Welcome to Your Alignment Journey

We believe a truly meaningful therapeutic journey starts with a safe and nurturing space—one that supports your self-expression and clears the path for deep inner growth. These guidelines are designed to create that climate and clarify how we'll work together.

Getting Started & Scheduling

• Reaching Out: The best way to manage scheduling (requests or changes) is through email or my professional mobile number (between 10:00 and 18:00 IST).
• Response Time: I aim to reply to all contact within 24 hours, with the exception of weekends, holidays, and scheduled vacations.
• Our First Meeting: This is usually a longer, 90-minute session. We’ll take the time to deeply discuss your current life context and your needs. It's also a chance for you to ask any questions you have about my approach.
• Ongoing Sessions: Once we commit to working together, we'll schedule regular 50-minute sessions at a time that works for both of us. For relationship work, we may occasionally schedule 90-minute sessions to allow more space for the process.
• How Often We Meet: The frequency is tailored to your unique needs and the nature of your goals. While many clients continue for a lifetime as part of their self-work, it's rare for therapy to feel complete in fewer than six sessions.

Deepening Your Growth

• The Work Between: Therapy isn't just what happens in the room. I encourage simple home assignments or self-work between sessions. This personalized practice helps you realize and truly integrate what we’ve explored, helping you establish a strong, empowering connection with your inner self.
• In-Session Focus: This time is dedicated entirely to you and the issues you bring. While I may occasionally share non-intrusive examples (from others’ lives or my own experience) to build understanding, please know this is not an invitation to ask about my personal life.

Our Professional Partnership

• Time Commitment: Your commitment to punctuality is an investment in your own growth. When we respect each other’s time, it builds the healthy container essential for our work.
• Late Arrivals: If you arrive late without notice, the session must still end at the scheduled time. While the full fee is applicable, I’m happy to make exceptions and extend the time if my calendar permits that day.
• Contact Boundaries: I focus my energy on being fully present during our scheduled sessions. For this reason, I do not offer therapy via personal email or phone chat outside of our session time. Any questions or clarifications about our work will be handled in your next appointment.

Emergency Care

• Health and Safety First: I am here to support you in your therapeutic work, but I am not set up to be an emergency care provider.
• In an Emergency: If you feel you cannot wait for my return call, please prioritize your health and safety by immediately contacting your family physician or attending the emergency room/outpatient unit of your nearest hospital.

Clear Boundaries & Next Steps

• No Substitution for Medical Care: Psychological and physical well-being go hand-in-hand. My work supports your healing process, but it is not intended to replace medication or medical care. If appropriate, I encourage medical consultation and ask you to share your prognosis and treatment plan with me.
• Self-Harm/Suicidal Thoughts: Your safety is paramount. If you are experiencing thoughts of self-harm or suicide, please share this with me immediately or at the earliest opportunity.
• Confidentiality & Privacy: Our work is protected by a confidentiality clause (detailed in our signed agreement). While you are free to share your experience with others, I deeply appreciate you considering my privacy by not sharing any non-public information about me on social media or public forums.
• No Gifts or Socializing: To honour and maintain the integrity of our therapeutic relationship, I will not accept social invitations or exchange gifts. Should we run into each other socially, I will limit our interaction to a brief, customary greeting.

Concluding Therapy Well

• Ending the Journey: You have the right to end therapy at any time. However, to ensure a complete and successful conclusion, I ask that we discuss this during a session.
• The Importance of a Proper End: Ending a therapeutic relationship is a significant process. It often happens that difficult, unconscious material surfaces just before a major breakthrough—and you may feel suddenly convinced that therapy is not working. It is always in your best interest to bring these doubts into the session so we can explore them together, rather than stopping abruptly via phone or email.
• Referrals: If I ever feel you would benefit more from a different specialty or if an issue falls outside my current competence, I will certainly discuss this with you and help you find a suitable referral.

Open Disclosures (First Session)

Honest disclosure promotes the personal health and safety crucial to your journey. In our first session, I ask you to share the following:

• That you are a legal adult in your country of residency.
• Any history or current thoughts of self-harm or suicide.
• Any history of criminal conviction, current probation, or involvement in non-civil court proceedings.
• Any parallel or recent (past 2 years) psychological/psychiatric work, including intensive retreats.
• Any recent (past 2 years) medical emergencies, current diagnoses, and all medications you are currently taking.
• The names, numbers, email-IDs, and relationship of two emergency contacts.

I look forward to partnering with you on this meaningful journey of inner work and growth.