r/indiatherapy

I asked my therapist today during our session (she is leaving and i will get a new therapist) if i can get a new therapist that specializes in ED recovery because i feel like ive healed a lot when it comes to depression and other issues but my ED is still very much bad rn. She told me in india ED or OCD arent seen as seperate speciality but instead come under trauma response like a umbrella term.

I feel like thats so unfair ?

How can we get the help we need if we dont have specialists in the field that we are struggling with.

I am a semi probono client rn so i dont even have the luxury to explore my options as i cant pay 🙃 but can someone tell me how can i get more specified help?

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I wanted to ask you something. A friend of mine is looking for therapy and is currently not in a position to afford sessions. Do you happen to know any therapists who offer pro bono or low-cost sessions?

Please let me know whenever you can. Thank you so much!

I'm 19, Indian household, and I've been carrying this confusion for years.

My mom is the type where nothing I do is ever enough. If I fail, I'm a family embarrassment. If I explain myself, I'm being disrespectful. If I'm quiet, I'm sulky. There's no version of me that feels acceptable around her. Every time I failed academically, the response was never what happened my dear? ("beta kya problem hai.") It was about how SHE had to face relatives, how SHE was embarrassed in front of other parents. My pain was always secondary to her reputation.

I know how it looks: I was decent till 3rd grade, then things fell apart and nobody noticed or asked why. The "help" I got was tutors who physically beat me when I didn't understand something. So studying became fear, not learning. COVID destroyed 9th. 11th I genuinely couldn't follow the syllabus and had no guidance. Not laziness, just a kid who never learned how to learn and believed for years that he was fundamentally broken.

Now I'm older and I notice I physically shrink around her. I can't make eye contact. I apologize before I've even done anything wrong. I don't feel like I have a real identity. I don't know what I actually want versus what will just make people stop being disappointed in me.

I genuinely don't know if this is normal Indian parenting or I'm just too sensitive, or if something actually happened to me that needs professional attention.

Is there a therapist, psychologist, or psychiatrist here who can help me figure out what these symptoms even point to?

And the confusing part is she's not always like this. Sometimes she's cute, almost childlike, genuinely sweet. And then out of nowhere something shifts and she speaks in a way that I'm completely shattered. That unpredictability is honestly harder to deal with than if she was just consistently cold.

Hello everyone,
I’m looking for a good therapist, remote since I don’t live in India.
I had one before but she was really the worst kind. That therapist gave me anger issues and she clearly didn’t know anything.
She was simply greedy and always forgot whatever we talked about. It’s like she didn’t care about my well-being and would ask me to spend money.
She would tell I need a session every week and 2-3 sessions and yet she would always forget everything.
It went like that for a year and she stopped once I lashed out at her.
In fact she is the reason why my depression got worse and I even went suicidal.
I saw her as my last hope but she was just taking advantage of me. She even wrote a review under my name on her website when in reality I never left a single review. I was simply being scammed and every time I realise that, I get more angry specially at me for being so dumb and come off as so weak that people think they can take advantage of me without facing any consequences.

So i really am looking for a genuine good therapist who wouldn’t be too expensive.
2k/session is something I can afford since i’m an International student and need some guidance as of now.

Thank you for any suggestions.

I need help about my life that I have never shared with anyone. Not even to my parents. Are there any therapists who would be willing to talk to me? Please 🥺.