Dr. George Palackal (PhD)

I attended a six-session marital counselling programme along with my wife, and I found the entire experience extremely valuable and transformative. The six-session model was very well structured, systematic, and thoughtfully designed, with each session building meaningfully upon the previous one.

Dr George explained and guided us through various approaches, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and other practical therapeutic techniques. What particularly stood out was his friendly, understanding, and non-judgmental approach, which made it easy for both of us to openly communicate and reflect on our thoughts, behaviours, and relationship. The assignments and exercises given during the sessions were highly effective. They encouraged us to actively apply what we learned rather than merely discuss our problems during the sessions. His approach focuses less on dwelling on the problem and more on helping us understand the situation, identify solutions, and find practical ways to move forward.

The counselling also gave us a completely new perspective on relationships, communication, and life in general - one that I believe can be applied universally, even beyond marital relationships. Most importantly, I could genuinely feel a positive change in our thinking and approach by the end of the six sessions. I am very grateful for the guidance and perspective provided throughout the programme. I would strongly recommend his counselling to couples who are looking to understand each other better, improve communication, overcome challenges, and build a healthier and more positive relationship.

I came into counselling at a point in my life when I felt overwhelmed and unsure of how to make sense of everything I was going through. What I appreciated most was that the sessions were not just about talking about problems - there was a clear structure and purpose to each session.

Over six sessions, the combination of CBT, ACT and Logotherapy helped me look at my thoughts, emotions, behaviours, values and relationships in a completely different way. I learnt to step back from my thoughts, understand my patterns, accept what I cannot control, and most importantly, think about how I want to respond to the situations life puts me in.

What made the experience particularly meaningful was the way the sessions were conducted - with patience, clarity, compassion and without judgement. I never felt that I was simply being given advice; I was guided towards finding my own answers.

I am genuinely grateful for the experience. These six sessions gave me a sense of clarity at a time when I needed it most, and I would wholeheartedly recommend him to anyone looking for counselling that is structured, thoughtful and deeply meaningful.

Dr. George is a good listener and understands the root cause of our problems perfectly. He uses various tools and techniques to address the issues without hurting the persons emotions and feelings. After periods of regular sessions with me and my wife we understood our issues and came to an understanding to support each other. One day during our session me and my wife exchanged our wedding rings and that time was very emotional. I strongly recommend Dr. George to the couples having fights. Sure you will get solutions. Dr. George is now considered a part of our family. God bless his services and wishing him to continue forever.

He has a systematic approach, a calm presence and a patient but effective solution to helping two people understand their differences and similarities and somehow bridge that gap and slowly grow together. It was a huge wakeup call for me personally and really helped me save my marriage.

Much positive experience! Made it easy for me to open up. Very much insightful and his thoughtful questions helped to explore and understand myself better. Would highly recommend.

Dr. George is amazing. He took time to understand the issues, explained the possible solutions, how to manage the situation, shared exercises to be done offline etc. I can see the changes after completing the sessions with Dr. George. I am happy to recommend Dr. George.

Dr. Palackal is very silent and curious when you start speaking. He lets you tackle the problem on your own but he will provide you with sharpened tools and equipment to face your problems.

He is a good listener but then he should also provide suggestions and actionable insights more by tracking patterns. I'm only 5 sessions old but I think it takes time for pattern recognition.

He gives you friendly grandfather vibes who helps and builds you to deal with problems independently.

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The reason I feel comfortable is grandpa vibes, I was looking for a male therapist for a long time and he is closer to my location but he is a little expensive.

Dr. George's treatment is very methodical and he makes effort to explain the process and provides very valuable feedback with examples and follow up work in printed copy. I had consulted him for marital counselling and his sessions really helped us to identify the issues and helped us to bring some change in our relationship. Will have to take all the suggestions provided during the sessions and adopt to avoid the misunderstanding and other conflicts for better future. Would like to recommend him for marital counseling as it is effective.

I highly recommend Brother George for any kind of individual, marital and family counselling. He is an excellent psychologist and a very good trained counselor. First and foremost I highly appreciate his empathetic approach, his patient and non judgemental listening to one's issues and concerns and high confidentiality of our conversations which help us to share our issues very comfortably with him. I highly appreciate his professional and humane approach when we are sharing our personal difficulties to him. He made me felt heard which calmed me and helped me understand the issues I was facing. He then patiently explained and taught me how to manage my problematic situations very calmly and confidently. He was never in a rush to finish any of the sessions quickly. He also uses globally and medically accepted medical questionnaires and forms and his careful observations and good expertise help him in analysing the various psychological issues and challenges one is facing and explains those to us in a very friendly manner. He is a good motivator and encourages us to help us overcome the issues we are facing. He also helps us in discovering our unique individual strengths and motivates us helping us gain our confidence back. His medical, scientific and professional approaches to diagnose one's mental health issues is quite excellent. He also takes time to explain the reasons for our present thoughts that are contributing to our issues that were bothering us. He also ensures that we understood all the advices very well before we leave our sessions. His good sound advices and solutions have helped me to overcome my personal problems. His suggested methods, books and advices have really helped me to gain my self confidence back. He also taught me how to tackle stressful situations in a calm manner and after following his advices, I feel very strong and confident now. After the counselling sessions at his office, he also contacted me to check if I was doing okay and fine. I am very thankful to him and I would like to wish him all the very best and may God bless him and his work abundantly! Thank you Brother 🙏

I’m really grateful for the support and guidance I received from Dr. George. What stood out most was his detailed, multifaceted approach to understanding and addressing problems rather than giving generic advice. He took the time to deeply understand the root causes, provided structured guidance, and shared thoughtful handouts and practical resources that were genuinely helpful outside sessions as well. His approach felt both highly analytical and empathetic.

I would 100% recommend anyone struggling with depression, even as severely as I was, to reach out to him. He gave me hope that getting better was possible; something I had lost before meeting him.