World Mental Health Day is celebrated every year on 10th October, 2021. This year, the theme was “Mental health in an Unequal World”. We saw many organizations and people posting content stressing on the importance of mental health, but in less than two weeks, everyone is silent again. Once again, even this year, the fact that mental health matters is reduced to being just a trendy hashtag.
In 2016, when I took a leap of faith and began my private practice, I was plagued with doubt and thoughts like "Will I ever get a client?", "Was I stupid to leave a full-time job?", "Will I ever have a full-fledged practice?" were pretty common-place. ...
Happy endings need not exist just in fairy-tales. Fairy-tales have the beauty of always giving one a simpler, newer perspective of things, a transformation of ideology from “I wish” to “I will” and a belief in trust, kindness, goodness, hope and love.
Millions of people all around the world face issues pertaining to mental health. In 2011, as per the WHO Report, India recorded the highest rate of major depression in the world at thirty-six percent. According to doctors, roughly ten percent o ...
Today, while I was scrolling through Facebook, I noticed a photo posted by a colleague of mine. She was posing holding up a poster that read: “I am a therapist and #ihaveatherapist”. She came from a space of wanting to spread awareness that seeking help ...
10th October is globally celebrated as World Mental Health Day since 1992, and this year is a landmark of sorts since it marks its 25th Anniversary. The theme this year is "mental health in the workplace" but before we talk about that in particular, I wo ...
Seeking therapy requires a lot of courage. Sharing your most intimate thoughts and feelings with a complete stranger is a vulnerable act, and so, it can be extremely distressing and disturbing when you have a bad experience. It might even tarnish your vie ...
So last night I found out that Chester Bennington had completed suicide. I just could not believe it and kept staring blankly at the screen. Please, this could not be true! 'Numb' can be called the apt soundtrack of my teenage years. So many times I ha ...
The entire concept of ‘hypnosis’ is frightening for many people. Hypnosis is commonly misrepresented and misunderstood. When I inform people that I am a clinical hypnotherapist by profession, I am often greeted by stares and awkward questions like, “You ...
