How sessions work

Sessions and fees

An individual therapy session runs 50 minutes and costs ₹500. Therapy for children is ₹700 per session, reflecting the play based approach and the parent check in that goes with it. Sessions can be online by video call or in person, whichever suits you better.

Before booking a full session, you're welcome to a free 15 minute intro call. It's a phone call, there's no obligation, and it's there so you can get a feel for how I work before committing to anything.

Payment details are shared on WhatsApp once your slot is confirmed.

Cancellations and rescheduling

Life happens, and plans change. Here's how I handle it:

• More than 12 hours' notice: no charge. Reschedule freely, as often as you need to.
• Less than 12 hours' notice, or not attending: the full session fee applies.

The reason for the late cancellation fee is simple: that hour was held for you, and at short notice it usually can't be offered to anyone else. It isn't a penalty, and it isn't personal.

If something genuinely unavoidable comes up, tell me. I'd rather hear from you than not.

If you're running late

Sessions end at the scheduled time even if we start late, because the slot after yours belongs to someone else. Arriving fifteen minutes late means a thirty five minute session rather than a fifty minute one, at the same fee.

If you haven't arrived or come online within 20 minutes and I haven't heard from you, I'll treat it as a missed session.

Confidentiality, and its limits

What you tell me stays between us. I don't discuss clients with anyone, and I don't share your details with third parties.

There are a small number of situations where I may have to break confidentiality. You deserve to know these before you start rather than discover them mid-way:

• Risk to your life. If I believe you are at serious and immediate risk of ending your life or causing yourself severe harm.
• Risk to someone else. If there is a credible risk of serious harm to another person.
• Harm to a child. If I become aware that a child is being abused or is at risk. Indian law, including the POCSO Act, requires this to be reported.
• A court order. If a court legally requires disclosure of records.

Wherever it is safe and possible to do so, I will talk to you first before taking any step. You would not usually find out afterwards.

Worth saying clearly: talking about difficult thoughts, including thoughts of not wanting to be here, does not automatically trigger any of the above. Those thoughts are far more common than people realise and are exactly the kind of thing therapy is for. What matters is immediate, serious risk, and I would always try to work that out with you rather than around you.

If you're under 18

I work with school-aged clients, and I'm glad to. For anyone under 18, a parent or legal guardian must give consent before sessions begin.

That said, consent to attend is not the same as access to everything discussed. What a young person shares with me stays confidential in the same way it would for an adult, subject to the same safety exceptions above. Parents are told how therapy is going in general terms, not given a transcript.

This matters. Therapy only works if the person in the room can speak freely, and a teenager who thinks everything will be repeated at home will not say much worth saying.

Records

I keep brief session notes, as any practitioner does. These are stored securely and kept for three years after our work ends, after which they're deleted. You can ask to see what's held about you at any time.

More detail on data handling is in the privacy policy.

What therapy with me is not

Being straightforward about this saves disappointment:

• I don't provide emergency or crisis cover. I'm not reachable between sessions for urgent situations. If you need someone immediately, the helplines listed here are staffed around the clock.
• I don't prescribe medication. I'm a psychologist, not a psychiatrist. If medication seems worth exploring, I'll say so and help you find the right person.
• I don't provide formal diagnoses or assessment reports for legal, academic or employment purposes.

Ending therapy

You can stop at any time, for any reason, and you don't owe me an explanation. If you'd like a final session to close things properly, that's usually worth having, but it's entirely your call.

If I think you'd be better served by a different kind of support or a different practitioner, I'll tell you honestly and help you find it.

Last updated: August 2026