Counselling for elderly parents — and for the people caring for them

Yes, for older adults in South Delhi — broadly within a few kilometres of our Green Park clinic, so Hauz Khas, Safdarjung Enclave, SDA, Gulmohar Park, Greater Kailash, Defence Colony and nearby. A visit is ₹2,000 for one hour and ₹1,000 for each additional hour. Visits are arranged by enquiry rather than booked online, because availability and travel have to be checked first — message us on WhatsApp with your area and we will tell you honestly whether we can reach you.

Book a session for yourself. This is how a large share of families here begin. A session can work on how to raise it in a way that does not feel like an accusation, what tends to make an older parent dig in, and what you can change in the meantime. Many parents agree later, once it stops feeling like something being done to them.

A home visit is ₹2,000 for a one-hour session, and ₹1,000 for each additional hour, within the South Delhi areas we cover. So a two-hour visit is ₹3,000 and a three-hour visit is ₹4,000. There is no package, no joining fee and no minimum number of visits, and you pay per visit. Outside the listed areas we quote on enquiry, since it depends on travel. Online and clinic sessions are priced separately — ask us and we will tell you plainly.

No. Diagnosis of dementia, Alzheimer's and related conditions is made by neurologists and psychiatrists, usually with medical investigations, and we do not do that here. What we do is support the person and the family living with memory problems — the distress, the changed relationships, the grief that comes before any loss, and the strain on whoever is doing the caring. Where an assessment looks necessary, we say so and refer.

No. We do not provide attendants, nurses, physiotherapy, medication management or day-to-day care, and we are not a care home. We are psychologists — the work is talking therapy for the emotional side of ageing and caring. Many families use us alongside a care agency rather than instead of one.

Yes, and this is a common arrangement. Sessions with your parent can run online or, within South Delhi, at home; sessions with you run online and are scheduled around your time zone. Some families use a combination, with occasional joint sessions. What is discussed with your parent stays confidential to them unless they agree otherwise — we will be clear with everyone about that from the start.

Yes, and these are among the most common reasons older adults come. Retirement can remove structure, status and daily company all at once, and bereavement in later life often arrives alongside reduced mobility and a shrinking social circle. Therapy will not replace what has gone, but it gives the loss somewhere to be spoken about and helps rebuild what can be rebuilt.

It is one of the main things we work with. Caregiver exhaustion, resentment you are ashamed of, disagreements with siblings about what should happen, and the guilt that follows all of it are ordinary responses to a genuinely hard situation, not a failure of love. Sessions for caregivers are booked in your own name and are yours, not your parent's.

For many, yes — particularly where getting out of the house is difficult. It usually works best when someone helps set up the first call; after that most people manage. Where video is genuinely a barrier, a home visit within South Delhi may suit better, and for some families a session at the clinic is a welcome outing rather than a chore.

A qualified psychologist from our team, whose name, qualification and photograph we send you before the visit so you know who to expect at the door. Everyone visiting is identity-verified and reference-checked, carries clinic ID, and has been briefed on working with older adults. You can request a female psychologist and we will arrange it wherever possible. It will be the same person each time unless you ask otherwise — continuity matters more than convenience here.

Yes. An older adult is an adult, and their sessions are confidential to them in the same way yours would be — even when you are the one paying. Your therapist will tell everyone at the outset what will and will not be shared, and will raise anything that points to a serious risk to their safety. If you need support yourself, the right route is your own sessions rather than reports on theirs.