About The Practice

Here you can learn strategies to deal with:

• Resolving conflicts
• Effective parenting skills
• Managing stress
• Personal growth

Major life transitions such as:

• Divorce
• Loss of a loved one
• Loss of a job that was important to you

Adjustment challenges of expatriate wives, for example:

• Feelings of rootlessness in a foreign culture
• Change in identity from working to a stay at home life style
• Raising third culture kids

The first counselling session:

Often the first session is used for evaluation where you may assess if you feel comfortable and I evaluate if I am able to offer you what you are seeking. Research suggests a good fit between the counsellor/therapist and client is of utmost importance in success of therapy.

An average session is for 60 minutes but if you wish it can be prefixed for longer

Subsequent counselling sessions:

Based on our initial meeting where we explore the presented problem, we reach an agreement about how to proceed from there. Generally meeting once a week is the norm but it can be adapted to different needs. For some clients 2-6 sessions can be sufficient to make the necessary changes. Others may wish to continue to explore their experiences for longer.

Intervention/therapeutic techniques:

There are many.

Some techniques are based on the premise that the past experiences cause current psychological problems and understanding why we do what we do can bring about 'aha' moments while others are based on the assumption that underneath negative emotions lie negative thoughts that people have the ability to change without having to understand why.

My decision to choose any specific technique is based on the clients' needs.

Motivation and willingness to change is seen to be more important than the techniques.

Fixing an appointment: Please call 9145 8430 or email at malakhare@gmail.com