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Anxiety & constant worry

A mind that won’t switch off, racing thoughts, a body that stays braced even when nothing’s wrong.

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Low mood & loss of interest

Things going flat, mornings getting harder, withdrawing from people without quite deciding to.

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Stress & burnout

Exhaustion sleep doesn’t fix, dread about the week ahead, effort that stopped feeling like it counts.

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Relationships & family

Expectations you can’t meet, a breakup you can’t talk about at home, loneliness in a crowd.

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Exam & career pressure

Blanking despite preparing, panic after results, feeling stuck or behind everyone else.

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“Something feels off”

No tidy label, no crisis — just a sense that things aren’t right. That’s a perfectly good reason to talk.

What the pressure looks like here

Hyderabad runs one of the hardest adolescent academic environments in the country. The Intermediate corporate-college system, integrated EAMCET, JEE and NEET coaching, residential campuses, days that start before dawn and finish after dark. Two years of being a teenager compressed into one long ranking exercise. There has been repeated public concern in this state about student suicides in that system, and for families here it isn’t an abstract worry.

The damage doesn’t come from the studying. It comes from everything the studying pushes out. Sleep. Unstructured time. Friendships that aren’t also competition. Any sense of yourself that isn’t academic. Tell a sixteen-year-old for two years that their worth is a rank, and when the rank turns up short, they have nothing left to answer with.

Next to that sits HITEC City and the pharma corridor, carrying the long-hours, low-control strain you’d find in any Indian IT hub, plus a large relocated workforce supporting families they live hundreds of kilometres from.

How it works

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Take a free self-check

Two minutes, no sign-up, nothing saved. It helps you see what’s going on and whether a session is worth it.

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Book your slot

Pick a time from the live calendar and get the video-call invite straight away. Video, voice or chat — your choice.

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Talk it through

45 minutes with the same counsellor every time. You leave with one or two concrete things to try, not a sales pitch.

What’s already available in Hyderabad, and what’s missing

The Institute of Mental Health at Erragadda is here, one of the older public psychiatric hospitals in India, and there’s good private psychiatry too. For clinical need, those are the right places.

What families usually need first is something else. One person who isn’t the college, isn’t the family and isn’t keeping score, who a teenager can tell the real version to. Inside a residential Intermediate campus there’s often nobody at all in that category.

Sessions run online, nothing goes back to a college, and the first is ₹249.

Confidential means confidential

Who you’ll be talking to

Sachin Bajaj has an M.Sc in Clinical Psychology from Gurugram University and a PGDGC from Jamia Millia Islamia, and has worked with more than 500 students and families across India. You get the same counsellor every session — no app shuffling you between strangers who each need the story from the top.

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M.ScClinical Psychology, Gurugram University
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PGDGCJamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
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500+Students & families supported
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हिंदी + ENWhichever you think in

What this is, and what it isn’t

It’s counselling support, not treatment: confidential conversations about what you’re carrying and what might help. We don’t diagnose conditions and we don’t prescribe medication, and this isn’t an emergency service. If what you describe needs a psychiatrist, your counsellor will tell you so in the first session and help you find one. You won’t be sold a package instead.

What a session costs in Hyderabad

₹499 for 45 minutes, and your first one is ₹249 with the code FIRST50. Private counselling in India usually runs ₹1,500 to ₹3,000 a session. You’re not signing up for a course of treatment — you’re booking one conversation, and you can stop after it.

Book a first session — ₹249

Pick a slot from the live calendar and the video-call invite arrives straight away. Video, voice or chat, whichever suits you.

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Frequently asked questions

My child is in a residential Intermediate college. Can they have a session?

Yes, online, at a slot outside college hours. If your child is under 18 you’ll need to consent as a parent, but the content of the session stays between your child and the counsellor — that confidentiality is what makes it useful to them.

I am a parent and my child refuses to talk to anyone. What can I do?

Book a parent session for yourself. It is often more productive than pushing a resistant teenager into a room, and it doesn’t require their agreement. Much of the useful work in these situations is about how the conversation at home is being held.

Will the college be told?

No. Nothing is reported to a college, a hostel or a coaching institute. This sits entirely outside that system, which for a student inside it is usually the whole point.

We are worried about our child but it isn’t an emergency. Is a session still appropriate?

Yes, and earlier is better. Most of what helps is available well before a crisis. If it ever does become urgent — talk of self-harm, or immediate distress — call Tele-MANAS on 14416 straight away rather than waiting for a session.

Is this therapy, or counselling?

It’s confidential, non-diagnostic counselling support — structured conversations about what you’re carrying and what would help. We don’t diagnose or prescribe. If what you describe needs a psychiatrist, your counsellor will say so and help you find one.

How much does a session cost?

A session is ₹499 for 45 minutes, and your first is ₹249 with the code FIRST50. No packages — you book one conversation at a time.