Kavitagauri Joshi

I had tried out several therapists before I came across Ms. Kavitagauri. I live in Ahmedabad and before the pandemic, online therapy was unheard of. However, with the lockdown and curfews, the possibility of online therapy opened up a plethora of options for choosing a therapist. This is when I found Ms. Kavitagauri who resides in Mumbai. I was skeptical of how a therapy session would turn out but she made it so very easy and comfortable, it was like stepping into an old and familiar pair of jeans. I managed to talk and cry and rant about anything that bothered me only for her to take my jumbled thoughts and weave them into a blanket of understanding and reasoning. Her approach is empathetic and practical which - for me - is just the right amount of balance I was looking for in a therapist.

We live in a society where mental health is given a step-treatment. Families too, even the open minded and supportive kind, are still hesitant to recommend psychological counselling to their own. An invisible cloud of judgement and possible mockery keeps hovering above our head. It is really very difficult for a person to reach out and seek help under such circumstances even if they strongly feel so.  My story is not much different. My anxiety, depression and irrational thoughts were not just affecting me but my dear ones too. I met Ms Kavitagauri with a skeptical mind full of pessimism and hopelessness. But, I noticed something different about her since the very beginning. She has a unique ability to provide a listening ear, I felt a sense of great comfort, assured that I was on the right track and started seeing a ray of hope. She is so easy to confide into, and helps me think in a logical and rational way. Her unbiased support has given me a whole new perspective towards life. After a few sessions with her, I am able to think differently, feel more positive towards life and more aware of my inner-self. Not only me but those around me are noticing this difference too. I really cannot thank her enough for this. I really hope and wish that more people seek her assistance and feel the same difference I have felt.

I have been going to Kavita Ma'am for therapy for almost 3 years. I have had OCD for some time now and I remember being petrified of even talking about my obsessions, but I have come a long way since then. It's been quite a journey and I couldn't have been here without Kavita Ma'am. I have come to realise that coping with mental illness and staying healthy is an active process and requires certain skills which can be learnt and practiced. It requires one to identify certain patterns of thought and classify which ones are unproductive and meaningless. It also entails identifying errors in one's own thinking. Kavita Ma'am did exactly what according to me every good therapist should do. She did not tell me what was wrong in my thinking, or prescribe a way about how I should be thinking and behaving, nor did she judge. On the other hand, she helped me discover these errors in thinking, these counterproductive thought patterns myself and gave me the tools and skills so that I can do so independently.