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@Dhoni I think this is a great question for one of our senior therapists @AskAmaha

@InfatuatedUnderneath Once again, this is a great question for one of our senior therapists @AskAmaha

@InfatuatedUnderneath That’s a great question! As humans, we want to feel connected with others and sharing our experiences and feelings is one way to feel that connection. Having someone take the time out to listen to us also validates our experiences, which makes us feel good. However, venting about the emotions alone time and again may not be helpful in the long run. A crucial aspect of venting is the use of the safe space to become aware of your thoughts, explore new perspectives and while trying to reduce the chance of future similar upsets. So, while sharing your experiences is great, also think about trying to gain some insights from what's causing the difficult experiences.

Not OP. Good ones take time to understand your story. You can try to clarify if you think they're assuming things.

@ImmaculateStress Most good clinicians make the effort to understand you and your life context to be able to really work with you collaboratively and create a treatment plan for you. If you feel like your therapist is simply guessing it is definitely worth addressing that with them, in the first instance. If this still doesn’t give you the right comfort, then you might want to consider an alternative professional, given how critical trust and the therapeutic relationship is for your recovery.

@SevereConvention I really have no expertise or experience in cuddle therapy so will not be able to comment on it.

Emotional wellbeing impacts all the aspects of one’s life that you have mentioned above. Being emotionally healthy is similar to being physically healthy, in that you need to practise healthy habits across diet, exercise, relationships, work and all other aspects of your life. Medicines are needed well we move away from a state of wellbeing and are feeling unwell - emotionally or physically.

Western countries like UK, US Europe have started cuddle therapy session to ease out loneliness/depression.

@AngryBus91 I hear this a lot from many people that mental health is a much bigger problem now. This is partially true as many societal factors like nuclear families, urban migration, excessive device and social media usage, and loneliness have amplified the level of psychological illnesses in modern society. Having said that, many mental health conditions have existed for generations, and have either not been diagnosed because of lack of awareness, or have not been spoken about because of stigma. The one positive in this current mental health crisis is that there are greater levels of awareness and much lower stigma - so a lot more people who would have suffered in the past are seeking and getting help.

@ExpensiveLadder This is a very fair question and not disrespectful at all. This conflates two separate issues. Everyone should have access to affordable high quality mental health care and at the same time, we need more mental health professionals who are highly trained and qualified and provide effective treatment, so they need to be remunerated for their expertise and time. If we don’t do this, fewer professionals will be able to afford to come into the profession or stay in it and this will make the mental health crisis bigger. In many parts of the world, public health systems support this access. In India, we are beginning to see employers, educational institutions and insurance beginning to support access for their members, but it is still early days and most people pay from their own pockets for this service, which can’t be easy. We also try to work with charitable funds to subsidise treatments for specific groups - for instance we ran a programme during the pandemic to provide free mental health support to all healthcare professionals.

@WellmadePigsty The biggest difference for us has been our efforts to really take a client-centric approach and build solid clinical protocols around it in everything we do. Tech is a real enabler to be able to scale access and quality which would be impossible to do otherwise. Tech also enables our professionals to be effective by providing them the right tools to work with their clients. At Amaha, we have a very in-depth tech platform not only for our clients but also for our clinicians, and we get a lot of positive feedback from both clients and clinicians on our platform.

@salt This really depends on what you are looking to do. Meditation is a very well recognised emotional wellness tool. Amaha’s core competence is to really support individuals with their emotional distress or inability to function because of a mental health need/illness.

@MajesticControversy You are absolutely right! Therapy will not “fix” your job. But working with a good therapist will help you in identifying how you can equip yourself with tools to manage your stressors.

@SabChangaSi Thanks a ton for the feedback! We will definitely look into it.