Mental health awareness has been on the rise in recent times, focusing on the importance of mental, emotional, and psychological well-being in life. ‘Mental health’ is not a single entity, but is an umbrella term that encompasses one’s overall state of mind. The way we understand physical health as one’s general state of the physical body and biological functions, mental health refers to the state of mind and its impact on one’s behaviour.
While maintaining mental health can help people achieve their goals, and remain happy and content while maintaining healthy relationships with others, the decline of one’s emotional and psychological state can result in various psychological and behavioural issues that may manifest in the form of –
- Issues in everyday life
- Stress-related problems
- Relationship issues
- Lowering of self-esteem and confidence
- Anxiety and neurotic problems
- Psychosomatic issues
- Depressive symptoms
- Addictive behaviours
- Loneliness, hopelessness
- Academic underachievement
- Severe mental disorders (such as – Schizophrenia, Depression, Anxiety, ASD and other developmental disorders in children and adults, PTSD, OCD, etc) and so on.
The Rise of Mental Illness in Gurgaon and Other Cities in India
Awareness regarding mental health and the importance of checking your state of mind stems from the rapid increase in mental health cases throughout the world. While India may seem at a lower position of mental illnesses, the reason for this can be attributed to the lesser number of officially recorded cases due to stigma. Seeking help from a professional psychologist or mental health counselor in Gurgaon, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi NCR, Kolkata, and many other developed/capital cities in India remains a stigmatized concept.
The Need for a Mental Health Counselor in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, a city in Haryana, is rapidly developing and matching international standards in terms of work, jobs, placements, and many more facets. People are always on the go, having little to no time to invest in taking care of their mental health.
A study in 2018 shows that around 60,000 people in Gurgaon alone were suffering from severe mental health issues. This drives home the point of spreading counseling and mental health treatment to everybody, especially in Gurgaon. Where there is fast development, people tend to lose their peace with it. While everything may seem okay on the outside, it is essential to pause and reflect on whether we feel exhausted or burnt out.
However, due to the lack of exposure and time to counseling and mental health services, visiting counseling centres is not opted by many individuals.
Hence, mental healthcare providers as well as individuals need to spread awareness regarding the importance of seeking counseling when things may not feel up your alley – not only to overcome problems but to improve and grow oneself as well.
Benefits of Counseling – Virtual (online) and In-person (offline)
Most people in India have been found to suffer from mental health issues due to the socio-economic and cultural exposure among many other factors.
Personal, familial, and relationship issues and people with low self-confidence have been on the rise recently. Most people in parts of Gurgaon and Delhi NCR suffer from –
- Depression
- Panic Disorder
- Anxiety attacks/problems
- Schizophrenia
- Bipolar Disorder
- Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Alcohol Addiction
- Amphetamine Addiction and many more.
Virtual Counseling
Due to a hectic lifestyle, accessing mental health professionals to treat these issues becomes difficult. Hence, virtual counseling helps clients access the help they need to overcome the issues they are facing.
Virtual counseling in gurgaon has many benefits and is helping clients help themselves through effective couseling sessions online, from the comfort of their homes. Maintaining privacy and not missing counseling sessions frequently have been the biggest advantage of virtual counseling in Gurgaon.
Accessing a good counselor/therapist online can start your healing journey through the use of technology in its best form. Virtual counseling in Gurgaon has helped enable and empower the lives of many people who needed help – at the right time.
In-person Counseling
Likewise, attending in-person counseling sessions has its own benefits. Particular therapies can only be conducted in an offline mode. Many psychological assessments cannot be administered online. In-person sessions also allow the client to become serious about their sessions and make it an important part of their day for which they have to allocate dedicated time.
While physically traveling for counseling may seem hectic, this reinforces the importance of dedicating time and putting effort into one’s own mental well-being, the way we give time to everything else. The rapport and bonding built between the client and the counselor is far easier to establish in offline sessions where the client and the counselor are in each other’s presence, ready to work together and make a change in the client’s life.
Why CoachForMind?
- Experienced Psychologists: We are a team of licensed RCI-registered clinical psychologists. Our team is well-experienced in various forms of therapy such as CBT, DBT, and Narrative Therapy, both – offline and online.
- Personalized Approach: We are dedicated to treating our clients in the best-suited way, carefully curated as per the client’s needs, and adhering to one-on-one, client-centered therapy.
- Scientific Techniques: Our treatment plans and therapeutic methods are based on highly researched scientific findings such as CBT, DBT, and Narrative Therapy among many other therapeutic techniques.
- Quality service: We at CoachForMind ensure quality services in our treatment regime and therapeutic approaches. Our clients hold most value to us, so we ground our techniques in empathy while maintaining professionalism.
For more information, please visit our website or contact us directly at coachformind@gmail.com
