Ms. Daksha Dhariwal
M.Phil - Clinical Psychology
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Ms. Daksha Dhariwal is a Clinical Psychologist based in Bengaluru. She holds an M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology from Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, and an MSc in Psychology from the Indian Institute of Psychology and Research, Bengaluru. She has worked extensively with adolescents, individuals in young and middle adulthood, addressing a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, phobias, ADHD, and personality disorders. With over 700 hours of direct psychotherapy experience, Daksha’s approach is both evidence-based and deeply personal, tailored to the unique needs of every client.Daksha believes that the therapeutic relationship itself is central to healing. She values creating a safe, validating, and reassuring space for clients while also being mindful of when and how much to provide validation and reassurance. By carefully balancing empathy with therapeutic boundaries, she helps clients feel understood while fostering their own strength and agency.Her therapeutic style places strong emphasis on attachment, relational healing, and creating corrective emotional experiences. She integrates experiential, cognitive, behavioral and emotion focused techniques to help clients. She offers depth-oriented healing that supports long-term change. In addition, Daksha is trained during her MPhil journey in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Interpersonal Psychotherapy and Schema Therapy. She actively practices mindfulness herself and brings this presence into her therapeutic work, helping clients develop resilience, self-compassion, and emotional balance.At the heart of her work, Daksha believes therapy is not just about reducing symptoms but about healing, growth, and fostering resilience. She brings warmth, curiosity, and compassion into the therapy room, helping clients explore their inner world and build meaningful, lasting change.
Patient Stories for Ms. Daksha Dhariwal
Well getting a therapist is a very personal choice and varies from person to person. For me Daksha has been the right fit
1. She’s very empathetic and process oriented
2. She’s very keen to the attention to detail which is a part of my personality as well and it was a genuine match
3. She lets the other person speak as much as they want and then calmly assesses the situation and then brings about why’s on what we are feeling and how it’s a normal thing
4. She has helped me a lot in understanding myself, my inner emotions, triggers and how to work around them
5. When I started with her I was borderline depressed and had a lot of trouble coping with my personal and professional life
6. From being suicidal to me able to cope up with my life difficulties and building a healthy relationship around myself has been really helpful
7. The work we are doing together has helped me understand and see myself through a lens that I didn’t know even existed
8. Her recommendations and advices are backed by proper case studies and research
9. Even after the sessions she takes time to review my files and nudge our theraphy in a direction that has helped me vastly
10. I would highly recommend her to people with childhood traumas, professional problems as well as very highly recommended for relationship problems
Daksha is very empathetic and supporting of whatever the situation is. She helped me understand my inner monologues and also gave me very useful insights. I would truly recommend her.
I would recommend Ms. Daksha Dhariwal as a doctor.
I had a very positive experience with Ms. Daksha Dhariwal. She was attentive, professional, and made me feel comfortable like I was talking to a friend. Overall, it was a safe and supportive space to share my thoughts.
I highly recommend Ms. Daksha Dhariwal as a doctor for her care.
Ms. Daksha Dhariwal was patient-friendly and communicated very well. She provided a good and professional diagnosis and was helpful throughout the consultation. Overall, it was a good experience.
I had a very encouraging and motivating session with Ms. Daksha Dhariwal. She was consoling and supportive throughout, and I want to continue with her. The consultation was worth the fees paid.
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