Ms. Hvovi Bhagwagar
MA - Psychology
Psychotherapist,
Counselling Psychologist
25 Years Experience Overall (24 years as specialist)
98% (121 patients)
Ms Hvovi Bhagwagar is a Psychologist and Psychotherapist, with over 20 years of experience as a clinical practitioner in her independent venture “Manashni” at Powai, Mumbai. She did her Masters in Clinical Psychology from SNDT, University, Mumbai and is currently a Ph.D scholar at Tata Inst of Social Sciences (TISS). She is also an “International Affiliate” with the American Psychological Association (APA). Apart from private practice she also volunteers with NGOs and writes regularly for various publications. Her private practice involves providing treatment to clients with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and adult survivors of abuse and neglect. Her area of interest is in working with Psychological trauma and she has undergone trainings and supervision for working with complex traumatization. She has also presented papers and posters at various National and International conferences on Trauma Care, and trained groups of students and mental health professionals on Trauma Counselling.Raising awareness on Mental Health has been an area of passion for her and she been invited as a trainer and panel expert at various Mental Health events organised by Times of India, Holy Spirit Hospital, Arpan, Godrej, NHRD, Vasantha Memorial, Schizophrenia Awareness Association, Tata Communications, PatientsEngage, NIIT, BARC, Fortis Hospital among others. She also writes to raise awareness about Mental Health through her blog, and through the media. A few articles and quotes have been featured in Mumbai Mirror, MidDay, Femina, Bombay Times, DNA, Hindustan Times, Complete Wellbeing among a few. For the kiddy newspaper RobinAge, she ran a Personality Quiz Section, creating over 46 original quizzes for children.Following the Mental health crisis during the COVID-19 Pandemic, she was part of a radio show and various other social media initiatives imparting psycho-education on Mental health. She is currently a Panel expert for Bipolar India, a peer support group for Bipolar Disorder and Depression that hosts monthly meetings to support the needs of the community. She has also initiated two EMDR supervision groups for clinical practitioners with EMDR consultants from the US and Europe. Hvovi lives by the belief that being a good psychotherapist comes from being a good human being. In her endeavour towards balance, she has discovered that spirituality, writing and volunteer activities bring the inner peace she needs for effective therapeutic work. She has been awarded "Women's Achiever 2017" by the Young Environmentalists and is also the recent recipient of the Times Healthcare Achiever Award, 2018 in the Young Achiever category from the Times of India. Her endeavour is to bring to India and make available to clients more advanced and approaches to mental health. She believes that the path to happiness is stable metal health and her dream is to spread as much awareness about mental illness as possible through her work.
Visited For Psychological Problems
Happy with: Doctor friendlinessExplanation of the health issue
A long journey begins with the first step. Which was good! Empathetic counsellor. Safe space for now and for future also hopefully.
Visited For Personal development
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Hvovi has a great professional approach to the therapy sessions - is punctual and builds a connect. She has a great approach and does an in-depth understanding of the situation before proceeding with the healing process.
I have been doing developmental work with her for close to a decade and she has been an enabler and catalyst, responsible for the outstanding results we’ve been able to achieve.
Please bear in mind, therapy is a slow process a lot of work is self driven, there is no magic pill.
Visited For Online Counselling
Happy with: Treatment satisfaction
Very knowledgeable and using the apt tools to help . Also puts all the sharing into the right perspective.
The very thought of undergoing treatment for depression makes you uncomfortable and afraid.however Dr.Hvovi not only made me feel at home the moment I walked in but she was so careful and gentle in the entire process leading to the start of sessions that I developed confidence in my ability to overcome it. The tests I underwent *** **** **** ******* *** ******** results pertaining to what my issues were, then the sessions have with time not only made me calm and much jovial on a daily basis but has made me look at this issue with much open mind.i feel very free to share every intricate details with her and the sessions are absolutely worth it and makes you so positive and forward looking to the treatment. It is helping me grow a better life. She is very informed,educative,supportive and motivational all through, with that personal touch of affection which a person undergoing turmoil would need. I would highly recommend her to anyone who needs to discuss and talk to someone about a disturbed state/mindframe or any issues related to clinical psychology!
Hvovi is a great professional who makes every possible effort to understand the needs of her clients and builds solutions jointly which are practical and easy to understand aimed to help achieve great results. She is able to connect with her client at a level where both are able to work towards a set objective.
During the session, she is extremely focused and is able to guide the conversation towards a logical conclusion.
I have been working with Hvovi for a while and have made significant progress in self awareness leading to sustained and positive changes.
I have to make a special mention of her professionalism, preparedness and honesty while dealing with her cases.
Good. She gave me tips about sex education and we discussed about my issues at office and how I am dealing with them. Also we discussed about my plans for marriage and how I was worried after a similar discussion with my mother. She agreed that courtship would be right for me before entering into engagement. Also she warned me to be careful and not get exploited by people besides she also wanted my sister to come for session later in order for her to get more awareness about asperger syndrome
Happy with: Doctor friendliness
She takes interest in listening to the patient and jots down all the inputs in her computer, even if the patient has forgotten to tell certain circumstances and symptoms she tries to make sure she has recorded all the symptoms, she records the past treatment session and even if the patient has forgotten the past she reminds the patient about what happened in the past session she recaps it and relates it to the present. She does not give up on her patients she guides them positively.
Visited For Family Problems
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******** * ******* ** *** ** *** **** ****** **** ** ***** ** ************the way she catch hold of the problem and works on its nerve. Super professional ,she heals patient also has a positive aura.
Not just that she knows her work very well.also
She is extremly patient and very understanding.sometimes she is super busy but i belive every patient is important.
Fot sever cases she is hughly recommended
Visited For Psychological Problems
Happy with: Treatment satisfaction
My brother is bipolar and we need a lot of help to help him manage it and lead a fulfilled life. It was our first appointment with Dr Hvovi and we were very pleased that we instantly got the appointment at the scheduled time. There was no waiting. She was very thorough while taking his history and compassionate as well. She also asked us to do a few psychodiagnostic tests and blood tests which further demonstrate her attention to detail. We are looking forward to a lot of healing with her guidance. Thanks!
Visited For Psychological Problems
I was diagnosed with dissociative disorder. I was on anti-depressant medication for 2 years. I have made good improvements with her and is currently completely off the medicine.
The best thing about her style of therapy is that she is able to establish a fine balance where at one side she can gently pushes you to unearthen your distress and fear and at the same time she does not tip you off balance that it became too overwhelming. Thanks hvovi
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