Therapy should feel thoughtful, personal, and grounded in real life.
I’m Prakriti, a counseling psychologist and psychotherapist with more than nine years of professional experience. My approach is curious, collaborative, and connected to real life outcomes.
I am based in Gurgaon and outside of therapy, I enjoy composing music, playing the guitar, running, participating in all sorts of sports and traveling. I am a queer individual and passionate about creating space for queer expression in our society.
Curiosity before judgment
Instead of asking what is wrong with you, we can ask what makes sense about how you learned to cope, connect, protect yourself, or respond.
Depth with practicality
Understanding where a pattern comes from matters. So does noticing what you can do differently when that pattern shows up in daily life.
A pace that fits you
There is no need to rush disclosure or force an insight. Therapy can move carefully enough for the work to feel useful rather than overwhelming.
A conversation with direction, not a performance.
You do not need to prepare the perfect story before a session. We can begin with what feels most present that day and connect it to the larger themes we are working on.
Over time, therapy can become a place where you notice patterns sooner, understand your emotional responses more clearly, and make choices with a little more space around them. My job is to ask questions that may increase your awareness, challenge you existing belief systems and point out your blind spots.
In the room, we may...
• slow down a difficult moment
• notice recurring relationship patterns
• explore emotions that are hard to name
• work with boundaries and communication
• make sense of a transition or decision
• connect insight to practical next steps
Behind every good psychotherapist is a supportive network of professionals and peers, including trainers, supervisors and psychiatrists.
Ongoing training
I have undertaken training in various techniques including Solution focused brief therapy (2019) Narrative therapy (2020), and Mentalization based therapy (2020 – 2023). I am currently exploring relational psychodynamic and transference focused-therapy (2025 onwards)
Supervision
I am seeking supervision under Dr. Ashlesha Bagadia (MBT Supervisor), Padma Kasturi and Kanika Mehrotra (Relational Psychodynamic Supervisors)
Professional network
Collaborating with psychotherapists, family therapists, couples therapists, child psychologists, and psychiatrists acorss the country helps with client referrals and professional growth.
Professional background and therapeutic foundations.
Prakriti’s professional journey draws on more than nine years of experience as a counseling psychologist and psychotherapist. Her work draws on an eclectic approach to therapy, with a specialization in Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT), and is informed by her broader interests in mental health, education, music, and sports. She brings an intersectional, queer-affirmative perspective to her practice, with a strong focus on helping people better understand their inner worlds, emotional patterns, and relationships.
She completed her B.A. (H) Applied Psychology degree from Shyama Prasad Mukerji College, Delhi University in 2016 and went on to pursue her M.A. Counselling Psychology degree from G.D. Goenka University in 2016. She worked with children and adolescents in the early years of her career, a phase that’s been crucial in her understanding of how human beings develop over their lifespan.
Experience, education & approach
- Counseling Psychologist & Psychotherapist
- 9+ years of professional experience
- Specializes in Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT), a brief psychodynamic approach
- Uses an eclectic, integrative approach tailored to each client
- Practice informed by intersectionality and queer-affirmative care
- Draws from experience across mental health, education, music, and sports
- Ongoing focus on helping clients better understand their inner worlds, relationships, and emotional patterns
What can I bring to therapy?
You do not need a polished story or a perfectly defined problem. We can begin with what feels most present and understand it together.
Is your practice queer-affirmative?
Yes. Queer-affirmative care is part of the practice, with space to explore sexuality, gender, identity, and relationships without judgment or assumption.
Do you work in a neurodiversity-affirming way?
Yes. The work respects different ways of thinking, feeling, communicating, and moving through the world, and can be adapted collaboratively around access needs.
Do you offer supervision?
Yes. Supervision offers practitioners a reflective space to think about clinical work, therapeutic relationships, and sustainable professional practice.
You can decide whether therapy feels right, one conversation at a time.
Book a short introductory call if you would like to ask questions or get a sense of how we might work together.