
Post Graduate Diploma in Psychological Counseling, MS - Counselling & Psychotherapy
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Mr. Karthik Madugula is an IITian turned Psychologist who has a genuine interest in the personal growth of everyone who comes in touch with him. Having suffered and grown out of depression, negativity, and addictions in his own life, he has chosen to share his strength and empathy with others. He is a very strong believer that we were all born perfect and all our imperfections are learned behaviours which can be unlearnt, to find peace. He is a strong advocate for the school of thought that 'you' are the key to your own growth and he assumes the role of a facilitator to make it happen quicker and better. He lives and breathes the vision to prevent the possibility of mental illnesses from the face of this planet. He is an avid blogger in the matters of everything related to mental health and psychology. His personal struggle story with depression along with blogs and other relevant information.
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****** ******* *** ********** **** ******* *** ***** **** *** ** *** **** ********* ** ** ***** His holistic approach, especially his 6 Pack Mind Strategy, goes far beyond traditional counseling where someone just listens. Instead, he provides deep insights and practical tools that genuinely help you change the way you see and experience life.
Karthik has helped me shift my perspective in ways I never thought possible. Thanks to him, I’ve learned how to face challenges with strength and clarity, without falling into overwhelming emotions or depression. Words can’t fully capture the depth of support he gave me while I was carrying the grief of losing my father—a pain I held silently for 12 years. No amount of self-help books or spirituality could give me the kind of understanding and healing that Karthik’s guidance did.
Through his perspective, I not only found peace with my own grief, but also became a better person for my family. For years, my loss made me overly protective and anxious about their safety, often losing my calm and panicking. Karthik helped me see life more broadly and approach situations with balance and strength. While I initially sought his help for navigating a stressful work environment and the stress it created, what I received was far more profound—a complete sense of healing and transformation.
Today, I feel happy, confident, and deeply grateful for life. No matter what challenges come my way, I trust in my ability to face them. All thanks to Karthik, who not only guided me through my struggles but also gave me the strength and skills to live with peace, resilience, and gratitude.
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I cannot express enough gratitude for the incredible support and guidance I received from karthik. When I first went to him, I was struggling with low self-esteem, lack of confidence, poor focus, self-doubt, and constant procrastination. Life felt heavy, and I wasn’t sure how to move forward.
Through his sessions, I not only found clarity and understanding of my challenges but also learned practical tools and techniques to overcome them. His compassionate approach, patience, and deep insight made me feel truly understood and supported. Step by step, I started regaining confidence, improving my focus, and most importantly, believing in myself again.
Today, I feel like a completely different person positive, motivated, and capable of tackling challenges with a strong mindset. I now know how to recover, improve, and keep growing. This journey has been life-changing, and I am so thankful for his guidance.
I highly Karthik to anyone who feels stuck or weighed down by self-doubt. He has truly made a profound difference in my life.
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I am deeply grateful to Dr. Karthik for the positive impact he has had on my life. When I first met him, I was struggling with addiction, stress, and uncertainty about my future. He helped me understand that much of the sharp pain and anxiety I was experiencing came from chasing false needs and from not valuing myself enough.
One of the most important lessons he taught me was that it’s okay to feel emotions, but it’s not okay to dwell endlessly on them. That simple shift in perspective gave me strength to move forward. At a time when I was lost about my career choices, he guided me to make conscious decisions without regret—reminding me that at any point in life, we choose based on what we know then, not on what’s possible or impossible.
His “2mm goal” concept has been a game-changer for me. By committing to just two small tasks each day, I was able to regain control and build consistency in my life. Those small steps added up and gave me real progress and confidence.
Meeting Dr. Karthik has truly been a turning point in my journey. His guidance has not only helped me overcome addiction but also given me tools to handle life with clarity and strength. I am sincerely thankful to him.
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I had second thoughts about the service but Karthik made me feel comfortable during the first call and gave me confidence that he could help improve my perspective through his six pack mind sessions. Each session explained how to approach problems in life, break them down and deal with them. Personal problems were discussed in depth and Karthik made sure my way of looking at things changed for each one. I now see things in a brighter light. I recommend his sessions and follow ups as they give confidence to face life challenges and move forward.
Visited For Counselling for Depression & AnxietyInterpersonal Relationship IssuesAnxiety Disorder CounsellingLife sKILLS
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Being in a Good mental state is a boon for leading a happy and healthy life. It takes courage to stand up against all the odds within ourselves.
There were many instances in my life that led me to be under-confident, weak and a person with low self opinion. I had been so weak emotionally that even a tiniest decision /dilemma would bring me nightmares. I was extremely pessimistic towards myself. I was in a very toxic relationship and my partner used to treat me like a trash or abuse me at times. Eventually, I didn’t value myself at all and the incidents in my life deteriorated my mindset quite well. I ended that relationship at a very low note after a long and painful journey. I lost the self-worth in the process.
And It is rightly said- If you can't love yourself, you won't be able to appreciate any good around you.
I am lucky to have found Karthik as my therapist. I contacted him at the time when I felt if someone didn't help me, I may harm myself also. Due to the instances in my life and my mindset towards them, I became really introverted to share the intricacies of situations. But, he made me very comfortable to talk to and is quite different in his approach towards his clients. I remember I used to talk about things too haphazardly and sometimes was very conscious to share issues, which I couldn’t randomly share with anyone, and ended up writing them. But he comprehended all the problems out of the gibberish explanations quite well. I sometimes used to cry during the conversations, but Karthik was very patient and analytical listener. He listened to each and every detail very carefully, analyzing the mindset which brings me into that situation.
To start with, he gave me daily assignments for the week to track down the patterns in my behaviour. We discussed at length about the issues I had faced during the week, and did a why-why analysis of the same to track down the stem of the problems. I used to have abrupt emotional breakdowns, bad temperament and anxiety attacks. He guided me very well to deal with such difficult situations. Slowly but steadily I was able to counter many of such problems by consciously practicing the recommendations given by Karthik in every session.
When I got comfortable with handling basic issues, we stepped up with the progress by taking new assignments and discussed the nuances of the problems & approach towards them. He included me in one of his classroom session wherein I observed that there are people in all ages with diverse kind of problems and challenges in their lives. The sessions were quite interactive and comprised of many group activities which lead everyone to learn and share the problems they are facing and what exactly is their mindset towards those problems. Karthik discussed about the stem of fears among ourselves, difference in value systems of different individuals, leading an inspired journey, being comfortable with not-so –comfortable zone, approach to learn and mindset towards failure. Karthik brought all of us onto same platform and discussed the ways to mould our mindset to manifest best out of us.
Karthik nailed the stem of the problems I faced and illustrated the ways to change the negativity in my mindset. Slowly, he drove me towards self-love and gratitude and helped me to change the approach towards different issues I face in day-to-day life and transformed me into a new and a better human being I am today. The learnings during the session definitely helped me to find the a purpose of my life, which I was completely unaware of.
Today, I look back and don’t recognize the person I was. My close friends and my parents really saw a massive change in my attitude within a year. I am more confident than I was and very much inclined to grow every passing day.
This transformation wouldn’t have been possible so quick without Karthik. His energy levels are always high. No matter how late it is to attend the session, he is fresh in his mind and pushes one to grow out of their nutshells, no matter what. I really get inspired by him. Thanks for helping me!
This is a long review, but it’s something I am really grateful for.
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Dr Karthik is a very good psychiatrist. He has a six pack mind model which rewires our mind and can change the way a person thinks. His sessions are well spaced and the meditations and material created by him is of top quality. This six pack model is very good and can induce positive thinking into a person's mind.
Visited For Career CounsellingMarriage/ Marital CounsellingPersonal developmentStressPost Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Hi, my name is xxx and I want to keep this short. I always dream of going to UK which was my dream and I had to work and put a lot of effort to achieve that, however due to some external factor I had to come to India for a week and that one week became a month and I had to stay back in India, my whole world came crumbling down as that was my dream, I had to take up a call center job and that time I had not even thought in my wildest dream that I would be working in a call center after spending so much time and money, I had lost interest in life and career and was constantly frustrated with myself and my spouse as she did not support my idea of going back, and then she introduced me to Mr. Karthik Madugula, I thought lets humor her request as I never believed in visiting counselor, so after meeting him I see that he was young and you can feel that you are not talking to a counselor but some one who you can relate to, he was quite open with what he said and I was able to open up with him and vent my frustration, after my first visit I was like okay now I visited I know what to do, however he took time to visit me at my place and gave regular guidance and motivation, he gave me good examples of situation where he was able to take control of things and let bad emotions go, he showed me a clear perspective on life and encouraged me to take up more activities, after 2 months of meeting him my first change was my appearance, I was at 85 KG and I came down to 75 KG, the motivation which I got forced me to prove that I can do something, now I have different outlook and have 2 to 3 options open and am confident that I can go forward in life with the motto "if you think and put effort you can". I want to conclude by saying that Karthik is not someone who is fantastic or some one who has a magic want to make your problems disappear, but he is your regular guy who you will be able to relate to and some one who can show you the path to approach life, thanks again for the help !!
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I think lists are more readable that paragraphs so below am listing all the things I absolutely admire about my life coach:
1. I was such a hot mess when I met Karthik for the first time.
I had many problems but I was unable to articulate even a single one and that's when Karthik started telling me about his past.
His being so unabashed and so chill about his past life encouraged me to talk openly about my problems.
2. TBH the first session wasn't going at all the way I hoped it to go, midway through the session I was thinking: "Am not gonna come back ever". Karthik being the absolute genius he is sensed it I guess and changed the whole approach. I felt super light when I left that session, I felt like I have found someone who can help me pull my life together.
3. I just don't understand how he does it but he has always been reachable and available when I needed him, there are moments when one just can't keep one's head from spinning. I knew I had someone to count on.
4. There have been times when I just keep blabbering stuff, not knowing what the real issue is, and he just gets to the root and puts it in real words. He truly is a genius.
I guess I have written a really bad review, I mean I haven't included any technicalities because I have been super emotional about this whole process.
You need to meet him to know how amazing he can make your life.
Go to him even if you don't have any problems, he is the one who can make you realise your own potential.
Sky is the limit they say, wait till he introduces to new galaxies :)
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I had a terrible marriage and I went into depression. I was in chaos and lacked direction. I accepted unacceptable things in my marriage just for the sake of saving it and was not completely ready to go for divorce. Lies, betrayal, violence was common in my marriage and I was not ready to discuss the most crucial part that I was married to a person of different sexual orientation. I was emotionally involved and was not ready to accept that my marriage was unsustainable. I tried to do everything but I failed. And I was also devastated by the continuous infidelity by my husband. My in-laws were also torturing me with all possible ways from verbal to physical abuse. I was completely broken. But still, I had no courage to come out of the agony I was living in. Then I met Karthik and I am glad that I decided to take sessions from him. He unlocked all the confusions and dilemma I had and gave me direction. Even he was available on messages and calls at midnight to help me out with my emotional trouble. He helped me to understand that my marriage was unsustainable and also helped me to accept the reality which I didn't want to accept. Married to a person with different sexual orientation and weird sexual desires ruins you and your existence. And the marriage becomes a nightmare. Even I have accepted the brutal beating by my husband. I don't think I would be able to describe the pain and torture I have gone through in words. Karthik started giving me clarity and direction. He answered all my queries and helped me to see a future without my husband. After taking sessions from Karthik I decided to go for divorce and that was the right decision of my life. And now I am happy and at peace with myself and my surroundings. I have clarity and direction in my life. Karthik makes himself available for his patients 24/7 and helps them in decision making. ** ** *** ** *** **** ************** ** ***** *** I wish him good luck for his future.
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Dr. Karthik is a very understanding and supportive counsellor. His sessions are focused, practical, and help you see results in less time. He listens patiently and guides in a way that feels simple to follow in daily life. I noticed real improvements within a few sessions and highly recommend him to anyone looking for genuine counselling support.