Are your parents pressurizing you to get married and you don’t want to or don’t want to yet? This is a fairly common occurrence in Indian families. Here are 4 important conversations to have with your parents. As a counsellor, …
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Planning to get hitched? Or in a committed relationship? Here are 10 topics that you could have conversations about with your partner that can directly impact your relationship. Even if you are already married, or in a long-term relationship, …
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When clients come in for relationship therapy / couple therapy I usually tell them that a relationship is built on four pillars – that is commitment, trust, respect and communication. And somewhere these pillars are also interconnected, that when any …
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You have been in therapy for a while and if you feel stuck and you not progressing for quite some time, what can you do about it? Therapy/counselling is a process and it takes time, effort and involvement. So don’t …
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Therapy is a safe space for you to explore your life situation, the challenges that you are facing, your emotions, your thought process and how you respond to situations by facilitating the healing process. In this process you may also …
Blaming the other person for any problem is easily understood as different from taking responsibility. The difference is simple and clear. Having said that, many a times we blame ourselves and we assume that we are taking responsibility. Self-blame is …
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The pandemic situation, lack of social connections, lack of opportunities to make real connections, it’s all pushing youngsters more and more into the online dating space. Loneliness has been the pre-existing pandemic long before Covid took over. So its not …
When you are in a new relationship or there has been a significant transition in your relationship or life stage it is possible that you feel anxious or even insecure in the context of your relationship. But when this insecurity …
Emotions can be strong indicators that something significant happening. Emotions can be motivators to taking appropriate action. All emotions have value to us. Having said that, not all emotions in all situations help us solve our problems. Also, when emotions …
This is an interesting question that my clients ask me, if I as a Therapist / Counsellor think about them outside the allotted session time. If yes, what do I think about them? They also ask me about how important …
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