Ms Abhilasha Gupta

My training has primarily been in psychodynamic modality, and I find its slow pace, potential for deep work and respect for the unstructured psyche quite powerful. However, I also understand how it can feel too vague and alienating sometimes. I find the belief in self and potential for improvement of the humanistic tradition very empowering and the acute awareness of life's fundamental truths of the existential tradition rather enlightening. I see CBT as an interesting tool to enhance self-awareness and the simple yet profound frameworks of Transactional Analysis, Window of Tolerance, etc. to be exceedingly useful. A relational and attachment lens adds a rich complexity that has the potential to discover oneself in relationships like nothing else can. Adding to that, my own experience with grief, pain and life's transitions have taught me that there is no formula to healing, nor is there one school of thought that can work for one person for all of their difficulties, let alone for many people across life stages. More than everything else, I think it is the relationship of the client and practitioner that heals. And that is my primary focus. TL;DR: I adopt an eclectic approach, keeping the client's requirements and presenting emotional state in mind.