Associated Consultants
(Specialised in Individual Therapy)
Ms. Anisha Khanna (M.Phil., M.A.)
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
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Ms. Anisha Khanna is an RCI registered Clinical Psychologist having more than 12 years of experience in the field. She did her graduation (B.A), post graduation (M.A) as well as M.Phil in Clinical Psychology from the University of Calcutta. Ms. Anisha has always been academically excellent, ranking first in Bachelors and second in Masters.
She has worked extensively with individuals having Anxiety disorders like OCD, Panic disorder, GAD as well as Depression during her tenure in NIMHANS, Bengaluru. She worked in the Behavioural Medicine Unit, where apart from providing psychotherapy to patients she has supervised M.Phil students. During her tenure in Tata Medical Centre she closely worked with patients having cancer and comorbid psychological issues. She was also a member of Breast Cancer support group where psychological support was provided to Breast cancer patients. During her tenure in Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata she worked closely with adolescents and young adults and provided psychometry and psychotherapy for their mental health disorders. She had organized several peer group discussions for Stress management & OCD.
She has been trained in Schema therapy by Professor Arnoud Arntz in July 2020. Her training in Schema Therapy makes her a trauma-informed therapist and she uses experiential activities, such as imagery exercises, in her therapeutic approach. Overall, she doesn’t believe in labels or diagnosis being attached with a particular patient, but seeing each patient having a set of problems or issues, and understanding the process involved in solving them.
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Areas of specialization:
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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Schema therapy for adolescents and adults across various disorders.
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Emotional/ Academic/Relationship issues & appropriate intervention for adolescents.
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Psycho-Oncology (Psychotherapeutic intervention for cancer patients)​
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Languages known: English, Hindi, Bengali
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Session charges:
For Indian residents
Individual therapy- Rs. 2000 per session
Couples therapy- Rs. 2200 per session
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For International Residents
Individual therapy- Rs. 2200 per session
Couples therapy- Rs. 2700 per session
Dr. Preeti Jajodia (Ph.D., M.Phil. PSW, M.A.)
Consultant Child Development Expert
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Dr. Preeti Jajodia is a mental health counsellor, specializing in child development and childhood mental health issues. She primarily works with parents, teachers and other caregivers, handholding them through the process of creating an appropriate atmosphere for age-adequate learning and development.
She has a BA in Psychology (Hons) from Bethune College, Kolkata, an MA in Social Work from TISS, Mumbai, an MPhil in Psychiatric Social Work from NIMHANS, Bangalore and a PhD in Social Work from Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan.
With 7.5 years of experience, she specializes in best practices in parenting, helping caregivers learn suitable methods and techniques for nurturing a healthy caregiver-child relationship. Her work with the caregiving environment is informed by the connection and attachment-based parenting approach where the focus is on developing connection and using that to help children navigate life. She also conducts medium-scale workshops with parent groups and schools on relevant topics.
Additionally, she works with adolescents and young adults with regard to stress and anxiety management, stammering and other everyday mental health concerns that may arise.
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Areas of specialization:
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Language learning, cognitive and socio-emotional development for babies, toddlers and children
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Childhood anxiety, stammering and related issues
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Family-based management for developmental disabilities (Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD and Developmental language Delay)
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Post-partum blues, newborn developmental milestones and attachment-focused newborn baby and mother care, mother-baby bonding, father-baby bonding
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Traditional weaning and infant & toddler mealtime behaviours
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Languages known: English, Bengali, Hindi
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Session charges:
For Indian residents
Rs. 2250 (per session)
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For International Residents
Rs. 2950 (per session)
Dr. Lekshmi Vimala (PhD, M.Phil., MSW)
Consultant Psychotherapist
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Dr. Lekshmi Vimala is a psychotherapist with 7 years of experience in the field of mental health. She completed her MPhil and PhD (pending award) in Psychiatric Social Work from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMHANS), Bengaluru. Her PhD thesis was on media engagement to facilitate suicide prevention initiatives, and she has been actively involved in gatekeeper training and other programs that generate awareness on suicide. She has also done extensive work with clients using Solution Focused Therapy and Strength based perspectives.
She is LGBTQ affirmative and trauma informed, looking beyond labels to support the clients live a fulfilling life. She has undergone intense training during her MPhil and PhD tenure that helps her work with a diverse range of clients. She also believes in lifelong learning and keeps herself updated on all the latest developments in the field of mental health.
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Areas of specialization: Solution Focused Therapy, Strengths based approach, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Family
therapy, Building Emotional resilience, and Stress Management.
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Languages known: English and Malayalam
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Session charges:
For Indian residents
Individual therapy- Rs. 2000 per session
Couples therapy- Rs. 2500 per session
Family Therapy- Rs. 2500 per session
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For International Residents
Individual therapy- Rs. 3000 per session
Couples therapy- Rs. 3500 per session
Family Therapy- Rs. 3500 per session​
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Ms. Megha Choudhury (M.Phil., M.A., Ph.D. Ongoing)
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
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Ms. Megha is an RCI Licensed Clinical Psychologist, with an experience of working with clients and their families for about 10 years. She pursued her Bachelor’s of Arts in Psychology and Brain & Cognitive Science, from University of Rochester (USA), followed by Master’s of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University (USA). She returned to India to pursue MPhil in Clinical Psychology from Institute of Psychiatry-COE (Kolkata) and PhD in Clinical Psychology from Central Institute of Psychiatry (Ranchi). She has also worked as a clinical psychologist in the Department of Clinical Psychology at NIMHANS (Bengaluru).
In addition, to her academic pursuit, she has been trained in Acceptance and Commitment Based Therapy (both levels) and Emotions Focussed Therapy (both levels). She is also a licensed Trauma Based Practitioner, trained from Arizona Trauma Institute under Dr. Rhoton. Additionally, she is trained in Queer Affirmative Counselling Practice (QACP) from the Mariwala Health Initiative.
With her extensive training and experiences, she truly believes that the client has healing abilities within themselves, and can be empowered by the right therapist. Hence, Megha focuses a great deal on building good therapeutic relationship and helping the clients reach to solutions through their own caliber. Megha follows an electical approach backed by evidence based therapies and takes keen interest in enabling competency in clients by providing a safe, empathetic and supportive environment, with her professional expertise.
She has extensively worked in the domains of developmental and child psychopathology. She has worked with adolescents, young adults and their personality styles, specifically with attachment styles in inter-personal relationships. She also has a great deal of experience in cognition and neuropsychology, with adequacy in care for elderly, especially older women, and in trauma care from terminal illnesses.
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Areas of specialization: Child and adolescent psychotherapy, parental management training, marital conflicts, emotional difficulties in adults, with specific specialization in disorders diagnosed as Personality Disorders, Anxiety Spectrum Disorders, Depression, OCD, Autism, ADHD, Adjustment Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Dementia, Sexual Disorder, in addition to cases of trauma and abuse.
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Languages known: English, Hindi, Bengali
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Session charges:
For Indian residents
Individual therapy- Rs. 2350 per session
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For International Residents
Individual therapy- Rs. 2500 per session
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Ms. Pourabi Chaudhury (M.Phil., M.Sc.)
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
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Ms. Pourabi is a registered clinical psychologist who has completed her M.Phil. (Clinical Psychology) from Institute of Psychiatry, Kolkata and M.Sc. in Applied Psychology (with Clinical and Forensic Psychology specialization) from Department of Applied Psychology, University of Calcutta. She is currently a Ph.D. research scholar in Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta.
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She has 7 years of experience working in the field of Clinical Psychology and more than 3 years of teaching experience. She is currently working in the post of Assistant Professor in Department of Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry – COE, Kolkata, since 2018. She has experiences of working as a Clinical Psychologist in various mental health set-ups. She has worked intensively as a Behavioural Therapist in the field of Applied Behaviour Analysis in children with developmental disabilities.
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Ms. Pourabi has received additional training in various workshops in the areas like - Social Skills Training in Developmental disorder (Association for Behaviour Analysis – India), Applied Behaviour Analysis (Amrit Somani Memorial Centre), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy , Hypnotherapy (Indian Association for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis), PASS Reading Enhancement Programme and Cognitive Enhancement Training (The Learning Clinic and Dyslexia Association of Telangana), Creative Art Therapy (All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysuru).
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She has various research publications in national and international peer-reviewed journals and she has also conducted various seminars for mental health professionals. She is a professional life member of Indian Association of Clinical Psychologist.
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Areas of specialization: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Applied Behaviour Analysis and Behaviour Modification, Neurocognitive Rehabilitation, Creative Art Therapy, Community Mental Health.
Languages known: English, Bengali, Hindi
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Session charges:
Individual therapy- Rs. 1500 per session
Couples Therapy- Rs. 2200 per session
Ms. Souparni Dutta (M.Phil., M.A.)
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
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Ms. Souparni Dutta is an RCI-registered clinical psychologist, having completed her M.Phil in Clinical Psychology from University of Calcutta. She has also completed her Masters (M.Sc) and Bachelors (B.Sc) from University of Calcutta.
Throughout the course of her M.Phil and Masters, as well as through internships and previous work experiences, Ms Dutta has gained extensive experience of interacting with individuals suffering from a wide range of mental health problems. She is especially well versed in managing individuals with depression, social anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), borderline personality disorder (BPD), and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Ms Dutta believes in maintaining an eclectic approach to therapy, wherein she focuses on targeting the specific symptoms that trouble each individual, on a case-by-case basis.
Apart from her therapeutic experience, Ms Dutta also has a modicum of research experience, having co-authored a book chapter on the coping repertoire of the non-clinical population during the COVID-19 pandemic. Outside her professional domain, Ms Dutta's hobbies & interests include baking and crafting.
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Areas of specialization: Depression, social anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), border personality disorder (BPD), and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
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Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), Behaviour therapy (BT), Behaviour management (BM), Mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT)
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Languages known: English, Hindi, Bengali
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Session charges:
For Indian residents
Individual therapy- Rs. 2000 per session
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For International Residents
Individual therapy- Rs. 2300 per session
Ms. Sonal Chadha (M.Phil., M.A.)
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
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Ms. Sonal Chadha (She/Her), is a licensed clinical psychologist based in Delhi with more than 8 years of experience. She aims to provide her skills and knowledge in order to help her clients deal with their mental health so that they are able to take the first step in their mental health journey.
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Ms. Sonal did her BA in Psychology from Delhi University, MA in Clinical psychology from Amity University, Noida, and M.Phil in Clinical Psychology from the Post Graduate Institute of Behavioral & Medical Sciences, Raipur (PGIBMS). She has a PG Diploma in Career Counselling and Guidance from the Jamia Mila Islamia University as well as a PG diploma in Trauma-Informed Therapy from TISS making her a trauma-informed therapist.
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She is trained in working with both clinical and non-clinical adult populations and has provided a number of specialized therapeutic services to people belonging to different cultural backgrounds and socio-economic statuses. Ms. Sonal prioritizes client well-being and satisfaction, and she works collaboratively with the client(s) following a holistic approach to help them through healing.
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Areas of specialization: Trauma-informed therapy, couples therapy, substance related therapy, OCD.
Languages known: English and Hindi.
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Session charges:
For Indian residents
Individual therapy- Rs. 2500 per session
Couples therapy- Rs. 3100 per session
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For International Residents
Individual therapy- Rs. 3100 per session
Couples therapy- Rs. 3800 per session
Ms. Abhipsha Banerjee (M.Phil., M.A.)
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Ms. Abhipsha is an empathic and passionate mental health professional with a keen interest in the human psyche. She has done her Bachelors in Applied Psychology, Masters in Counselling Psychology and her M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology from an RCI approved institute. She has worked with children and adults experiencing a variety of complex mental health issues.
In the process of becoming a clinical psychologist she has also done self-work and been through almost 6 years of psychotherapy in order to understand herself better and be fully present for her clients in practice.
Her approaches to therapy are CBT, BT, DBT and Psychodynamic. Additionally, she adopts a trauma lens while working with her clients and is a queer sensitive psychologist.
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Areas of specialization: Mood Disorders, Personality Disorder, Neurodivergence in adults and children and Substance use disorders.
Languages known: English, Hindi, Bengali
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Session charges:
For Indian residents
Individual therapy- Rs. 2000 per session
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For International Residents
Individual therapy- Rs. 2300 per session