Seeker's Sanctuary
Educational Qualifications: Masters in Counselling Psychology with Specialisation in Couple & Family therapy, De-addiction and Geriatric Counselling, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.
Currently pursuing Advanced P.G. Diploma on Presence-oriented Psychotherapy, Just Being Centre, Pune and TISS, Mumbai.
Areas of Concern: So far in her practise she has had 5000+ sessions with clients who are Adults, Couples and Families dealing with the following- Complex Trauma; Depression; Anxiety and it's spectrum (eg- OCD); Stress; Life Transitioning Phases; Intrapersonal & Interpersonal Conflicts; Addictions; ADHD; Attachment Wounds; Narcissistic Abuse; Self Concept: Value Clarification & accessing Authentic Self.
Process: Therapy is not a 'Treatment/Cure' rather it is an ongoing process of 'Healing' which occurs in greater Self Integration- Acceptance, Compassion, Forgiveness and Responsibility towards oneself. She helps in fostering these by drawing from spiritual practices such as Buddhism along with an Integrative Approach involving modalities- Trauma-informed therapy, Attachment Style Healing, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Parts Work: Inner Child Healing/Re-parenting & Internal Family System Therapy, Brainspotting, Narrative Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Gestalt Therapy and Existential Therapy. She considers Narcissism is a hidden pandemic in rise. She has extensive experience in working with Survivors of Narcissistic Abuse and healing them from the trauma bond.
Language proficiency: Hindi & English; Bengali Limited
Snehal Saraf (She/her) - Psychotherapist & Founder
Anannya Mishra (She/her)- Counselling Psychologist
Educational Qualification: Master's in Applied Psychology, Delhi University
Advanced Training in Couple and Family Counseling from Parivarthan, Bangalore
Currently pursuing Advanced P.G. Diploma on Presence-oriented Psychotherapy, Just Being Centre, Pune and TISS, Mumbai
Areas of Concern: She works with a range of issues including Depression, Bipolar Disorder and other Mood Disorders, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Relationship Concerns, Self Esteem Issues, Trauma and Abuse, Career Transition, Pre and Post Natal Mental Health and Midlife Crisis, ADHD, Addiction, Grief, Life Coaching, Bullying, Burnout and Stress Management.
Process: She has an Integrative and Collaborative Approach to therapy and believes that one size cannot fit all because each of us humans are unique in our own way. Anannya believes that the client is the real expert on their lives and deeply values the inherent wisdom they hold within themselves. Anannya believes in showing up in the therapeutic space not as an expert who has it all figured out but as a fellow human with genuine curiosity and compassion for the client’s unique life experiences. Her practice is Trauma Informed and involves Mindfulness-Based Practices, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Presence Oriented Psychotherapy, Attachment Style and Internal Family System Therapy.
When not in the shoes of a therapist, she likes to do gardening, baking and reading books related to human psychology both fiction and non-fiction.
Language proficiency: Hindi & English
Kasturi Tahlani (She/her) - Clinical Psychologist
Educational qualifications: M.Sc. & M.Phil. in Clinical psychology, Manipal University
Areas of Concern: She works with adolescents & adults dealing with Depression, Anxiety, Anger, Grief, Self Concept & Self Esteem Issues, Life Transitions, Relationship Issues (Adjustment, Abuse etc), Personality Disorders, Eating Disorders, Body Image Concerns, Burnout, Trauma, Self growth and ADHD.
She has 4+ years of experience in working within a hospital setup dealing with clinical and non clinical population and is trained to conduct Psychometric Testings and Assessments.
Process: She believes that therapy is an experiential process which is unique for every client. It's about honouring the human within us and not trying to fix it, rather making space for it in its entirety. This includes holding our difficult parts with utmost compassion & acceptance while also taking responsibility for parts that seek connection with our authentic selves through growth. It's a journey that the client and therapist takes together and it's in the safe space of the therapeutic relationship that exploration and re-meaning of life takes place. Towards that she uses evidential practices of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Schema & Parts Therapy, Mindfulness, Inner Child Healing and an overall Trauma Informed Lens. When not in the shoes of a therapist she likes to travel, dance, cook, spend time with her dog and animals.
Language proficiency: Hindi & English
Ruma Choudhury (She/her) - Counselling Psychologist
Educational qualifications: Masters in Counselling Psychology
Certification in Solution Focussed Brief Therapy & Queer affirmative Approach
Diploma in Art therapy (ICPEM)
Currently pursuing Trauma Informed Psychotherapy Course
Area of Concern: She works with individuals 18+ who are dealing with Depression, Anxiety, Relationship/Breakup, Self-esteem, Grief, Childhood Trauma, Family Conflicts, & provides Geriatric Counselling.
Process: As a compassionate being, her philosophy revolves around the fundamental belief that each client is the author of their narrative. By adopting this client-centered approach, she prioritizes understanding the unique perspectives, values, and goals of those seeking support. This collaborative process ensures that the therapeutic journey is tailored to the specific needs and her role is to empower the clients on their aspirational journey. She brings in a wealth of expertise to her practice by using an eclectic approach from various modalities like Solution Focussed therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Art therapy, Internal Family System Therapy, and Inner Child Healing along with her practice of Buddhism in her personal life. Through the seamless integration of these therapeutic techniques, she strives to foster desired change, resilience, & a renewed sense of hope. In the realm outside therapy, you'll often see her spending time with a good book, mostly non-fiction and spiritual, watching movies, connecting with friends, and spending time in nature.
Language proficiency: English, Hindi & Bengali
Radhika Jaiswal (She/her) - Clinical Psychologist
Educational qualifications: M.A. & M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology, Institute of Mental Health and Hospital, (Mental Hospital Agra). She is also undergoing special training in ISTDP (Hyderabad) and EMDR (Mumbai).
Area of Concern: She is trained to work with broad range of psychiatric disorders like Depression, Anxiety, Obsessive and Compulsive Disorder, Substance abuse and dependence, eating disorders, personality disorders and psychotic spectrum. She holds experience in managing clients with relationship issues, burnout, trauma and ADHD. She is trained and qualified to conduct psychometric assessments.
Process: She believes in creating and maintaining a safe space for her clients and fostering a therapeutic alliance as the building block of the therapeutic process. She believes Mindfulness in of the important aids and groundwork for regulating our nervous system and getting in sync with our body. She specializes in therapeutic modalities - Intensive short term Psychodynamic Therapy (ISTDP), Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy in a trauma framework.
Language proficiency: English, Hindi
Rasi Sethia (She/Her)- Counselling Psychologist
Educational Qualification: Master of Science in Psychology, Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru.
Areas of Concern: She works with individuals 18+ who are dealing with childhood trauma, relationship issues, separation and breakup, life transitions, stress, work-life balance, caregiver burnout, body-image, self-awareness and self-development, panic, overthinking, anxiety, low mood, anger, body-pain management.
Process: Her way is about being in the present with the other, connecting with their inner core and understanding their emotions, needs, and goals. Using an Eclectic and in-depth approach, she derives therapeutic skills from Person Centred Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Approach, Positive Psychology, Gestalt Therapy, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Inner-child healing, and Body Work.
She believes in holistic wellness, that is, a single element does not affect our health, but aspects of both internal environment (self, body) and external environment (society, culture) contribute to it. The mind-body-soul all three have to be taken into consideration for our well-being. When not in the shoes of a therapist, she likes to go for walks, do sky gazing, read books or watch movies or TV series.
Language proficiency: Hindi & English
Aimy Choudhary (She/her) - Expressive Arts Therapy & Movement Practitioner
Educational Qualifications: One Year Foundation Course in Expressive and Creative Arts Therapies, Studio of Movement Arts and Therapies,Bangalore.
Certificate Course in Laban Movement Analysis, CMTAI (Creative Movement Therapy Association of India)
Masters in Counselling Psychology, IGNOU
Currently pursuing Advanced PG Diploma in Presence Oriented Psychotherapy, Just Being Center , Pune & TISS Mumbai.
Currently pursuing PG Certification in Dance Movement Therapy , Sancheti Health Care Academy , Life and Dance and Kinections (ADTA approved), New York
Areas of Concern: She has experience working with nurses , antenatal couples in group therapy as well as adolescents and adults in individual settings exploring concerns like: Stress, Anxiety , Self Esteem , Boundaries , Connecting to the inner child and Emotional well being.
Process: She believes that body holds the wisdom to heal itself. She uses a compassionate body based approach in therapy working with various modalities like Art, Movement, Music, Images, Active Imagination, Mindfulness - Based Practices and Presence Oriented Psychotherapy. She integrates creative expression , psychology and therapeutic use of movement for supporting self awareness, gain insight into patterns of behaviour , explore emotions and experiences of the client to strengthen their internal processes. One doesn’t have to know the arts , it’s the process of the client that is given importance in the safety of the therapy space. When not in the shoes of the therapist, she likes to dive into books, go for nature walks, dance to her own music, sky gazing at night and sometimes just being.
Language proficiency: Hindi & English
Sanjana Kishore (She/her)- Counselling Psychologist
Educational Qualification: Masters in Counselling Psychology, Christ University, Bengaluru
Areas of Concern: She has experience working with adolescents, adults & Couples who are dealing with concerns around Neurodivergence, Depression, Anxiety, Suicidal Ideation, Gender Dysphoria, Interpersonal Conflict, Self-Exploration and Body Image.
Process: She aims to provide clients with an open space for expression, healing, reflection and growth. She adopts a Relational, Intersectional, Feminist, Trauma-Informed & Queer Affirmative stance in her work, with an orientation towards Narrative Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy (PCT), Internal Family Systems. Her stance The therapeutic space is co-created with the client, with an attempt to make them agents of their own lives and find power and self compassion in their own experiences. When out of the shoes of a therapist she likes to go for walks, read, listen to music, cook, eat yummy food and watch shows on Netflix!
Language proficiency: Hindi & English
Tanya Kataria (She/her) - Counselling Psychologist
Educational Qualification: M.Sc in Counseling Psychology, Montfort College, Bengaluru
Areas of Concern: She has experience working with children, adolescents as well as adults and deals with concerns like- Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Interpersonal issues, Self Harm, Familial conflict, Burnout and Stress, Self esteem issues, Body Image
Process: She believes in every individual's ability to heal themselves. To aid the process, Tanya provides the client with a safe, compassionate and empathetic space. She believes that a lot can be learnt about a person from the ‘Here and Now’ and hence believes in strengthening the therapeutic alliance, working through ruptures and forming a healthy relationship that the client can replicate in their life. Her integrative approach includes modalities like Person Centered therapy, Gestalt therapy and Transactional Analysis. When not in the shoes of a therapist, she enjoys reading, dancing, solving sudoku and watching trash TV.
Language proficiency: Hindi & English
Vandita Rungta (She/her)- Counselling Psychologist
Educational Qualification: M.A. in Counselling Psychology, S.N.D.T, Mumbai
Currently pursuing the South Asian Diploma in Narrative Practices
Areas of Concern: She has worked with clients across different age groups who are navigating concerns such as Familial Conflict, Anxiety, Depression, Systemic Inequalities and Intrapersonal & Interpersonal Conflicts.
Process: The most important aspect of therapy is the relationship that is built and continues to exist between the client and their therapist. A relationship that is built with care, intentionality, unconditional acceptance, trust and mutual growth. She ensures that these values are inherent to the practice and continue to take shape in ways that feel the most comfortable for the clients. She hopes to integrate parts of Narrative therapy, Person-Centred approaches, Somatic Therapy and Internal Family Systems work to create an amalgamation that works for the client. At its very core, the space will strive to be queer-affrimative, trauma-informed, neurodivergence-disability affirmative and anti-caste.
Language proficiency: Hindi & English
Mansa Sukheja (She/Her) - Counselling Psychologist
Educational Qualification: M.Sc in Counselling Psychology, Christ (Deemed to be) University, Central Campus, Bengaluru.
Areas of Concern: She has worked with children of all age groups & young adults (20-30 age group) in the capacity of a volunteer, teacher, and a trainee therapist within organisations, schools and vocational training institutes. Relational difficulties, emotional distress, suicidal ideation, hypersexual disorder, depression, anxiety, guilt, shame, grief, behavioural difficulties, borderline personality traits are among the wide range of areas she has catered to in her practice.
Process: Mansa believes that therapy is a human experience at its core. It’s an intimate understanding where the the client & the therapist invest in building trust in order to create a safe space to be able to grapple with the nuances of our realities. The two parties ultimately develop a shared vocabulary that empowers the client within a compassionate space. She adapts a humanistic approach that understands distress from a relational and emotional lens. She likes to inform her process with a trauma sensitive, queer affirmative, and multicultural lens. Her therapeutic practice is integrative with the structure of Cognitive Analytical and Emotional Focused schools of thought. She is a professional pottery student and hopes to integrate clay with therapy someday. She enjoys reading and cleaning. Mansa will be conducting Gift of Therapy services!
Language proficiency: English and Hindi
Bhasha Mewar (She/They) - Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Therapist
Educational Qualifications: Masters in Clinical Psychology
Areas of Concern: With lived experience of narcissistic abuse, her areas of work range from Abuse Recovery to healing C-PTSD, Emotional & Relational Trauma, Depression, Grief, Anxiety, Abandonment Wound, Inner Child Healing.
Process: She considers therapy as a cathartic / alchemical experience, one that with mindful, loving presence can help heal past emotional wounds and traumas. The idea is to, with presence, help the individual towards a realization of their own agency and not ‘diagnose or cure’. Each modality chosen and practised has been a method and tool that allows the individual to find their way back to their authentic self. She is interested in approaches based on Jungian depth psychology, art-based therapy, Spirituality, positive psychology, holistic psychology, embodied approaches and play based approaches. She is also trauma aware.
Language proficiency: Hindi & English.
Pranita Madkaikar (She/Her) - Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Coach
Educational Qualifications: B.Ed & M.Ed Spl. Edn. (Mental Retardation, Cerebral Palsy, Autism, ADHD, Learning Disabilities, Down Syndrome, Multiple Disabilities), (Learning Disabilities)- S.N.D.T. University, Mumbai.
Certificate in Personal Counselling - Xavier's Institute of Counselling, Mumbai.
Currently pursuing Advanced PG Diploma in Mindfulness & Presence Oriented Psychotherapy (Integrating Compassion & Wisdom) - Just Being Center, Pune & TISS Mumbai.
Currently pursuing Integrated Clinical Hypnotherapy - Ekaa Training Institute Of Hypnotherapy Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai
Areas of Concern: She has nearly three decades of personal experience with Narcissistic abuse and four decades of work experience in supporting needs concerning Narcissistic Abuse Recovery, Relationship Work, Parenting, Developmental Delays, Intellectual & developmental Disabilities, and Old age.
Process: Pranita believes that all human beings have an innate ability to heal themselves. Sometimes, they may not have access to this ability - and that is where she comes in - to show them a mirror and hand-hold them in the process of self-healing. Kindness towards Self, Self-Acceptance, Self-Compassion, Forgiveness, and the ability to take responsibility for ourselves form the basis of her work.
As a survivor of narcissistic abuse, she champions the cause and has made it her life purpose to support and empower others with similar experiences. Over the years, an amalgamation of her spiritual bent of mind along with her scientific temperament has accorded Pranita with humility and an unbiased objectivity in her work.
Pranita loves to meet people in person, laugh, talk, sing, watch investigative documentaries, read/learn more about Near-Death experiences & Quantum Physics and adapt the learnings therefrom in life, and take care of her pet pug 'Miri'.
Language proficiency: English, Marathi, Hindi, and Konkani (also understand Gujarati)
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