Vijayalakshmi is a RCI registered clinical psychologist with working experience of 9 years. She has completed her M.Phil in Clinical Psychology from NIMHANS, Bangalore. Interested in individual therapy along with couple therapy. Conducted many awareness programs on substance use disorders. Her areas of expertise are in women and child mental health. She has a good experience in handling children who have school refusals, personality disorder, anxiety disorder and substance use disorder. She has worked in PSYMED hospital Chennai and had private practice simultaneously. She has also trained many interns from psychology and social work backgrounds and conducted classes for the interns. While working in Psymed hospital she was part of the research team and has conducted psychometric tests for participants. She believes in therapeutic alliance – a healthy relationship brings a better quality of life. She uses an eclectic approach and attachment related work with her clients. She prefers ACT, CBT, DBT, schema-focused therapy, emotion-focused therapy. 

What is therapy to me? I consider therapy to be like a spa, wherein a client can relax one’s inner beauty, cleanse their mind and help them “groom” themselves to be the best version of who they are. It’s like an anchor that helps one to build healthy relationships, which in turn brings about healthy changes in oneself.

Therapeutic approach: I believe in client-centered approach where I engage in scaffolding with clients. I believe in being with the client through their journey of therapy and then slowly weaning off, as they gain skills and perspectives to manage their challenges.

Areas of Expertise: Personality disorders, anxiety disorders, behavioral and emotional disorders in children and adolescents, Adult ADHD

Languages known: English & Tamil

Rates:

Individual Therapy: Rs.1900 ; Couple Therapy: Rs.2500