Animal Assisted Therapy in India
Every month I choose to showcase the work of psychologists and other professionals who are doing groundbreaking work. This post is an...
Inside Out: The power of acknowledgement
I just managed to catch a screening of Inside Out – what a beautiful movie it is! It explores the human mind, its emotions and complexity...
How therapy can help children
At the beginning of my career, during my internship at one of the local hospitals, my youngest client, whose developmental milestones I...
Fighting depression by finding strength within
As I’m sitting down after listening to Deepika Padukone’s interview on NDTV about her personal experience of depression, I’m moved to the...
Visual metaphors and insights
When I was younger, I would ask a lot of questions to my teachers and often draw inspiration from art, theater, movies and books. Many...
Positive Psychology
About a year back, I was teaching a group of adult students and one of the topics I taught was ‘Positive Psychology’. The most...
Declutter and Reboot
Every time I sit down to de-clutter my wardrobe, there are few clothes that have been around forever. They continue to sit in my cupboard...
Faith to fathom, strength to surrender
Sometimes when I look back at life, important people and how life has shaped, I’m speechless. There is so much we try and control but...
Trust and therapy, the stories within
Sometimes I feel there are so many stories of pain, struggle, hope and resilience buried deep within me. These are tales, that clients...
In the company of books
There are moments when I feel lost, and what comes to my rescue is an idea - lines from a book along with the strength to move on. Some...