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Thoughts & Tales

Essays, guides, and frameworks on therapy, mental health, and the quiet work of knowing yourself.

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Grief After Losing a Parent: What Therapy Can and Can't Do

Losing a parent as an adult reshapes the whole family. What grief therapy can genuinely offer — and what it can't — after the rituals end and everyone leaves.

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Inner Child Work: An Honest Guide (Not the Instagram One)

What inner child work actually is in Transactional Analysis terms — early decisions, careful reparenting, what sessions look like, and when not to rush it.

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What Queer-Affirmative Couples Therapy in India Looks Like

What queer-affirmative couples therapy looks like in India: mixed outness, family pressure, legal non-recognition, and EFT-informed work that holds it all.

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How I Work: What Fully Online Therapy With Me Looks Like

How my fully online practice works: the free intro call, session rhythm, privacy at your end, how I blend TA, mindfulness and EFT, and who I'm not right for.

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Best Online Therapy in India 2026: Apps or a Therapist?

Amaha, YourDOST, Tele-MANAS, iCall or an independent therapist? How each one works, what it costs and who it suits, compared plainly for India in 2026.

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12 Transactional Analysis Injunctions, With Examples

The 12 transactional analysis injunctions Bob and Mary Goulding described, from Don't Exist to Don't Feel: how each sounds, where it starts, how therapy helps.

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How to Choose a Therapist in India: A 2026 Guide

Psychologist, counsellor or psychiatrist? What the titles mean in India, which credentials to check, the questions to ask, and red flags to watch for.

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The 5 Transactional Analysis Drivers, Explained

The 5 transactional analysis drivers (Be Perfect, Please Others, Be Strong, Try Hard, Hurry Up), how they ride on injunctions, and how therapy loosens them.

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In-Law Problems in Marriage: When He Takes His Mother's Side

In-law problems in an Indian marriage, for the spouse who feels second and the one caught in the middle: joint families, NRI visits, and when it's abuse.

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Partner Won't Go to Marriage Counselling? What to Do

Husband or wife refusing marriage counselling? Why partners say no, what to say (with Hinglish scripts), what backfires, and how to start on your own.

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