending. The specifics people bring include:
- The end of a romantic relationship, and what comes after it
- Difficulty letting go — resentment, rumination, unfinished conversations
- Life transitions: leaving college, first jobs, moving cities
- Self-worth that has become tangled up in someone else
- Family expectations around relationships and marriage
- Feeling stuck between who you were and who you are becoming
You do not need a diagnosis to come, and you do not need to have decided the thing is serious enough. Most people who arrive are worried they are overreacting. Almost none of them are.
The practical shape of it
- Session length
- 50 minutes
- Format
- Online, by video
- Languages
- English and Hindi
- Fee
- To be confirmed before the practice opens
Where I am in my practice
I am early in my counselling practice. My master's specialism was organizational psychology and I am now moving into counselling alongside my doctorate. I would rather you read that here than discover it later.
What it means in practice: I work under supervision, I keep my client list deliberately small, and my fee reflects my stage rather than pretending otherwise. It also means that if what you bring sits outside what I can competently hold, I will tell you in the first session and help you find someone better placed. That is the part I will not compromise on.
What I do bring is a genuine specialism. Loss, forgiveness and what people rebuild afterwards is not an area I picked up recently — it is what I have been studying for six years and what I am writing a doctorate on.
What I do not provide
- Diagnosis of mental health conditions
- Medication, prescriptions or medical advice
- Emergency or crisis intervention
- Support for severe or acute presentations requiring clinical care
- Assessments for court, legal or certification purposes
If you need any of these, you need a psychiatrist or an RCI-registered clinical psychologist, and I will say so rather than work outside what I am qualified for. For anything urgent, please use thecrisis helplines.
Questions people ask
Are you a clinical psychologist?
No. I am a counselling psychologist and a doctoral researcher in psychology. In India, clinical psychology is a regulated title requiring registration with the Rehabilitation Council of India, and I am not registered. Practically, this means I do not diagnose mental health conditions and I do not prescribe or advise on medication. Counselling — talking work aimed at understanding and change — is not a regulated title, and it is what I offer.
How is this different from talking to a friend?
A friend has a stake in your decisions and a version of events of their own. Sessions are an hour where the attention runs one way, nothing you say has social consequences, and the person listening has spent years studying how people move through exactly this. That combination is difficult to find informally.
What happens in a first session?
Mostly you talk and I listen. Towards the end we discuss whether continuing makes sense — including the possibility that it does not, or that someone else would serve you better. There is no obligation to book again.
How many sessions will I need?
Anyone who answers that before meeting you is guessing. Some people come with a specific, contained question and are finished in a handful of sessions. Others work over months. We review it openly as we go rather than committing to a package up front.
Is what I say confidential?
Yes, with the standard limits: if there is a serious risk to your life or someone else’s, or where the law requires disclosure. Anonymised material may be discussed with my clinical supervisor — that is standard practice and exists to keep the work safe. I will explain all of this before we begin.
Do you offer sessions in Hindi?
Yes. Sessions are available in English and Hindi, and you are welcome to move between them. A great deal gets lost when people are made to describe their inner life in their second language.
Can you help in an emergency?
No. Counselling is scheduled work and I am not available between sessions for urgent matters. If you need help now, please call Tele-MANAS on 14416 — free, 24×7, in English and 20 regional languages. More numbers are listed on the crisis page.
What if I am not sure I need this?
That uncertainty is extremely common and is not a reason to wait. You do not need a diagnosis, a crisis, or a sufficiently serious problem to justify talking to someone. "Something ended and I do not feel like myself" is a complete reason.
Hearing when it opens
Send a short enquiry and I will write to you directly when I begin taking clients. Nothing automated, and your details are not stored or added to any list.
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