Approach

Training, method, and the shape of the work.

A practice grounded in formulation, clinical depth, and evidence-based methods. The aim is not to force everyone through the same script, but to build therapy around the person in front of us.

Clinical frame

Precision with warmth.

Therapy is most useful when it is clear, well-held, and adapted carefully to the actual pattern rather than the broad category.

Training and background

Work across hospitals, communities, and schools.

2025 – Present
Psychologist · Surman Sansthan NGO
NGO Sector

Trauma-informed support for 180+ clients, including children in residential care, using TF-CBT and art-based interventions alongside psychosocial assessment and individualised support planning.

TF-CBT Art-based Child & Adolescent
2024 – 2025
Clinical Psychologist (A) · Tulasi Healthcare
Psychiatric Hospital

Evidence-based interventions across inpatient and outpatient psychiatric services for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, OCD, personality disorders, and substance use.

CBT DBT CBTp IPSRT Inpatient
2022 – 2023
Psychology Teacher & Student Counsellor
Education Sector

Support for adolescents, parents, and educators alongside teaching senior secondary psychology. Bridging clinical insight and developmental context.

Adolescent Parental Guidance School Counselling
2022
Counselling Psychologist · Private Practice
Private Practice

Individual counselling for young adults and adolescents presenting with anxiety, stress, low mood, and academic concerns.

Anxiety Young Adults Online
"The method follows the formulation. What a person carries is not a disorder to be managed — it is a pattern that made sense once, and can be understood again."
— Kaustubhi Chaturvedi
Credentials

Education and licensing

RCI Licensed Clinical Psychologist (A) PDCP — B.M. Institute of Mental Health MA Psychology (Clinical) · First Class BA (Honours) in Psychology

Professional Diploma in Clinical Psychology with distinction, MA in Clinical Psychology with first class, and a strong academic and applied training base.

Modalities

Methods used with discretion

CBT DBT TF-CBT ERP ACT CBTp IPSRT Motivational Enhancement Art-based Work

The method follows the formulation. Treatment choices are made carefully, based on what the person and situation actually require.

What I bring to each session

Not a script. A considered presence.

Formulation First

Before any technique, I try to understand why this pattern exists for this particular person in this particular life. Formulation is not a label — it is a map.

Range of Methods

CBT, DBT, ACT, TF-CBT, ERP — the method is chosen for the problem, not the other way around. No one modality fits every presentation.

Clinical Depth

Trained across inpatient, outpatient, NGO, and school settings. The range of presentations I have worked with informs how I read complexity without oversimplifying it.

Cultural Competence

Sessions in English and Hindi. Aware of the specific pressures, family structures, and social scripts that shape psychological experience in Indian contexts.

How therapy unfolds

A clear process, held with flexibility.

Step 01

Consultation

A free 20-minute call to understand what brings you here and whether the fit feels right.

Step 02

Assessment

History, context, present concerns, goals, and the deeper logic behind the pattern are explored carefully.

Step 03

Therapy

45-minute sessions shaped by the formulation, with enough structure to be useful and enough flexibility to remain human.

Step 04

Integration

The aim is not dependence on therapy, but insight, steadiness, and skills that hold outside the room.

Next step

If the method matters to you, the next step is still simple.

You do not need a polished narrative to begin. Only enough honesty to say what feels difficult right now.

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