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.
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!
Exploring mid-year journey with an art therapy activity
Exploring mid-year journey with an art therapy activity I started a new journey with Pause for Perspective as a fellow this month. Jumping into unknown territory, then slowly exploring and unpacking what the transition means for me; has been a constant theme for the last two years. What really holds me through this, is the alignment of values of this
Queer Chosen Families
Queer Chosen Families Raviraj from Narrative Practices India, Aditya from the QT center collective, Hyderabad and Aarathi Selvan from Pause for Perspective talk about Queer Chosen Families. Some questions they sit with are: What comes to mind when you think of the word chosen family? How does chosen family visit you? How is it present in your life and the
Queering Therapy: A Queer Therapists Hope this Pride Month
Queering Therapy: A Queer Therapists Hope this Pride Month I am queer, and many times in a week, I’m an angry queer. During Pride month, I’m angrier than usual. Perhaps some of it is a way for me to dissipate my dysphoria, which gets heightened during this time of the year, but I like to believe that most of it
Safety in the Body
Safety in the Body I travel a lot to work. I travel in local trains and autos every day. At the local railway station, I have to take an auto to reach my house. Earlier I used to stop at the auto stand, talk to an autowala and bargain before I got into the ride. since I am a regular
Buddhist practices and their connection to my well being
*Guest Post* Buddhist practices and their connection to my well being. How have people and philosophies influenced my search for meaning, self realization, health and well being? Richard Davidson, a renowned neuro-scientist outlined four components of well-being which have health-promoting effects on the brain. These four components are known as awareness, connection, insight, and purpose. What do they really mean?
Feeling Secure or Distant and Anxious? What’s happening in your relationship?
Feeling Secure or Distant and Anxious? What’s happening in your relationship? Social media has taken somewhat of a liking to attachment theory. There are several versions of what attachment theory is and how to use it in the way we understand ourselves, the people we are dating or are in relationships with. A quick google search will throw up a