Punah Santulan offers a wide range of psychological services like psychological counselling, Psychological testing, psychological assessments, psychotherapy, couple counselling, pre-marital counselling, child counselling, school counselling, sexual therapy, de-addiction counselling, behavioural therapy, Trauma counselling, clinical hypnotherapy from expert Clinical psychologists, Psychological counsellors, Psychotherapist, Hypnotherapist.
Our Psychologists and counsellors are well qualified, trained, and licensed from renowned institutes.
Our Consultant Clinical Psychologist Mr. Ayush Chandra, (MA. Psy, PDCP), is a Gold Medallist of his batch, he is an expert in diagnosing, assessing and treating a broad range of mental health conditions like Anxiety, Depression, Stress management, Sexual Disorders, Addiction, Child mental and behavioural conditions, Dementia, Schizophrenia, Trauma related disorders etc.
Our Consultant Clinical Psychologist Ms. Sradha M. Ray (MA. Psy. PDCP), is a Gold Medallist and state topper of Orrisa, her expertise lies in diagnosing and managing a range of mental health conditions like Depression, OCD, Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Phobias, Body Image issues, Sexual Disorders, Stress Management, Adjustment Disorder etc.
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)– CBT is a form of psychotherapy that aims to manage an individual’s problems by changing unhelpful thinking and behavior and enhancing development of personal coping strategies.
- Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT)– DBT is a cognitive behavioral treatment that helps clients to learn and use new skills and strategies to tackle distress, painful emotions and decrease conflicts in relationships.
- Mindfulness based cognitive therapy– It is an integrative approach compiling cognitive techniques and mindfulness principles to help clients understand and manage their distressing thoughts and emotions.
- Hypnotherapy– It is a popular alternative treatment option that helps the individual bring positive change while the patient is deeply relaxed.
- Marital therapy– The aim of marital therapy is to help them enjoy a rewarding relationship by working on their communication problems, mismatched expectations, competitive struggle, etc.,
- Group therapy– Group therapy either used alone or integrated into other treatment plan helps the client to improve social skills, impart information, helps in catharsis and promotes growth.
- Family therapy– The aim of family therapy is to reduce distress and conflict among the family members, by improving their interaction through expressing and exploring their thoughts as well as understanding each other’s expectations and views.
- Expressive arts therapy– It is a form of expressive therapy that uses creative procedures like dancing, drawing, painting, movement, sound, music, or sculpture to help individuals express themselves. It helps the client improve self-esteem, relieve stress, and cope well with their problems.
- Animal assisted therapy– It involves guided interaction between a person and a trained animal. It helps an individual improve a patient’s social, emotional, and cognitive functioning. Animal assisted therapy has been helpful in reducing the symptoms of psychological disorders and distress caused by it.
- Career counselling– Career counselling helps an individual to know and understand their interests, abilities, values, personality, and background in a better way to make career, educational, and life decisions.
- Online counselling– Online counselling provides a provision to mental health professionals to provide services to the client through the internet for the feasibility and convenience of the client.
- Counselling for elderly (senior citizens):– Aging is a natural part of one’s life. Some individuals may experience this phase as relaxing, while others may experience the stress which comes with varied life changes like retirement, loss of partner or other loved ones, physical ailments, loneliness or even sudden reduction of responsibilities. At Punah Santulan we understand and recognise the need for counselling for the elderly people to support their proactive aging with integrity and dignity.
- Day Care – We also offer day-care service for all psychiatric illnesses in all phases of life with efficient staff under the supervision of Doctors and Psychologists, Day Care for elderly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Dementia, Depression, Moderate Cognitive impairment and adjustment disorders, wherein they can be engaged in different activities like yoga, mindfulness, meditation, reminiscence therapy, cognitive retraining etc. We also offer day care services for chronic psychiatric illnesses (in remission or mild symptoms) like Schizophrenia, Severe Depression, Bipolar Mood Disorder for social rehabilitation services. We also provide day care services for children with severe psychiatric disorders like Autism spectrum, Asperger’s, Childhood mood and psychotic disorders, Chronic Behavioural difficulties, Intellectual Disabilities (mental retardation).
- Infertility & Perinatal Counselling– Infertility counselling or Perinatal counselling is mostly a new yet relevant step in case of couples who have been trying to conceive and are dealing with any issues related to parenthood and pregnancy. Fertility treatment might not be the first way any couple decide to take and hence might cause fear or anxiety of pregnancy and parenthood, and even cause depression and disappointment in the expecting parents. Sometimes these issues might also cause conflict in relationships causing relationship issues in the couples. Many reasons for seeking help or counselling around preconceptions and conceptions due to desire to become pregnant but fears of becoming a parent, in cases of unplanned pregnancy, infertility in case of female and/or male, secondary infertility, ongoing fertility treatment accompanied by any mental health or social concerns like anxiety, depression or stress. Fertility treatment can cause a significant emotional journey and may have an impact on your relationships and your own mental health. There might be intense emotions and many questions and conflicts which supportive counselling can help your feelings, coping strategies, options and relationship issues and can also help to look at both short and long-term consequences of infertility and treatment and this requires support at different stages of treatment. Perinatal Counselling helps in addressing the unique issues and ambivalence surrounding infertility, addressing gender-role conflicts, educating and providing information regarding fertility treatments and pregnancy related information to make a well-informed decision.
- Palliative & Supportive Counselling– Palliative Care is intended to prevent and relieve suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other related problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual (WHO). This involves providing physical, psychological, spiritual, social as well as existential needs of patients with a holistic approach, mostly in cases of life-threatening diseases like cancer. Depression, Anxiety, Anger and Confusion may result after knowing their life-threatening ailment supportive counselling or palliative counselling plays an important role to build mental strength and acceptance to battle and come to the terms with their illness or current condition. In addition, supportive counselling involves in preparing the family members to keep the patient in better quality of life as well be prepared to deal with any consequences. Supportive psychotherapy or counselling is a very dynamic process that takes into consideration all aspects of the patient and family i.e. psychosocial functioning in totality and helps the patient and family build acceptance and maintain a better quality of life during those difficult times.
- Counselling for International clients:- Punah Santulan also caters to international clients looking for online therapy from experienced therapists at reasonable rates. We encourage South Asians living abroad to utilize this service since many psychological ideas and beliefs have cultural significance and backgrounds. Our team of mental health professionals are well trained and follow a culture sensitive approach. A culture sensitive therapist can approach your problems with a well informed and non-judgemental attitude keeping in mind the differences across the globe. A lot of our international clients have found this service beneficial and we have been helping them overcoming a range of mental health issues like Depression, Anxiety, Family therapy, Couples counselling, Sex therapy, Elderly counselling, supportive psychotherapy, adjustment problems etc. through our online and telephonic services.