Psychological Counseling

Psychological Counseling is a process where you talk with a professional counselor and gets the support, guidance and help you need to cope with life's difficulties. A counselor is a trained professional who helps you understand yourself, your behaviour, feelings and thoughts, and allows you the safe space of the counseling relationship to express yourself fully and completely without judgement. In addition, the counselor has expertise in how to handle different life situations like difficult relationships, anxiety, depression, stress, etc and can offer you guidance and advice on how to manage these problems in your life. The counselor will use a variety of different approaches that work on your thoughts, feelings and behaviors to help you lead a better quality of life.

We offer individual, marital, family, adolescent, and career counseling. The most frequently sought counseling modalities are described below.

An individual person comes in for a session with a counselor and works on specific issues he/she is facing. Common psychological issues that are seen in individual counseling include:

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Self-esteem
• Identity issues, including cultural, religious, gay/lesbian/transgender, etc...
• Body image, eating disorders
• Loneliness
• Stress
• Don't know how to cope with life circumstances
• Difficulty forming or maintaining healthy relationships
• Physical or emotional abuse (past or present)
• Inter-generational issues (including cultural conflicts between parents & child)
• Difficulty defining problems
• Marked changes in functioning
• Irritability
• Changes in thinking or perceptual abilities
• Difficulty setting limits with others

Marital/Couples counseling:

A couple (married or unmarried/ straight or gay) seeks counseling to work on their relationship and resolve conflicts such as anger, infidelity, sex, communication problems, etc.

Adolescent counseling:

Teens and pre-teens often have difficulties because of the multiple changes they are experiencing as a teenager. Thus, parents and the teen seek counseling to work on managing the behavioural difficulties and relationship tension that occurs between them. The following are some signs that an adolescent might need professional help:

• Long periods of sadness
• Sudden anger/irritability that doesn't go away
• Withdrawn behavior/Sudden change in behavior
• Concentration/attention problems
• Alcohol/drug use
• Temper tantrums
• Feeling anxious and worried
• Strained relationship with parents
• Stealing/Lying frequently
• Being overly demanding of parents
• Not having friends/socializing

Families can be torn apart by illness, divorce or other problems that create conflict and stress. Family counseling can help families identify and resolve problems for issues like:

• Divorce
• Eating disorders, such as anorexia or bulimia
• Substance abuse
• Depression or bipolar disorder/Diagnosis of a serious illness
• Chronic health problems
• Grief, loss and trauma
• Work stress
• Parenting skills
• Emotional abuse or violence
• Sexual abuse

What do people seek counseling for:

Counseling can be useful for any problem where the person is experiencing distress or difficulty in managing their life. It can be a mild difficulty or a moderate to severe difficulty and counseling can offer help to anyone in need. Counseling is a process that takes time and thus people often seek counseling for about four to six sessions for a given problem. Sessions are typically held once a week and the HAP keeps confidential records of all services provided.

Charges and time taken:

Counselling sessions are typically 50 minutes in length for individual counselling and 85 minutes for couples counselling. All information shared in the session remains completely confidential except in cases where safety is an issue. We offer online counselling via zoom/meet and in person counselling services. Fees range from Rs. 500/- to 8000/- per session, depending on the type of session, counselor experience and expertise offered. Fees are charged on a session by session basis. We have multiple counselors/psychologists offering services at different levels of experience and expertise and thus cater to everyone who comes to us. If we aren't a suitable agency, we will offer you the best referral to someone known who can assist you within our psychological community.

If an intern or a counselor in training is providing the counselling services, the counselor is supervised by a practicing experienced psychologist / counselor and this process is also explained to the client at the start of the counselling process. Confidentiality is discussed with each client at the outset and goals are set for counselling, typically during the first session.

Please whatsapp or call us for more information or to make an appointment for counselling on 040-27847755 or +91-9493975140

Please Note: For all appointments, we have a pre-payment policy for the full session fee in order to book and confirm your appointment. If you give us a minimum of 24 hours notice of cancelling or rescheduling your first appointment, your pre-paid session fee will be refunded or applied to the rescheduled session. Late cancellations (less then 24hrs) are non-refundable. Please Whatsapp or call to cancel or reschedule your appointment.