BODHI

Bodhi Counseling and Psychological Clinic for Integrated Trauma Recovery and Psychotherapy

We all know what to do when we are physically injured, but it is a bitter truth that we are so unaware about what to do when our mind gets hurt. We don't know how to handle our negative thoughts, our negative emotions like anger and depression, lack of self confidence, loneliness or criticism. Even high achievers and successful people are finding it hard to cope with stress.

It is proven that depression, anxiety & stress can affect our physical health. Stress affect our immune system and can amplify infections. It's time we give our mental health the importance that it deserves.

Our quality of life is largely affected by our mindset and attitude. And what we are today is moulded by our genetics and our childhood experiences. Most of the things that are 'wrong' about us might have been learnt in our childhood. And yet, we make the same mistake with our kids,by imposing our own insecurities on to them.

And true empowerment of our kids should also address their scholastic issues. Attention problems and Scholastic backwardness are so widespread and require expert care in resolving them without harming our kids.

Most of the parents & teachers don't know why the kids act like the way they do or why the kids couldn't achieve better scores in exams. They end up yelling and punishing the kids without being aware of the damage they are causing.

Bodhi addresses each of these concerns by providing impeccable services and valuable ideas to resolve these crises.

We wish to make counseling and therapy services more accessible to everyone so that the issues that we face could be approached from a psychological perspective. We assure a completely confidential approach and we are Queer Affirmative too.

ABOUT
DR. CHANDANA D. KARATHULLY

Founder, Ayurveda Physician and Consultant Psychologist, Bodhi.

Proven achiever in every academic activity she had pursued Dr. Chandana is a State rank holder in Ayurveda Medicine and University Topper in Clinical Psychology.

Apart from being a medical practitioner, she is a writer, entrepreneur, an obsessive hard worker and learner. Her work is dedicated to guiding children and adults in finding their inner strength in facing difficult situations.

Her passion in delivering a health care system giving importance to improving both our and our children's mental health has given birth to Bodhi.

Bodhi is her idea, her wisdom of the importance of psychological awareness that can help people take charge of their lives. She believes in the power that lies within every human to take action that can help them move forward instead of blaming others. The traditional methods of suppressing uncomfortable negative emotions has taken a toll on our emotional resilience. Through different services we provide through Bodhi, we believe we can create a change.

She is an ardent contributor to different fields which are very much relevant to modern life, such as Preventive and Lifestyle Medicine, Positive Psychology, Health Psychology, Stress Management, Personal Coaching, Education, Family and Child Psychology, Individual Training for Children, Physical and Mental Health Education.

She completed her medical graduation in Ayurveda Medicine and Surgery from one of the most reputed Ayurveda Colleges in India, Govt. Ayurveda Medical College and Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram. She did her post graduation in Clinical Psychology from the Department of Psychology, Prajyoti Niketan College, Thrissur (Calicut University). She had received numerous awards and gold medal for her academic achievements.

She has also published several research articles in scientific journals and articles in leading newspapers.

HOW BODHI WORKS

We all face challenges in our day to day life. Sometimes all we need is a helping hand who can guide us in taking steps to resolve our issues. When faced with difficult situations, we all require such a non judgmental listener who can help us in moving forward. Sometimes we need someone to help us understand our situation better, so that we can have a clarity to go ahead. Bodhi aims to provide you just that.

Bodhi aim to deliver that by providing counseling services, articles, videos and other online services. We provide non judgmental, strictly confidential services through which you can receive the help you deserve.

Our content of articles and videos are enriched with incredible ideas, strategies and techniques to help you take charge of your life and face your stressors more confidently.

Our Child & Parent Counseling and Remedial Training Wing:

We at Bodhi, first find out why the child couldn't learn fast as they should; and after diagnosing the problem, we train the child in overcoming it through our remedial training methods. A child may be scholastically backward due to many reasons that may range from learning disability, mental retardation to mild attention deficits, lack of study habits and lack of sufficient age appropriate academic base. Diagnosing why the child couldn't score marks, can open up the methods to be used to correct the problem.

Our remedial training modalities are coupled with acceptance and encouragement so that the kids won't feel disappointed with their challenges. Our attitude towards the children is rooted in openness, unconditional positive regard and acceptance. Our training sessions are based on perseverance and are structured that the children can realize their strengths through experience. They will find themselves improving through their hardwork under our guidance. Our key aim is to nurture self confidence and self concept in children so that they will be motivated in believing in themselves and their abilities, which can help them fly higher.

We also couple our training with parental counseling so that the parents can gain insight onto how they can support their kids. We help the parents in gaining insight on how we influence the inner psyche of our kids and trains them in gaining new skills and strategies to motivate and empower our kids.