psychology Counselling Therapy

Understand yourself.
Heal what hurts.
Move forward.

Antara Therapy is a psychological counselling practice for adults, couples, parents, teenagers and children, and for emotional adjustment in later life. Sessions are private, unhurried, and shaped around what you're actually dealing with — not a script. You don't have to arrive with the right words.

Online & in-person[50/60] minute sessionsConfidential

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“You can ask for help without having everything figured out.”

  • Confidential & respectful

    What you share stays between us, within professional limits.

  • Personalised support

    The approach is built around your situation, pace and goals.

  • Evidence-informed methods

    Drawing on CBT, DBT and trauma-informed practice where they fit.

  • A non-judgmental space

    No pressure to perform, explain yourself, or be further along than you are.

You're not alone in this

Sometimes the hardest part isn't knowing something is wrong.

It's knowing what to do next.

People come to therapy at very different points. Some arrive in the middle of a crisis. Many arrive because something has been quietly wearing them down for months and they've run out of ways to explain it to the people around them.

You might recognise some of this:

  • Overwhelmed
  • Stuck
  • Disconnected
  • Anxious
  • Emotionally exhausted
  • Confused
  • Unable to move forward

Therapy isn't about being told what's wrong with you. It's a space to slow down and look at what's happening — to understand the patterns underneath it, learn ways of coping that actually hold up, and build something steadier from there. It's collaborative work, and it moves at your pace.

See how the process works
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Services

Support shaped around what you're carrying

Eight of the areas people most often reach out about. If you're not sure which one fits, a consultation is a good place to start.

  • Trauma Healing

    A compassionate space to understand difficult experiences, develop coping tools, and work toward greater emotional safety.

  • Anxiety/ Depression/ OCD/ Phobias Support

    Practical, structured work on the thoughts, habits and physical patterns that keep low mood and worry running.

  • Couple Counselling

    For partners caught in the same argument on repeat, or drifting quietly apart. Both people get heard.

  • Children Counselling

    Age-appropriate, play- and conversation-based support for younger children, with parents kept in the loop.

  • Teen Counselling

    A space that belongs to them — academic pressure, friendships, identity, family strain, self-worth.

  • Family Therapy

    Working with the relationships in a household rather than singling out one person as the problem.

  • Parent Counselling

    Support for the parent, not just the child — behaviour that baffles you, communication that's gone quiet.

  • Life Counselling

    Direction, decisions and burnout. For students and professionals working out what comes next.

  • Oncology/ Chronic Illness Counselling

    Patients dealing with chronic illnesses like cancers/ tumors help them in acceptance and learning to heal.

Find the right support

All 40+ services, grouped by category.

Therapeutic approach

Methods chosen to fit you, explained in plain language

No single method suits everyone. These are the frameworks that inform the work here — usually blended, always adapted. Open any one to see what it actually looks like in a session.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy CBT

Thoughts, feelings and behaviour feed each other. CBT makes that loop visible, then works on it deliberately — noticing the automatic thought, testing whether it holds up, and trying a different response. Structured, practical, and often useful for anxiety, low mood and self-critical thinking.

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy DBT

Built for emotions that arrive fast and hard. DBT teaches concrete skills in four areas: riding out distress without making things worse, regulating emotion, staying present, and holding your ground in relationships. Skills get practised between sessions, not just discussed.

Trauma-informed support

Safety and pacing come before anything else. You are never pushed to recount events you're not ready to revisit. The early work is about stability and choice — building tolerance and a sense of control first, so that looking at painful material later doesn't overwhelm you.

Family therapy

The focus shifts from one individual to the patterns between people — who speaks, who withdraws, which subjects have become undiscussable. Sessions may include the whole family, part of it, or alternate, depending on what's most useful.

Couples & relationship counselling

Most couples don't have a hundred problems; they have three or four that keep resurfacing in different clothes. The work is to slow those cycles down enough to hear what each person is actually asking for, and to rebuild trust and communication from there.

Emotional & thought awareness

Before anything changes, it has to be noticed. This strand of the work builds the vocabulary and attention to catch what you're feeling as it happens, and to spot the thoughts you've repeated so often they now pass for facts.

How therapy works

Four steps, starting with a message

Nothing is committed until you want it to be. The first conversation exists partly so you can decide whether this feels right.

  1. Reach out

    Send a short message or request a session. A sentence or two about what's going on is plenty — you don't need to explain it well.

  2. Initial conversation

    We talk through your concerns, your history where relevant, and what you'd like to be different. You can ask anything about how therapy works.

  3. Personalised support

    We agree on an approach and a rhythm of sessions that suits your situation. It stays open to revision as things develop.

  4. Ongoing growth

    Awareness turns into skills, and skills turn into steadier patterns. Sessions taper when you and the work no longer need them weekly.

About the practice

The calm person in the room who knows how to listen

I'm Harpreet Kaur, a counsellor and family therapist holding an M.Sc. in Counseling and Family Therapy, practising in New Delhi. I've spent 5+ years working with adults, couples, families and young people.

My work starts from the belief that people make sense — that whatever you're doing, however unhelpful it looks from the outside, was once a reasonable response to something. Understanding that usually matters more than being told to stop.

Sessions
Online & in-person
Read more about my approach
Harpreet Kaur, counsellor and family therapist at Antara Therapy

Why this practice

Five principles the work rests on

  1. Listen without judgment.

    You get to say the ungenerous, contradictory, embarrassing version of the thing. That's usually where the useful material is.

  2. Understand before changing.

    Advice given too early rarely sticks. We spend real time on what's happening before deciding what to do about it.

  3. Awareness comes first.

    New patterns need somewhere to land. Noticing the old one as it happens is the skill everything else is built on.

  4. Healing is personal.

    There's no standard timeline and no correct order. What worked for someone else is information, not instruction.

  5. Progress isn't tidy.

    Difficult weeks after good ones are part of it, not evidence that it isn't working.

In clients' words

A reflection from someone who's been here

Shared with written consent and never containing clinical detail.

Five stars. “Antara Therapy has been a safe and supportive space for me. The sessions helped me understand myself better and manage my anxiety. I feel more peaceful and balanced now.” Priya Sharma, Delhi, India.

Questions

Things people usually want to know first

If yours isn't here, ask. There are no silly questions about therapy.

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What happens during the first session?

Mostly talking and listening. You describe what brought you here, I ask questions to understand the shape of it, and we discuss what working together might look like. Nothing is diagnosed or decided on the spot.

How long is a session, and how often?

Sessions run [50/60] minutes. Weekly is common at the start; many people move to fortnightly or monthly as things settle. The rhythm is agreed between us, not fixed.

Is counselling confidential?

Yes. What you share is kept private, with the narrow exceptions professional ethics require — situations involving serious risk to you or someone else. Those limits are explained in the first session so nothing about them is a surprise.

Can I book for my child, or attend as a couple?

Both, yes. Choose Children, Teen, Couple or Family counselling when booking. For a child or teenager, a parent or guardian makes the booking and usually joins part of the first session.

Is therapy right for me?

You don't need a crisis to justify it. Feeling stuck, unclear or persistently low is reason enough. If it turns out a different kind of support would serve you better, I'll say so and help you find it.

What if I need to cancel or reschedule?

Let me know at least [NOTICE PERIOD] in advance and we'll move it at no cost. Full terms are in the cancellation policy.

All frequently asked questions

Fees

Clear fees, stated upfront

All sessions are [50/60] minutes unless noted. Online and in-person are priced the same. Payment is taken at the time of booking.

Session fees in Indian rupees (INR).
Session Duration Format Fee
Initial consultation[20/30] minOnline₹1500
Individual session[50/60] minOnline / in-person₹2500
Couple session[60/75] minOnline / in-person₹4000
Family session[60/75] minOnline / in-person₹4000
Child / teen session[45/50] minOnline / in-person₹2500
Career counselling[50/60] minOnline / in-personEnquire
Life coaching[50/60] minOnlineEnquire

Rescheduling is free with [NOTICE PERIOD] notice. See the cancellation and refund policy for late changes and missed sessions.

Book a Session

Taking the first step doesn't mean you have all the answers.

Sometimes the first step is simply having a conversation. Book a session, or write to us first if you'd rather ask a few questions before committing to anything.

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Questions about fees, formats, whether a particular service fits, or what a first session involves. Replies usually come within 12 to 24 hours.

Practice location
New Delhi
Working hours
9 AM – 1 PM & 5 PM – 10 PM

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