Ms. Diya Chakraborty

A friend had asked me to reach out to Diya a couple of years back and she was in total praise of her. I did not understand what it all meant then. In fact, I remember visiting Practo and reading the glorious recommendations written by folks then. Now, after a couple of years of therapy with Diya, I realise what those words meant. And here I am sharing my own experience to help you decide just like I did.

Before I say anything, a big shoutout to Diya whose presence in itself is therapeutic, vibrant and full of life!

What I love the most about her is that she listens to you ever so patiently and picks up the nuance from the sea of emotions to ask the right questions. These questions serve as the best guide to uncover behavioural patterns and to deep dive into certain feelings. In doing so, what I appreciate the most about her technique is that she is a natural and that you can trust her like your own self! Her approach is effortless and speaking to her feels like a conversation you are having with your own self - without fears and judgement. She creates that safe space for you to become aware about your feelings, mental jungle-gyming and mostly anything. And that too without it all seeming like an uphill task.

After almost two years of being in therapy with Diya, I have seen a sea of change in my ability to deal with the difficult circumstances, conflicts, failures as well as embrace the beautiful things in life. Our conversations have been a source of awareness for me to pause and learn about how I deal with my relationships, any situation, how these make me feel overall and what I could do to change it. For instance, Diya has helped me resolve conflicts within relationships - my relationship with my self, my partner, close family members, friends, colleagues, bosses and more. In doing so we have established certain recurrent patterns and that acts like an internal compass.

Diya is a superstar therapist and I strongly recommend her! If you are still making up your mind just like I was a few years ago then I take the liberty, as my friend did, to nudge you to trust her and go for it!

Best wishes,

Priyanka

This testimony is long overdue. I reached out to Diya when I was experiencing a lot of personal stress in my life. This was during covid wave 1 in 2020. Diya and I continued for almost 8 months averaging a session every week for this duration.

In this journey, what stood out about Diya was:

A) How approachable she is. She has a very positive, enthusiastic and friendly presence. This helped me get very comfortable very early to be able to confide in her, share openly with her and that helped immensely.

B) How she is very quick to grasp onto the smaller nuances in our conversations and ask very pertinent follow-up questions to dive deep. This helped us go deep on multiple issues and generate insights that could easily have slipped out of conversation.

C) How she is direct in the best professional way. She always called a spade a spade, and was very honest/candid with her views and assessment. There was no beating around the bush or sugarcoating facts, all this while staying true to the conversational style of discussion and while remaining infinitely patient through my monologues.

I would strongly recommend Diya. From experience, I know and understand how difficult it can be to find the right therapist who works for you. With Diya, those odds are really good. All the very best with your mental health journey and hope this testimony helps you.

I have been working with Diya for quite some time now. Her approach is quite different from my previous therapists. She has always listened to what I had to say and shared her unbiased point of view. My sessions never felt like a one-sided conversation with her. I have never felt like I went to her with a problem so that she can give me her opinion about it. Rather, with her, it always felt like we were both working towards me discovering myself. Each session I had with her, taught me so much about myself. I have always felt like she is genuinely invested in my health and problems.

Whenever she feels like I am going through a really tough time during a session, she checks up on me in between sessions too even though we meet every week. She is extremely funny, kind and a great listener. She has given me a fresh perspective and something to think about in all our sessions together.

I would strongly recommend her to anyone seeking help with mental health issues. She is very intuitive, makes you feel super comfortable and is just an outstanding therapist!