Therapy & Counselling in Hyderabad
Pause for Perspective offers psychotherapy and counselling for individuals, couples, families and children in Hyderabad, with online sessions also available. Our work brings together a range of therapeutic approaches, including mindfulness, with a commitment to creating thoughtful and inclusive spaces for mental health care.
Therapy is not neutral. We choose care and justice.
Dr. Aarathi Selvan Ph.D-Founder Pause for Perspective
Counselling & Therapy Services
Individual therapy for people seeking support with anxiety, depression, relationships, personal growth and other emotional or life concerns.
Therapy for couples and families navigating relationship difficulties, communication, intimacy, parenting and other challenges.
Counselling and therapeutic support for children and young people, alongside assessment services where appropriate.
An Inclusive Approach to Mental Health
Our therapeutic work recognises that mental health does not exist separately from people’s relationships, communities and lived experiences. Our approach includes mindfulness in therapy and our work in Embodied Social Justice, with an awareness of experiences including gender, sexuality and caste marginalisation.
We work with diverse clients, including LGBTQ+ clients, and aim to provide spaces where people’s identities and experiences can be meaningfully included in the therapeutic process.
Therapy in Hyderabad & Online
Sessions are available for clients in Hyderabad, with online therapy also available for those who prefer or require remote sessions.
Our Thoughts & Stories!

When the Earth, Body and Movements meet
When the Earth, Body and Movements meet In my writing and research work as a doctoral student in mindfulness and structural power and oppression, I feel deeply humbled by some of the insights I am coming to. While I am only at the beginning of this journey, I have become deeply invested in understanding what it means to be in

Fear and Liberation
Fear and Liberation This week, I was sitting with my fear(s) when I twisted my foot, and it turned out to be a fracture. I resisted this fact with all my might on the first day because how can I sit at home and lie down in bed when I have clients assigned for sessions, training, and meetings blocked in

Creepy Capitalism: Resisting with books
Creepy Capitalism and Resisting with picture books When I was initially introduced to narrative therapy, I was all excited. Oh yes let’s bring out the alternate stories, lets ditch the capitalism, the dominant discourses and all. Few months into my work with a narrative stance as I became more and more involved in my work with my clients a lot

Navigating The Mid-Year Blues
Navigating The Mid-Year Blues We all experience the mid-year blues. We are all familiar with the lethargy and weariness that settle on us as the weather cools and the days get shorter. Let’s explore what causes the mid-year blues, and how we can overcome them. What might be causing your mid-year blues? The thrill of the new year has waned.

EXPRESSIVE ARTS AS AN EFECTIVE INTERVENTION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY
EXPRESSIVE ARTS AS AN EFECTIVE INTERVENTION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY “Art is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live.” -Auguste Rodin Expressive Arts have always been an important interventional tool used by various psychotherapists. Its effectiveness was first identified during World War-I, when soldiers were reported to be miraculously cured. This happened as a result

Leisure and Loiter to Thrive
Leisure and Loiter to Thrive Accessing leisure can be seen as being “unproductive”. Having to relax and take out time for oneself in any way is often reserved for men “working” “earning bread” and then taking time to relax, individually or in groups. It is often seen as a privilege, it probably is. Queer individuals or women accessing leisure to