Mental health has been a slow-rising theme in the world, especially in the Indian context. While it’s true, that mental health and its implications on human behaviour, orientation towards life, and growth are being advocated by not just mental health professionals, but people all over the world, in India, the importance of mental health is just beginning to be understood.
Post-independence India has witnessed and gone through various traumatic events throughout history. Considering the cultural and socio-economic challenges the people face today have different kinds of problems that individuals face.
While in history, survival and sustenance were in major focus, people today struggle to find work-life balance and resolve relationship issues, while maintaining and working towards their goals and aspirations.
What is Therapy?
Therapy is any form of long-term treatment that is given to the client/patient who approaches the therapist regarding the problem they are facing. These treatment plans involve a variety of therapeutic techniques and assessment measures to identify, understand, and resolve the issues.
In the domain of mental health care, Psychotherapy refers to a variety of treatments that aim to help a person identify and change troubling emotions, thoughts, and behaviours.
Where can I get Psychotherapy from?
Psychotherapy is usually given in a one-on-one setting or sometimes in a group setting as well depending on the nature of the issue troubling the client. Only a licensed psychotherapist is allowed to give therapy and practice in providing mental health services. In India, counselling services and psychotherapy are very less ventured even by the educated population due to the lack of awareness and various other factors. To increase awareness and accessibility of psychological help, mental health therapy sessions can be accessed both – offline and online.
Offline vs Online Psychotherapy: What Should I Choose?
- Offline Psychotherapy
Offline psychotherapy means searching for counseling centers/ psychotherapists around your area and visiting them for every session to go forward with the therapy treatment plan. Indian therapists have many centres and affiliations with various healthcare providers, who would refer you to the psychotherapist when and if required.
Certain things to keep in mind while looking for a psychotherapist to visit are –
- Proximity and distance
- Easily accessible
- Not time-consuming to travel
- Regular sessions
- Licensed psychotherapist
- Experience in the required forms of therapy (eg. CBT, DBT, etc).
- Fee structure
- Rapport and comfort, and so on.
- Online Psychotherapy
Online psychotherapy is on the rise in India. Currently, online therapists are being consulted for short-term issues revolving around various problems such as –
- Mild depression
- Anxiety and stress issues
- Low elf-confidence
- Low self-esteem
- Relationship issues
- Eating and psychosomatic issues
- Difficulty in maintaining work-life balance
- Emotional dysregulation
- Social anxiety
- Phobias and so on.
Due to the cultural and social norms of India, mental health i still not getting the status it should in terms of its importance and prevalence. While cases of mental problems keep increasing, people are afraid to approach ‘mental doctors’ due to long-standing myths and beliefs about scientifically treating the mind.
However, due to these issues, the use of online therapy is slowly increasing. Indian therapists online provide almost the same level of treatment and help to clients who reach out for online help. Some benefits of consulting Indian therapists online are –
- Maintaining Privacy: as there is still a lot of stigmas revolving around mental health care, outreach to hospitals or offline psychologists is very less. However, approaching Indian therapists online can help clients attend sessions from their homes without worrying about their privacy.
- Comfort-Space: another benefit of seeking treatment from Indian therapists online is that the client is much more comfortable in their own homes and does not need to travel far distances for every session. This also makes the clients less likely to miss or skip therapy sessions.
- Attend from Anywhere: online psychotherapy has been particularly helpful for people who work in jobs that involve frequent traveling, odd timings, and staying away from their local areas. Such clients facing relationship issues have been helped by Indian therapists online as the partners can attend the sessions together online instead of skipping the therapy sessions due to not being in the same place. Frequent travellers have also benefited from the online set-up due to the mobility of the therapy sessions through their devices, wherever they go.
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
