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Psychotherapy, educational and testing specialists with 30 years of mental health expertise in India.

30/11/2025

Cyberbullying happens when someone uses phones, social media, or messaging apps to insult, threaten, humiliate, or isolate. It can be constant, public, and difficult to escape because it follows children even after the school day is over.

For young people, the emotional impact can be severe: anxiety, fear of going online, dropping grades, or withdrawal from family. Unlike a playground bully, a cyberbully can hide behind a screen, making the victim feel powerless.

Counselling with us can help children process the pain, rebuild confidence, and learn healthy digital boundaries.

25/11/2025

Children can’t always stop bullying, but they can learn how to protect themselves. As adults, our role is to empower them, not just comfort them.

At Chetana, we urge parents to teach your child to: Speak firmly and walk away as silence fuels the bully’s power. Stay close to friends and safe adults as they’re stronger in groups. Tell a trusted teacher, parent, or counsellor immediately.

Encourage role-play at home. How to respond, how to stay calm, how to seek help. Words become a shield when practised with love and guidance. Most importantly, assure your child that asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness.

18/11/2025

Bullying doesn’t always come from peers. Sometimes, it comes from adults too. When an adult constantly mocks, shames, controls, or belittles a child, it’s emotional bullying.

Adults who grew up without emotional safety may unconsciously repeat harsh patterns, believing criticism toughens children. But instead, it damages their confidence and trust.

When adults learn empathy and emotional regulation, they teach children resilience instead of fear. Seeking counselling can help parents understand their own triggers and create a safer emotional environment for their kids.

11/11/2025

Bullying is not just “kids being kids.” It’s a repeated pattern of behaviour where one person tries to harm, humiliate, or control another physically, verbally, socially, or even online.

Bullying can look like teasing, exclusion, spreading rumours, name-calling, or using social media to embarrass someone. For the child on the receiving end, it creates deep fear, shame, and self-doubt.

As parents and caregivers, it’s important to notice the small signs. Changes in mood, withdrawal, reluctance to go to school, or sudden silence. Bullying thrives in secrecy. Talking openly about it gives children courage to speak up.

31/10/2025

In our counselling work, emotional transference is used as a tool for healing.

Our clients often project feelings onto their therapist, seeing them as a parent, critic, rescuer, or even an old friend. Our therapists are trained to gently help them notice these patterns without judgement.

By exploring how you relate to your therapist, you begin to understand how you relate to others in life. Far from being a “mistake,” transference in therapy is a mirror. And in that reflection, you will see yourself more clearly than ever before.

28/10/2025

Transference isn’t always painful. It can also be healing.

Positive transference happens when you project warmth or trust onto someone, like when you instantly feel safe with a new neighbour or colleague. It can create connection and healing.

Negative transference is when past wounds cause irritation, anger, or mistrust towards someone who reminds you of an earlier hurt. You might pull away, feel misunderstood, or assume rejection.

Both types are natural. So, instead of blaming yourself or others for overreactions, just pause and ask: “Is this about now, or something from before?”

21/10/2025

Emotional transference comes in many forms, which can help you identify relationship patterns. Here are three common types:

1. Parental: Seeing a boss, partner, or friend as a “parent figure.” You might seek approval or feel punished like you did as a child.

2. Sibling: Treating someone as you did a brother or sister. You may be competing, protecting, or resenting them without a real reason.

3. Romantic: Feeling drawn to someone not because of who they are, but because they resemble someone from your past emotionally.

We can help you start recognising similar patterns in order to gain freedom from them. And you'll begin to respond to people as they are, not as symbols of your past.

16/09/2025

What's in it for you when you help without expecting anything in return? Whether it’s your time, kindness, or simply a listening ear, you’re nourishing your own mind and heart too.

Your stress reduces, your mood lifts, and your sense of self-worth grows stronger. Giving helps to reduce loneliness and can even improve physical health.

Every act counts. Each act may seem small, but inside you, it creates ripples of happiness and calm. Go ahead and get your "helper's high"!

08/09/2025

Here's a rather simple but important message that could change your life. Today, we are talking about the benefits of altruism, meaning, being kind without expectations.

Altruism refers to behavior that benefits another person or reduces their distress without any extrinsic advantage—and often a cost to you. So why do it?

For the feeling of wellbeing, of course. Nothing feels better than giving selflessly, even if you've got less. Research says that the act of giving cuts off negative emotions. Try it today and let us know how you feel.

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Fatimanagar Road
Pune
411040

Telephone

09822653019

Website

http://chetanacounselling.com/

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