Services
Psychological Services
Psychotherapy or counseling is difficult to
describe in general words. It varies depending on
the personalities of both, the psychologist and the
client, and type of particular problem raised by
clients. Psychotherapy given & taken timely and
carefully has great benefits.
In Mind Designing, there can be many different
methods & ways to be used to deal with the problems.
But there is no guarantee of cure, it varies what
you share & what you experience. Instead, it
requires a very active effort on your part. In order
for the therapy to be most beneficial & successful,
client needs to participate with great commitment
and work during sessions and at home too.
Our first session is going to involve an
evaluation of client’s expectations & needs. By the
end of the evaluation, I will be able to provide you
first impressions of what & how our work together is
going to be and what are the methods to be included
and a treatment plan to follow, if client is
comfortable & wants to continue further.
This whole process of therapy needs & involves a
large commitment of time, efforts, energy and money.
It is not like taking pain killer & pain is gone.
However, it requires a great commitment of
confidence & faith in each other to have the best of
the results.
As you have a bundle of expectations from your
Psychologists, he too can have some expectations
regarding your deeper interests in what we are doing
in sessions and he would definitely like to see you
fully in to it with discipline.
Meetings
My introductory evaluations / sessions require 1
to 2 meetings. During this time, it can be decided
if I am the best & suitable person for you to
provide the services you need in order to meet your
expectations. In Psychotherapy, I will usually
schedule one 20 to 40 minute session per week at a
time, although some sessions may be longer & / or
more frequent. Once an appointment is scheduled, a
client is expected to pay for it in advance or
before the session commences. In case of
cancellation of next meeting or whole of the
session, client needs to inform at least 24 hours
prior to meeting and get his / her advance money
back.
Professional Records & Confidentiality
To keep treatment records is under the law and
standard of my profession. Though, it is my general
policy that clients may not review them, but if
required I recommend that he / she is requested to
review in my presence so that contents can be
discussed and confusion be cleared. Clients will be
charged an appropriate fee for any professional time
spent extra on his / her demand.
However, I may provide a treatment summary to
client, on request.
In general, the privacy of all communications
between a client and a psychologist is protected by
law, and information can only be released with
client’s written permission. But there are a few
exceptions. In most legal proceedings, a client has
the right to prevent me from providing any
information about his / her treatment.
There are some situations in which I am legally
obligated to take action to protect others from
harm, even if I have to reveal some information
about a client’s treatment. In few other situations,
I may need to inform respective authorities like
police, or hospital.
Professional Fees
With a nominal fee of INR 500.00 / USD 10 in first
preliminary / assessment meet, I start therapy. Then
separate charges for further sessions depending upon
number, duration of sessions & type of problems. A
client will be expected to pay for each session in
advance or at the time it is held. Payment schedules
for other professional services, including my extra
time, will be charged. (Terms & conditions applied.)
Risks of Psychological Counseling /
Psychotherapy :
You should be aware that, although I anticipate
otherwise, despite our all efforts, you may not
improve as quickly as you might like, you may not
reach to an expected level of comfort in particular
duration, you may start to improve only after the
end of therapy or you may not improve at all,
depending upon several factors. You should also be
aware that treatment is intended to induce changes
in your feelings, thoughts, attitude towards
yourself and others in life, and that when these
changes occur, may disrupt or change your existing
manner of living and your relationships with others.
Counseling can also provoke feelings of affection or
anger for the therapist. In short, treatment may be
emotionally painful at times.
Your Rights:
In a private practice such as this, treatment is
entirely voluntary, and you have the right to
terminate treatment at any time with prior
information to your therapist. Further, you have
every right to know about qualifications,
experiences & capabilities of your counselor
NOTE : PSYCHOTHERAPY OR COUNSELING IS
PURELY CONFINED TO THOUGHTS, FEELINGS AND
BEHAVIOR, LEADING TO RESPONSES, THAT MEANS
CENTRE OF ACTIVITY IS “MIND” / “BRAIN” ONLY.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING RELATED
TO PARA-SCIENCE, CLAIRVOYANCE, HYPNOTHERAPY
OR RELATED FIELDS, RELIGION AND IN A SENSE
SPIRITUALITY.
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