Mahika Saxena, MA

Counseling Psychologist

“I support individuals in making sense of their inner world, navigating life's challenges, and reconnecting with themselves in a way that feels authentic and empowering. My approach is collaborative, trauma-informed, and affirming, so you can explore your experiences without judgment or pressure.”

About Me

I believe therapy is a space where you can uncover your deepest vulnerabilities and be held safely. It is a space where individuals feel seen, heard, held, and understood. It has the potential to be deeply transformational. My approach to therapy is collaborative, paced and held with intention and grounded-ness. I strive to create a space where clients feel they can unravel, build clarity, navigate challenges, and make meaningful changes rooted in their own insight and autonomy. I deeply respect each client’s journey and hold their truth and realities with humaneness, stillness, empathy & curiosity.

Approach

My therapeutic approach is client-centered, with a deep respect for each client’s autonomy within the therapeutic space. I work in a way that is flexible, responsive, and feedback-oriented. I practice from an intersectional, trauma-informed & non-pathologizing lens. My work is queer, trans as well as neurodivergent-affirming. At the core of my practice is the intention to make clients feel understood and supported above all else.

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Basic Information

New Delhi, India

In-person & Online

Services

Self-Critical Thoughts, Depression, Anxiety, Self-Esteem, Trauma, Adjustment Concerns, Socio- Emotional Concerns, Grief, Relationship Concerns, Intimacy & Communication Concerns, Queer Mental Health, Forgiveness, Seeking Perfectionism, Academic Stress, Chronic Illness & Navigating Peer Relationships

Services Offered:

Adolescent Therapy
Therapy designed for teenagers, using age-appropriate methods to address issues like anxiety, identity, peer pressure, and family conflict.
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CBT
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, a structured, evidence-based approach that identifies and changes unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviours.
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Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)
A time-limited therapy that explores how past patterns of relating to others shape current difficulties, then works with you to recognise and change those patterns.
Counselling
A form of talk therapy providing a safe, confidential space to explore feelings, thoughts, and behaviours with a trained professional.
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DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)
A structured therapy that combines cognitive behavioural techniques with mindfulness, designed to help people regulate intense emotions, tolerate distress, and improve relationships.
Humanistic Therapy
A therapeutic approach grounded in the belief that people are inherently capable of growth and self-understanding, focusing on present experience, personal meaning, and the therapeutic relationship.
Individual Therapy
One-on-one therapy sessions between a client and a therapist, focused on that person's specific concerns and goals.
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Individual Psychotherapy
In-depth one-on-one therapy that explores the deeper roots of a person's difficulties, often drawing on psychodynamic or psychoanalytic models.
Internal Family Systems
A therapy model that views the mind as made up of distinct sub-personalities or 'parts', each with its own role, and works to help these parts communicate and heal under the leadership of a core Self.

Works With:

Adolescents
Adults
Communities
Individuals

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

Anxiety
Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.
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Chronic Illness
A long-term health condition (e.g., diabetes, autoimmune disease, chronic pain) that persists over time and affects physical, emotional, and social well-being.
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Codependency
A relational pattern in which a person's sense of identity and self-worth becomes excessively tied to caring for or controlling another person, often at their own expense.
Depression
A mood disorder marked by persistent low mood, loss of interest or pleasure, and changes in energy, sleep, or appetite that impair daily functioning.
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Family Issues
Difficulties within the family system, including conflict, communication breakdown, blended family tensions, or intergenerational patterns, that affect individual and collective well-being.
Gender Identity & Self-Image
A person's internal sense of their own gender, which may or may not align with the sex assigned at birth, and the distress or exploration that can accompany this.
Grief, Loss & Bereavement
The emotional, physical, and psychological response to the death of a loved one or another significant loss, varying widely in duration and expression.
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Identity & Self-Image
A person's sense of who they are, including their values, beliefs, roles, and self-perception, and the distress that arises when this sense is unclear, fragmented, or negative.
Inadequacy
A persistent inner sense of not being good enough, often rooted in early experiences and manifesting as self-doubt, comparison, or avoidance.
Trauma
The lasting psychological impact of deeply distressing events, such as violence, abuse, accidents, or disasters, that overwhelm a person's ability to cope.
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Professional Title:

Counseling Psychologist
A psychologist who helps people with everyday life challenges (relationships, work stress, adjustment) as well as mental health conditions.