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If you find yourself feeling low, anxious, or feeling preoccupied with certain thoughts about a past event or an upcoming life situation or if you feel unable to cope with various stresses coming up for you, please know that help is at hand and there is an end to it.
What to do if you are struggling currently?
Everyday living can come with its ups and downs.
At times however, events and situations occur that challenge our ability to cope and deal with them. Perhaps, memories and people from our past re-emerge, or we find that the everyday things that brought us joy do not do so anymore. We may be feeling lonely, sad, stressed, exhausted, angry or helpless. Reaching out and asking for help is the first step in caring for yourself in a deep, meaningful way.
Who am I and what do I do?
As a psychologist, I provide one-to-one therapy sessions to adult individuals in English and other Indian languages. I am based in Bordeaux, France but I also offer sessions to people in other parts of France as well as abroad. I facilitate a warm, empathetic, non-judgmental environment within therapy to promote trust and ease to share and reflect on issues you might be dealing with. I am aware that life and living come with their own challenges and hardships. With that in mind, I also offer sessions online through a secure platform to you if you are not able to come in person to my practice. I also run two groups on Stress Reduction and Sleep Clinic. The first one being an eight-week programme and the other one, a six-week programme. To know more and/or to register, please get in touch with me. My work with you through psychotherapy and counselling will be aimed to alleviate any distress or anxiety or low mood you might be experiencing currently. My goal is to help you lead a healthier, more self-aware and balanced life.
What can I help you with?
I am trained to help individual adults struggling with:
How do I work in therapy?
In my work with you, I work through a therapeutic approach called Integrative Therapy. Integrative Therapy can help you to understand your thoughts, engage with your emotions in a much deeper way and alter behaviors to bring in positive change in your life. Within the therapeutic relationship between you and I; trust, collaboration, respect and commitment form the foundation. I will actively work with you to find new ways for you to lead a healthier, more productive and fulfilling life. Difficulties in life and living are a part of being human. I aim to help you to develop skills to tackle current issues and promote resilience within you so that you are better equipped to deal with further issues in your future. We are all born resilient; the way we identify and strengthen it; is the key to emotional well-being.
If you are curious to know a bit more about Integrative Therapy, you can check out my video next to this article.
Dr. Sunayana Nature Baruah
I am a Licensed Clinical & Counselling Psychologist working in France. I graduated from the Professional Doctorate programme in Counselling Psychology of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. I am a Chartered Psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI). I am also a member of the International Psychoanalytical Association(IPA).I have worked with adults of all age groups in hospitals, primary care clinics and private practices across India, Ireland and now in France. I have trained extensively in working with people who had experienced trauma in their lives. I specialise in helping people with eating disorders and body image issues as I completed my doctoral research in this area of mental health. I also work with couples, especially intercultural couples experiencing difficulties in their relationships and/or marriages. I now live and work in France as I have family here. I am an expatriate, belonging to a minority group, whilst having personal and family connections in a different country. I truly understand the lived experience of the challenges that come with it. I am here to offer you support as a professional and as an individual.
Contact Details
I am currently on extended leave until the 31st of January 2025. I shall be back at work on Monday, the 3rd of February, 2025.
Please feel free to contact my colleagues, Victoria Sanders at +33 652955762, victoriasanders.
Note
Please note, MindCare is a psychology based service and not psychiatry. No medications and prescriptions would be provided. MindCare is not an emergency service provider. If you are in a crisis, please contact ambulance services in your country.
If you are in France, please contact SAMU at 15.
