Amruta Mahajan Psychotherapist & Co-Founder

• Master’s in Clinical Psychology (S.P College, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune)
• Certificate Course in Counselling (MIMH, Sassoon General Hospital, Pune)
• Fellowship in Adult Psychoanalysis (Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, Washington, DC)

I work with clients who are going through emotional disturbance, anxiousness, anger issues, relationship difficulties, self-esteem issues, trauma, and grief. I believe in fostering a collaborative and trusting relationship with my clients where they feel heard, understood, and supported. I believe that a healthy therapeutic relationship is the most important tool for a client’s road to well-being and the strongest predictor of therapy outcomes.

Anahita Pande Psychotherapist & Co-Founder

• Masters in Counselling Psychology (S.P college, SPPU, Pune)
• Certificate course in counselling psychology (practical skills)
• UNREAD at Hank Nunn Institute, Bangalore

I have worked with clients experiencing relationship difficulties, mood disturbances, loneliness, burnout, anxiety, career stressors, self-esteem issues, trauma, and grief. I primarily work with the young adult & adult population.

I believe in co-creating an authentic, trusting and collaborative alliance with my clients where they can safely explore their thoughts, feelings and emotions. My training and inclination allows me to gain an anthropological view towards mental health.

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose. In our response lies our growth and freedom.”

• Viktor E. Frankl

Anahita and I are both queer-affirmative practitioners who value continued professional development. At this point in our careers, one strata of population that we feel ill-equipped to support in a group space is: trans women who are in the process of transition, with concerns specific to the process of transition. We understand the systemic, personal, and health challenges that may surface for someone on this journey.

With this limitation in mind, we have noted queer affirmative practitioners who are equipped to work with these concerns; shall there be a need for referral.

That being said, the group is open to ALL individuals who identify as women.

• Opening ritual: a feelings check in one by one (tagging the next person)
• Group agreements/Guidelines: regarding confidentiality, listening without interrupting
• Check ins
• A soft theme for todays session for example ‘what does it mean to be a woman in Indian society today’
• Open space to share related to unrelated to the prompt
• Exploring feelings associations imagery
• Closing ritual check ins